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What's New	Celebrating Success 2010	National Strategy	Launch for London 2012 Education Toolkit
	All Key Stages News, Meetings & Conferences		Consultancy, Training & CPD Courses
Sportsmark & Activemark Changes	2009 Secondary PE Conference Review	Kandle Visual Analysis Software

What's New

Yoga Workshops new

Children of all ages thrive in an environment that exposes them to yoga and respond positively to the teachers and care givers who introduce them to yoga postures, songs and games. More...

DCMS: Creating a Sporting Habit for Life: A New Youth Sport Strategy new

The strategy will see new school-based sports clubs established with links to sports national governing bodies. £100 million will be invested in creating the clubs and tackling the drop-off in sports participation that can happen when young people leave school.

• DCMS: A New Youth Sport Strategy

Herts Education Coach Week: 11-19 February 2012 new

Are you a teacher seeking to develop Physical Education & Sport at your school?

• Sport in Herts: Coach Education Week 2012
• Sport In Herts: Coach Education Week Programme (pdf file)
• www.sportinherts.org.uk

Further Details Contact:
Tel: 01707 284228

Accidents Arising from PE Lessons new

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have clarified that accidents arising from PE lessons are only reportable to them if, the pupil is taken to hospital for treatment and the accident arose due to poor organisation or supervision arrangements, the equipment or the condition of the premises. More...

Hertfordshire Health Profile 2011 : Hertfordshire at a Glance new

The health of people in Hertfordshire is generally better than the England average. Deprivation is lower than average, however 32,415 children live in poverty. Life expectancy for both men and women is higher than the England average. More...

Health & Safety Update new

The October 2011 afPE Health & Safety Update includes Case Studies of real incidents that have occurred, or are ongoing cases involving PE and School Sport (PESS). More...

East Region Club Conference: Gymnastics/Trampolining: January 2012 new

We are hosting a club conference, which will help gymnastics/trampoline clubs in your areas to gain relevant qualifications and experience through our numerous workshops.

Dates: 21st January 2012 & 22nd January 2012
Venue: Sportspark University of East Anglia Norwich Norfolk NR4 7TJ

Conference Flyer:

• Acrobat pdf, 97kb/5 pages, 11/10/2011, er_club_conference_gymnastics.pdf

Conference Booking Form:

• Acrobat pdf, 179kb/3 pages, 11/10/2011, er_club_conference_booking_form.pdf

Ofsted 24 June 2011: Learning lessons from School Sport Partnerships
An Ofsted report launched today, picking out the lessons learned from School Sport Partnerships, says schools should build strong partnerships with sports clubs, community groups and other local organisations to stimulate participation and competition in the variety of PE and sports on offer and engage children at risk of adopting unhealthy lifestyles. The report, a survey of good practice, shows that by offering a wide range of activities, from boxing to basketball, to fencing and dance, schools raise participation and competition in sport. It shows that collaborative planning can increase the capacity of schools to improve PE and sport. Inspectors also found effective use of the 2012 Olympics boosted pupils’ interest in learning and academic achievement. View the report at:

• www.ofsted.gov.uk

The Olympic Games 2012: Great News!

The latest Get Set figures are in, Herts in now the #1 county in the UK for registrations at 85%!!  (503/595 eligible schools) with Kent remaining on 84%. More...

Sir Frederic Osborn Leads the Way at Sports College Conference

Sir Frederic Osborn School was invited by the Youth Sports Trust to lead a ‘keynote’ seminar and networking session at the 13th Annual Sports College Conference recently, which was attended by many famous and influential people. More...

A new approach for school sports - decentralising power, incentivising competition, trusting teachers - December 2010

Michael Gove has recently set out the direction of travel, and initial funding, for the Coalition Government’s new approach on school sports. Schools will receive funding to allow PE teachers to further embed competitive sport in schools across the country and raise participation. Read full details at:

• www.wired-gov.net

Refocusing sport in schools to build a lasting legacy of the 2012 Games - October 2010

The Coalition Government is committed to reforming sport in schools to create a lasting Olympic legacy. Ministers want to encourage more competitive sport so it is a vibrant part of the ethos of all schools, and to give schools the freedom to organise sport themselves rather than imposing a bureaucratic system for them to follow.

The Department for Education is ending the £162 million PE and Sports Strategy of the previous administration, to give schools the time and freedom to focus on providing competitive sport. In recent years there has been a decline in young people taking part in traditionally competitive sports such as rugby union, netball and hockey because teachers and school sports coordinators have been too focused on top-down targets. In fact the most recent School Sport Survey showed that only around two in every five pupils play competitive sport regularly within their own school, and only one in five plays regularly against other schools.

• DfE: Refocusing-sport-in-schools-to-build-a-lasting-legacy-of-the-2012-games

Watford FC CSE Trust Launch Female Academy

Watford FC’s CSE Trust in partnership with West Herts College have just announced the launch a new Female Academy.

This exciting programme will give talented female footballers between the ages of 16 and 19 the chance to combine academic studies with practical football experience and compete against other academies in the London and South East region.

The Academy will offer players a route from Watford FC’s highly successful Centre of Excellence programme and feed in to the club’s senior ladies set up at reserve and first team level.  By completing the one/two year programme, players will gain the skills required to help them progress to a higher standard of football as well as gain experiences necessary to work with an award winning Community programme.

• Acrobat pdf, 3.31mb/2 pages, 11/02/2010, female_academy_flyer.pdf

To find out more about contact West Herts College for a prospectus and an application form:
Tel: 01923 812345

or contact Rob Clarke
Tel: 01923 496256

• www.watfordfccsetrust.com

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Celebrating Success 2010

The second edition of the Hertfordshire National CPD ‘Celebrating Success’ booklet is available to download. Included in the booklet are examples of how NCPD funding has been used to support CPD in the county and how it has supported the raising of standards in PE across our schools. It is a celebration of best practice and exemplifies how CPD makes an impact on outcomes for pupils. I hope you find it interesting. More...

East of England launch for London 2012 Education Toolkit

Jordan (age 14) and Hollie (age 13) from Marriotts School with former Team GB rower and Olympic silver medallist Alison Mowbray learning about the forces involved in rowing - one of the teaching ideas on the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games' educational website resource for teachers and school children. More...

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Sportsmark & Activemark Changes

Old awards will become the new Sports Partnership Mark (2006)
New awards reward the delivery of the PE School Sport Club Links Strategy. So all schools must be in a partnership (all Herts schools are now in a partnership).

Kitemarks will be awarded annually and automatically through the National School Sport Survey (no extra paperwork).

A new Sports Partnership Mark will be introduced to reward highly effective sports partnerships

A key indicator in determining whether a school qualifies for one of the kitemarks will be its success in enabling pupils to take up their entitlement to at least 2 hrs high quality PE and sport each week.

Primary schools will also be assessed on the range of sport and dance they offer and how many pupils take part in club sport.

Secondary schools will have to do all of the above as well and it will depend on how many pupils take part in competitive sport and how many take up leadership and volunteering roles (JSLA). The new scheme starts with the school sport survey May 2006.

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