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Who is responsible for school sport?
Which Government department is responsible for improvements in school sport? How will improvements in participation and engagement for young people aged 5-19 be measured? Are there any targets? What could be the impact of reductions to the capacity of School Sport Partnerships. Such issues were debated recently in the house of commons. For any analysis [...]
Olympic Legacy for Youth?
Tessa Jowell, Member of Parliament for Dulwich and West Norwood and Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office and the Olympics, gives her thoughts on whether there will be an Olympic Legacy which inspires young people to choose sport Read full Article here
Telegraph 13th October
Gareth A Davies comments on changes to school sport funding: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/schoolsports/8823897/Dont-take-sport-away-from-children.html
Project Ability Success!!
Warrington SSP and William Beamont Community High School have been successful in their bid to become a ‘Project Ability’ school. Project Ability aims to establish a national network of 50 of the most successful mainstream and special schools at providing opportunities for young disabled pupils to take part in sport. These schools will receive funding [...]
Observer Comments on School Games
http://m.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/sep/24/school-games-olympics-legacy-2012?cat=education&type=article Toby Helm, the Observer’s Political Editor, comments on the Government’s School Games
Mini Tennis Competition
Th Warrington Final of the Mini Tennis competition for year 3 /4 pupils took place on 22 June. St Monica’s RC Primary (winners) and Ravenbank Primary (runners up) will progress to represent the Warrington at the County Final on the 7th July. Well done to all involved, and many thanks to Chris Dyson, Competition Manager, who ran the [...]
St Greg’s Students Represent GB!
4 pupils from year eleven at St. Gregory’s have been selected to represent Great Britain at the FISEC games in Portugal, 5th-11th July 2011. Sam Houghton and Jack Cookson have been selected to represent the Great Britain football squad. Both players have since picked up professional contracts with Morecambe for next season. Oliver Wells and [...]
Yr 3 & 4 County Gymnastics Final
Wednesday 15th June saw the first ever inter SSP (County) level Key Steps Gymnastics Final for boys and girls in Years 3 & 4. This county level competition followed on from the Warrington competitions, run by Laura Hogg, Gymnastics Development Officer from Warrington School Sport Partnership. The event was attended by schools from 7 of [...]
Rosie Edwards
In April 2011, Rosie achieved oustanding marks on her moderation day after she completed the Volleyball Young Referees course; she was introduced to this in February 2011 as part of her GCSE PE practical. Previous to this, she completed her Sports Leaders Level 1 in year 10 and became a fantastic sports leader. Rosie now [...]
Sainsbury’s Active Kids Offers
Schools, Sports Clubs, Brownies and Scout groups, are all invited to benefit from Sainsbury’s Active Kids scheme. Vouchers can still be collected in store until 31st May 2011 and if you visit www.youthsporttrust.org/page/activekidscomp/index.html you will find information on how to win an extra 2000 kids vouchers by answering a simple question. If you haven’t already done [...]