Summer 2014 | Sporting Start

Summer2014

SPORTINGSTARTThe Youth Sport Trust magazine for primary schools

Good health supports successful learning

Plan your Membership 2014/15

National PE and School Sport SurveyHAVEYOUR SAY

Effective Professional LearningGuides schools as to how effective professional learning can maximise their Primary PE and Sport Premium.

Available to download here:www.youthsporttrust.org/sport-premium

The employment and deployment of coachesGuides schools as to how best to use coaches alongside teachers to help maximise the Primary PE and Sport Premium.

Available to download here:www.youthsporttrust.org/sport-premium

Self-review toolBenchmarking tool to support you to assess your school’s current provision and outcomes in PE and school sport, and then identify priorities for development.

Available to download here: www.youthsporttrust.org/sport-premium

Physical Literacy FrameworkGuides primary schools on how best to structure their PE and school sport provision and maximise the opportunities for the development of physical literacy for all pupils.

Available to download here: www.youthsporttrust.org/sport-premium

Maximise your Primary PE and Sport Premium fundingAt the Youth Sport Trust, we are committed to supporting primary schools develop high quality PE and sport opportunities for all young people — from supporting children to learn the fundamental skills for movement, to improving their social skills and cognitive abilities through physical activity.

Evidencing the impact This template and guidance helps to identify development priorities, monitor progress and track the impact being made by the funding.

Available to download from:www.youthsporttrust.org/sport-premium

Governor’s Guide to maximising the impactOffers Governors an explanation of the funding, Ofsted assessment and provides key questions for them to consider.

Available to Youth Sport Trust Member schools here: www.youthsporttrust.org/governors-guide

Health and wellbeing Using physical activity to improve pupils’ health, wellbeing and educational outcomes.

Available to Youth Sport Trust Member schools here: www.youthsporttrust.org/sport-premium

Literacy and numeracy: Improving literacy and numeracy through PE and sport

Available to Youth Sport Trust Member schools here: www.youthsporttrust.org/resources/literacy -and-numeracy

Youth Sport Trust tools to support you to maximise your funding.

Talk to us!Obtain further support throughout the year by becoming part of our national primary school network. The full list of Member benefits can be found on page 5.

Get in touch with us by emailing [email protected] or calling 01509 226688.

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Baroness Sue Campbell CBE Chair Youth Sport Trust

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Contents

As we move towards the end of the academic year, now is the time to reflect on the impact of the Primary PE and Sport Premium funding and what changes may be needed for next year in order that all children are benefitting.

Nationally there is now greater clarity from the three government departments on how the funding is best utilised. The Department for Education, the Department of Health and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport have an agreed vision on making best use of the funding.

This vision includes four key objectives for the funding which are: improving the quality of existing PE teaching through continuing professional development in PE for generalists; ensuring schools understand how they can use PE and sport as a tool for whole school improvement; increasing participation levels in competitive sport and healthy activity of pupils; and increasing the quality of initial teaching training and to promote the introduction of PE specialists in primary schools.

Whilst schools have been focusing, quite rightly, on improving the quality and quantity of their provision it is also important to think about how to measure success in order to identify the impact of the provision. Has achievement in weekly PE lessons improved? Has pupils’ participation in competitive school sport increased? Has personal health and wellbeing improved? Have attitudes and behaviour to learning improved? These are some of the questions that Ofsted will be considering and it is important that schools can identify where they have made positive progress.

It is an exciting time for primary PE and school sport. There is a real opportunity to make a significant difference to the quality of provision. I encourage you all to continue your great work and I hope our tools, resources, professional development and support are useful in this journey.

04 Note from John Steele

05 Youth Sport Trust Membership 2014/15

06 Evidencing the impact of the PE and Sport Premium

08 Good health supports good learning

10 Policy update

12 Snapshot — photo gallery

14 Physical fitness, emotional wellbeing and academic attainment — a virtuous circle

15 Five key steps to prepare for the new PE curriculum

16 Using competitive sport to build resilience

17 Sainsbury’s School Games Mark — apply now!

18 Case study: providing opportunities for young disabled people with complex needs

20 Events calendar

21 Preferred suppliers

22 National Governing Bodies of Sport

The Youth Sport Trust is to launch a new survey to measure participation levels in PE and school sport.

The survey will aim to identify where there is good provision of PE and sport in schools and importantly areas where improvements are needed. Alongside participation rates, schools will be asked to consider the value they place on PE and sport to improve the physical and emotional well being, social skills and educational achievement of young people.

All schools will be sent a link to complete the survey the week commencing Monday 23 June.

FIND OUT MORE — www.youthsporttrust.org/YST-survey

Youth Sport Trust National PE and school sport survey

HAVEYOUR SAY

NOTE FROM JOHN STEELE

John Steele, Chief Executive Officer of the Youth Sport Trust

John Steele Chief Executive Officer Youth Sport Trust

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At the Youth Sport Trust we often talk about the importance of PE and sport in helping raise attainment and achievement in schools. Over many years we have worked with schools to show that having healthy, active pupils can boost performance across the curriculum.

Being physically active from a young age has a range of health benefits. It can reduce stress, tackle obesity, ward off anxiety and feelings of depression, boost self-esteem and emotional wellbeing — and there is a wealth of evidence to support the notion that being healthy and active can support academic performance.

It was interesting to read research recently from the Physical Activity Council in America that stated no matter what the sport or activity, PE dramatically increases the likelihood that young people will carry on with activities outside of school and into adult life. It also showed that children who do not take part in regular PE are more than twice as likely to be totally sedentary outside of school.

These findings come as no surprise and we are working with 90 Health and Wellbeing Schools that are hubs of innovation in PE and sport delivery to change this. With a focus on improving health outcomes, they are finding creative ways of strengthening the resilience of their pupils, helping them to tackle stress, improve confidence and boost body image. By targeting certain groups of students these schools are helping young people achieve in lessons and lead healthy lifestyles. The article on page 8 describes our Health and Wellbeing framework and gives two snapshots of practice in this area.

Ensuring all young people get the support they need to lead healthy, active lifestyles is a Youth Sport Trust priority. It also needs to be a national priority if we are to make significant changes in habits and attitudes, and realise the potential for a healthier and happier generation.

Essential Summer Reading

Recommended by the Youth Sport Trust research team

Why schools should promote students’ health and wellbeing The British Medical Journal has warned that childrens’ health and wellbeing could suffer as school policies focus more and more on academic achievement. The editorial states that ‘students in better health have higher academic attainment’.

http://bit.ly/BMJhealth

The impact of non-cognitive skills on outcomes for young people A review from the Education Endowment Fund provides evidence for the impact of ‘soft skills’ on outcomes like attainment, employability, wellbeing and engagement in school.

http://bit.ly/EEFSoftSkills


Resources— Youth Sport Trust communications

— Quality Mark self-review tool

— Specialist resources

Professional Development — Key Stage 1 and 2 PE curriculum training

— Using PE and Sport to raise achievement in school training

— Subject Coordinator training

— Inclusive PE training

ClustersCluster Coordinator training

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“High-quality PE and sport has had a positive impact on so many children in our school. Engagement and motivation in all areas of learning has increased as has achievement across the academic and physical curriculum. Our continued relationship and membership of the Youth Sport Trust provides an opportunity to engage in innovative programmes that enable us to build on these achievements year on year.”

David Barnett, Headteacher Chudleigh Primary School, Devon

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Evidencing the impact of the PE and Sport PremiumOfsted expectations

The areas that Ofsted inspectors will focus on to identify how effectively schools have used their Primary PE and Sport Premium funding include:

Improvement in achievement in weekly PE lessons

Increase in participation in competitive school sport

Improvement in personal health and wellbeing

Improvement in attitudes and behaviour towards learning

In order to help inspectors to make a judgement, they will expect school leaders and Governors to give an evaluation of quality of PE, pupils’ participation in school sport and how the PE and Sport Premium has been used to make improvements. Inspectors will also have an increased expectation of PE lesson observations and will ask young people their views on PE, sport and what the school does to keep them healthy and active.

Schools should be considering carefully if their processes and practices will be seen in the best light if they are inspected, page 2 of this magazine outlines the Youth Sport Trust tools available to support you, including a suggested template to use to identify priority areas for development and monitor progress. Here are four snapshots from schools that outline an approach to each of Ofsted’s focus areas:

Victoria Dock and Westcott Primary Schools in Hull have used their funding to employ a PE specialist. They identified a need to support the preparation and teaching of high quality PE lessons that will develop the fundamental skills of movement and the core skills for games. The overarching aim of the PE specialist is to develop teachers’ understanding of what high quality PE is and how it can impact on the overall development of the children. The specialist also embeds a ‘keep it simple’ philosophy to delivering a quality PE curriculum.

Using both their PE and Sport Premium funding and Youth Sport Trust Primary Membership support, the schools have developed their approach to raising achievement. The support has been welcomed by all teachers — with many highlighting that the ‘fear’ of taking PE lessons has disappeared. There has also been a positive change in pupil’s confidence, attitude and behaviour in class.

Stokes Wood Primary School in Leicester used their funding to develop what they already have in place to ensure that all children benefit from being engaged in PE and sport, and to energise them for academic work. Sports coaches and teaching assistants are employed to run activities before school, at lunchtime and after school. These range from traditional sports clubs to street dance and Change4Life Sports Clubs. Teachers also take part in many of the activities; acting as role models for pupils.

The school enters teams in all Sainsbury’s School Games competitions and regularly holds focus days on a particular sport or physical activity. There has been correlation between participation in sport and academic achievement, with some pupils showing accelerated progress over two years where they were more engaged with PE and sport. For one pupil with dyslexia who was disruptive during class, participating in the football team created a huge change in his attitude to school and learning. He went on to achieve level 4s in reading and maths, became chair of the School Council and represented the school at various events.

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School approaches to measuring impact and raising achievement in PE

St Charles Borromeo Primary School in Surrey used their funding to give as many children as possible the opportunity to play competitive sport and experience a number of different sports. They are part of a confederation of schools that have introduced a virtual multi-skills competition for Key Stage 1. The school has a strong sports association and the funding has allowed them to increase the number of competitions they engage in by paying for teacher cover to release teachers to accompany the children.

Wellfield Methodist and Anglican Church School in Lancashire wanted to increase the pupil voice in designing PE and sport, whilst improving the health and wellbeing of pupils. This included increasing opportunities for participation in non-traditional sports and clubs, such as a Change4life Sports Club which now runs continually throughout the year (see page 8 for more information on Change4Life).

The School Games Organiser delivered a number of training sessions with pupils and supported the delivery of the clubs. The number of children taking part in extra-curricular activities has increased to 90% in Key Stage 2 and 60% in Key Stage 1 — this represents a 10% increase from previous years. Behaviour at playtimes and lunchtimes has improved with the number of incidents reported in behaviour logs dropping dramatically from at least one incident per day to less than one per week.

Health and wellbeing

Competitive school sport

Attitudes and behaviour for learning

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Find out more: www.youthsporttrust.org/ sport-premium


Identify pupil needs

Use of the Premium will be most effective when schools:

Audit strengths and weaknesses in meeting

needs

Plan appropriate

provision

Evaluate impact

on pupil outcomes

Make sustainable long-term change


There is strong evidence that healthy and active pupils are effective learners and that their health and wellbeing goes hand-in-hand with raising achievement.

The Youth Sport Trust, working in partnership with Department of Health and Public Health England, is committed to supporting schools to promote health and wellbeing. These schools are using interventions such as Change4Life Sports Clubs and will soon be taking part in Virgin Active Crew* as a means of improving health outcomes and impacting on the achievement of children and young people.

We know that good health supports successful learning and can impact on attendance, attitude and behaviour for learning. Being inactive affects more than just a child’s physical health — it can also undermine their mental and emotional wellbeing. Our programmes develop children’s physical literacy — the foundation upon which we build a healthy active lifestyle. They are also developing the social and cognitive attributes required for life, plus incorporating an understanding of how lifestyle choices can impact on physical and emotional health.

Health and wellbeing framework

PE e.g. learning fundamental

and leadership skills

Physical e.g. fitness

Engagement e.g. attendance

Utility activity e.g. cycling, scooting or walking to school

Understanding health e.g. making

lifestyle choices

Skills e.g. decision making

Sport e.g. clubs, coaching and

competitions

Social e.g. belonging

Learning behaviours e.g. resilience

Recreational activity e.g. informal play,

family activities

Emotional e.g. self-esteem

Knowledge e.g. understanding

the body

Educational achievement

Physical activity

Health and wellbeing

Good health supports good learning

* Our Virgin Active Crew project will be launching in September. Look out for more information in the new academic year.


Two examples of how our programmes can impact on whole school priorities:

The deputy head at Grove Road Community Primary School in Harrogate mapped Year 4 and 5 pupils’ attendance at after-school clubs against the vulnerable groups register and targeted 12 children, including four with English as an additional language, three with special educational needs, three low attendees and three who were significantly overweight.

The common factor was that each child had very low self-esteem, which was affecting their attendance and achievement. Through the Change4Life Sports Club, three of the targeted children have significantly improved attendance and a class teacher reports that seven of the children are making greater progress in their learning due to increased self-esteem.

Coleshill Heath Primary School in North Solihull used a robust monitoring system developed by their Inclusion Team to target groups that were demonstrating poor attendance and punctuality and were showing signs of poor self esteem and resilience. They created a breakfast club opportunity where those targeted children were invited to a ‘health club’ which provides a diverse range of activities led by other children and access to a healthy breakfast. As a result Ofsted made the following observation:

“Pupils attending the breakfast club get a very good start to the day. This is linked with a range of sporting activities, which are delivered in a highly professional way. Breakfast provides a healthy start to the day, where pupils enjoy the socialising and physical activity.

Pupils have good opportunities to develop a spiritual and social dimension through considering others, valuing their own and others’ achievements and through the school’s extensive extra-curricular activities and clubs.”

Grove Road Community Primary School Coleshill Heath Primary School

Good health supports good learning

Good health supports successful learning. Successful learners support health. Education and health are inseparable.

World Health Organisation

There are further resources on the Youth Sport Trust Members’ website where you can find examples of how primary schools are using physical activity to improve pupils’ health, wellbeing and educational outcomes. www.youthsporttrust.org/healthandwellbeing

Find out more:

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Phil Chamberlain Director of Policy and Communications Youth Sport Trust

POLICY UPDATEPolitical analysis

As we move to end of the summer term, it is worth reflecting on the level of political engagement throughout this academic year on PE and school sport. With the introduction of PE and Sport Premium funding in primary schools across England, now is the time to ensure that this funding is maximised. So, working with a range of national partners and Government Departments, we are playing our part — not just in delivery but in influence, as we have a seat at the Ministerial Group on School Sport, which reviews policy, strategy and impact relevant to the PE and school sport agenda.

As the theme of this edition suggests, there continues to be much public debate on physical activity, obesity and diet:

Elsewhere, the All Party Parliamentary Group report on Character and Resilience has been published, which argues that a greater focus must be placed on developing children’s characters and resilience as they move through the education system and into the workplace. The report contains a far-reaching set of policy recommendations and notes the crucial role participation in sport can have in developing ‘character’. The Youth Sport Trust is engaged with this Group and its Chair, and have provided information regarding the development of ‘life skills’ in young people through PE and school sport.

Over the next 12 months, much will be made of the upcoming General Election. We are currently considering our own ‘manifesto commitment’ for PE and school sport, to ensure that all political parties continue to value the importance of this issue in their thinking — thereby placing it at the heart of education, wellbeing and social policy development. To support this work, we are engaged with a range of Government Ministers and senior civil servants, as well as cross-Party figures to ensure that PE and school sport is universally understood and its importance is not divided by political will.

In the Chief Medical Officer’s annual report on the state of England’s health, it revealed that overweight is becoming the norm, and suggested a sugar tax may be needed. She also identified active travel as ‘crucial to improving the health of the nation and reducing the prevalence of obesity’. It is therefore worth noting that thanks to our engagement with the Department of Transport, we are already delivering Bikeability, a programme designed to give youngsters the skills and confidence to cycle.

The All Party-Commission on Physical Activity published its report: Tackling Physical Inactivity — A Coordinated Approach, following a process of consultation, which the Youth Sport Trust contributed evidence. The report sets out recommendations to tackle the growing physical inactivity epidemic in the UK and calls for the creation of a cross-sector and cross-departmental National Action Plan.

We have also submitted evidence to Public Health England’s (PHE) ‘Open consultation: Developing a national physical activity approach’. PHE is a Government body bringing together public health specialists, and are keen to learn from the experience and knowledge within national and local organisations and individuals to create an approach built on ‘what works’ in real communities.

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Brandon was inactive, overweight, had low self-esteem and was making little progress at school. It was hard to identify which of these symptoms came first, and which followed, but it was clear that something needed to be done to help him change.

Woodlands School introduced an indoor rowing club targeted at inactive students, but importantly, it was opened up to other students too, making it far less of a stigma to take part.

Rowing was an ideal activity for two reasons: firstly, it was new to all of the students, and so they had no preconception about whether or not they were ‘good at it’. Secondly, it is an activity where hard work and persistence will pay off for everyone, regardless of ability, giving tangible improvements in physical fitness very quickly.

After a term of regular rowing, Brandon had lost a significant amount of weight, he was able to row uninterrupted for

twenty minutes at a time, and he was feeling far more positive about himself. His attainment in literacy had improved, partly as a result of his improved ability to focus and concentrate, and partly because he was writing enthusiastically about his rowing experiences. The school’s next plan is to use much of the data that can be collected from indoor rowing machines to stimulate Brandon’s interest in numeracy.

While the project has had the biggest single impact on Brandon, the school has seen similar improvements in other students who have taken part in the rowing intervention, reporting greater resilience, concentration and determination in pupils who have seen and felt for themselves the benefits of persistence and hard work.

It isn’t always easy to identify which comes first — poor self esteem, poor health or poor achievement, but there is no doubt that an intervention focused on improved physical fitness can have the most immediate and obvious impacts.

Physical fitness, emotional wellbeing and academic attainment — a virtuous circle

Brandon, Woodlands

School

After a term of regular

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Positive outcomes

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Greater resilience and determination

Improved focus and

concentration

Increased positivity

Significant weight loss


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Youth Sport Trust Membership

Pinvin used some of their Primary PE and Sport Premium funding to become a Youth Sport Trust Member school to access more guidance and support.

Bespoke support

One of the Youth Sport Trust Membership benefits which Pinvin used was bespoke support. The staff received professional development on implementing Bupa Start to Move and Sporting Promise TOP Sport into their curriculum. Working together with the Youth Sport Trust, Pinvin has started their long term planning for PE.

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Five key steps to prepare for the new PE curriculum The Youth Sport Trust has been working with Pinvin Church of England First School in Worcestershire to improve the quality of PE teaching and learning and review their curriculum in preparation for the launch of the new National Curriculum.

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Self-review

Pinvin completed the Youth Sport Trust self-review tool, which highlighted that teaching and learning in PE was a concern shared by all teachers, alongside teacher confidence and competence. See page 2 for details of self-review.

Key Stage 1 training

Early Years Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 were identified as the priority and so a teacher attended Bupa Start to Move training and then cascaded their learning to the whole school. This training focuses on the fundamental skills of stability, object control and locomotion that underpin movement. Pinvin assessed the physical literacy skills that children had and object control and stability were the core areas which teachers and teaching assistants highlighted that children had difficulty with.

Key Stage 2 training

Following this successful model, a Key Stage 2 teacher (PE Coordinator) then accessed Sporting Promise TOP Sport training and cascaded to all staff. TOP Sport highlights the importance of higher order questions and STEP process for differentiation to ensure all learners make progress. After training, Pinvin identified which areas of TOP Sport the children were able to do and areas where they were weaker.

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Impact of their work

On reviewing the impact of the new approaches, Pinvin has reported an increase in staff confidence and competence. Overall, PE has a greater profile in school and they are continuing to monitor the impact on pupil progress and learning.

“The training provided by the Youth Sport Trust team not only improved staff knowledge and understanding but also reignited teaching enthusiasms and instilled a confidence to create a whole school curriculum plan.”

Warren Bennett, Headteacher, Pinvin School


Using competitive sport to build resilience

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Mersham Primary School in Kent has embraced the Sainsbury’s School Games fully, using the programme to progress the meaning of competitive school sport for its pupils.

The school has fought hard to get to this level, with limited facilities. They have been battling for 10 years to get a flat play area and 15 years to get a school field, while a small hall limits the scope of indoor activities.

Despite these difficulties, Mersham has been creative in using competition to have a broader impact on pupil aspirations, self-image, health and fitness.

Headteacher Mark Brooks commented,

“The Sainsbury’s School Games provides an ideal opportunity for schools to build on leadership across the curriculum and give young people the chance to use these skills in a range of roles to support school sport and the Games.”

Since 2011/12, Mersham has connected the five Sainsbury’s School Games ‘Spirit of the Games’ values — passion, belief, respect, honesty and teamwork — with its own PRIDE values. Bringing together the Olympic and Paralympic values, PRIDE celebrates behaviour and achievement in all aspects of the curriculum and school life:

Personal Excellence

Respect and Friendship

Inspiration

Determination and Courage

Equality

The Sainsbury’s School Games has introduced pupils of all abilities and ages to a greater range of sports than ever before. This exposure to competitive school sport has challenged pupils to develop a range of transferable skills:

— Understand the importance of practice and preparation

— Challenge yourself to achieve your personal best

— Learn how to set realistic goals and work towards achieving them

— Have fun and enjoy yourself!

The Sainsbury’s School Games provides children with real and meaningful opportunities to:

— Experience being part of a team and understand your contribution to it

— Become more determined and build resilience

— Develop self-control and manage emotions

— Win with pride and lose with grace

— Demonstrate respect for officials, peers and the rules of the game.

As Mersham’s recent Ofsted report stated:

“Pupils achieve well in physical education because the school uses the Silver PE and School Games Mark Award (Sainsbury’s School Games Kitemark) to give physical activity high priority through the school. All pupils participate in the wide range of opportunities, including local football and athletics tournaments.”

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Sainsbury’s School Games Mark — apply now!The Sainsbury’s School Games Mark award scheme application window is now open for the 2013/2014 academic year.

The Mark is a Government-led awards scheme that was launched in 2012 to reward schools for their commitment to developing competition across their school and into the community, and to celebrate the School Games competitions delivered during the 2013/14 academic year.

Schools can assess themselves across bronze, silver and gold levels and display the award on their marketing collateral to demonstrate their outstanding commitment to school sport. Ofsted also often use the Mark as part of their inspection framework. Most importantly the Mark can be used as a development tool to aid the PE Coordinator, Headteacher and governing body of your school.

All registered schools in England are able to apply for the Mark for the 2013/2014 academic year. The application window will be open until Wednesday 1 October 2014.

How to apply:

To apply for the award visit www.yourschoolgames.com and login to your School Tools dashboard where you’ll find a link to the application form, award criteria and supporting documents.

Registration takes just a few minutes and all schools can access a range of alternative, modified and traditional competition formats helping schools to offer new and exciting options to students through the Sainsbury’s School Games.

Not yet registered?

Find out more at www.yourschoolgames.com

By joining the other 17,000 schools who have already registered for the Sainsbury’s School Games your school can:

Engage less-active young people to participate in physical activity


Project Ability is a programme aimed at increasing competitive sport opportunities for young disabled people. A network of Youth Sport Trust Partner Schools leading the delivery of Project Ability act as hubs for the programme, and share practice and support schools in their region to improve the quality and extend the provision of physical activity for disabled pupils.

Helen Bourton, the Project Ability lead at Westcroft Through School in Wolverhampton, found that there was a lack of appropriate opportunities for young people with complex needs to access competition, or to meet and engage in Sainsbury’s School Games activities. As part of her local Project Ability programme, she established a working group of teachers from SLD/PMLD schools across the Black Country and developed SMILE — Sport and Multi-skills Inclusive Linked to Clubs Event. Built on inclusive PE principles and supported by coaches, young leaders and officials, and trainee teachers, it offers opportunities for young people with complex needs to access sport and physical activity. This is achieved through the development of a competition calendar for particular targeted groups of children in their schools as well as a supportive network where PE staff can try out new experiences and share good practice.

FIND OUT MORE —www.youthsporttrust.org/project-ability

SMILE (Sport and Multi-skills Inclusive Linked to clubs Event) is based in the Black Country and offers inclusive sports events and festivals throughout the year for more than 200 young disabled people. For some of these children it will be the first time that they have accessed PE and sport opportunities.

Two SMILE Experience events have now taken place — the first in February was a multi-sports event, supported by Wolverhampton University ITT students, where children took part in a range of activities, including those adapted from Change4Life Sports Clubs and climbing on an accessible climbing wall. In May, a sensory orienteering event was hosted and led by Old Park Special School in Dudley. More than 80 children attended the event throughout the day, most of whom had never accessed any physical activity or sport beyond curriculum provision in their own schools. One pupil had never been able to access Sainsbury’s School Games activities due to very complex physical and learning disabilities that meant she was completely immobile for most of the time. With support, she was able to participate in the Sainsbury’s School Games and compete at the same time as children from other schools for whom this was similarly their first experience. The next planned SMILE Experience will be aquatics.

A network of 50 Project Ability lead schools act as hubs for the programme.

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Providing opportunities for young disabled people with complex needs

Project Ability is supported by:

— the Department for Education

— the Department for Health

— the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

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Sainsbury's 2014 School Games SGO National Summit 2014

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Let ESPO help create resilient pupils

At ESPO, we know it’s important to work together to create resilient pupils with healthy bodies and minds, including developing personal wellbeing, self-esteem, attitude and physical fitness.

From the food choices young people make to the sporting/PE opportunities available through to quality teaching, together we can ensure pupils enjoy a positive learning experiences.

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Love hockey? Updated Quicksticks resource

The England Hockey Quicksticks resource has been revised and fully updated for 2014. The new edition is available now via Youth Sport Direct.

The resource is accessible to all and suitable for both non-specialist and specialist teachers of Physical Education. It supports the PE National Curriculum 2014, and focuses on developing the whole child and not just their physical skills. The wider personal skills (healthy, thinking and creative) are developed through an easy to use lesson-by-lesson approach.

The Quicksticks resource offers opportunities to develop children’s leadership skills through a variety of roles (either within lesson time or as an out of school learning opportunity), and there is a greater emphasis towards higher order questioning to challenge and deepen the children’s understanding of the game. Additional materials support the teacher in assessing not just the physical ability of the child but also their personal skills.

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www.youthsportdirect.org 01509 226624

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Amateur Swimming Association

New school swimming website launched for primaries

To help tackle the worrying number of children in the UK leaving primary school unable to swim, the ASA has launched a new school swimming website.

Aimed at both school teachers and swimming teachers, the website supports primary schools, in delivering a fully-rounded education for each pupil. Alongside details of curriculum requirements and how to enrol teachers onto the National Curriculum Training Programme (NCTP), the website includes a range of school swimming guides, sample lesson plans, helpful auditing information and frequently asked questions to aid the delivery of swimming lessons for primary school children.

FIND OUT MORE —www.swimming.org/asa/schoolswimming/

British Wheelchair Basketball

Inclusive Zone Basketball Schools Competition 2014

Inclusive Zone Basketball enables players with a physical disability to represent their school alongside their non-disabled classmates in a fast-paced game that is on the rise across the country.

This year over 300 pupils battled it out in the regional heats, with the eight winning teams progressing to the National Finals at the University of Worcester Arena.

A crowd of spectators, joined by guest of honour and BWB Royal Patron HRH the Countess of Wessex, witnessed a thrilling final tournament with NEW College Pontefract of West Yorkshire taking the title.

FIND OUT MORE —http://bit.ly/IZBasketball

England Hockey

Quicksticks — an introductory game of hockey for 7–11 year olds

Quicksticks is four-a-side introductory game of hockey, designed especially for 7–11 year-olds. It can be played on any surface, and uses a larger, lighter and safer ball. Simple rules and updated resources aligned to the new primary curriculum from September 2014 make it easy for teachers to deliver, even with little or no prior knowledge of hockey.

Visit our website to find out more, where you can also download free resources for festivals and after-school clubs, and take our free online teacher training course.

FIND OUT MORE —www.playquicksticks.co.uk

School sport opportunities and offers from National Governing Bodies of Sport

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The Youth Sport Trust: sport changes lives Our charity is passionate about helping all young people to achieve their full potential by delivering high quality physical education and sport.

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