Newsletter from the Forge School Sport partnerShip Hosted by handSworth grange community SportS college, SheFField Matters Issue 4 – SPRING 2011 Newsletter from the Forge School Sport partnerShip Hosted by handSworth grange community SportS college, SheFField Matters Issue 4 – SPRING 2011 A message from the PDM Visit our website: www.forge-ssp.co.uk I would like to take this opportunity to offer my sincere ‘thanks’ to all those who work with us for your on-going support of Forge School Sport Partnership. It is very important to us that we continue to work collaboratively with our schools and partners to ensure we deliver the highest quality provision for our young people. It has been a challenging year for all those who work within the SSP network, but I have been humbled by the continued professionalism and commitment displayed by all the staff who work tirelessly for the benefit of our young people. As a network of dedicated sports lovers we will strive to ‘look forwards and outwards not inwards and backwards’. There have been many political and economic changes within the sporting arena recently, but Forge School Sport Partnership is committed to sustaining the delivery of a high quality service to all our partner schools beyond September. With 20 partner schools already committed to remaining members of the network we are in a strong position to continue our work. With London 2012 on the horizon we have a unique opportunity to maximise the power and inspiration of the Olympic and Paralympic Games to deliver a lasting legacy for our young people and our communities. ‘We firmly believe sport and all that it encompasses truly can change the lives of young people and contribute towards raising aspirations, improving academic attainment and preparing young people to move forward in their lives’ The new School Games will provide the context of our work as we work towards increasing opportunities for young people to participate in regular and enjoyable competition. However, we remain committed to our core values and will continue to work with our key partners to ensure ALL young people have access to high quality PE and School Sport experiences. Our future plans will ensure that we continue to work collaboratively to deliver a high quality, effective service that uses the power of PE/Sport as the inspiration for whole school improvement. It is highly likely that many sources of funding will be available for School Sport Partnerships to access and many organisations will still want to continue working with us in the future. We are committed to continue accessing, managing and co-ordinating these resources on behalf of all our partnership schools for the benefit of all our young people. Here’s to another busy but successful 2011! ‘Sport is a language that everyone speaks and it can be used to change lives. Through international inspiration we have an opportunity to give millions of children the chance to experience the thrill and excitement that being involved in sport brings. We can use sport to teach them about trust and respect and we can boost their confidence’ david Beckham oBe A message from the PDM Visit our website: www.forge-ssp.co.uk I would like to take this opportunity to offer my sincere ‘thanks’ to all those who work with us for your on-going support of Forge School Sport Partnership. It is very important to us that we continue to work collaboratively with our schools and partners to ensure we deliver the highest quality provision for our young people. It has been a challenging year for all those who work within the SSP network, but I have been humbled by the continued professionalism and commitment displayed by all the staff who work tirelessly for the benefit of our young people. As a network of dedicated sports lovers we will strive to ‘look forwards and outwards not inwards and backwards’. There have been many political and economic changes within the sporting arena recently, but Forge School Sport Partnership is committed to sustaining the delivery of a high quality service to all our partner schools beyond September. With 20 partner schools already committed to remaining members of the network we are in a strong position to continue our work. With London 2012 on the horizon we have a unique opportunity to maximise the power and inspiration of the Olympic and Paralympic Games to deliver a lasting legacy for our young people and our communities. ‘We firmly believe sport and all that it encompasses truly can change the lives of young people and contribute towards raising aspirations, improving academic attainment and preparing young people to move forward in their lives’ The new School Games will provide the context of our work as we work towards increasing opportunities for young people to participate in regular and enjoyable competition. However, we remain committed to our core values and will continue to work with our key partners to ensure ALL young people have access to high quality PE and School Sport experiences. Our future plans will ensure that we continue to work collaboratively to deliver a high quality, effective service that uses the power of PE/Sport as the inspiration for whole school improvement. It is highly likely that many sources of funding will be available for School Sport Partnerships to access and many organisations will still want to continue working with us in the future. We are committed to continue accessing, managing and co-ordinating these resources on behalf of all our partnership schools for the benefit of all our young people. Here’s to another busy but successful 2011! ‘Sport is a language that everyone speaks and it can be used to change lives. Through international inspiration we have an opportunity to give millions of children the chance to experience the thrill and excitement that being involved in sport brings. We can use sport to teach them about trust and respect and we can boost their confidence’ david Beckham oBe Visit our website: www.forge-ssp.co.uk Young people are at the heart of what we do and we believe they should have access to high quality PE and Sport, both within the curriculum and through extra-curricular opportunities. They should be encouraged to engage in life long participation, thus improving their attainment, achievements, health and well-being and life chances. We believe that these opportunities should: • Have a clear educational value • Be inclusive and easily accessible to all children • Encourage aspiration and achievement • Inspire and motivate • Provide a varied menu of activities • Value participation regardless of ability • Encourage and support progression to higher levels of performance as appropriate • Provide opportunities for competition at various levels • Encourage positive personal and social values and skills, such as team work, communication and problem solving, cooperative and competitive skills, self esteem, self belief and confidence, self awareness and self management, respect for others • Promote responsibility as a citizen and develop leadership Issue 4 - Spring 2011 Vision – What do we want for our young people? core Values – what are the key values that underpin our work? • LearningforAll• Inclusion• Aspiration• Responsibility• Citizenship• Leadership• AchievementforAll• TeamWork• SelfEsteem• Respect• Excellence Raisingachievement Participation and engagement Competitionandtalent PhysicalEducation Volunteeringandcoaching Curriculum Review SEN CPD Behaviour and ethos Enhancing other subjects International learning, benchmarking and development School sport coaches Young team managers, coaches and officials Young Ambassadors Competition pathways Disability focus Junior Athlete Education School Clubs Physical Activity Engaging under represented groups Games School Creating a world leading PE and school sport system LEVEL 1Intra-schoolcompetiton LINKED FEEDS LEVEL 4National multi sportresidential event Progression into/through NGB performance system LEVEL 3Annual county/sub-regionalculmination of inter-school competition LEVEL 2Regular inter-school competitionbetween schools at local level Visit our website: www.forge-ssp.co.uk Young people are at the heart of what we do and we believe they should have access to high quality PE and Sport, both within the curriculum and through extra-curricular opportunities. They should be encouraged to engage in life long participation, thus improving their attainment, achievements, health and well-being and life chances. We believe that these opportunities should: • Have a clear educational value • Be inclusive and easily accessible to all children • Encourage aspiration and achievement • Inspire and motivate • Provide a varied menu of activities • Value participation regardless of ability • Encourage and support progression to higher levels of performance as appropriate • Provide opportunities for competition at various levels • Encourage positive personal and social values and skills, such as team work, communication and problem solving, cooperative and competitive skills, self esteem, self belief and confidence, self awareness and self management, respect for others • Promote responsibility as a citizen and develop leadership Issue 4 - Spring 2011 Vision – What do we want for our young people? core Values – what are the key values that underpin our work? • LearningforAll• Inclusion• Aspiration• Responsibility• Citizenship• Leadership• AchievementforAll• TeamWork• SelfEsteem• Respect• Excellence Raisingachievement Participation and engagement Competitionandtalent PhysicalEducation Volunteeringandcoaching Curriculum Review SEN CPD Behaviour and ethos Enhancing other subjects International learning, benchmarking and development School sport coaches Young team managers, coaches and officials Young Ambassadors Competition pathways Disability focus Junior Athlete Education School Clubs Physical Activity Engaging under represented groups Games School Creating a world leading PE and school sport system LEVEL 1Intra-schoolcompetiton LINKED FEEDS LEVEL 4National multi sportresidential event Progression into/through NGB performance system LEVEL 3Annual county/sub-regionalculmination of inter-school competition LEVEL 2Regular inter-school competitionbetween schools at local level Visit our website: www.forge-ssp.co.uk Issue 4 - Spring 2011 Visit our website: www.forge-ssp.co.uk Issue 4 - Spring 2011 Young Ambassadors Programme Visit our website: www.forge-ssp.co.uk I went to the conference knowing very little about my role other than it was as a Gold ambassador and for the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.When we arrived at York Racecourse it was manic with people roughly the same age from all different areas of Britain and all wearing identical young ambassadors’ kit that was being distributed to all Gold and Platinum ambassadors.After everyone was sorted out and we had listened to the opening ceremony we all split into groups which were named after countries that have held the Olympic Games. Each country had a leading Olympic athlete and my group (which was Munich) was led by Shirley Webb (Gladiators Battleaxe)! During the day we were briefed about our role in detail and given information to help us achieve our future tasks.At the end of the day each country had to perform a young ambassadors’ dance in the conference hall, with the winning city’s contribution being produced into an official dance routine performed by celebrities. None of our Countries dance routines won, as our groups couldn’t dance and had no rhythm at all! Now that’s shameful for a sporty group of London 2012 young ambassadors’. Article by Gold Young AmbassadorJake Cook (Handsworth) The Young Ambassador programme, which is run by the Youth Sport Trust, aims to work with hundreds of young leaders from across England who have been chosen to promote sport, physical education and healthy living to build on the excitement of the London 2012 Games. This year we expanded our work to allow more young people to successfully join the National Young Ambassadors programme on behalf of Forge School Sport Partnership. We currently have 1 Platinum, 2 Gold and 12 Sliver Adistars Ambassadors and we are working with primary schools to nominate a further 60 Bronze Forgestars. With the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Games fast approaching the School Sport Partnership has important work to do in promoting the Olympic values to young people across our network of schools. The work of our Young Ambassadors will be vital in increasing the number of young people involved in PE/Sport and in advocating the work of the partnership with key partners and agencies. It will be a challenging and rewarding role for the Young Ambassadors and they will gain many new experiences and skills, but it is one which I am sure they will thoroughly enjoy. Philip, Jake and Anabel attended the national Young Ambassadors conference in York and had a great day mixing with Olympians and sports stars. Here are two articles written by Philip and Jake. On the 30th of September I went to the Youth Sport Trust Young Ambassadors conference in York (sponsored by adidas) with our two Forge Gold leaders (Jake and Annabel). When we arrived we were each given a very smart adidas hoody and t-shirt and were ushered into a large hall full of young leaders from all around the county. The whole day was in order to make all of the young ambassadors realise the importance of getting young people into sport and how we could go about doing just that. There was also a lot of emphasis on the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games in London and how it is our job as young ambassadors to promote the games and encourage people to be involved and take inspiration from the games. There were also an array of past Olympians and world champions there to work with us throughout the day such as Johnny Davis (fencing all-star); Adam Whitehead (former European and Commonwealth Champion swimmer); Craig Heap (the first gymnast to captain England to a gymnastic gold at the Commonwealth games and competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics); Miriam Batten (the pioneer in women’s rowing, a former World Champion and Olympic silver medallist). I was privileged to be working with Miriam all day as part of the Platinum young ambassadors group as she was a great speaker and made sure we all had a really good day as well as learning all manner of leadership qualities. In all, the venue was amazing, the food was great, the atmosphere was fantastic and the speeches and videos given by the athletes really inspired me to get stuck into my role as Platinum ambassador; to get as many young people in my area to do sport and have an active lifestyle. Article by Platinum Young Ambassador Philip Woods (Tapton) FormoreinformationabouttheYoungAmbassadorProgrammepleasecontactKarenLeaver,PartnershipDevelopmentManageron07940713182,emailforgessp@hotmail.comYoung Ambassadors Programme Visit our website: www.forge-ssp.co.uk I went to the conference knowing very little about my role other than it was as a Gold ambassador and for the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.When we arrived at York Racecourse it was manic with people roughly the same age from all different areas of Britain and all wearing identical young ambassadors’ kit that was being distributed to all Gold and Platinum ambassadors.After everyone was sorted out and we had listened to the opening ceremony we all split into groups which were named after countries that have held the Olympic Games. Each country had a leading Olympic athlete and my group (which was Munich) was led by Shirley Webb (Gladiators Battleaxe)! During the day we were briefed about our role in detail and given information to help us achieve our future tasks.At the end of the day each country had to perform a young ambassadors’ dance in the conference hall, with the winning city’s contribution being produced into an official dance routine performed by celebrities. None of our Countries dance routines won, as our groups couldn’t dance and had no rhythm at all! Now that’s shameful for a sporty group of London 2012 young ambassadors’. Article by Gold Young AmbassadorJake Cook (Handsworth) The Young Ambassador programme, which is run by the Youth Sport Trust, aims to work with hundreds of young leaders from across England who have been chosen to promote sport, physical education and healthy living to build on the excitement of the London 2012 Games. This year we expanded our work to allow more young people to successfully join the National Young Ambassadors programme on behalf of Forge School Sport Partnership. We currently have 1 Platinum, 2 Gold and 12 Sliver Adistars Ambassadors and we are working with primary schools to nominate a further 60 Bronze Forgestars. With the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Games fast approaching the School Sport Partnership has important work to do in promoting the Olympic values to young people across our network of schools. The work of our Young Ambassadors will be vital in increasing the number of young people involved in PE/Sport and in advocating the work of the partnership with key partners and agencies. It will be a challenging and rewarding role for the Young Ambassadors and they will gain many new experiences and skills, but it is one which I am sure they will thoroughly enjoy. Philip, Jake and Anabel attended the national Young Ambassadors conference in York and had a great day mixing with Olympians and sports stars. Here are two articles written by Philip and Jake. On the 30th of September I went to the Youth Sport Trust Young Ambassadors conference in York (sponsored by adidas) with our two Forge Gold leaders (Jake and Annabel). When we arrived we were each given a very smart adidas hoody and t-shirt and were ushered into a large hall full of young leaders from all around the county. The whole day was in order to make all of the young ambassadors realise the importance of getting young people into sport and how we could go about doing just that. There was also a lot of emphasis on the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games in London and how it is our job as young ambassadors to promote the games and encourage people to be involved and take inspiration from the games. There were also an array of past Olympians and world champions there to work with us throughout the day such as Johnny Davis (fencing all-star); Adam Whitehead (former European and Commonwealth Champion swimmer); Craig Heap (the first gymnast to captain England to a gymnastic gold at the Commonwealth games and competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics); Miriam Batten (the pioneer in women’s rowing, a former World Champion and Olympic silver medallist). I was privileged to be working with Miriam all day as part of the Platinum young ambassadors group as she was a great speaker and made sure we all had a really good day as well as learning all manner of leadership qualities. In all, the venue was amazing, the food was great, the atmosphere was fantastic and the speeches and videos given by the athletes really inspired me to get stuck into my role as Platinum ambassador; to get as many young people in my area to do sport and have an active lifestyle. Article by Platinum Young Ambassador Philip Woods (Tapton) FormoreinformationabouttheYoungAmbassadorProgrammepleasecontactKarenLeaver,PartnershipDevelopmentManageron07940713182,emailforgessp@hotmail.com Kids-Can-DoThe Kids-Can-Do programme has enabled Forge SSP to deliver a wide and varied programme of OSHL sporting activities in primary schools across the partnership. Activities being delivered include lunchtime multi-skills clubs, after-school basketball, multi-sport, football and rugby clubs, as well as a comprehensive school holiday activity programme. Achievements Include: • LydgateInfantSchoolThedevelopmentofaninfantsportsleadership programme. A total of 16 Y2 children learned about the basics of sports leadership, developed ideas and assisted in the delivery of sports activities on the school playground at break and lunchtime. • LydgateJuniorSchool,BrunswickJuniorSchoolandLowerMeadow Junior School – These sessions were after school basketball clubs that aimed to prepare pupils for the Family Hotshots competitions. As a result of the coaching the schools received both qualified for the Partnership Hotshots on the 10th March 2011. • BirleySpaThedevelopmentofanafterschoolmulti-skillsclub at Birley Spa has enabled a number of pupils to develop their generic sport skills. The session has been well attended and proved to be a success with the children. Overall the Kids-Can-Do funding has enabled Forge School Sport Partnership to deliver a total of 8 additional sport clubs between October and December, engaging with over 120 different children proving that so far the Kids-Can-Do programme has been a real success. Kids-Can-DoThe Kids-Can-Do programme has enabled Forge SSP to deliver a wide and varied programme of OSHL sporting activities in primary schools across the partnership. Activities being delivered include lunchtime multi-skills clubs, after-school basketball, multi-sport, football and rugby clubs, as well as a comprehensive school holiday activity programme. Achievements Include: • LydgateInfantSchoolThedevelopmentofaninfantsportsleadership programme. A total of 16 Y2 children learned about the basics of sports leadership, developed ideas and assisted in the delivery of sports activities on the school playground at break and lunchtime. • LydgateJuniorSchool,BrunswickJuniorSchoolandLowerMeadow Junior School – These sessions were after school basketball clubs that aimed to prepare pupils for the Family Hotshots competitions. As a result of the coaching the schools received both qualified for the Partnership Hotshots on the 10th March 2011. • BirleySpaThedevelopmentofanafterschoolmulti-skillsclub at Birley Spa has enabled a number of pupils to develop their generic sport skills. The session has been well attended and proved to be a success with the children. Overall the Kids-Can-Do funding has enabled Forge School Sport Partnership to deliver a total of 8 additional sport clubs between October and December, engaging with over 120 different children proving that so far the Kids-Can-Do programme has been a real success. Visit our website: www.forge-ssp.co.uk Issue 4 - Spring 2011 Visit our website: www.forge-ssp.co.uk Apprentice Sports Coaches Forge SSP currently employ two apprentice sports coaches through the national apprenticeship programme. Working towards their level 2 Sport Activity Leadership Apprenticeships Chris Rogers (19) from Hackenthorpe and Mike Smith (18) from Woodhouse get relevant industry work experience and learn the skills needed. The Sport Activity Leadership Apprenticeship is made up of a group of qualifications which make up the Apprentice Framework. Assessment is a combination of on-site assessment, examination and practical assessment. But the focus is learning the skills needed to do the job and gaining the qualifications that employers recognise. As well as working towards their qualification in activity leadership Chris and Mike have the responsibility of planning and delivering coaching sessions in a number of primary and secondary schools, completing risk assessments, liaising with partners and assisting the delivery of various competitions and festivals. Chris Rogers Favourite sporting quote:On the biggest change after returning to the Union code: “It’s the first timeI’ve been cold for seven years. I was never cold playing rugby league.” Apprentice Sports Coaches Forge SSP currently employ two apprentice sports coaches through the national apprenticeship programme. Working towards their level 2 Sport Activity Leadership Apprenticeships Chris Rogers (19) from Hackenthorpe and Mike Smith (18) from Woodhouse get relevant industry work experience and learn the skills needed. The Sport Activity Leadership Apprenticeship is made up of a group of qualifications which make up the Apprentice Framework. Assessment is a combination of on-site assessment, examination and practical assessment. But the focus is learning the skills needed to do the job and gaining the qualifications that employers recognise. As well as working towards their qualification in activity leadership Chris and Mike have the responsibility of planning and delivering coaching sessions in a number of primary and secondary schools, completing risk assessments, liaising with partners and assisting the delivery of various competitions and festivals. Visit our website: www.forge-ssp.co.uk Visit our website: www.forge-ssp.co.uk Issue 4 - Spring 2011 Name:Chris RogersAge:19 Jobrole:Apprentice CommunitySports CoachSchoolAttended: BirleyCommunity CollegeCollegeAttended:All Saints 6THForm SportPlayed:Rugby LeagueFavouriteFilm:Mean Machine,Green Mile FavouriteFood:PastaFavouriteMusic:Anythingcurrent FavouriteTeam:SheffieldWednesday and Wigan WarriorsRugby League My name is Chris Rogers and I am employed by Forge School Sports Partnership as an apprentice community sports coach. My role has involved many aspects of sports coaching and delivering high quality P.E to children aged between 8 and 16 year old. One of things that I have re4ally enjoyed is developing a Leadership programme at Lydgate infant school. The project involved taking a group of 17 year 3 pupils for a one hour session at lunchtime and teaching them about the aspects of leadership qualities particularly focusing on the Safety, Organisation, Responsibillity , Communication , Co – operation , Enjoyment. These qualities are transferable to the classroom as well as the playground when they are leading the sports to younger year 1 children. The delivery is on a weekly basis on a Monday and every two weeks we teach the leaders a new game to deliver over the previous weeks the children have paired up and being planning and delivering sessions to children on a Friday afternoon then giving us coaches feedback on the Monday when we are in the school. Also we teach them a simple way of doing a risk assessment before they lead on a session the general idea involves 5 simple STEPS; Space, task , equipment, people safety.We always recap on these points at the beginning and at the end of every session. Overall the programme has being a success and will continue to run until January, and I will monitor the children’s progress on a monthly basis. My name is Michael Smith and I am an apprentice community sports coach for Forge School Sports Partnership. My job as a coach is to plan and deliver a variety of sports to a range of children from the ages of 4-16 to get them to participate in a high quality of PE. At the moment I am coaching at a primary school in Batemoor called Lower Meadow. I am targeting year 2’s and year 5’s for a programme called “Change 4 Life”. “Change 4 Life” is a programme that has been introduced into the partnership to target inactive children at different primary schools around the area. Currently at Lower Meadow I am working with year 5’s. In this group of children there are a range of disabilities from autism to deafness. The children enjoy my sessions and believe they are good fun and are very keen to learn new skills in the sport they participate in. Whilst delivering a session I have a teacher who speaks sign language and translates what I say to the children. This has been a great opportunity for me and a great experience and would like to thank the partnership team; Karen Leaver, Nathan Barthrop, Daniel Bennett, Chris Rogers, Christine Havard for the opportunities at King Ectbert, Lyn Hogg, Michelle Eccles, Ann Riley, Jane Mintoft, Helen Walker and Nicola Cromwell. Chris Rogers Name:Michael Smith Age:19 JobRole:Apprentice Community Sports Coach SchoolAttended:Aston Comprehensive School CollegeAttended:Thomas Rotherham College SportPlayed: Rugby Union, Football, Table Tennis, Basketball, Badminton FavouriteFilm:Stomp the Yard FavouriteFood:Everything FavouriteMusic:R n B FavouriteTeam:Sheffield Wednesday Favourite Sports Quote: “The more you sweat in practice, the less you bleed in battle” Issue 4 - Spring 2011 Name:Chris RogersAge:19 Jobrole:Apprentice CommunitySports CoachSchoolAttended: BirleyCommunity CollegeCollegeAttended:All Saints 6THForm SportPlayed:Rugby LeagueFavouriteFilm:Mean Machine,Green Mile FavouriteFood:PastaFavouriteMusic:Anythingcurrent FavouriteTeam:SheffieldWednesday and Wigan WarriorsRugby League My name is Chris Rogers and I am employed by Forge School Sports Partnership as an apprentice community sports coach. My role has involved many aspects of sports coaching and delivering high quality P.E to children aged between 8 and 16 year old. One of things that I have re4ally enjoyed is developing a Leadership programme at Lydgate infant school. The project involved taking a group of 17 year 3 pupils for a one hour session at lunchtime and teaching them about the aspects of leadership qualities particularly focusing on the Safety, Organisation, Responsibillity , Communication , Co – operation , Enjoyment. These qualities are transferable to the classroom as well as the playground when they are leading the sports to younger year 1 children. The delivery is on a weekly basis on a Monday and every two weeks we teach the leaders a new game to deliver over the previous weeks the children have paired up and being planning and delivering sessions to children on a Friday afternoon then giving us coaches feedback on the Monday when we are in the school. Also we teach them a simple way of doing a risk assessment before they lead on a session the general idea involves 5 simple STEPS; Space, task , equipment, people safety.We always recap on these points at the beginning and at the end of every session. Overall the programme has being a success and will continue to run until January, and I will monitor the children’s progress on a monthly basis. My name is Michael Smith and I am an apprentice community sports coach for Forge School Sports Partnership. My job as a coach is to plan and deliver a variety of sports to a range of children from the ages of 4-16 to get them to participate in a high quality of PE. At the moment I am coaching at a primary school in Batemoor called Lower Meadow. I am targeting year 2’s and year 5’s for a programme called “Change 4 Life”. “Change 4 Life” is a programme that has been introduced into the partnership to target inactive children at different primary schools around the area. Currently at Lower Meadow I am working with year 5’s. In this group of children there are a range of disabilities from autism to deafness. The children enjoy my sessions and believe they are good fun and are very keen to learn new skills in the sport they participate in. Whilst delivering a session I have a teacher who speaks sign language and translates what I say to the children. This has been a great opportunity for me and a great experience and would like to thank the partnership team; Karen Leaver, Nathan Barthrop, Daniel Bennett, Chris Rogers, Christine Havard for the opportunities at King Ectbert, Lyn Hogg, Michelle Eccles, Ann Riley, Jane Mintoft, Helen Walker and Nicola Cromwell. Chris Rogers Name:Michael Smith Age:19 JobRole:Apprentice Community Sports Coach SchoolAttended:Aston Comprehensive School CollegeAttended:Thomas Rotherham College SportPlayed: Rugby Union, Football, Table Tennis, Basketball, Badminton FavouriteFilm:Stomp the Yard FavouriteFood:Everything FavouriteMusic:R n B FavouriteTeam:Sheffield Wednesday Favourite Sports Quote: “The more you sweat in practice, the less you bleed in battle” Sport Unlimited Visit our website: www.forge-ssp.co.uk The Sport Unlimited Programme is an innovative programme which cascades funding to local communities via the county sports partnerships network. It’s targeted at young people who may have some interest in sport, but aren’t particularly engaged with community or club sport. Local providers organise 10-week, high-quality Sport Unlimited taster sessions designed to inspire youngsters to sign up for longer-term participation. The aim is to get 900,000 young people nationwide along to these taster sessions, with at least a third (300,000) committing to their chosen sport once the 10 weeks are up. Between September and March Forge SSP are delivering a programme of Sport Unlimited activities across the 6 partnership secondary schools. The two alternative activities that have been introduced through the Sport Unlimited programme into Forge SSP are Parkour and Yoga. Between September and the Christmas holidays City School and Handsworth Grange Community Sports College have delivered a 10-week block of Parkour with Birley Community College and Meadowhead School delivering a 10- week block of Yoga. Between Christmas and Easter Meadowhead School and Tapton School will be delivering Parkour with Handsworth Grange Community Sports College and King Ecgbert School delivering a programme of Yoga. All sessions have been a success with the Parkour sessions proving to be particularly popular. Sport Unlimited Visit our website: www.forge-ssp.co.uk The Sport Unlimited Programme is an innovative programme which cascades funding to local communities via the county sports partnerships network. It’s targeted at young people who may have some interest in sport, but aren’t particularly engaged with community or club sport. Local providers organise 10-week, high-quality Sport Unlimited taster sessions designed to inspire youngsters to sign up for longer-term participation. The aim is to get 900,000 young people nationwide along to these taster sessions, with at least a third (300,000) committing to their chosen sport once the 10 weeks are up. Between September and March Forge SSP are delivering a programme of Sport Unlimited activities across the 6 partnership secondary schools. The two alternative activities that have been introduced through the Sport Unlimited programme into Forge SSP are Parkour and Yoga. Between September and the Christmas holidays City School and Handsworth Grange Community Sports College have delivered a 10-week block of Parkour with Birley Community College and Meadowhead School delivering a 10- week block of Yoga. Between Christmas and Easter Meadowhead School and Tapton School will be delivering Parkour with Handsworth Grange Community Sports College and King Ecgbert School delivering a programme of Yoga. All sessions have been a success with the Parkour sessions proving to be particularly popular. Visit our website: www.forge-ssp.co.uk Physical Activity Programme Issue 4 - Spring 2011 Change 4 Life Sports Clubs focuses on building a network of new school sport clubs based on seven Olympic and Paralympic sports. The sports are badminton, boccia, fencing, handball, table tennis, volleyball and wheelchair basketball. Funded by the Department for Health this new network of sports clubs aims to attract young people who might be inspired by the 2012 Games to take up and participate in a range of Olympic and Paralympic Sports. By building this network of school clubs on school and college sites, and as an integral part of a school to club framework, we hope to further engage those not currently taking part in sport out of school hours. These clubs will not only attract and engage young people but will also develop a sense of belonging within a club setting, and encourage the regular participation that is associated with future community club membership and lifelong participation. Young people will be at the heart of these clubs, not only will they have a say in the selected sports, but the aim is that at least 50% of the club workforce will be young people (organisers, coaches, officials etc). Working with National Governing Bodies and local community clubs the Forge Change 4 Life Sports Club are: Birley Community College – Table Tennis City School – Table Tennis Handsworth Grange – Badminton King Ecgbert – Table Tennis Meadowhead School – Volleyball Tapton School - Badminton Sports Clubs Sheffield-Let’s Change4Life - ASheffield-Let’s Change4Life - A Delivered in conjunction with Sheffield LEA and Sheffield NHS the programme aims to prevent obesity in children, young people and families through changing attitudes and by delivering a range of targeted prevention activities which focus on individuals, families and communities. Schools were identified by the Primary Care Trust and asked to target KS1 and Y6 pupils who were inactive to take part in a wide range of fun physical activity sessions. These sessions are delivered by Forge School Sport Partnership coaches and key partners with the aim of increasing the heart rate and keeping pupils moving for at least 20 minutes per session. Key messages about living a healthy lifestyle are also delivered within these sessions and pupils are asked to think about what they eat and how they exercise. The programme so far has been a huge success and schools are developing innovative ways of spreading this important message across the whole school. So far we have Change 4 Life Physical activity Clubs in:- Birley Spa, Lowedges, Lowfield, Lower Meadows, Netherthorpe, St Josephs, Woodseats and Woodthorpe The Change for Life Programme has been a huge success so far with all Schools fully engaged with the programmes.The Schools have been split between new and previous Schools with all the Schools receiving different amounts of time. The clubs have been happening after school and also at lunchtimes targeting Both Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 pupils. We have worked with a number of local and private organisations to provide a variety of activities including Karate, Dance, Badminton, Boxing and Multi- Sports. Physical Activity Clubs Visit our website: www.forge-ssp.co.uk Physical Activity Programme Issue 4 - Spring 2011 Change 4 Life Sports Clubs focuses on building a network of new school sport clubs based on seven Olympic and Paralympic sports. The sports are badminton, boccia, fencing, handball, table tennis, volleyball and wheelchair basketball. Funded by the Department for Health this new network of sports clubs aims to attract young people who might be inspired by the 2012 Games to take up and participate in a range of Olympic and Paralympic Sports. By building this network of school clubs on school and college sites, and as an integral part of a school to club framework, we hope to further engage those not currently taking part in sport out of school hours. These clubs will not only attract and engage young people but will also develop a sense of belonging within a club setting, and encourage the regular participation that is associated with future community club membership and lifelong participation. Young people will be at the heart of these clubs, not only will they have a say in the selected sports, but the aim is that at least 50% of the club workforce will be young people (organisers, coaches, officials etc). Working with National Governing Bodies and local community clubs the Forge Change 4 Life Sports Club are: Birley Community College – Table Tennis City School – Table Tennis Handsworth Grange – Badminton King Ecgbert – Table Tennis Meadowhead School – Volleyball Tapton School - Badminton Sports Clubs Sheffield-Let’s Change4Life - ASheffield-Let’s Change4Life - A Delivered in conjunction with Sheffield LEA and Sheffield NHS the programme aims to prevent obesity in children, young people and families through changing attitudes and by delivering a range of targeted prevention activities which focus on individuals, families and communities. Schools were identified by the Primary Care Trust and asked to target KS1 and Y6 pupils who were inactive to take part in a wide range of fun physical activity sessions. These sessions are delivered by Forge School Sport Partnership coaches and key partners with the aim of increasing the heart rate and keeping pupils moving for at least 20 minutes per session. Key messages about living a healthy lifestyle are also delivered within these sessions and pupils are asked to think about what they eat and how they exercise. The programme so far has been a huge success and schools are developing innovative ways of spreading this important message across the whole school. So far we have Change 4 Life Physical activity Clubs in:- Birley Spa, Lowedges, Lowfield, Lower Meadows, Netherthorpe, St Josephs, Woodseats and Woodthorpe The Change for Life Programme has been a huge success so far with all Schools fully engaged with the programmes.The Schools have been split between new and previous Schools with all the Schools receiving different amounts of time. The clubs have been happening after school and also at lunchtimes targeting Both Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 pupils. We have worked with a number of local and private organisations to provide a variety of activities including Karate, Dance, Badminton, Boxing and Multi- Sports. Physical Activity Clubs Sport England Badminton Bid Partnership Academy of The partnership has been successful in bidding for funding to run a Bisi Badminton project within our primary schools. This links to the Badminton England 10 year vision to ‘engage, inspire and motivate young people to participate in a successful Olympic sport’. This project has been supported by William Wallace (Badminton Development Officer) and the badminton network. As part of the funding bid each primary school will receive:- •10weeksOSHLclubforKS2•2tubesofshuttles•10racketsEach SSCo will receive:- •Zsignet10variableheightnet•15medals• 1FamilyTrophy•6placesforKS4sportsleadersonthe‘JuniorHelperAward’Each primary school within the partnership has received 10 weeks of high quality coaching which has culminated in a ‘Family’ festival where pupils from each school take part in fun, badminton related activities and competitions. We have also provided access to a BISI Badminton Primary Teachers Course, which has provided staff with the skills, knowledge and confidence to deliver badminton both within the curriculum and at after school clubs. The project is proving to be a huge sucess and by the end we expect; over 500 pupils will have received high quality coaching, 200 will have taken part in a competition and 20 staff will have been trained to deliver badminton! Sport England Badminton Bid Partnership Academy of The partnership has been successful in bidding for funding to run a Bisi Badminton project within our primary schools. This links to the Badminton England 10 year vision to ‘engage, inspire and motivate young people to participate in a successful Olympic sport’. This project has been supported by William Wallace (Badminton Development Officer) and the badminton network. As part of the funding bid each primary school will receive:- •10weeksOSHLclubforKS2•2tubesofshuttles•10racketsEach SSCo will receive:- •Zsignet10variableheightnet•15medals• 1FamilyTrophy•6placesforKS4sportsleadersonthe‘JuniorHelperAward’Each primary school within the partnership has received 10 weeks of high quality coaching which has culminated in a ‘Family’ festival where pupils from each school take part in fun, badminton related activities and competitions. We have also provided access to a BISI Badminton Primary Teachers Course, which has provided staff with the skills, knowledge and confidence to deliver badminton both within the curriculum and at after school clubs. The project is proving to be a huge sucess and by the end we expect; over 500 pupils will have received high quality coaching, 200 will have taken part in a competition and 20 staff will have been trained to deliver badminton! Young Leaders in Sport The Forge Partnership Academy of Young Leaders in Sport is made up of the most elite leaders in each of the secondary school within the Partnership in Years 9, 10 and 11. The Academy is a two year programme, where the Leaders are given training to give them the skills to be deployed within the Partnership as coaches in primary schools and running/supporting cluster and partnership competitions. The first induction/training session for the new Y10 leaders took place on Wednesday 22nd September 2010 at Handsworth Grange Community Sports College. A total of 43 young leaders from across Forge School Sport Partnership took part in the training. Pupils were provided with information about the leadership academy and all achieved the Sports Leaders UK, Day Certificate in Sports Leadership Award. During the afternoon young leaders planned and delivered multi-sport coaching sessions to 60 Y5 pupils from Ballifield Primary School. It was a brilliant afternoon and a great start for the Y10 Academy members. Visit our website: www.forge-ssp.co.uk Visit our website: www.forge-ssp.co.uk Issue 4 - Spring 2011 position School points 1st Meadowhead A 12 2nd Tapton A 9 3rd HGCSC 5 4th Tapton B 3 5th City 1 position School points 1st King Ecgbert Girls 8 2nd Handsworth Girls 6 position School points 1st Meadowhead A 24 2nd King Ecgbert 21 3rd Tapton A 16 4th Tapton B 13 5th Meadowhead B 9 6th Handsworth 9 7th City A 7 8th City B 4 9th Birley 0 CompetitionsUpdate U16 Boys Table Tennis 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss U13 Girls Table Tennis SSP U16 and U14 GirlsFootball Competition Over 60 pupils entered the recent Forge SSP Girls U14 and U16 Girls Football competition. This was a new competition introduced which due to its success we hope to be running again next year. The standard of football was of a high standard with all Schools doing themselves proud in the wintery conditions. The event was hosted by Meadowhead School and refereed by Year 12 qualified referees. All games were very close with all teams showing great organisation and teamwork. The results below show each of the results for the games and the final league standings. Thank you to all teams for making the competition such a great success and Meadowhead School for providing the venue. Also thank you to Gemma Gale from the County FA for helping with the organisation of the event and providing further club links and pathways for everyone. Over 60 pupils entered the Forge SSP competition at Meadowhead School. Some excellentTableTennis was played with all pupils doing themselves and their Schools proud. Many thanks to Meadowhead School for hosting the event and toAndy Davies atTapton School for helping organise the event.Also, thanks to all members of staff from the Schools who putting together the teams and making sure that the event ran so smoothly.The winning teams all progressed to the SouthYorkshire Finals at English Institute of Sport during November 2010. SSP Table Tennis Competition U13 Boys Table Tennis Issue 4 - Spring 2011 position School points 1st Meadowhead A 12 2nd Tapton A 9 3rd HGCSC 5 4th Tapton B 3 5th City 1 position School points 1st King Ecgbert Girls 8 2nd Handsworth Girls 6 position School points 1st Meadowhead A 24 2nd King Ecgbert 21 3rd Tapton A 16 4th Tapton B 13 5th Meadowhead B 9 6th Handsworth 9 7th City A 7 8th City B 4 9th Birley 0 CompetitionsUpdate U16 Boys Table Tennis 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss U13 Girls Table Tennis SSP U16 and U14 GirlsFootball Competition Over 60 pupils entered the recent Forge SSP Girls U14 and U16 Girls Football competition. This was a new competition introduced which due to its success we hope to be running again next year. The standard of football was of a high standard with all Schools doing themselves proud in the wintery conditions. The event was hosted by Meadowhead School and refereed by Year 12 qualified referees. All games were very close with all teams showing great organisation and teamwork. The results below show each of the results for the games and the final league standings. Thank you to all teams for making the competition such a great success and Meadowhead School for providing the venue. Also thank you to Gemma Gale from the County FA for helping with the organisation of the event and providing further club links and pathways for everyone. Over 60 pupils entered the Forge SSP competition at Meadowhead School. Some excellentTableTennis was played with all pupils doing themselves and their Schools proud. Many thanks to Meadowhead School for hosting the event and toAndy Davies atTapton School for helping organise the event.Also, thanks to all members of staff from the Schools who putting together the teams and making sure that the event ran so smoothly.The winning teams all progressed to the SouthYorkshire Finals at English Institute of Sport during November 2010. SSP Table Tennis Competition U13 Boys Table Tennis Year 3/4 Foundation Results Visit our website: www.forge-ssp.co.uk Issue 4 - Spring 2011 U14-Level 1 U16-Level 2 U14-Level 2 U14-Level 3 The Next Steps Trampolining Competition ran once again at King Ecgbert School and proved a huge Success. The competition was for the Under 14 and Under 16 age groups for the schools in the Forge SSP. The Next Steps Competition is aimed at students who are new to trampolining and who are not a member of a trampoline club. This competition provides the first experience for students within a trampoline competition in a relaxed environment Thirteen teams in total entered the competition producing a highly competitive but enjoyable event for all. A special mention must be made for the boys U14 team from King Ecgbert School who were the only boy’s team participating and who demonstrated some fine displays of trampolining. Leaders were provided by King Ecgbert School from the Forge Leadership Academy, the Sheffield Academy of Young Leaders and Sheffield Hallam University students who all did a fantastic job. Thanks must be given to King Ecgbert School for hosting the event and in particular Natalie Coleman and Christine Havard for organising leaders for the event and making sure that the competition was such a success. Also many thanks to all members of staff for the roles that they played in the event. Each of the winning teams from all the levels will go forward to the South Yorkshire final on the 7th December 2010 at St Pius School. Good luck from the whole Forge School Sport Partnership. Please view the Gallery section on the website to see photo’s from the event. Issue 4 - Spring 2011 U14-Level 1 U16-Level 2 U14-Level 2 U14-Level 3 The Next Steps Trampolining Competition ran once again at King Ecgbert School and proved a huge Success. The competition was for the Under 14 and Under 16 age groups for the schools in the Forge SSP. The Next Steps Competition is aimed at students who are new to trampolining and who are not a member of a trampoline club. This competition provides the first experience for students within a trampoline competition in a relaxed environment Thirteen teams in total entered the competition producing a highly competitive but enjoyable event for all. A special mention must be made for the boys U14 team from King Ecgbert School who were the only boy’s team participating and who demonstrated some fine displays of trampolining. Leaders were provided by King Ecgbert School from the Forge Leadership Academy, the Sheffield Academy of Young Leaders and Sheffield Hallam University students who all did a fantastic job. Thanks must be given to King Ecgbert School for hosting the event and in particular Natalie Coleman and Christine Havard for organising leaders for the event and making sure that the competition was such a success. Also many thanks to all members of staff for the roles that they played in the event. Each of the winning teams from all the levels will go forward to the South Yorkshire final on the 7th December 2010 at St Pius School. Good luck from the whole Forge School Sport Partnership. Please view the Gallery section on the website to see photo’s from the event. place School points 1st King Ecgbert School 150.7 2nd Handsworth Grange 150.3 3rd Tapton School 146.2 4th City School 142.5 place School points 1st Handsworth Grange 156.8 2nd King Ecgbert School 154.9 3rd Tapton School 146.9 4th City School 144.9 place School points 1st Handsworth Grange 148.2 2nd City School 135.4 3rd King Ecgbert Boys 131.5 4th Tapton School 122.6 place School points 1st King Ecgbert School 158.1 Visit our website: www.forge-ssp.co.uk Page 15 – Team Active Add the two photos below to the page Team Active Fun is being developed by its three company directors, world champion bobsleigh driver Nicola Minichiello; sports manager Jo Manning, and marketer Gerardine Togher. The team are supported by a bank of sporting champions who have all represented Great Britain. Team Active Fun engages with young people, businesses and groups and through the power of sport allows them to develop their champion potential. Sporting champions from a range of sporting disciplines work with Team Active Fun to deliver the activity in schools, camps and in organisations whilst providing a positive inspiration to students and individuals. Exercise with Champions is our programme that works with schools. The programme arranges for a famous sporting champion to visit the school to reinforce the importance of physical exercise, sensible eating and a healthy lifestyle. The champions teach the children a set of fun exercises, pose for a keepsake photo with each child, and then address the school assembly. The children also receive literature about healthy lifestyles and a reward for taking part. Children’s fitness has never mattered more. It has been proven that children with healthier and more active lifestyles achieve more in their education and in life generally, and are more likely to fulfil their potential. Physical exercise and positive engagement help to develop children’s communication and social skills, co-ordination, co-operation and confidence. Schools don’t pay anything for a visit from Exercise with Champions; in fact, each school receives a cheque in return. Instead, the schoolchildren raise sponsorship in advance of the day, and 60% of whatever the children raise is returned to the school to spend as it wishes. Exercise with Champions is an attractive proposition for schools because it reinforces the messages they are already giving children; offers an exciting way for children to engage; delivers additional benefits in the classroom; and results in a payment to the school. To find out more visit: www.teamactivefun.com or email Jo Manning jo@teamactivefun.com Page 15 – Team Active Fun Add the two photos below to the page Visit our website: www.forge-ssp.co.uk Issue 4 - Spring 2011 Birley Family of Schools Partnership News Handsworth Family of Schools King Ecgbert Family of Schools Meadowhead Family of Schools Tapton Family of Schools City Family of Schools Birley Lyn Hogg SSCo The Y5 Hotshots competition was held at Rainbow Forge in October with fierce competition between the teams who were all fairly evenly matched in the end. Rainbow Forge started off the stronger and came out on top with Charnock joining them at the Partnership Finals at the end of November. In September with the remainder of Kids Can Do funding two Monday night clubs were set up for KS3-Parkour and Dance. Parkour from an observer’s point of view is extremely daring and pushes students to the boundaries of their limits in a safe environment. The boys that attend use all elements of physical fitness to allow them to jump, leap, stretch and lift themselves around different courses in the gym. As an activity it is demanding and not for the faint hearted but at the same time students have been allowed to develop at their pace. The dance club at the same time is geared towards teaching the girls moves and sequences but also allowing them to develop their own work. Early mornings was an area untapped at Birley but with the assistance of Mr Devlin and Y11 Academy and potential Change For Life Leaders Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8am were open for all students to play table tennis and badminton. The numbers attending have increased to around 30 a session with students happy to drop in and take part. Ninety per cent of these students do not take part in any other club at school. The leaders look after the sessions and organise equipment. The Girls have been involved in several Basketball competitions run by the Competition Managers with the Y9s fielding two teams at the recent friendly competition. The U16 girls won the recent Forge Football competition on a blustery evening under floodlights. The U13s were runners up in the SUFC N Power competition held at SUFC Academy in November. The Y11 boys entered the Table Tennis Competition at Meadowhead and enjoyed the experience despite struggling against very good opposition. Our Change For Life Club from after Christmas is Table Tennis so this is improving. Two Birley Leaders with particular interest in Table Tennis are receiving Training from ETTA to enable them to help run the club with Mrs Dyson. This proved a very enjoyable and informative course with Sam and Matthew buzzing with ideas to take back to GCSE and BTEC sessions as well as Table Tennis Clubs. Academy Leaders in Y9/10 are also involved in running clubs in our feeder schools with football and netball plus two Y11 girls are running a KS1 Dance Club at Birley Spa.Two of our Y10 Academy leaders have also been designated as Silver Adistars Ambassadors whose remit is to help promote PE and Sport and the Olympic values. We have added two new RIC coaches at school who are assisting with football and Golf plus Mrs Dyson from last year is helping with Netball and running the Change for life Club after Christmas and Lois Wragg having an interview and gaining employment with Activity Sheffield as a result of her Ric work. With P2P growing in Sheffield Emma Morris from Links Partnership has spent the last half term working with the Integrated Resource Unit on different types of games to suit their abilities. Activity Sheffield have a major impact in Birley running Blast Off Academy, Blast Off sessions plus a Streetdance club as well as holiday clubs for the primary schools at College! Many boys have enjoyed the Blast-Off sessions and taken part in City wide competitions as have the dancers. Visit our website: www.forge-ssp.co.uk Nathan Barthrop SSCo Handsworth playground to podium The first “Playground To Podium” event of the 201011 academic year took place at the EIS on the 12th October. trampolining, The event provided pupils with an opportunity to experience climbing, archery, grass paralympic style sports including boccia, football, athletics and cricket. Pupils also had the chance to complete sports assessment cards where pupils can track their progress online. The pupils that took part in the event from Handsworth Grange were Amy Keller, Bethany Vaughan, Sam Deakin, Paige Jeffrey, Mumin Samad, Loran Timson, and Charlie Passmore. It was great to see everyone having a great time and giving 100%. A big well done to you all! after School parkour September saw the start of a 10-week block of parkour activities funded through Forge School Sport Partnership and Sport Unlimited. Parkour is the physical discipline of training to overcome any obstacle within one’s path by adapting one’s movements to the environment. It is a non-competitive, physical discipline of French origin in which participants run along a route, attempting to negotiate obstacles in the most efficient way possible. Skills such as jumping and climbing, or the more specific parkour moves are employed. The goal is to get from one place to another using only the human body and the objects in the environment. The obstacles can be anything in one’s environment, but parkour is often seen practiced in urban areas because of the many suitable public structures available such as buildings and rails. The alternative activity has proven to be a real success with a total of 32 pupils from across all year groups having taken part to date. Blast off Blastoff is a Football On Your Doorstep initiative for 11 - 16 year olds organised and delivered by Activity Sheffield. It provides fun, structured and safe sessions at vulnerable times of the year. Blastoff is currently being delivered on the new Astroturf on a Friday evenings 5.00pm - 7.00pm at a cost of £1 per player. Through close working with the Handsworth SSCo, Activity Sheffield were able to offer 3 taster sessions to pupils at lunchtimes to promote the Friday evening session and encourage pupils to setup and enter their own 5-a-side football team into the competition. The taster sessions saw 75 pupils take part and a steady increase in the number of pupils taking part on a Friday evening has been seen due to the taster sessions. get active holiday camp Over October half-term a 2-day sports camp was held at Handsworth Grange Sport Centre. The camp was organised and delivered through a partnership between Handsworth Forum, Activity Sheffield, Forge School Sport Partnership and Handsworth Grange. All participants had the opportunity to take part in sledging, football rounders and dodgeball. The camp proved to be a real success and saw a total of 75 children taking part on the Wednesday and 47 children taking part on the Thursday!!! If you missed out on the October sports camp, watch out for posters around the sports centre advertising our February Half-Term activities!!! hotshots Basketball competition The Handsworth Family Hotshots competition took place on Tuesday 23rd November at Handsworth Grange Community Sports College. Brunswick, St Josephs and Athelstan were represented at the event with over 40 pupils taking part. Athelstan team 1 and team 2 clinched first and second place in the competition. These two teams will combine to form one entry into the partnership hotshots final competition along with Brunswick who will clinch the second entry place into the final. The finals will take place on Thursday 3rd March at the EIS where the winners and runners-up will be entered into the city wide final. Good luck to both teams!!! p2p Swimming event The second playground to podium event took place on the 19th November 1pm-3pm at ponds forge. This event was swimming based with Callum O’Mara, Jordan Proctor and Amy Keller representing Handsworth Grange. Pupils took part in a fun splash session which was followed by a series of swimming assessments that took place in the main competition pool. All pupils enjoyed the session and were a credit to the school! A regular weekly playground to podium multi-sport coaching session is in the planning stages to take place after Christmas. yl athelstan The Y11 PAYL members Jake Cook, Chay Kingswood, Mitchell Dennison, Dailyn Brown, Bethany Husbands, Alice Gilbert- Twigg and Kelly Taff have been delivering a top sport multi- sport club on a Thursday evening at Athelstan primary school. The session was aimed to provide Y2 pupils with a range of fun coaching opportunities in a variety of sporting disciplines. The session was certainly a big challenge for the Y11’s but they did themselves proud and as usual were a credit to the school. A big well done to you all!! Gifted and Talented Y6 young leaders from Ballifield have had the opportunity to gain the young leaders award to enable them to plan, deliver and evaluate playground activities to younger children from within their school at break time and lunchtimes. Pupils learn’t about basic leadership skills and qualities, session planning, safety aspects in sport and how to assess risks, as well as developing and inventing new games and ideas that they could introduce to younger pupils in school. Visit our website: www.forge-ssp.co.uk Issue 4 - Spring 2011 King Ecgbert Christine Havard SSCo King Ecgbert Christine Havard SSCo Sports leadership and extra curricular activities 6 King Ecgbert Y13 Sport Leaders have been supporting the Totley Primary and Totley Allsaints feeder primary schools this year by running after-school sports clubs, a key stage one multiskills and a key stage two fitness and athletics, which have been a great success for all involved. Lowfield school have set up a gymnastics club for the first time, which has been supported by myself and two Y11 sports leaders by supporting the teacher and coaching the Y4 students. They are now entering the forge partnership competition for the first time in February 2011. King Ecgbert School pupils have enjoyed some new clubs this year with an introduction to wheelchair basketball, which has had that many pupils wanting to take part we have had to limit numbers! With partnership with Charlotte Chance the extended schools co-ordinator, a group of Y7 pupils have been given the opportunity to attend girls only swimming lessons at Pondsforge after school on Fridays, which has been a great success and will continue into 2011. We have further developed our links with Sheffield hockey club with a partnership with Simon Law the new Sheffield hockey development officer. In partnership with him, we have reintroduced hockey to King Ecgbert school and have had average numbers of 60 pupils attending the after school club with one week attracting 82 pupils!!! A tournament has now been arranged at Abbeydale sports club for the January and 12 pupils have now joined the hockey club. Pupils have also enjoyed an introduction to Bhangra dancing with a twist, a mixture of modern street dance and traditional Indian dance, which the girls have been really enjoying. An indoor athletics and conditioning session has been set up on Monday’s after school in partnership with Don Valley Athletics club with is attracting 20 pupils each week and we are looking at entering the indoor athletics competition early next year. competitions The PE department have been fully involved in competition this term, with pupils, sports leaders and PE staff, and parents being involved. We have competed in all competitions available at secondary level and have done very well. King Ecgbert school were the host for the forge key steps trampolining competition in November involving over 20 King Ecgbert sports leaders from years 10, 11 and 6th form. They all completed a judging course prior to the event and were invaluable in the success of the evening. 13 teams across the forge partnership Competed and King Ecgbert teams did very well with the U14 level 1 and the U16 level 2 winning there stage and the U16 have now qualified to the south Yorkshire finals. The U14 level 2 came second and the U14 level 3 came third. Congratulations to all. The U14 girls football team competed in the forge girls football tournament in November this year held at Meadowhead and won their age group. They have now been invited to compete in the next stage next year. The U13 girls table tennis team won and the U16 boys came second in the partnership competition held at Meadowhead in October. The Primary Hotshots competition was hosted at KES with 4 Y10 and 11 sports leaders. The winners, Dore and second place Totley Allsaints will be competition at the forge final in January at Allsaints School. Our Playground to podium has continued this year, with a new group of 10 year 7 students taking part. They have along side last years students, taken part in the first of the talent identification days at the EIS, which was, as always fantastic. For the first time 5 students took part in the Swimming playground to podium at Pondsforge in November. Thank you to Marc Dolan who is part of the RIC prograame and a Teaching Assistant and KES for organising, taking and supporting these students at each events. Visit our website: www.forge-ssp.co.uk Meadowhead Jane Mintoft SSCo We have had a busy term so far at Meadowhead; it would have been even busier if the snow hadn’t arrived so early! Meadowhead has a long history of providing high quality sporting activity for children of all ages. The more traditional competitive activities still continue and are played at City and National level. These are supported by those on offer through outside agencies. In this way, we are able to offer a huge range of sporting opportunity, where all children can access high quality sporting activity and coaching, being guided towards suitable and relevant clubs depending upon their own strengths and interests. September saw the arrival of Pete Ledbetter in a different guise. He is known to many students at Meadowhead and in all of the primaries as the Tennis coach from Beauchief Tennis Club. This, however, is not Pete’s only role. He is also a highly qualified Badminton coach and it is in this capacity that he has been working since the beginning of the year. The year 7, 8 and 9 Badminton club has been so popular, we had to split the sessions, offering girls the opportunity of playing until half term and the boys continuing until Christmas. As a result of its popularity, we have secured funding for this to continue after Christmas. Yoga has been offered to our older students for the first time this year. The coaching delivery has been of a high quality and numbers of participants have remained at a consistently good level. Next term will see Meadowhead offering two new after school activities; Parkour and Volleyball. We look forward to seeing how these evolve. We have been able to access funding for all of these activities through Sport Unlimited and Change for Life projects. October saw the first new-format Inter Form competition, where the emphasis has been placed on whole class involvement. On this occasion Year 8 children were involved in Football, Badminton, Problem Solving and Calorie Burning activities. All participants gained points towards the form total and a trophy was awarded to the form in the lead. This proved to be a lovely, feel-good evening, one which will continue with different activities on a termly basis and will be offered to children in Years 7, 8 and 9. Our Primary Schools have been busy as usual. Apart from the usual activities on offer, some of our schools have benefitted from external funding. Woodseats and Lower Meadow schools have received Change for Life assistance and have been able to offer extra activities for KS1 and KS2 children. Activities have been varied; Woodseats have set the children challenges with pedometers and introduced Badminton sessions, while Lower Meadow has provided Multi skill sessions and dance opportunities. Funding will continue for this until July. Lowedges also has the opportunity to access Change for Life funding during the present academic year. Our Basketball Hotshots competition took place at Meadowhead in November with teams from Abbey Lane and Lower Meadow earning places in the Partnership Final at the English Institute for Sport. Forge Partnership has recently been successful in a bid for Badminton funding. This means that during the next few months, all of our primary schools will benefit from Badminton coaching, culminating in a cluster competition. Greenhill Primary once again hosted our Year 2 Dance Festival in November. Once again, this proved to be very successful. More than 150 children from all six of our primary schools participated in dance activities which were led by Ivan Garcia and Faye Gawthorpe. To finish the afternoon, the children were invited to show a dance piece of their own to the other schools. As always, the Meadowhead cluster continues to thrive. Visit our website: www.forge-ssp.co.uk Issue 4 - Spring 2011 Tapton Ann Riley SSCo hotshots Basketball competition This was held at Tapton. All Tapton family primary schools had a 10 week block of basketball coaching delivered prior to the competition. Hallam and Lydgate Y5 and Y6 pupils came every Friday at 3.30 for their coaching, assisted by Tapton Sports Leaders. Netherthorpe pupils received their coaching from Zest, at their own school. 49 KS2 boys and girls took part in the Basketball coaching, assisted by 8 sports leaders. Netherthorpe won the Tapton family competition. Kwik Sticks hockey 36 Y4 pupils took part in Hockey coaching at Tapton school over 6 weeks, from 3.30-4.30pm. 8 Tapton sports leaders volunteered to organise the sessions with the support and supervision of Ann Riley. The leaders did a brilliant job, pupils made huge progress with their Hockey Skills. They had an Inter school tournament to finish, leading to Kwik Sticks hockey Competition in April. high Five netball 22 Y5 and Y6 girls from Lydgate enjoyed a 7 week block of Netball coaching as an after scool club, two Tapton Sports Leaders Sarah Gill and Emma Cooper did a fantastic job leading the sessions. Our OSHL Netball was held at Hallam and was run by a parent for about 20 girls from September through to October. Badminton Richard Mills delivered high quality Badminton coaching to Y4 pupils in each primary school. Sport unlimited funding This was used to enable more KS4 pupils to attend our now very well established climbing club. 12 new pupils were able to join in and learn new skills. This funding has enabled climbing club to run now for 2 years and has become a very popular after school club. young leaders programme Ten Y10 pupils selected for Forge Young Embassadors programme. All leaders have done a brilliant job since starting their role in September. They have assisted with Inter form Netball, Rugby, Badminton and Football matches. They have assisted with delivery of OSHL activities to primary schools and assisted with festivals. next Steps trampolining 12 pupils took part in the Forge Trampolining competition and performed very well to finish 3rd place. Saturday club Trampolining and Badminton clubs continue to be hugely popular on Saturday mornings involving pupils from our feeder schools, Tapton school and the community. Several players entered Sheffield Schools Badminton tournaments and local tournaments with good results. U16/U14 Girls football Competition results Tapton U14 - 2nd, and U16 - 3rd. p2p Funding Playground to Podium funding this year has provided excellent opportunities for a KS3 Multi Sports Club at Tapton school which has run for 10 weeks and a Table Tennis Club, also run as a lunchtime club for 10 weeks, attracting up to 15 boys and girls. Netherthorpe Primary also benefitted from a Multi Skills Club delivered in their school for 6 weeks. Several of Tapton visually impaired pupils took part in a day of sport at the EIS organised by the Yorks and Humberside Disability Sports Team. Our pupils had a fantastic day sampling new sports such as Archery, Cycling and Tri-Golf. activity Sheffield In partnership with Activity Sheffield we have established numerous Community Clubs open to Y5/Y6 from our feeder and community schools and Y7 and Y8 pupils from Tapton. Basketball runs every Friday 3:30 – 4:30 pm with numbers reaching 38. Tapton Timberwolves Club follows on from 4:30 – 6 pm where different sports such as Rounders, Tennis, Cricket have been covered leading to competitions against other community clubs. A successful funding bid was acquired to supply team kit and equipment for our young pupils. Basketball club - Saturdays 12 – 1:30pm y4 pupils upwards Blast off Football - thursday nights 6- 7:30 KS3 dance club - wednesday 4:30 – 5:30 KS4 oShl clubs Funding from YST, assistance from Sports Leaders, Hallam University students, Nathan Barthrop SDO and Premier Sports/Team Coaching organisations have impacted greatly on the additional number of after school and lunchtime clubs in all our primaries. Dance clubs have been exceptionally popular at Lydgate Infants and Juniors with Street Dance and Salsa attracting up to 40 girls and boys per session. Cheerleading and African Dance have also proved popular at Netherthorpe and Hallam. Pupils from Y1- Y6 have joined in extra curricular clubs such as Gym, Mini Tennis, Multi Skills, Tri-Golf, Badminton, Football and Dance. Visit our website: www.forge-ssp.co.uk City Michelle Eccles SSCo City Michelle Eccles SSCo The City Family of Schools have launched into this academic year with their usual enthusiasm and commitment. At Primary level, our first family festival of the year was attended by all five Primaries, kindly hosted by Gleadless Primary. It was a hotly contested competition, with Gleadless finally finishing as Runners-Up and a very strong team from Stradbroke finishing as Winners. These two teams have qualified for the SSP Hotshots Final at All Saints on March 10th. The Sports Hall Athletics Heats were extremely exciting, with photo finishes being required for some of the track events! The children from Woodthorpe, Woodhouse West, Stradbroke and Intake thoroughly enjoyed the variety of Track and Field events, with many showing great potential. Intake qualified for the SHA Finals which are to be held at the EIS on February 15th. Well done to the whole team. A very special event this year was the Key Stage 1 Multi-Skills Competition, giving the younger children in Year 1 and 2 the chance to compete. Classes of pupils from both Woodthorpe and Woodhouse West attended this event, learning about the Olympic and Paralympic Values, as well as meeting an ex. British Olympian, Nicola Minicello. Well done to all the children involved. A special thank you should go to the staff at the Primaries, who work tirelessly to get pupils to these events and run clubs in their own time to practise for the competitions. Thank you to Frank Reardon and Nicola Milburn at Woodthorpe, Joanne Jasper at Stradbroke, Helen Barker at Woodhouse West, Kim Revill at Intake, Nicola Duncan, Sally Westerby and Janine Stott at Gleadless. There are many more Teaching Assistants and parents who help, which is much appreciated. Teams from The City School have competed in various SSP events this year. The U14 and U16 Girls’ Football Team achieved a highly creditable 2nd place in their competition. Four teams participated in the Secondary Table Tennis Competition. For many of the students, it was their first encounter with this type of competition, which proved to be enjoyable, as well as a good learning experience. The U14 Trampolining team had some excellent performances in their competitions, finishing in 2nd place in the Level 3 Competition. Well done to everyone who participated. Thanks to Chelsea Glossop who gave up her time as a Coach [a ‘Recruit into Coaching’Volunteer], in order to prepare the team.The City School BTEC Dancers are looking forward to the Movement Festival in April, into which we have entered a team. A special thank you goes to the City P.E. and Dance staff for their support with competitions and events. From January 2011 we have been running several new Community Clubs, based at The City School, which are open to Y 4, 5 and 6 pupils, as well as Secondary students. These have been well received by parents and carers, as most are completely free. These are being run by the school in partnership with Activity Sheffield and Forge School Sport Partnership and are displayed on the school website. Looking onwards into the rest of the year, we look forward to more SSP Competitions, such as Orienteering for Y 4/5 and Multi-Skills for Y 2/3. We are also launching our very first Family of Schools Olympic/Paralympic Competition Afternoon, at The City School, starting in March with Y5. Each year group will have the chance to participate between now and the London Olympics in 2012! You will be able to follow our progress on the ‘Get Set Network’, which is the official London 2012 website. We are also very excited about our KS3 Olympic style school sports day, which this year we are holding at The English Institute of Sport, the training home of Jessica Ennis! Thanks to everyone involved in P.E. and Sport in The City Family of Schools. Michelle Eccles [SSCo] Visit our website: www.forge-ssp.co.uk Issue 4 - Spring 2011 Newsletter from the Forge School Sport partnership Karen leaver nathan Barthrop Partnership Development Manager Sports Development Officer/ Newsletter from the Forge School Sport partnership Karen leaver nathan Barthrop Partnership Development Manager Sports Development Officer/ 07940 713182 Handsworth Grange SSCO forgessp@hotmail.com 07983 430970 forgesdo@hotmail.com michelle eccles lyn hogg City School SSCO Birley Community College SSCO 07940 713172 07932 601369 michelleeccles@talktalk.net sharksrule@hotmail.com Jane mintoft anne riley Meadowhead SSCO Tapton School SSCO 07983 430971 07983 430958 jane@naecl.co.uk annrileyis@hotmail.com christine havard dan Bennett King Ecgbert SSCO Partnership Project Manager 07983 430959 07790 833623 ch@ecgbert.sheffield.sch.uk forge.pm@hotmail.co.uk christopher rogers micheal Smith Apprentice Sports Coach Apprentice Sports Coach 07702 502007 07983 430971 forgesport@hotmail.co.uk forgecoach@hotmail.co.uk helen walker Partnership Support Officer 0114 2542665 sspenquiries@hotmail.co.uk A Specialist College for PE and Sport with ICT Handsworth Grange Road, Sheffield S13 9HJ Tel: 01142 542665 sspenquiries@hotmail.co.uk www.forge-ssp.co.uk