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3 hours of Schools Sport3 hours of Schools SportSo, 3 hours of school sport is part of the new Pupil Guarantee in the Government White paper on 21st centuryschools. What does 3 hours of school sport look like? How are schools to achieve this target?

First of all, its important to understand what is meant by School Sport. Broadly speaking, School Sport is anythingdelivered, organised or commissioned by the school.

Obviously this includes curriculum time, but beyond that, what else counts? Ideas might be:

Structured, active break and lunch times, both wet and dry

Timetabled bursts of activity such as Wake and Shake

School competitions, both between pupils in the same school and between school teams

Out of school hours clubs

School Sport Leadership training for pupils beyond the curriculum

Pupils taking part in sports leadership activities scheduled by the school

Physical Activity delivered in school facilities by other agencies, clubs or groups, including those

in the evenings and at weekends

Sessions organised by the school at other sporting venues

And the maths? Assuming 2 hours curriculum PE exists, schools need to find an additional hour a week FOREVERY CHILD, or 40 hours per year.

In a primary school of 180 pupils that equates to provision of one hour long out of hours sports clubs with a capacity of20 pupils a week (targeted at different age groups!) OR timetabled activity bursts of 12 minutes a day for every child.

In a primary school of 360 pupils, 18 one hour out of hours clubs would need to be provided. In a secondary school of1000, 50 out of school hours clubs a week would be required!

Unpicking this target, certain challenges and considerations come to mind:

Schools with less than 2 hours on the curriculum will find reaching this target almost impossible

On top of curriculum time, out of school hours activities will need to be carefully timetabled,

monitored and planned across the whole year, and in order to achieve the man power needed to

deliver this schedule, other deliverers such as coaches and sports leaders will also need to be

involved

A breadth of activities will be needed to engage all children and young people

Activity bursts are a great way to reach the extra hour, but these would ideally need to be part of

the school day for every pupil

Reliance solely on out of hours clubs will make the target very difficult to reach, especially forlarger schools

Many school sport activities, such as active break sessions, school sport leadership and

competitions, affect groups of children rather than the whole cohort. Registers and other ways of

tracking involvement will be crucial in order to demonstrate achievement of the Pupil Guarantee

Schools may need to consider how their sporting facilities can be opened up in order to extend

further provision to their pupils and community

The school sport offer will need to be attractive, accessible, appropriate and affordable in order to maximise

take up

Despite the challenges of this target, we at Warrington School Sport Partnership do believe it is achievable, and above allworthwhile.

For further reading, please download the new Guide to Delivering the 5 Hour Offer fromwww.teachernet.gov.uk/_doc/14375/PESSYP_small.pdf

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SnippetsDates for your Diary

CompetitionThank you for all the entries we received

capturing your schools Olympic Spirit.

We are pleased to announce that thewinner is Cinnamon Brow C.E. Primary

Schools photograph, entitled :-

NEW COMPETITION! 2 PRIZES TO BE WON!With Spring on its way we are looking for you to put the spring into your step!

Secure resource and virtual competition areas are about to go live on our website. PLTs and SSCos can log

on using the credit cards given out at the PE conference last year. The first set of challenges available willbe virtual skipping competitions. We are looking for the school with the most participants registered by the

end of the summer term. The most active skipping school will win a class set of ropes and a skipping

DVD resource.

Prizes will also be awarded to the individuals/teams with the highest scores in each challenge.

So dust off those skipping ropes and get JUMPING!

Read all about it..!in this issue...

Our newsletter is distributed 3 times a year so if you have any articles you wish to send in, the deadline for the nextissue is 31.3.10 All contributions should be emailed to: [email protected]

Please note we do try to publish as many articles as possible, but in the circumstance we cannot guarantee that yournews will be included. We will of course put ALL articles on our website.

DETERMINATION

Warrington Collegiate to run Easter Holidays Sports Camps!

Week 1:- Monday 29th Tuesday 30th Wednesday 31th Thursday 1st AprilWeek 2:- Tuesday 6th Wednesday 7th Thursday 8th Friday 9th

Leadership Academy events p7 Volleyball D ives in p11 Parkour has arrived p17

Sport Relief one the UK's biggest fundraising events is back from Friday 19th to

Sunday 21st March 2010. So get ready to rise to the challenge!

Sport Relief brings the entire nation together to get active, raise cash and change

lives. By doing sport, having fun and raising money, everyone can do good and

feel good.

To find out more log on to www.sportrelief.com

This unique event uses the power of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games to

inspire more young people to take part in more sport.

It provides an excellent opportunity to embed the Olympic and Paralympic Values in your

schools sporting activity.

Lloyds TSB National School Sport Week is integral to the delivery of the Governments PE and

Sport Strategy for Young People and contributing towards the target of offering young people

five hours of high quality PE and sport a week by 2012

Dont leave it to the last minute! Log on for further information: www.schoolsportweek.org

Lloyds TSB National School Sport Week 28th June 2nd July 2010

Both sport camps will be held at the Roger Hunt building and will include football, basketball, rugby league and multi-sports.

For further information then please contact Paul Walker on 01925 494389 or [email protected]

GYM CLUBOn October 31st Broomfields Lesiure Centre opened its

doors to a new Gymnastic club. Bridgewater GymnasticsDevelopment Club offers two different types of gymnastic

disciplines 'General and Rhythmic Gymnastics'.

The club, now running on a Saturday mornings from9 - 11am, is currently taking on new members between

the ages of 4 - 11 years of age.

Class times are as follows:9-10am (4-6 years) and 10-11am (7-11years).

Any one interested should contactClub Coach Bev Smith 07724270909.

SHOOT SOMEHOOPS THIS SPRING!Please welcome Richard Murphy to our Warringtonsgrowing team of sports officers. Richard is the townsBasketball Development Officer and will be working closelywith schools developing the sport throughoutWarrington. Richard has close links with the CheshireJets and invites young people to come and try out

the sport for FREE at one of the followingsessions:

For further information anyone interested should contactRichard on [email protected]

Great Sankey JetsSankey Leisure Centre

yrs 7-12 Sat 9:30 - 11:00yrs 13-18 Sat 11:00 - 12:30

Orford JetsWilliam Beamont High

yrs 7-12 Sat 9:00 - 10:30ysr13-18 Sat 10:30 - 12:00

Culcheth JetsCulcheth High School

yrs 7-18 Fri 17:00 - 19:00

Bridgewater JetsBridgewater High School

years 7-12 Tue 18:00 - 19:30years 13-18 Tue 19:30 - 21:00

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SnapshotsHigh Quality PE

Warrington received fantastic news recently when it was accepted for early entry into theBuilding Schools for the Future programme, in which PE and School Sport has a vital andexciting part to play.

Consultation events and documents will be coming out in the coming months and your

views and opinions are important as we move forward.

Below is an extract of the letter from Kath ODwyer, Executive Director of WarringtonChildren and Young Peoples Services:-

It is my pleasure to officially confirm that we have received confirmation that we have been accepted onto

the Building Schools for the Future programme (BSF) which will result in a multi million pound cash injection

to regenerate and rejuvenate four more high schools in the borough and transform learning for our young

people:

William Beamont High School, Orford (rebuild)

Penketh High School, Penketh (rebuild)

Lysander High School, Padgate (modernise)

Sir Thomas Boteler CE High School, Latchford (modernise)

The next stage is to submit more detailed plans as part of our 80million bid for consideration before a

decision is made on the final amount of funding, which we expect in the new year.

Work will start at the following schools from summer 2011 onwards.

I am sure you will agree the children and young people of Warrington deserve modern schools and the

very best facilities. Thanks to this successful BSF bid, within the next three or four years 10's of 1000's of

current and future pupils of the borough will enjoy the opportunity to reach their potential in a thoroughly

modern learning environment.

I would just like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have contributed to this suc cess and look

forward to seeing our plans turn into a reality!

The new investment into these facilities can only help us to provide the best PE, School andCommunity Sport offer possible.

Parkourarrives inWarringtonPE staff are starting to include free running in lessons to stop

pupils practising the daredevil pursuit in public places.

Teachers are including potentially dangerous free running in PE

lessons to keep pupils safe after communities

complained they

were being

terrorised by untrained children attempting the

underground urban sport.

The boom in popularity of parkour has left children desperate to

emulate the discipline but they are putting themselves and

buildings at risk by experimenting in

public places.

PE staff in both secondary

and special schools say

they have been left with little

option but to include the

daredevil sport which sees

participants using buildings,

roofs and street furniture as

an urban obstacle course

on the curriculum so they can

give pupils training.

But they also believe parkour

could be a valuable addition to

the timetable, particularly for children with social and emotional

problems who lack confidence. Increasing numbers of

educational programmes are being set up.

Free running has elements of gymnastics and martial arts. Schools

are building dedicated parkour areas with soft flooring to make it

safer for pupils. Jean-Paul Jesstiece, who runs educational programmes for a firm

run by urban performers, says schools now realise the huge

popularity of the sport.

The problem we have at the moment is that councils regularly

complain to organisations like us that children are causing

damage by running over cars and buildings. What they need is a

safe haven to train in and that doesntexist leisure centres ban

children practising unless they are supervised, he said.

What we teach pupils is that with the great power of learning

parkour comes great responsibility. We educate them not to

damage buildings.

Mr Jesstiece said the discipline of the sport helps children to learn

respect. He is increasingly being asked to teach young offenders

and children in detention centres.

Pupils at Grappenhall Hall School in Warrington, a specialist centre

for those with emotional and behavioural difficulties, now have

their own 70sq ft parkour unit, with split levels and cushioned

flooring thanks to a funding of 14,000 from the local SchoolSports Partnership, the Big Lottery Fund and the Shepherd Street

Trust. It is thought to be one of the first units of its kind in the

country.

Graham Chatterley, PE teacher, started free running sessions in

the school gym, with the help of experts, after reports his pupils

were trying out the sport locally.

They were getting in trouble for climbing on roofs and we thought

those skills could be focused. Theres lots of similarities with

gymnastics, we can teach it without children getting into trouble.

The schools foray into free running has made Mr Chatterley

interested in providing other urban sports for pupils. As well as the

parkour unit, the school will soon make use of skateboarding

ramps and a football cage. The pupils go climbing every week

and Olympic boxing champion Courtney Fry is a school mentor,

working with boys in danger of antisocial behaviour through the

Respect Athlete Mentoring Programme (RAMP). A launch event to

introduce pupils to urban sports was held

on 4th November at the school.

Mainstream PE lessons often start with

theory, but in special schools we just get

pupils started and keep them active, Mr

Chatterley said. Its much better to teach

them how to do this sport safely.

WHAT IS PARKOUR?? The aim of parkour is to go from A to B

using only the human body to overcome

obstacles. Those who practise the sport

are called a traceur (male) or traceuse

(female).

To move around the urban architecture

free runners need strength, speed and balance. Fans say it helps

them to develop mental clarity, confidence and self-discipline.

Free running can be seen at the beginning of the James Bond

film Casino Royale.

Senior physical instructors from the Royal Marines have been

using elements of parkour to train new cadets.

Building schools for the futureConsultation on a new approach to capital investment

with thanks to Guardian Newspapers

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CPD OpportunitiesPlease find below an outline of some of training on offer over the coming year.

For further information or to register on a course online please visitwww.wassp.org.ukor contact the BoroughCouncils CPD service

Some quotes from previous delegates:

"It was delivered in an engaging, practical way" (KS1 teacher)

"All PE courses have been beneficial" (Primary NQT)

"Excellent day. I have learned a lot and think it will really improve my planning". (Secondary teacher)

Title of Course Target Audience Date Time Location

The Use of ITC in PE Primary & Secondary 2nd February 1 - 4pmBruche Community Primary

School - Infant Hall

Health Related Fitness Secondary 24th February 4 - 6pm TBC

Health Related Fitness Primary 25th February 1 - 4pmBruche Community Primary


Gifted in PE, talentedin sport?

Upper KS2 & Secondary 12th Mach 9.30-3.30 TBC

ElementsProfound & Multiplelearning difficulties

16th & 17th March TBC 9.30-3.30 TBC

NQT PE Gymnastics Primary 18th March 1-3.30Bruche Community Primary


Learning in andthrough dance

Primary 4th & 11th March 4 - 6pmBruche Community Primary


Athletics KS2 15th March 1 - 4pm

Bruche Community Primary


Are you getting prepared for 2012?

This is a once in a lifetime

opportunity!

Members will be automatically updated with news/events REGISTER NOW!!

High Quality PE

PHYS KIDS TRAININGThe midday assistants at Woolston Community Primary school recently

received Phys Kids training to help develop fun activities into the

playground with the children during playtimes. It was a really valuableexperience which was well received by everyone involved, and is now

becoming a much more high profile aspect of school life. The training

has had a big impact across the whole school. The number of children

actively involved in organised activities has increased, midday assistants

have enjoyed organising extra games in the playground and built better

relationships with the children, and the Play Buddies leadership scheme

has developed with the help of mentoring provided by the midday

assistants. The Play Buddies are now working alongside the midday

supervisors in the playground, delivering more games for the younger

children to take part in during their free time.

We hope to develop the good work that is taking place in the

playgrounds with continued support throughout the year.

Penketh High School Yr 7 girls have been learning about diet and training methods with a target of running

a mile for the Breast Cancer Charity. The photo above is of all the girsl taking part in the Sponsored Fun Run

they did at the end of all their training around the Penketh area they have raised over 600 so far! As you

can see it was a fun event with all of them making an effort to dress up. The target was reached by all of

them and the charity run inspired them to try really hard. The run was completed during their PE Lesson.

Snapshots

PENKETHS HEALTHY LIFESTYLES PROGRAMME

Here you will find a host of resources to use in the classroom related to the 7 Olympic Values of:

Friendship Courage Determination ExcellenceEquality Respect Inspiration

Make sure your school benefits register at: http://getset.london2012.com

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Volunteering & Leadership Competition

Warrington Leadership Academy is

basically a sports leadership club for

students aged between 14-19. These

students are encouraged and supported

by the Warrington School Sport

Partnership and its partners to be activesports leaders in school or in community

environments.

They are monitored by the SSP and their

schools/colleges through the use of the

online Step into Sport Passport system

and mentored in placements by

teachers, cluster coaches, sports coaches

and deliverers from the Arts and Sports

Engagement Team, Warrington Disability

Partnership and Wolves Foundation, to

name just a few.

Through being identified as members of

this Academy, young people can access

a range of training opportunities which

will help improve their sports leadership

skills, whether as a coach, official, media

lead, event volunteer or administrator.

The SSP also organises and runs

workshops to raise members awareness

of the kinds of future experiences

(education, careers, future event

volunteering) which they might begin to

plan for. Apart from this, members have

opportunities to come together and sharetheir experiences as sports volunteers,

learn from their peers, celebrate their

successes and socialise!

Find out more about sports volunteering

programmes on our website just click

on the Volunteering tab and follow the

links.

Sport Xtra is all about providing innovative sporty events for the young people in WarringtonHigh schools who do not, in general, participate in regular school competitions.

Wii 2 Real, 24th February 2010 Halo night club, WarringtonA World exclusive event where Warringtons young people can take part in a range of brilliant activities that include;

Wii Latest in dance mat technology Splat WallInteractive cycling & rowing Boxercise Jump rope demo

If the young people have got any energy left there is other Great Sport Xtra eventsplanned for Warrington which include;

Triathlon Relays: Sunday 2nd May, Lymm High School (as part of Lymm Triathlon)

Mountain Biking: 7th May, St Gregorys Urbanathlon Adventure Relays: Sunday 25th July, Sportcity, East Manchester

Girls Triathlon Relays: Sunday 29th August, Lymm High School (as part of the Pink Womens Triathlon)

Exploring a World of sports!Planet Sport is all about providing our Warrington Primary schools with a totally different, fun event that gets kids excited

about sport.

The astronauts are girls and boys who are not usually represented on school teams and want to try something different. At

Planet Sport there are brilliant activities such as dodgeball, volleyball, dance and martial arts.

Just wanted to say a big thank you for today, the children (and staff) had a great time. It was great to see all of the

children participating - we have some particularly challenging children and they really got a lot out of it. They are

now desperate to have a dodgeball afterschool club! - Cate Baker, Stockton Heath Primary PLT

Thank you so much for this afternoon. The children had a fantastic afternoon! It was lovely as a teacher to take time

out to sit back and watch them enjoying it - Sarah Tilley (Cinnamon Brow)

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Volunteering & Leadership

Students aged 16 19 from colleges and sixth forms across Warrington

gathered at Broomfields Leisure Centre in November for one of this yearsWarrington School Sports Partnership Leadership Academy Conferences.

Words of inspiration from keynote speaker Ian Roberts opened theconference. Ian, who is a GB Triathlete stated, Build to be a good leader,

build to be a good person concluding, anything is achievable.

Students then had the chance to attend several theoretical and practicalworkshops run by Warrington Wolves Foundation, ASET, NSPCC, GymnasticDevelopment and the Disability Partnership, where they gained an insight intohow to develop their leadership, create a positive environment and how to runfun and educational coaching exercises sa fely.

A number of National Governing Bodies including the Cheshire FA, EnglandHandball, the All England Netball Association, English Volleyball Associationand Rugby Football League exhibited and were on hand to openly discuss

with volunteers the opportunities widely available to them . The Challenge Cupput in appearance too!

Further Education School Sports Co-ordinator and Conference Leader Ed Barkercommented, The Leadership Academy is a great opportunity for individuals toget involved with sport in their community, to help develop their skills and gainqualifications through a range of development opportunities. Today was verypositive and I am sure the WaSSP Leadership Academy will prove to be verysuccessful and beneficial to all those who get involved.

Closing the conference, John Bastian, Director of Youth Performance fromWarrington Wolves Foundation spoke to the students with words ofencouragement and inspiration.

Following on from this event a second conference was held at The Sport For AllCentre for 14 16 years old students, who rotated around a number ofpractical activities throughout the day, all of which were run by 16-19 year oldLeadership Academy members, who were excellent role models and gave theyounger students a flavour of what they could aspire to.

The Young Leaders were asked to identify their volunteering goals;Get an interest in less know sports ie. Volleyball, handball

Coaching girls football under 8s making sure young girls are getting more

opportunities to play football

Help disabled children get into sports

Help the community with coaching young children

Increase participation in Basketball

Leadership Academy members will be contacted in the spring term withinformation about forthcoming development opportunities. Meantime, school

and college staff will be helping the students to identify leadership placements.

Leadership AcademyLaunch Events

Competition

SOCCER GIRLS ARE KICKING OFF!

H O O P S M A N I A

Since November girls 5-a-side soccer teams from throughout

Warrington have been fighting it out for the title of top team at

the monthly fixtures held at Select Soccer.

Linda Paget from Warrington Ladies Football Club has been

organising and talent spotting at the games and commented

that the girls are playing to a really high standard and have

impressed me with their commitment. Future stars.

At it stands, with one fixture to go, Penketh High School are

looking favourites in year 7/8/9 leagues though Lymm will be

giving their all to take home the silverware. In the year 10 league

Lymm are threatening to break clear of the chasing pack which

is headed up by Great Sankey

The next fixture is on Monday 1st March at Select Leisure and the

countdown to glory has begun!

*WIN: 3pts, DRAW: 2pts, LOSS: 1pt

YEAR 7

PENKETH B

LYMM

W.BEAMONT

GREAT SANKEY

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LYMM

PENKETH B

GREAT SANKEY

W.BEAMONT

PENKETH A

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GIRLS

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BROOMFIELDS

CULCHETH

PENKETH SOUTH

ALDERMAN BOLTON

LOCKING STUMPS

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SMALL SCHOOLS

GLAZEBURY

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LEAGUE TABLES (after 3 rounds of fixtures)

LEAGUE TABLE (after 1 round of fixtures)

FINAL LEAGUE TABLES

Basketball goes from strength to strength in Warrington with

the support of the Cheshire Jets. In the Year 7 Warrington

schools league Birchwood continues to head off the

challengers that includes Great Sankey and Culcheth.

Congratulations to all the football teams who competed sobrilliantly in the Year 5/6 Warrington Schools finals held atWilliam Beamont Community High School this week.

Over twenty school teams from across Warringtoncompeted with great spirit in all three finals with thewinners progressing to the Cheshire County finals. Ifsuccessful there is then a chance of them progressing toWembley in the later stages of the competition. GoWarrington!

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WARRINGTON - Year 5/6 FOOTBALL FINALS

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Friday the 13th proved to be a lucky night for Warrington at theannual Cheshire and Warrington Sports Partnership Awardsevening. Despite having being eligible for only one nomination

for each of the 7 categories, compared to the 2 allowed to theCheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester boroughs,

Warrington sports people managed to scoop a number of gongs!

Jamie Hopwood, member of Phoenix Boxing Club and pupil atWilliam Beamont CHS, was awarded Young Sports Achiever of the

Year. Richard Sinnott, of Warrington Rowing Club, won Coach of the Year, and the Warriors ofWarrington were awarded Club of the Year.

Those in attendance were delighted to have Marc Woods as key note guest, who talked of hispersonal journey - one that took him from cancer patient to multiple Gold medalist - in a selfdeprecating, humorous and moving manner.

Compere for the evening was Mitch Fenner, BBC Television Gymnastics Commentator, who hascovered 8 Olympic games, 5 Commonwealth Games and every World & European Championshipssince 1980.

Photos can be found : . www.flickr.com/photos/cwsportspartnership.

Gifted & Talented Inclusion

SPOTLIGHT

ON

TALENT

Not many young people can claim to have won the title Young

Sports Achiever of the Year but Jamie Hopwood, of William

Beamont SCC was the proud recipient of this accolade at the

Cheshire and Warrington Sport Partnership Awards last

November.

Jamie trains with Phoenix Boxing, one of the out of school

hours clubs that runs at William Beamont. Damien Ridpath

of Phoenix Boxing said; If Jamie continues to keep boxing

at this level he will undoubtedly go far and will be a great

role model to other up and coming amateur boxers. Were

really proud of him!

Jamie said that he was happy to have won the award and looks

forward to returning to the Schools Boys Championship in

January. A huge congratulations goes out to him from all at

Warrington School Sport Partnership.

During October half term, Positive Futures in

partnership with Warrington Collegiate andLymm High School participated in a StreetFootball Competition in Bolton. Following a

coaching session led by coaches from the Arts,

Sports & Engagement Team, 4 teams were selected torepresent Warrington against teams from across the NorthWest region

Street Football is a fast paced and exciting new way to play thegame which allows players to show off their skills on a small pitch. The teams were

made up of 3 players each and the games were only 3 minutes long which meant that lotsof games were played over the course of the day. Points were awarded for every goal scored or

panna (nutmeg) move which encouraged players to take risks and try new tricks.

Following the success of the tournament, it is hoped that a Street Football competition will soon take place in

Warrington so watch this space!

In partnership with Warrington School Sports Partnership, the WDP,

Sensory Support Team and the North Visually Impaired Cricket

Board (NVICB) are currently piloting a innovative project with pupils

from Warrington schools. The initiative, aimed at primary andsecondary pupils, has involved consultation with both

parents and participants to identify and overcome any

barriers which may be preventing youngsters from

playing sport in the local community.

The project aims to improve youngsters

physical skill levels through fun and

challenging sessions in order to give children

(and the parents/ carers) the confidence to

become more involved in sport and physical

activity whilst encouraging increased social

interaction.

For further details, please call James Howes

on 07947890235 or alternatively by email

[email protected].

CRICKET IN THE COMMUNITY

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Gifted & TalentedInclusion

Gifted &

TalentedCamps2009Earlier in the year, 60 children were nominated

by their schools to attend a Gifted and TalentedCamp run by the Warrington School SportsPartnership. 30 of those children attended a 3day camp ran in Easter whilst the remaining 30children were asked to attend the camp held in

the Summer Holidays.

The Summer Camp was held over 5 days atWilliam Beamont High School with a number ofdifferent activities taking place each day.Participants took part in team building activities(communication based exercises) and psychologyworkshops (the importance of setting goals) aswell as participating in a number of differentsports and activities. Experienced National

Governing Body Coaches from Badminton,Gymnastics, Table-tennis and Handball to namebut a few, delivered high quality coachingsessions that were challenging, yet enjoyable,and unearthed some true talent.

Throughout the week, individual competitionswere held in Tennis, Table-Tennis and Ba dmintonwith team competitions in Basketball andHandball. These proved to be very exciting andidentified those children with the extra tacticalknow-how to defeat opponents in game

situations. It was also encouraging to see thechildren bonding together to perform well in teamgames.

The annual camp had yet again been a hugesuccess with lots of positive comments comingfrom the children involved. Many new friends

were made, talent identified and mostimportantly, children had enjoyed another funweek.

There is a huge amount of talent around theWarrington area and it has been really good toget these children together for intensive TalentCamps. Lets hope that one day, we will see oneof the products of our Talent Camps representingtheir Country in sporting events commentedAndrew Roberts (Senior Community SportsCoach).

Top tips to help children and their families get fitter and healthier inthe New Year has been launched today by child obesity experts atMEND (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition...Do it!).

Every year in Britain at the stroke of midnight on New Years Eve, over80%* of us make a new years resolution, unsurprisingly the mostcommon resolution of all is to get fitter. However the shocking truthis that over half of us will have failed to keep our resolution by Juneand only 12% of us will manage to keep our resolutions for the wholeyear.

James Howes who runs a MEND healthy living programmes inWarrington said; Most of us know our lifestyles could be healthier,

but we make the mistake of trying to change too many things atonce. Its especially hard during the cold winter months when thereare fewer activities for us to get involved in. To help set achievablegoals MEND has come up with some top tips to help families get fitand healthy while having fun.

MEND Top ten tips to beat the winter blues and hit your new yearsresolution to get fit:

Indoor scavenger hunt; hide items around the house and get thefamily to race who can find them first. Home Circuit; set up any room in the house with areas forstretches, skipping, knee ups, star jumps and any other exercise youcan safely do indoors. If you have stairs you can climb these as partof your circuit.

Help with the cleaning giving the house a good old cleaning is agood way to get the family active, this works best with an incentiveattached like a trip to the cinema afterwards.

Stuck in the mud, three legged race and sack races are really funand can also get your blood pumping. Indoor climbing wall; many leisure centres offer an indoor climbingwall. You dont need any experience, but make sure you contactwhoever is in charge so they can show you the ropes. Tobogganing; if we are lucky enough to have some snow this year,

dragging your toboggan uphill is a great way to exercise and is evenmore fun on the way down! Cooking; switch off the TV and get the family to help you prepare ahealthy meal or make a healthy smoothie with lots of fresh fruit. Trampolining; many leisure centres and sports halls havetrampolines. Go along with the family and see how high you can go. Ice skating; perfect winter activity! Head off to your local ice rink,get those skates on and get stuck in Dont get bored get board; play charades, twist yourself in knots

with twister

The list goes on... there are loads of great games to play rather thanwatch the TV or sit in front of the computer.

With more than 1 in 3 children over the healthy weight range for theirage and height, the New Year is the perfect time for families to takeadvantage of the accessible, friendly and encouraging supportoffered by the MEND Programme. The course is aimed at overweight

7-11 year old children and their families, and provides an excellentchance to get fitter, healthier and happier.

The MEND Programme in Warrington which starts at the end ofJanuary is part of a national network of over 300 courses which havealready helped over 15,000 families improve their diets and activitylevels. A limited number of places valued at up to 400 are availableon the course at Great Sankey Leisure Centre, completely free of

charge thanks to sponsorship from the Youth Sport Trust.

*stats from NICK FRANCIS, The Sun, published: 31 Dec 2007

MEND is a successful health programme aimed at helping overweight children inWarrington manage their weight, which has seen over 25 children successfully graduatewith first class honours. The MEND Programme (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition Do it!) is part ofa national initiative offering free lifestyle courses for overweight 7 to 13 year olds and

their families.

The programmes currently being run at Total Fitness, Great Sankey Leisure

Centre and Lymm Leisure Centre, involve families taking part in fun 2-hoursessions (in the evenings), twice a week for 10 weeks. The programme helpedthem improve their eating and exercise habits, thereby enhancing childrensfitness, physical activity levels, nutrition and self-esteem.

The MEND Programme is the UKs largest healthy lifestyle programme foroverweight children and their parents. It helps to inspire families to adopt a healthier lifestyle and enjoy preparingand eating healthy foods as well as reading food labels and healthy shopping on a budget. There are also simplebut exciting sessions which focus on making exercise fun again especially for children who are not fans oftraditional school sports.

If you have any queries or would like to book a place on Warrington MEND please call Bev Brinksman on 01925755458 (Ext 176) or visit the MEND website (www.mendprogramme.org)

New Years

resolution . . .MEND your ways

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Club Links Club Links

This has been another period of great progress from aschool to club link perspective and links continue to be

made which benefit schools, clubs and young peopleacross Warrington. In particular some great relationshipshave been forged between Beechfield JFC and Sir

Thomas Boteler High school, Manor Road Tennis club andLymm High School, Grappenhall Tennis club andBridgewater High School and Warrington Table TennisClub and William Beamont High School.

Congratulations go out to Lymm Piranhas and BeechfieldJunior Football clubs who have both been awarded theirFA charter standard awards, and good luck to ManorRoad Tennis club, Warrington Town JFC and Grappenhall

Tennis club who have just either started out on the roadto achieving or are nearing the end to FAChartermark/Clubmark

The New Year continues with a concentrated effortaround Tennis coaching and competition and its

development in the local primary schools, thanks to the

efforts of the Cheshire Lawn Tennis Assocation, its clubsand coaches, particularly in the Penketh area.

Club Forums are also taking shape; these forums aredesigned to provide a voice for local sport. Great SankeyClub Forum (including clubs in the Great Sankey, Penkethand St Gregs High School area) are developing actionplans for 2010 around coach education, Lymm ClubForum will meet early in 2010 to set out their goals,Woolston Club Forum (serving the area around Woolston,Birchwood and Lysander high schools) and BridgewaterClub Forum have had their in augural meetings withCulcheth, Sir Thomas Boteler, Cardinal Newman andWilliam Beamont to host their own forums in 2010.

To sum up, 2009 year has been another great year with

new relationships popping up across the town and more

children accessing community clubs. Were sure 2010 will

be no exception. Well done everyone.

Club Links...VOLLEYBALL is set to become a popular sport in Warrington after theappointment of a Volleyball Development Coach, Megan Hopkins.Megan has taken up the new role in the town as part of a team of 14

such coaches put in place across the country by England VolleyballAssociation.

Megan will have a busy schedule working in schools, clubs andcommunity venues delivering programmes, coaching players,encouraging event organisers and volunteers, and putting in placestructured pathways.

Despite being in post for only a few weeks, Megan organised her firstfestival a joint venture with Richard Murphy (Basketball DevelopmentOfficer) in December at Sir Thomas Boteler High School. The event,attended by Alderman Bolton and St Augustines Primary schools,was a fun festival, supported by sports leaders from Priestley College,who had never done any sports volunteering wearing Santa hatsbefore!

Megan is currently liaising with partners across the town to developthe sport, including Warrington School Sport Partnership, the Sport 4All Centre, schools and Bridgewater Diamonds Volleyball Club.

My overall aim in this job is to see volleyball become part of everyschool in some way, either recreationally or as part of the curriculum.Volleyball is such a dynamic sport and can be played both indoors

GB Team Help SchoolsGet into HandballHUNDREDS of children from schools across Warrington met the Great Britain womens handball team

at a special training session at Birchwood Community High School in September.

GB took time out from preparing for the following days crucial clash with Finland to train with andtalk to youngsters about the sport and what it takes to be a world class athlete. As well as handing

out tips, the GB players took part in mini games and training drills with some of the children, who arejust some of the thousands across the country who are discovering how much fun handball can be.

Alongside the handball training, the session also gave the youngsters the chance to talk to staff fromWarrington Wolves Rugby League Club, who are using handball alongside rugby to promote healthyliving among youngsters. The Wolves brought along the Challenge Cup, which they won last month

after beating Huddersfield 25-16 in a thrilling final.

After the training session, Birchwood pupil Carl Curran said: I have played handball since thebeginning of last year, and its just great to be here and see the GB womens team train.

But being able to actually play with them is great, one of the best days of my life so far. Laura in theGB goal was hard to beat but she was quite down-to-earth when you did meet her. I definitely want

to go and see them at London in 2012.

The session was arranged by Mick Hegarty, the Warrington School Sports Partnership's HandballDevelopment Officer and Director of Coach Education for England Handball. Mick commented, It hasbeen an inspiration having the GB Women here. The kids can see the players and it gives them role

models to look up to. It also gives them a better idea of what we are trying to do when we areteaching them handball. The GB Women have been wonderful. The pupils were asking all sort of

questions and they couldnt wait to come on to the court and get involved, and having Holly Lam-Moores here as a local girl gives the pupils that something extra to look up to.

VOLLEYBALL DIVESINTO WARRINGTON

and outdoors and also can be played sitting down! Did youknow volleyball is in the top 3 sports watched in the Olympics?The opportunity to take part in a range of sports needs to begiven at a young age, which is why Im so passionate aboutworking with primary schools now. Hopefully, like me, theyllwant to play when they are older.Megan is currently running sessions for Key stages 2 - 4 at the

Sport for All Centre on Wednesday evenings from 5.30pm.Anyone interested in trying a new activity should contact Meganon 07850938280 or email mhopk ins@volley ballengland.org

On Thursday evening World champion Beth Tweddle officially

launched THE WIRE GYMNASTICS CLUB. It was a great evening

where gymnasts as young as 3 were able to get tips and advice

from Beth. She was accepted with a great applause from all

children of the Wire Gymnastic Club and was awarded with a

special gift from all the children and coaches. Emma Doherty, Head

Coach at the club said The girls were thrilled that she had taken

time out of her busy schedule to visit the new club.

The evening started with questions from the gymnasts, asking such

questions as whats your favourite move? to How many hours do

you train? The girls were then treated to video of Beths journey

through training to winning the World Title at the O2 Arena. Beth alsobrought along her medal collection, which included her latest gold at

the World Championships. Laura Baines, the Partnerships Gymnastic

Development officer, commented This is a great experience for the girls to get

inspirational coaching from the World Champion, the girls look to her as a

fantastic role model.

The club was initially set up in the Birchwood area to act as a club link and

pathway for the many children from the schools that will hopefully attend within

this area, the programme offers children an opportunity to attend a club facility,

which is fully inclusive and can also help coaches to recognise future champions.

THE WIRE GYMNASTICS Club based at Birchwood high school are always

looking for new members of any ability. Anyone interested in finding out more

should contact head coach,0 Emma Doherty on 07716668613 for more details.

Beth Tweddle World Champion comes to Warrington

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