SPORTS LEADERS UK NOMINATIONS April 2015
HUGE CONGRATUALATIONS to Lucy M for being shortlisted for Sports Leaders UK Young Leader Trophy. Also, CONGRATULATIONS to our whole school who have been shortlisted for Primary School of the Year.
We attended the awards on Thursday 11th June at The House of Lords. What an achievement!
In February 2014, we began collecting our evidence of sport and PE across the school to apply for the Sports Kitemark through Activate Sport. In June 2014 this was sent to be assessed and we received news in September 2014 that we had been successful in gaining this sporting kitemark.
ASAP - stands for the Association of Sport and Activity Providers.
ASAP work with organisations and individuals across the UK to help deliver high quality and safe sports instruction.
ASAP works with people delivering sports instruction to help them understand and devise risk management and safe practise tools.
The ASAP approval means that coaches/teaching staff working in a setting are suitably qualified, understand risk and how to manage it. Organisations are investing in CPD for staff and that curricula is age appropriate and caters for all ability levels.
The ASAP award for schools means that they are thinking about every aspect of PE delivery in their school and meeting expectations in the following:
- Risk management
- CPD for school staff
- Qualified coaches delivering sessions
- Creating a curriculum for all ability levels
- Have a PE policy and mission statement in place