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The newsletter for the Slough School Sport Network December 2016

St Bernards Bronze medallists

Westgate Gold Medallists

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enjoy, participate, succeed

SEASONS GREETINGS

enjoy, participate, succeed

The Westgate School hosted our first ever Slough

Young Ambassador Conference to around 50 budding

young leaders from across the borough.

Young people from eight different schools in

Slough attended from Year 10 to Year

12 (Schools included: Arbour Vale,

Herschel Grammar, Langley Grammar,

Long Close, St Bernards, St Josephs,

Westgate and Wexham).

The day was delivered in

partnership with our awesome

partners Mars in the Community and

Create Development providing a

great afternoon of skill development,

character building and also

developing those vital personal skills

to get yourself ‘above the rest’ when

applying to university or the

workplace.

The day was opened by the truly

inspiring Rion Pierre a current GB sprinter who

took our young people on a journey of

overcoming adversity, making the most of

any opportunity that comes your way and

knowing what success really means to

you...some vital life lessons to be heard!

The day then kicked into a whole

group work-shop

with Create

Development

Director, Tim

Dancer who took

the young people

through the principles of real Coaching, supporting

them to gain a deeper understanding of developing

the child and to align coaching habits in order to

develop a truly child centred approach.

Our leaders were then

separated into two groups and went

off to explore 'developing your

communication, the power of

language' delivered by real Coaching

tutor Jason Elwell and also 'setting

yourself above the rest' delivered by

the SSSN and Lorna Catling from

MARS.

Lorna took the young people

through sample CV's, covering letters

and what to do and not do in terms of

interview techniques – all great life

skills for the future! We also took

them through opportunities out there to work in

the world of sport being it in marketing, PR, event

organisation, nutrition...1000s of different

opportunities!

The feedback from the day has been excellent

and we will certainly be making this a regular

event on the calendar! A massive thank you to all

our

wonderful

partners involved

on the day and

our hosts The

Westgate School,

Mr Root and his

team!

Young Ambassadors seize the day

E YR LA 2The newsletter for the Slough School Sport Network December 2016

England arrived at Twickenham on Saturday 19th

November on an unbeaten run stretching back to the

last game of the World Cup against Uraguay. This was

as well as an unbeaten 6 Nations tournament this year,

when they completed the ‘Grand Slam’ to be crowned

Kings of the northern hemisphere.

Since then England had gone on to beat

Australia three times in Australia and ran in 37 points

while beating a South African team the previous week.

15 Ditton Park Academy students arrived at

Twickenham on the same day with very little

experience of watching professional sport, let alone an

82,000 sell out at Twickenham, the expectations were

very high from the boys. With Fiji causing Australia,

Wales and England some trouble in the World Cup, a

close game could be expected.

The first experience was seeing the Fiji team up

close as they got off their team bus, to say some of the

players were big would be an understatement, they

Ditton Park take on TwickenhamDitton Park take on Twickenham

looked like man mountains, one student commented:

“Oh My God, they are enormous,

they’re even bigger than you sir”

(Referring to the teacher who happens to be an ex

professional rugby player!)

After a few trips to the various food retailers,

we took our seats only 20 or so rows back from the

field of play. The game started quickly and England had

scored five tries within the first 26 minutes. Fiji rallied

in the run up to half time scoring two tries and another

came shortly after half time to make it 34-15, another

score from Fiji and it could be game on. The big come

back was not to be however, with England going on to

secure a 37-21 victory and looking comfortable in doing

so .

We headed back to Slough after a very

enjoyable day, with some newly engaged England

Rugby fans, hopefully a trip we can do a few more

times next year.

The timeline for School Games Mark for the 2016/17 academic year, is as

follows:

Wednesday 04 January – 2016/17 School Games Mark Criteria Launched

Easter 2017 – Guidance document published for both SGOs and Schools

Wednesday 31 May – Application Window Opens

Friday 28 July – Application Window Closes

Friday 15 September – SGO Verifications to be completed

Please note that all SIRC external validation visits - either face to face or remote - must be completed prior to

the October half-term week.

There will be some slight amends to the criteria for 2016/17 as there have been in previous years to make the

award as effective as possible. A full overview will be shared with the criteria launch in January.

On your marks...On your marks...

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Being part of the Berkshire Young

Coaches Academy involves learning

to be a holistic coach, who puts

control into the hands of the child

while having a growth mind-set in

relation to both my own and the

child's development.

After attending two

modules so far, myself and four

other Young Coaches from Sough

have been introduced to the

influence and importance of a

coach, the key values of a 'real

coach', the development of

fundamental skills and the need to

challenge and support the whole

child, not just their physical aspects.

During the modules we

have been shown why it is

important to focus on general

fundamental skills at a young age

rather than sport specific activities

and have been given access to

resources from 'real Coaching' to

take into our own coaching

sessions.

These resources include

warm-up games, activity cards for

coaches and the participating

children and posters for each of the

6 cogs – physical, creative, cognitive,

health and fitness, personal and

social, explaining how we can

develop each element of the child

to improve them as a rounded

individual.

I am enjoying this

programme as it has opened my

eyes to the impact of a coach and

the significance of learning basic

fundamental skills – agility, balance

and coordination, in order to create

opportunities to participate and

compete in a range of sports.

By Erin Simmonds, age 17

from The Langley Academy and

BYCA member

Berkshire Young Coaches Academy

This term, we at Priory School welcomed Hannah

Macleod, Olympic Gold Medallist, to officially open our

new running track. Hannah spent time inspiring our

children at our official Daily Mile Launch. She captured

the imagination of the children by talking about her

experiences and proudly showing her Olympic gold

medal. She also told the children of the importance of

trying to be the best you can be both in and out of the

classroom.

As a school we have invested in the health and

wellbeing of our children by building a purpose built

running track and

educating children on the

importance of nutrition

and hard work. We have

launched a new initiative,

where children spend 15

minutes a day outside of

the classroom, running or

walking up to a mile. This

initiative has been

hugely successful and

we have invited other

schools to come and

talk to us more about

this. The children love

it! get in touch with [email protected] for

more info.

At our official launch day, our Sports Council

children were busy tallying points and we made it a

fantastic House Day.

Elaine Wyllie, Daily Mile initiator, says “I'm delighted to

hear that Priory School is introducing The Daily Mile.

This will benefit the health and wellbeing of all

children and staff. I congratulate them in being the

first school in Slough to lead the way and I look

forward to it being implemented by other local schools.

As one of England's largest schools it will be a beacon

for schools everywhere who want to solve the

childhood obesity crisis which faces this country.”

The Daily Mile

Coming SoonComing SoonComing SoonActive Learning Toolkit Course – Friday 13th January

PE Co-ordinator Twilight – Tuesday 17th January

Infant Legacy Event – Wednesday 18th January

KS3&4 Boccia – Thursday 19th January

KS1&2 Boccia – Friday 20th January

Real PE FS/KS1 (day 2) – Thursday 26th January

Yr 5&6 In 2 Hockey - Tuesday 31st January

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The first event to kick off

the primary competition

calendar this term was

the Yr 5 & 6 Girls Football

competition – a new

competition this

academic year that saw

150 girls take part! With

16 teams attending to

compete, the scene was set

for a great competition at

Marish Primary. After the

usual rounds of pool

matches, it was Lynch Hill

and Parlaunt Park that found

themselves in the final and

after some exciting game

play, it was Parlaunt Park

that became the first

champions in this event.

Next up, the primary

competition focus remained

on the pitch for the Yr 3 & 4

Football Tournament.

Another well attended

event, the day saw just over

230 students from 18 schools

take part to play in this

mixed competition that saw

boys and girls play together.

After the pool stages had

whittled down the 24 teams

to just four semi-finalists, it

was Lynch Hill and Western

House that made it through

to the final - this time Lynch

Hill were not going to

succumb to defeat and they

were the team to walk away

with the golden reward.

The Langley

Academy were the hosts of

the next event for primary

students and this time it was

the infants that had a

chance to compete! The

Infant Legacy Event saw

children working in their

school teams and moving around different activity

stations accruing points for their school. The emphasis

here, was about improving your 'Personal Best' and

participants were encouraged to try and beat their

scores when doing the activities for a second time.

The Sportshall Athletics team was again hired

in to deliver what has to be the most colourful (and

noisy!) of all competitions and competitors weren't

going to be disappointed!

Throughout the course of

the day, just under 500 Yr 3 &

4 and Yr 5 & 6 students

passed through Herschel

Grammar's sports hall to take

part in track and field events.

Points were soon adding up

for those teams in

attendance from the

running, jumping and

throwing activities in the

field, together with the track

races and relays.

Once the last race had

been run and the final jump

had been made, Lynch Hill

were crowned winners of

both the Yr 3 & 4 and Yr 5 &

6 competitions, with Holy

Family and Cippenham

Primary taking the silver

medals for these events

respectively.

BISI Badminton was the

last event to take place for

primaries this term and with

10 teams competing, the

contest was on! The Yr 3 &

4's made their way around

eight different activity

stations including Shuttle

Relay, Target Practi e, c

Shuttle Cricket and Triple Hit

Relay, scoring points for their

team as they went. After the

last whistle was blown to

signify the end of the

competition, all points were

totted up… and it was no

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surprise to see Goldophin Junior in

poll position – they had after all,

been the top scoring team in a

number of the activity stations!

The

first of

the Network events for

secondaries was to come

next and it was Inclusive

Zone Basketball that took

centre stage. Just over 40

students from 3 Slough

schools, in addition to

invited schools from

Bracknell and Wokingham

were in attendance, for a

day of wheelchair basketball drills, skills and

competition. The event was supported by colleagues

from Arbour Vale School and the leading wheelchair

basketball club in Berkshire, Thames Valley Kings.

Students with both lower limb impairments dependant

on wheelchairs on a daily basis, competed alongside

non wheelchair users in what really was a fun

afternoon of inclusive activity.

Langley Grammar hosted the last event of the

autumn term, Yr 8 Sportshall

Athletics. Nine boys teams

and ten girls teams were in

attendance to take part in

track and field events that

saw participants competing

in speed bounce, vertical

jump, shot put and relay

races to name but a few

activities!

The competition ran

over morning and afternoon

sessions and so it wasn't until later that the final results

could be revealed. St. Bernard's were again gold medal

winners in both the girls and boys categories, with

Langley Academy and St. Joseph's following closely

behind for silver medals in the respective events.

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On behalf of the SSSN Board we want to wish all our schools, their staff,

parents and our fantastic clubs and partners a very Merry Christmas and

Happy New Year and look forward to a very exciting 2017 – which we

hope will be started with the arrival of a certain little baby! We wish our

very own Laura G a happy Christmas and the best of luck and happiness

with her new little arrival…I’ll keep you posted on name and arrival

date but if the little bundle is anything like our Laura it will be very

organised and right on time!!!

Laura will be off on maternity leave from 4th January 2017 to

October half term and in her absence Jason Elwell will be covering all

competitions and events for the SSSN for both primary & secondary

schools.

Jason can be contacted on Laura’s mobile phone number which

will be the main point of contact for all competitions 07817 451446 and

email of [email protected]

For all other enquiries, questions relating to any other areas of

delivery please contact Laura Brookstein.

Have a fantastic Christmas andHave a fantastic Christmas andsporting success in the New Yearsporting success in the New YearHave a fantastic Christmas andsporting success in the New Year

December 2016


St Marys Visit to Twickenham For Arriva Rugby Finals

Year 6 students have been

practising their tennis skills every

week as they aspire to be the next

Andy Murray!

Second Family Funs Club

Littledown School runs weekly Street Dance lessons every Friday morning.

Key stage two children access these lesson and during the autumn term, year

4 and 5 pupils have been taking part. They have been learning a dance

routine to perform at the end of the term.

Real PEinsetday

Littledown School held an INSET day on Real

P.E. training and all staff found the course

enjoyable and very informative. This scheme of

work is now embedded across the school and

pupils are engaging really well with the

lessons.

Littledown School has started

their second after school

Family Funs club. Their first

club was very successful and all

families saw some progress

with their children. There are

five families attending the

club on a weekly basis from

4pm until 5pm. So far they are

all enjoying the course and

loved being pirates.

Littledown sports round-up

Watch out Andy!Watch out Andy!Watch out Andy!

The children have enjoyed a range

of sports related reward visits this

term. These have included bowling,

ice skating, trampolining, archery

and rock climbing.

Bowling rewards

It’s Friday - let’s dance!It’s Friday - let’s dance!

December 2016


Arbour Vale’s PE Department have had a hectic first

term, as always, but it has been both successful and

varied.

Wheelpower ran their annual

week of games at Stoke Mandeville

Sports Centre. Our six secondary and

post 16 students enjoyed a few days

competing in swimming, pool, fencing,

athletics, shooting archery, wheelchair

basketball and table tennis. Our students

performed well, and the level of

competition they faced was of a very

good standard.

It was really good to see our

selected primary pupils achieve great

things during swimming lessons at

Montem Leisure Centre. They have

worked hard to achieve all their

swimming levels and have earned ASA badges to

recognise their fine achievements.

The Arbour Vale School Panathlon team

performed really well in the

South of England Event at

Basildon Sporting Village, in

Essex. It was a very

successful day, with Arbour

Vale entering a team who

finished in a respectable

third place. This was a great

achievement, as for many

of our students it was their

first time participating in

any school competition.

Our tag rugby team entered the SEN county

tournament, hosted by Brookfields School. Again Arbour

Vale fielded two teams of inexperienced players, so it

was fantastic that we finished second in both

competitions.

In the county Inclusive Zone Basketball

competition, hosted by Westgate School, we also

entered two teams to compete successfully against local

rival mainstream schools. It was another fantastic day

and our teams performed well once again.

It was fantastic to see our primary students

compete against Priory School in a friendly Boccia and

New Age Kurling competition. It was a really positive

experience for our primary students to compete against

A great sporting start for Arbour Vale a mainstream school.

Our full course and short course GCSE students

are now working hard to study for their respective

qualifications. The students have applied

themselves well and are rising to the

challenge of completing a national

certified qualification.

Some of our Year 11 students have

successfully completed their AQA

trampolining and Winstrada

accreditations. Many congratulations to

the students, who have really enjoyed

making great progress in the sport.

The PE Department supported the

school's Children in Need Day by

providing the usual round of fun

sporting activities and competitive

games, for the whole school to enjoy. It

was a very colourful day, and contributed to a significant

sum of money being raised for the charity.

Our Leadership programmes have also

recommenced this school

year. Sahal Hage and Owen

Gareppo have been selected

as our Young Ambassadors

for this year. They both

attended training at

Westgate School, alongside

their mainstream peers.

Both students worked very

hard on their training day.

They now understand the

expectations of being a

Young Ambassador.

Kieran Kane has joined the Berkshire Young

Coaches Academy and is working alongside his

mainstream peers. He attended a training day aimed at

developing his coaching skills and will continue to

receive further training throughout this year.

Lastly our Duke of Edinburgh students attended

an overnight assessment camp in the beautiful setting of

Hurley. They completed a walk along the Thames path

as a part of the overnight hiking and camping

expedition; all in the company of an external moderator.

It was pleasing that all six pupils passed their external

moderation.

On behalf of the PE Department I wish everyone

a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. -Matt Downey

December 2016


For the first time, Wexham has

been involved in a Slough wide

Sportivate Hockey project this term.

Co-ordinated by Slough School

Sport Network, students were able

to benefit from coaching sessions

delivered by a coach from Slough

Hockey Club. The sessions were targeted at students in

KS3 and were delivered on site here at the school as an

A group of

Wexham'sYr 9

students attended an

Inclusive Zone

Basketball (IZB) event

at The Westgate

School on 1st

December. IZB is a

modified version of

the full game of

basketball and

involves both ambulant and non-

ambulant participants playing

alongside each other. For the first

A group of Yr 8 students took part in the borough wide

Yr 8 Sportshall Athletics competition, hosted at Langley

Grammar School on 5th December. Wexham students

competed alongside boys and girls from 9 other

secondary schools across the town.

Students took part in track and field events

New Opportunities for WexhamSportivate Hockey Project

after school opportunity for 6

weeks. The Sportivate project

has enabled the PE department

to offer this opportunity to

students at a subsidised cost;

although offered as free

provision for the students

attending, the PE department have been able to access

reduced fees by simply being part of this programme.

Inclusive Zone Basketball

part of the day,the

students were able to try out the

wheelchairs and for all of them this

was a totally new

experience! Students

were then shown

some drills and skills

and were able to have

a go at shooting

hoops from the chairs

– they soon found out

it was harder than it

looks! In the

afternoon the

students took part in a competition

and were able to put their new

found wheelchair skills into practise!

Yr 8 Sportshall Athleticsincluding the obstacle relay, 6 lap race, speed bounce,

vertical jump and shot put.

Although the Wexham team were not able to

come close to the overall winners in the end, there

were a number of personal achievements across the

afternoon and the students involved had a good time.

December 2016


This year DPA year 8 girls have been

working weekly with students from

the Creative Academy. The girls

have been fortunate enough to

have weekly dance lessons in their

curriculum time at Montem leisure

centre, where they have had the

opportunity to refine their skills

working on a number of dance

disciplines such as jazz,

contemporary, street and

commercial.

The lessons are fast paced

and intense, not only allowing the

girls to embrace their creative flare,

but also push themselves to the

limit physically.

Ditton Park Academy dances with Creative Academy! Ditton Park Academy dances with Creative Academy!

Creative Academy students have

also been running the DPA Dance

after school club, where they are

helping to put together a dance

routine for the winter festival with

some of our very talented year 7s.

Students have said: “I love

doing dance, it's so much fun!"

"Connor and Sasha are the best, we

love working with them every

week"

Creative academy dance

students have been an absolute

dream to work with, each week

catering to the needs of the

students and engaging even the

most stubborn dancers!

Marish Wizards FC

is a brand new youth football team! We are looking for

teams ranging from U6’s –

U12’s. Both boys and girls are welcome.

Training will be every Saturday morning, 9am-10amat Marish Primary School,

Langley, SL3 8NZ.

If you would like more information please contact Mr Meakin via Marish

Primary School on

01753 819 900

Marish Wizards FC

Iqra is proud to announce that the school has achieved

the School Games GOLD Kite Mark.

Every year the school strives to be the best school

in Slough and further afield in delivering outstanding

sporting opportunities to all its pupils. Iqra has excelled in achieving the highest award.

The School Games Mark is run by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and is implemented

and developed by the Youth Sport Trust and Sport England. The Mark rewards school’s for their commitment to

and the development of competition, school sport and physical education throughout the year.

Iqra gets goldIqra gets gold

Girls from Iqra’s Year 5 and 6 took part in a

football festival organised by the S.S.S.N. 20

primary schools from across Slough entered.

The girls played really well and scored some

amazing goals. They all had an amazing

experience and want to play more football.

One girl said:“We all tried our best and

although we didn’t win, we had so much fun

trying.”

Football

fun

for

girls

December 2016

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