Slider – Amber Valley School Sport Partnership CIO

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Junior Leadership Conference – Our annual event!

21/10/2024

The first Friday back after October half term saw AVSSP’s annual Junior Leadership Conference. The event allows leaders from our schools to come together and improve their understanding of the role of a Junior Sports Leader (JSL).

Over 160 children joined us to brainstorm ideas, talk about what makes a good leader, practice playground games and strengthen their bond with some team building activities. Including a fantastic band of secondary school leaders from Swanwick Sports College!

The leaders took part in a carousel of activities, each one designed to have a specific impact on the development of the children as JSL’s. For example, a ‘Playground Games’ station that allowed children to practice setting up, running and adapting games to suit their peers. Children also shared ideas on how to make games easier or harder for the others taking part. We discussed safety points and considerations as well as what equipment might be needed for an effective delivery of the activity.

Everyone who came and joined us on Friday was fabulous and we hope you enjoyed it! All of us at AVSSP certainly did so, a huge thank you from us!

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Staff CPD – A chance to improve

07/07/2023

As we come to the end of the first term a brief update on how our CPD programme has shaped up so far this year and what is upcoming in term two.

Our CPD programme aims to improve school staff confidence and competence within different areas of Physical Education, School Sport, and Physical Activity. By upskilling staff within schools, we are providing more sustainable opportunities for pupils to access and thrive within this sector and therefore promote active and healthy lifestyles.

This term we have had a total of 4 sessions two PE Practical Delivery Sessions in Athletics and Gymnastics and two PE and School Sport Improvement Sessions based around how to be a more active school and our guest speaker session with Teach Active on how to make Maths more active. These have been well attended with 20 different schools having accessed at least one of these sessions.

We know there is demand for Swimming CPD in the borough, something we’d hoped to deliver this term, but this has proven challenging to arrange. We hope to provide a positive update in term 2.

Also coming up in Term 2 are:

PE & School Sport Improvement Workshops

ECT PE Development: Tuesday 23^rd January 2024
Physical Literacy & Other Inclusive Interventions: Tuesday 12^th March 2024

Practical PE Delivery Workshops

Dance: Wednesday 7^th February 2024
Swimming: Date TBC

Our mid-year PE Subject Leader Meeting is also taking place during term two on Wednesday 14^th February. This will provide you with updates regarding competitions, summer term ideas/opportunities and looking in more detail at the recently released Sport England physical literacy consensus statement and what impact that could have within your school

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Competitions with AVSSP 24/25

12/02/2023

We have over 100 competitions planned for this year and we can’t wait to get started with them! From our popular Sports Hall Athletics to a brand new Panathalon and much more! Our competitions are always exciting evenings that allow hundreds of children to take part in physical activity whilst representing their school and competing with others.

We also run a wide range of festivals for children who don’t often engage in competitive sports to allow them to have the chance to represent their school in an environment they feel more comfortable in. This also includes our Plus events that are specifically held for SEN students across Primary and Secondary schools in the borough. We want to provide equal opportunities for all children regardless of their situation, personality type or sporting background.

If you haven’t already, be sure to sign your school up for as many of our competitions at you’d like to attend. We’re looking forward to seeing everyone again 💙

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Staff CPD – A chance to improve!

13/04/2022

As we come to the end of the first term a brief update on how our CPD programme has shaped up so far this year and what is upcoming in term two.

Our CPD programme aims to improve school staff confidence and competence within different areas of Physical Education, School Sport, and Physical Activity. By upskilling staff within schools, we are providing more sustainable opportunities for pupils to access and thrive within this sector and therefore promote active and healthy lifestyles.

This term we have had a total of 4 sessions two PE Practical Delivery Sessions in Athletics and Gymnastics and two PE and School Sport Improvement Sessions based around how to be a more active school and our guest speaker session with Teach Active on how to make Maths more active. These have been well attended with 20 different schools having accessed at least one of these sessions.

We know there is demand for Swimming CPD in the borough, something we’d hoped to deliver this term, but this has proven challenging to arrange. We hope to provide a positive update in term 2.

Also coming up in Term 2 are:

PE & School Sport Improvement Workshops

ECT PE Development: Tuesday 23^rd January 2024
Physical Literacy & Other Inclusive Interventions: Tuesday 12^th March 2024

Practical PE Delivery Workshops

Dance: Wednesday 7^th February 2024
Swimming: Date TBC

Our mid-year PE Subject Leader Meeting is also taking place during term two on Wednesday 14^th February. This will provide you with updates regarding competitions, summer term ideas/opportunities and looking in more detail at the recently released Sport England physical literacy consensus statement and what impact that could have within your school.

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Inclusive Activity Club – A great success!

09/09/2021

Since the launch of Mrs Start’s Inclusive Sports and Activity Club, we have seen a huge increase in participation. A fantastic mixture of children join the club every Tuesday for an hour of active play and sport related games.

One parent who attend the club with their child said “the club is a great chance for children like my son to take part in a club outside of school that offers a wide range of activities for them to get stuck into. My son has had the chance to meet other children like him and his confidence has grown massively since coming.”

A child who regularly attends the club said “I love coming to Mrs Start’s club because i like playing with the different toys. I like the big ball and the fishes in the water.”

We love being able to offer an opportunity for children who wouldn’t usually attend and after school club, to come and experience playing with different children and developing new skills whilst having lost of fun.

We hope everyone is enjoying the club so far. If you would like to learn more about the cub, or book your child onto a session, head to the community section of our website! Thank you