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| Peter Beardsley kicks off Junior Athlete Education(JAE) Programme for Talented students at Ashington Sports College |
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Staff and 24 talented students at Ashington Community High School Sports College were delighted when Peter Beardsley agreed to attend the pilot launch of their first Junior Athlete Education workshop earlier this term. The Schools`” Talented in PE coordinator” - Lisa Wrigglesworth ,who organised the workshop(s) – has worked closely with fellow colleagues within the Sports College, feeder Middle Schools ,Ashington School Sport Partnership and School Improvement Service on.
• Improving consistency and clarity of Talent ID (criteria , selection and policy –within school Family and School Sport Partnership)
• Improving support given to talented students by Involving and informing parents and pupils of G & T policy ,available support (mentoring) and talent development opportunities
Gary Douglas (Acting Director of Sport at Ashington Sports College) felt that :
"The Junior Athlete Education event was an excellent day covering many key aspects of being and becoming an elite performer. Staff and student feedback was very postive and many students commented on how helpful the information given to them will be in planning managing their sporting commitments and lifestyles . The presence of Peter Beardsley served only to enhance the day and he kindly gave up his time to share his vast experiences of being an elite sportsman and join in with some of the workshop sessions.
All in all this was a very productive time spent together for the most talented sports students in Ashington High School, and an excellent stepping stone in the PE Department's commitment to supporting and developing exceptional sports performers".
Andy Brown(PE and School Sport consultant with NCC stated that
“Ashington were already well ahead with their G and T work ,particularly with regard to identification of and provision for talented students, however this was very much within the Sports College. Thanks to the recent Northumberland CPD programme ,the vision ,energy and effective collaboration shown by of the PE Departments` G & T PE Coordinator ,School Sport Partnership and feeder middle school staff - there has been more partnership working which has resulted in increased consistency ,progress and improved liaison . They really have taken identification of talented students, provision and student support, through the roll out of the JAE programme, to the next level .Clear progress has been made, impact is growing and further plans for a summer G and T programme are being developed. Their G and T focus group, led by Lisa Wrigglesworth (Talented in PE coord`)and Lyn Watkins (SSCo ) are now considering :
• Possible summer talent camps
• Using Gifted and Talented leaders to organise a Top link festivals
• Providing Gifted & Talented Leaders with extra opportunities to undertake NGB awards and training to enable them to develop and lead the new initiative of Active lunchtimes”
• Training more teachers to become mentors both throughout the school and across the Partnership
About the Junior Athlete Education(JAE) programme :
JAE workshops – who are they for ? :
Secondary Schools and School Sport partnerships who :
• completed and returned a Northumberland G and T in PE Scoping (audit) exercise
• attended key events in Northumberland 3 phase CPD training programme on G & T in PE and a Talent Development
• are now well ahead with their efforts to
1.Increase expertise in identifying talented and potentially talented pupils in PE
2.Develop and improve consistency of their G & T policy ( in place and actively guiding practice))
3.Increase school & teacher expertise in supporting and challenging talented pupils
What are the workshops about ?
The JAE workshops , delivered by local Northumberland G & T tutors James Ellison (Morpeth /Ponteland SSP manager) and Mike Jarvis(Ashington /Blyth Bedlington School Sport Coordinator) are designed to meet the needs of pupils who have demonstrated their talent or potential in Physical Education and School Sport (5 Multi-abilities – Creative ,Cognitive ,Social ,Physical and Personal) .
The programme consists of the following components:
1.Young Athlete Workshops
• lifestyle management
• performance profiling
• performance planning
2.Parents Workshop : Performance parents
3.A Mentoring Programme (planned roll out in 07-08)
• group mentoring
• individual mentoring
The Mentoring training will soon be also available to those schools who take up the JAE programme – for further information on the JAE programme or indeed further planned G and T CPD events in 07 -08 please contact :
1. James Ellison or /Mike Jarvis (Northumberland G and T local tutors)
E-mail : james@jamesellison.wanadoo.co.uk Phone : 077900 11737
2. Andy Brown (Northumberland PESS consultant)
E-mail : andbrown@northumberland.gov.uk Phone : 01670 533551
Or for specific enquiries about success of the programme in Ashington please contact :
Gary Douglas (Acting Director of Sport) or Lisa Wrigglesworth (Talented in PE Coordinator ) at Ashington Sports College
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| Young Sports Leaders take a healthy and early lead in Northumberland Middle Schools |
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There is an increasing emphasis being placed on the need for our young people to establish and develop healthy lifestyles, increase physical activity levels, improve participation rates and develop positive attitudes towards health and well being.
Pupils in healthy schools need to be provided with a broad range of opportunities that encourage them to engage in positive and enjoyable physical activities.
NB To improve health, the current National recommendations in England are that:
Children and young people should aim to participate in physical activity (P.A.) of at least moderate intensity for one hour every day
To assist some of our middle schools in addressing these needs Northumberland Healthy Schools and several of our School Sport partnerships have been rolling out a highly popular and well received Young leaders training programme.
About the Award :
The award is a programme of leadership training for young people, aged between 9 and 13 yrs, that promotes them working with younger children and teaching Sports leadership skills through a range of active games and positive physical activities. It’s ultimate aim is to develop students potential leadership qualities and abilities so that they can assist their school in:
• Increasing levels and numbers of pupils involved in purposeful P.A.
• Reducing any possible negative behaviour at lunchtimes e.g. Bullying ,racism etc
• Improving levels of cooperation ,responsibility ,ownership etc (Citizenship ,G and T strands)
The Northumberland Healthy Schools programme has been able to fund and deliver training, starter equipment bags and young leader’s uniforms to ten Northumberland Middle schools who successfully applied for the project.
(Bothal MS Ashington ;Corbridge MS, Blyth Delaval MS ,Hexham MS; Belford St Marys MS; Seaton Hirst C of E MS ; Seahouses MS ;South Tyne dale MS;Thomas Percy RC MS ; Whytrig MS)
These schools have now completed their training and with over 100 young leaders in place we look forward to hearing and sharing their success stories.
In fact we are already starting to hear and receive great impact feedback (ref below quote) on how they are inspiring, leading and motivating younger children in their schools.
“The Young Sports Leaders Award has been a resounding success at Seahouses Middle School! The young leaders are assisting in running 8 lunchtime clubs after Easter for our year 5 and 6s. These clubs include tennis, cricket, rounders and athletics. The leaders were very positive about their training with many of them saying that they had surprised themselves by actually being able to lead a group of children. It was great to see some of the less confident pupils growing in stature as a result of the award. A number of their parents commented on how good they thought it had been for their child.”
Julie Harris Headteacher Seahouses Middle School
What next?
As these young leaders are beginning to build and extend their talents ,skills ,knowledge and confidence we are asking their schools to complete and return a success story proforma - so that we can and celebrate and share their good practice with others via the Northumberland PE and School Sport website http://npess.northumberland.gov.uk/
Schools and leaders who successfully see the project through from March – July will be invited to participate in an end of year celebration event at Kirkley Hall ,Ponteland where they will be presented with certificates and participate in a variety of problem solving challenge activities . More to follow on this event in May.
Future developments :
Thanks to the popularity and early impact seen to date , the Healthy Schools programme are keen to work with our school sport partnerships in identifying a further 10 schools that may benefit from a repeat of the initiative in from Autumn 07 – June 08 .
To find out more about the young leaders programme in Northumberland contact :
Andy Brown Physical Education and School Sport Consultant NCC at andbrown@northumberkland.gov.uk
Or
your school Sport Partnership Manager /School Sport Coordinator.
For National information on Sports Leaders UK go to ;
http://www.sportsleaders.org/Home/Content.aspx?PageID=TheAwards
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