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3 hours of Schools Sport

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

First of all, it’s important to understand what is meant by ‘School Sport’. Broadly speaking, School Sport is anything
‘delivered, 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 FOR
EVERY 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 of
20 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 of
1000, 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 for
larger 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 all
worthwhile.
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For further reading, please download the new Guide to Delivering the 5 Hour Offer from
www.teachernet.gov.uk/_doc/14375/PESSYP_small.pdf
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Dates for your Diary Snippets

SHOOT SOME
HOOPS THIS SPRING!
Please welcome Richard Murphy to our Warrington’s
growing team of sports officers. Richard is the town’s
Basketball Development Officer and will be working closely
GYM CLUB Competition
Thank you for all the entries we received
On October 31st Broomfields Lesiure Centre opened its
with schools developing the sport throughout
doors to a new Gymnastic club. Bridgewater Gymnastics capturing your school’s ‘Olympic Spirit’.
Warrington. Richard has close links with the Cheshire
Jets and invites young people to come and try out Development Club offers two different types of gymnastic We are pleased to announce that the
the sport for FREE at one of the following disciplines 'General’ and ‘Rhythmic Gymnastics'.
sessions: winner is Cinnamon Brow C.E. Primary
Great Sankey Jets Orford Jets The club, now running on a Saturday mornings from
Sankey Leisure Centre William Beamont High 9 - 11am, is currently taking on new members between School’s photograph, entitled :-
yrs 7-12 Sat 9:30 - 11:00 yrs 7-12 Sat 9:00 - 10:30 the ages of 4 - 11 years of age.
yrs 13-18 Sat 11:00 - 12:30 ysr13-18 Sat 10:30 - 12:00

Culcheth Jets Bridgewater Jets

Class times are as follows:
9-10am (4-6 years) and 10-11am (7-11years).
‘DETERMINATION’
Culcheth High School Bridgewater High School
yrs 7-18 Fri 17:00 - 19:00 years 7-12 Tue 18:00 - 19:30 Any one interested should contact
years 13-18 Tue 19:30 - 21:00
Club Coach Bev Smith 07724270909.
For further information anyone interested should contact
Richard on murphy12uk@yahoo.com NEW COMPETITION! 2 PRIZES TO BE WON!
With Spring on its way we are looking for you to put the ‘spring’ into your step!
Warrington Collegiate to run Easter Holidays Sports Camps!
Secure resource and virtual competition areas are about to go live on our website. PLTs and SSCos can log
Week 1:- Monday 29th • Tuesday 30th • Wednesday 31th • Thursday 1st April on using the ‘credit cards’ given out at the PE conference last year. The first set of challenges available will
Week 2:- Tuesday 6th • Wednesday 7th • Thursday 8th • Friday 9th be 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
Both sport camps will be held at the Roger Hunt building and will include football, basketball, rugby league and multi-sports. DVD resource.
For further information then please contact Paul Walker on 01925 494389 or pwalker@warrington.ac.uk 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!

Lloyds TSB National School Sport Week 28th June – 2nd July 2010
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
school’s sporting activity.
Read all about it..!
Lloyds TSB National School Sport Week is integral to the delivery of the Government’s PE and in this issue...
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

Don’t leave it to the last minute! Log on for further information: www.schoolsportweek.org

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!
Leadership Academy events p7 Volleyball Dives in p11 Parkour has arrived p17
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
Our newsletter is distributed 3 times a year so if you have any articles you wish to send in, the deadline for the next
feel good.
issue is 31.3.10 All contributions should be emailed to: promotions@wb.warr.ac.uk
To find out more log on to www.sportrelief.com
Please note we do try to publish as many articles as possible, but in the circumstance we cannot guarantee that your
news will be included. We will of course put ALL articles on our website.

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High Quality PE
Warrington received fantastic news recently when it was accepted for early entry into the
Building Schools for the Future programme, in which PE and School Sport has a vital and Parkour arrives in Warrington
exciting part to play. PE staff are starting to include ‘free running’ in lessons to stop
pupils practising the daredevil pursuit in public places.
Teachers are including potentially dangerous ìfree runningî in PE
Consultation events and documents will be coming out in the coming months and your lessons to keep pupils safe after communities
views and opinions are important as we move forward. complained they
Below is an extract of the letter from Kath O’Dwyer, Executive Director of Warrington
Children 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:
were being
terrorised by untrained children attempting the
William Beamont High School, Orford (rebuild) underground urban sport.
Penketh High School, Penketh (rebuild) The boom in popularity of parkour has left children desperate to
emulate the discipline – but they are putting themselves and
Lysander High School, Padgate (modernise) buildings at risk by experimenting in
Sir Thomas Boteler CE High School, Latchford (modernise) public places.
PE staff in both secondary
and special schools say
The next stage is to submit more detailed plans as part of our £80million bid for consideration before a they have been left with little
decision is made on the final amount of funding, which we expect in the new year. option but to include the
Work will start at the following schools from summer 2011 onwards. daredevil sport – which sees
participants using buildings,
I am sure you will agree the children and young people of Warrington deserve modern schools and the roofs and street furniture as
very best facilities. Thanks to this successful BSF bid, within the next three or four years 10's of 1000's of an urban obstacle course –
on the curriculum so they can
current and future pupils of the borough will enjoy the opportunity to reach their potential in a thoroughly
give pupils training.
modern learning environment. But they also believe parkour
could be a valuable addition to
the timetable, particularly for children with social and emotional
I would just like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have contributed to this success and look
problems who lack confidence. Increasing numbers of
forward to seeing our plans turn into a reality!” 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.
The new investment into these facilities can only help us to provide the best PE, School and
Jean-Paul Jesstiece, who runs educational programmes for a firm
Community Sport offer possible. 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 doesn’t exist – leisure centres ban
children practising unless they are supervised,î he said.
ìWhat we teach pupils is that with the great power of learning
parkour comes great responsibility. We educate them not to
Building schools for the future damage buildings.”
Consultation on a new approach to capital investment Mr Jesstiece said the discipline of the sport helps children to learn
respect. He is increasingly being asked to teach young offenders
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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 School
Sports 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. There’s lots of similarities with
gymnastics, we can teach it without children getting into trouble.”
The school’s 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,î Mr
Chatterley said. ìIt’s 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.
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PHYS KIDS TRAINING CPD Opportunities

The midday assistants at Woolston Community Primary school recently Please find below an outline of some of training on offer over the coming year.
received Phys Kids training to help develop fun activities into the
playground with the children during playtimes. It was a really valuable
Title of Course Target Audience Date Time Location
experience which was well received by everyone involved, and is now Bruche Community Primary
The Use of ITC in PE Primary & Secondary 2nd February 1 - 4pm
School - Infant Hall
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 Health Related Fitness Secondary 24th February 4 - 6pm TBC

actively involved in organised activities has increased, midday assistants Bruche Community Primary
Health Related Fitness Primary 25th February 1 - 4pm
School - Infant Hall
have enjoyed organising extra games in the playground and built better
Gifted in PE, talented
relationships with the children, and the Play Buddies leadership scheme Upper KS2 & Secondary 12th Mach 9.30-3.30 TBC
in sport?
has developed with the help of mentoring provided by the midday Profound & Multiple
Elements 16th & 17th March TBC 9.30-3.30 TBC
assistants. The Play Buddies are now working alongside the midday learning difficulties

supervisors in the playground, delivering more games for the younger Bruche Community Primary
NQT PE Gymnastics Primary 18th March 1-3.30
School - Infant Hall
children to take part in during their free time.
Learning in and Bruche Community Primary
Primary 4th & 11th March 4 - 6pm
We hope to develop the good work that is taking place in the through dance School - Infant Hall

playgrounds with continued support throughout the year. Athletics KS2 15th March 1 - 4pm
Bruche Community Primary
School - Infant Hall

For further information or to register on a course online please visit www.wassp.org.uk or contact the Borough

PENKETH’S HEALTHY LIFESTYLES PROGRAMME Council’s 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)

Are you getting prepared for 2012?

This is a once in a lifetime
opportunity!
Make sure your school benefits –
register at: http://getset.london2012.com
Here you will find a host of resources to use in the classroom related to the 7 Olympic Values of:
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 Friendship • Courage • Determination • Excellence
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
Equality • Respect • Inspiration
them and the charity run inspired them to try really hard. The run was completed during their PE Lesson. Members will be automatically updated with news/events – REGISTER NOW!!

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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 active
sports leaders in school or in community
environments. Sport Xtra is all about providing innovative sporty events for the young people in Warrington
High schools who do not, in general, participate in regular school competitions.
They are monitored by the SSP and their
schools/colleges through the use of the
Wii 2 Real, 24th February 2010 Halo night club, Warrington
A World exclusive event where Warrington’s young people can take part in a range of brilliant activities that include;
online ‘Step into Sport’ Passport system
and mentored in placements by Wii • Latest in dance mat technology • Splat Wall
teachers, cluster coaches, sports coaches Interactive cycling & rowing • Boxercise • Jump rope demo
and deliverers from the Arts and Sports
If the young people have got any energy left there is other Great Sport Xtra events
Engagement Team, Warrington Disability planned for Warrington which include;
Partnership and Wolves Foundation, to
• Triathlon Relays: Sunday 2nd May, Lymm High School (as part of Lymm Triathlon)
name just a few.
• Mountain Biking: 7th May, St Gregorys

Through being identified as members of • Urbanathlon Adventure Relays: Sunday 25th July, Sportcity, East Manchester
this Academy, young people can access • Girls Triathlon Relays: Sunday 29th August, Lymm High School (as part of the Pink Women’s Triathlon)
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 share
their experiences as sports volunteers, 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
learn from their peers, celebrate their
about sport.
successes and socialise! 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.
Find out more about sports volunteering “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
programmes on our website – just click children participating - we have some particularly challenging children and they really got a lot out of it. They are
on the Volunteering tab and follow the now desperate to have a dodgeball afterschool club!” - Cate Baker, Stockton Heath Primary PLT

links. “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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SOCCER GIRLS ARE KICKING OFF! Leadership Academy

LEAGUE TABLES (after 3 rounds of fixtures) Since November girls’ 5-a-side soccer teams from throughout
YEAR 7
PENKETH B
LYMM
12
12
P W D L +
12
9
0
0
0
3
53
26 13 30
-
2
Pts
36
Warrington have been fighting it out for the title of top team at
the monthly fixtures held at Select Soccer.
Launch Events
Students aged 16 – 19 from colleges and sixth forms across Warrington
W.BEAMONT 12 5 0 7 10 29 22 gathered at Broomfields Leisure Centre in November for one of this year’s
Linda Paget from Warrington Ladies Football Club has been
GREAT SANKEY 12 2 1 9 6 12 17 Warrington School Sports Partnership Leadership Academy Conferences.
PENKETH A 12 1 1 10 6 43 15
organising and talent spotting at the games and commented
that “the girls are playing to a really high standard and have Words of inspiration from keynote speaker Ian Roberts opened the
YEAR 8+9 P W D L + - Pts conference. Ian, who is a GB Triathlete stated, ìBuild to be a good leader,
impressed me with their commitment. Future stars”. build to be a good personî concluding, ìanything is achievableî.
LYMM 11 7 4 0 36 16 29
PENKETH B 11 8 2 1 23 10 29 Students then had the chance to attend several theoretical and practical
At it stands, with one fixture to go, Penketh High School are
GREAT SANKEY 11 7 2 2 39 19 27 workshops run by Warrington Wolves Foundation, ASET, NSPCC, Gymnastic
W.BEAMONT 11 4 3 4 31 20 22 looking favourites in year 7/8/9 leagues though Lymm will be Development and the Disability Partnership, where they gained an insight into
PENKETH A 11 2 2 7 17 35 17 giving their all to take home the silverware. In the year 10 league how to develop their leadership, create a positive environment and how to run
fun and educational coaching exercises safely.
LYSANDER 11 0 1 10 4 43 12 Lymm are threatening to break clear of the chasing pack which
is headed up by Great Sankey A number of National Governing Bodies including the Cheshire FA, England
YEAR 10+11 P W D L + - Pts
Handball, the All England Netball Association, English Volleyball Association
LYMM 8 7 1 0 44 20 23 and Rugby Football League exhibited and were on hand to openly discuss
GREAT SANKEY 8 5 1 2 29 23 19 The next fixture is on Monday 1st March at Select Leisure and the with volunteers the opportunities widely available to them . The Challenge Cup
PENKETH 8 2 0 6 18 29 11 countdown to glory has begun! put in appearance too!
W.BEAMONT 8 0 0 4 5 14 4
Further Education School Sports Co-ordinator and Conference Leader Ed Barker
WOOLSTON 8 0 0 2 1 7 2 *WIN: 3pts, DRAW: 2pts, LOSS: 1pt commented, “The Leadership Academy is a great opportunity for individuals to
get involved with sport in their community, to help develop their skills and gain

WARRINGTON - Year 5/6 FOOTBALL FINALS qualifications through a range of development opportunities. Today was very
positive and I am sure the WaSSP Leadership Academy will prove to be very
successful and beneficial to all those who get involved”.
FINAL LEAGUE TABLES Congratulations to all the football teams who competed so
brilliantly in the Year 5/6 Warrington Schools finals held at
GIRLS P W D L + Pts William Beamont Community High School this week. Closing the conference, John Bastian, Director of Youth Performance from
OUGHTRINGTON 6 4 2 0 18 16 Warrington Wolves Foundation spoke to the students with words of
BROOMFIELDS 6 3 2 1 20 14 Over twenty school teams from across Warrington encouragement and inspiration.
competed with great spirit in all three finals with the
CULCHETH 6 3 1 2 12 13
winners progressing to the Cheshire County finals. If
PENKETH SOUTH 6 2 3 1 11 13 successful there is then a chance of them progressing to Following on from this event a second conference was held at The Sport For All
ALDERMAN BOLTON 6 2 2 2 12 12 Wembley in the later stages of the competition. Go Centre for 14 – 16 years old students, who rotated around a number of
Warrington!
LOCKING STUMPS 6 1 1 4 8 9 practical activities throughout the day, all of which were run by 16-19 year old
OLD HALL 6 0 1 5 5 7 Many thanks to Select Leisure for the use of their excellent Leadership Academy members, who were excellent role models and gave the
facilities and the William Beamont CHS and Warrington younger students a flavour of what they could aspire to.
BOYS P W D L + Pts
Collegiate Sports Leaders for their expert support. Stars!
ST WILFRID’S 6 6 0 0 29 18 The Young Leaders were asked to identify their volunteering goals;
BRUCHE
PENKETH SOUTH
6
6
5
3
0
1
1
2
21
9
16
13
HOOPS MANIA ‘Get an interest in less know sports ie. Volleyball, handball’
Basketball goes from strength to strength in Warrington with
LOCKING STUMPS 6 2 1 3 7 11
the support of the Cheshire Jets. In the Year 7 Warrington
‘Coaching girls football under 8’s making sure young girls are getting more
WINWICK 6 0 3 3 7 9
schools league Birchwood continues to head off the opportunities to play football’
CALLANDS 6 1 1 4 2 6
challengers that includes Great Sankey and Culcheth.
ALDERMAN BOLTON 6 1 0 5 4 5 ‘Help disabled children get into sports’
LEAGUE TABLE (after 1 round of fixtures)
P W D L + - Pts ‘Help the community with coaching young children’
SMALL SCHOOLS P W D L + Pts
BIRCHWOOD 5 3 2 0 12 6 13
GLAZEBURY 5 5 0 0 47 15 ‘Increase participation in Basketball’
GREAT SANKEY 5 3 1 1 24 10 12
LATCHFORD 5 4 0 1 20 13
CULCHETH 5 2 1 2 14 14 10 Leadership Academy members will be contacted in the spring term with
HIGH LEGH 5 3 0 2 22 11
ST GREGS 5 2 1 2 12 14 10 information about forthcoming development opportunities. Meantime, school
BRADSHAW 5 2 0 3 9 9
LYSANDER 5 2 0 3 14 20 9 and college staff will be helping the students to identify leadership placements.
BROOKACRE 5 1 0 4 3 6
LYMM 5 0 1 4 12 20 6
SANKEY VALLEY 5 0 0 5 2 5

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Friday the 13th proved to be a lucky night for Warrington at the

annual Cheshire and Warrington Sports Partnership Awards
CRICKET IN THE COMMUNITY In partnership with Warrington School Sports Partnership, the WDP,
evening. Despite having being eligible for only one nomination
for each of the 7 categories, compared to the 2 allowed to the Sensory Support Team and the North Visually Impaired Cricket
Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester boroughs, Board (NVICB) are currently piloting a innovative project with pupils
Warrington sports people managed to scoop a number of gongs! from Warrington schools. The initiative, aimed at primary and
secondary pupils, has involved consultation with both
Jamie Hopwood, member of Phoenix Boxing Club and pupil at parents and participants to identify and overcome any
William Beamont CHS, was awarded Young Sports Achiever of the
barriers which may be preventing youngsters from
Year. Richard Sinnott, of Warrington Rowing Club, won Coach of the Year, and the Warriors of
Warrington were awarded Club of the Year. playing sport in the local community.
The project aims to improve youngster’s
Those in attendance were delighted to have Marc Woods as key note guest, who talked of his physical skill levels through fun and
personal journey - one that took him from cancer patient to multiple Gold medalist - in a self challenging sessions in order to give children
deprecating, humorous and moving manner. (and the parents/ carers) the confidence to
become more involved in sport and physical
Compere for the evening was Mitch Fenner, BBC Television Gymnastics Commentator, who has activity whilst encouraging increased social
covered 8 Olympic games, 5 Commonwealth Games and every World & European Championships interaction.
since 1980.
For further details, please call James Howes
Photos can be found : . www.flickr.com/photos/cwsportspartnership. on 07947890235 or alternatively by email
hoewsj@wb.warr.ac.uk.

SPOTLI
GHT ON STREET FOOTBALL FESTIVAL
TALENT Well Done Jamie!
Not many young people can claim to have won the title “Young
During October half term, Positive Futures in
Sports Achiever of the Year” but Jamie Hopwood, of William
partnership with Warrington Collegiate and
Beamont SCC was the proud recipient of this accolade at the
Lymm High School participated in a Street
Cheshire and Warrington Sport Partnership Awards last
Football Competition in Bolton. Following a
November.
coaching session led by coaches from the Arts,
Sports & Engagement Team, 4 teams were selected to
Jamie trains with Phoenix Boxing, one of the out of school
represent Warrington against teams from across the North
hours clubs that runs at William Beamont. Damien Ridpath
West region
of Phoenix Boxing said; “ If Jamie continues to keep boxing
at this level he will undoubtedly go far and will be a great Street Football is a fast paced and exciting new way to play the
role model to other up and coming amateur boxers. We’re game which allows players to show off their skills on a small pitch. The teams were
really proud of him!” made up of 3 players each and the games were only 3 minutes long which meant that lots
of games were played over the course of the day. Points were awarded for every goal scored or
Jamie said that he was happy to have won the award and looks ‘panna’ (nutmeg) move which encouraged players to take risks and try new tricks.
forward to returning to the Schools Boys Championship in
January. A huge congratulations goes out to him from all at Following the success of the tournament, it is hoped that a Street Football competition will soon take place in
Warrington School Sport Partnership. Warrington so watch this space!

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MEND is a successful health programme aimed at helping overweight children in

Gifted &
Warrington manage their weight, which has seen over 25 children successfully graduate
with first class honours. The MEND Programme (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition Do it!) is part of
a 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-hour
sessions (in the evenings), twice a week for 10 weeks. The programme helped
them improve their eating and exercise habits, thereby enhancing children’s
fitness, physical activity levels, nutrition and self-esteem.
Talented
Camps
The MEND Programme is the UK’s largest healthy lifestyle programme for
overweight children and their parents. It helps to inspire families to adopt a healthier lifestyle and enjoy preparing
and eating healthy foods as well as reading food labels and healthy shopping on a budget. There are also simple
but exciting sessions which focus on making exercise fun again – especially for children who are not fans of
traditional school sports.

If you have any queries or would like to book a place on Warrington MEND please call Bev Brinksman on 01925
755458 (Ext 176) or visit the MEND website (www.mendprogramme.org)

New Year’s
resolution . . .
MEND your ways
Top tips to help children and their families get fitter and healthier in
the New Year has been launched today by child obesity experts at
MEND (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition...Do it!).
Every year in Britain at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve, over
80%* of us make a new year’s resolution, unsurprisingly the most
common resolution of all is to ‘get fitter’. However the shocking truth
is that over half of us will have failed to keep our resolution by June
and only 12% of us will manage to keep our resolutions for the whole
year.
James Howes who runs a MEND healthy living programmes in
Warrington said; “Most of us know our lifestyles could be healthier,
but we make the mistake of trying to change too many things at
once. It’s especially hard during the cold winter months when there
are fewer activities for us to get involved in. To help set achievable
goals MEND has come up with some top tips to help families get fit
and healthy while having fun.”
MEND Top ten tips to beat the winter blues and hit your new year’s
resolution to get fit:
• Indoor scavenger hunt; hide items around the house and get the
family to race who can find them first.
• Home Circuit; set up any room in the house with areas for
stretches, skipping, knee ups, star jumps and any other exercise you
can safely do indoors. If you have stairs you can climb these as part
of your circuit.
• Help with the cleaning – giving the house a good old cleaning is a
good way to get the family active, this works best with an incentive
attached like a trip to the cinema afterwards.
• Stuck in the mud, three legged race and sack races are really fun
and can also get your blood pumping.
• Indoor climbing wall; many leisure centres offer an indoor climbing
wall. You don’t need any experience, but make sure you contact
whoever 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 even
more fun on the way down!
• Cooking; switch off the TV and get the family to help you prepare a
healthy meal or make a healthy smoothie with lots of fresh fruit.
• Trampolining; many leisure centres and sports halls have
trampolines. 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
• Don’t 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 than
watch the TV or sit in front of the computer.
With more than 1 in 3 children over the healthy weight range for their
age and height, the New Year is the perfect time for families to take
advantage of the accessible, friendly and encouraging support
offered by the MEND Programme. The course is aimed at overweight
7-11 year old children and their families, and provides an excellent
chance to get fitter, healthier and happier.
The MEND Programme in Warrington which starts at the end of
January is part of a national network of over 300 courses which have
already helped over 15,000 families improve their diets and activity
levels. A limited number of places valued at up to £400 are available
on 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
2009
Earlier in the year, 60 children were nominated
by their schools to attend a Gifted and Talented
Camp run by the Warrington School Sports
Partnership. 30 of those children attended a 3
day camp ran in Easter whilst the remaining 30
children were asked to attend the camp held in
the Summer Holidays.
The Summer Camp was held over 5 days at
William Beamont High School with a number of
situations. It was also encouraging to see the
different activities taking place each day. children bonding together to perform well in team
Participants took part in team building activities games.
(communication based exercises) and psychology
workshops (the importance of setting goals) as The annual camp had yet again been a huge
well as participating in a number of different success with lots of positive comments coming
sports and activities. Experienced National from the children involved. Many new friends
Governing Body Coaches from Badminton, were made, talent identified and most
Gymnastics, Table-tennis and Handball to name importantly, children had enjoyed another fun
but a few, delivered high quality coaching week.
sessions that were challenging, yet enjoyable,
and unearthed some true talent. “There is a huge amount of talent around the
Warrington area and it has been really good to
Throughout the week, individual competitions get these children together for intensive Talent
were held in Tennis, Table-Tennis and Badminton Camps. Let’s hope that one day, we will see one
with team competitions in Basketball and of the products of our Talent Camps representing
Handball. These proved to be very exciting and their Country in sporting events” commented
identified those children with the extra tactical Andrew Roberts (Senior Community Sports
know-how to defeat opponents in game Coach).

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Club Links...
This has been another period of great progress from a
school to club link perspective and links continue to be
made which benefit schools, clubs and young people
across Warrington. In particular some great relationships
have been forged between Beechfield JFC and Sir
Thomas Boteler High school, Manor Road Tennis club and
Lymm High School, Grappenhall Tennis club and
Bridgewater High School and Warrington Table Tennis
Club and William Beamont High School.
Congratulations go out to Lymm Piranhas and Beechfield
Junior Football clubs who have both been awarded their
FA charter standard awards, and good luck to Manor
Road Tennis club, Warrington Town JFC and Grappenhall
Tennis club who have just either started out on the road
to achieving or are nearing the end to FA
Chartermark/Clubmark
The New Year continues with a concentrated effort
around Tennis coaching and competition and its
development in the local primary schools, thanks to the
efforts of the Cheshire Lawn Tennis Assocation, its clubs
and coaches, particularly in the Penketh area.
Club Forums are also taking shape; these forums are
designed to provide a voice for local sport. Great Sankey
Club Forum (including clubs in the Great Sankey, Penketh
and St Greg’s High School area) are developing action
plans for 2010 around coach education, Lymm Club
Forum will meet early in 2010 to set out their goals,
Woolston Club Forum (serving the area around Woolston,
Birchwood and Lysander high schools) and Bridgewater
Club Forum have had their inaugural meetings with
Culcheth, Sir Thomas Boteler, Cardinal Newman and
William 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. We’re sure 2010 will
be no exception. Well done everyone.
VOLLEYBALL ‘DIVES’
INTO WARRINGTON
VOLLEYBALL is set to become a popular sport in Warrington after the
appointment 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 Volleyball
Association.
Megan will have a busy schedule working in schools, clubs and
community venues delivering programmes, coaching players,
encouraging event organisers and volunteers, and putting in place
structured pathways.
Despite being in post for only a few weeks, Megan organised her first
festival– a joint venture with Richard Murphy (Basketball Development
Officer) – in December at Sir Thomas Boteler High School. The event,
attended by Alderman Bolton and St Augustine’s Primary schools,
was a fun festival, supported by sports leaders from Priestley College,
who had never done any sports volunteering wearing Santa hats and outdoors and also can be played sitting down! Did you
before! know volleyball is in the top 3 sports watched in the Olympics?
“The opportunity to take part in a range of sports needs to be
Megan is currently liaising with partners across the town to develop given at a young age, which is why I’m so passionate about
the sport, including Warrington School Sport Partnership, the Sport 4 working with primary schools now. Hopefully, like me, they’ll
All Centre, schools and Bridgewater Diamonds Volleyball Club. want to play when they are older.”
Megan is currently running sessions for Key stages 2 - 4 at the
“My overall aim in this job is to see volleyball become part of every Sport for All Centre on Wednesday evenings from 5.30pm.
school in some way, either recreationally or as part of the curriculum”. Anyone interested in trying a new activity should contact Megan
Volleyball is such a dynamic sport and can be played both indoors on 07850938280 or email mhopkins@volleyballengland.org

Beth Tweddle – World Champion comes to Warrington

On Thursday evening World champion Beth Tweddle officially
GB Team Help Schools
Get into Handball
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 HUNDREDS of children from schools across Warrington met the Great Britain women’s handball team
special gift from all the children and coaches. Emma Doherty, Head at a special training session at Birchwood Community High School in September.
Coach at the club said “The girls were thrilled that she had taken
GB took time out from preparing for the following day’s crucial clash with Finland to train with and
time out of her busy schedule to visit the new club”. talk to youngsters about the sport and what it takes to be a world class athlete. As well as handing
The evening started with questions from the gymnasts, asking such out tips, the GB players took part in mini games and training drills with some of the children, who are
questions as ‘what’s your favourite move?’ to ‘How many hours do just some of the thousands across the country who are discovering how much fun handball can be.
you train?’ The girls were then treated to video of Beth’s journey Alongside the handball training, the session also gave the youngsters the chance to talk to staff from
through training to winning the World Title at the O2 Arena. Beth also Warrington Wolves Rugby League Club, who are using handball alongside rugby to promote healthy
living among youngsters. The Wolves brought along the Challenge Cup, which they won last month
brought along her medal collection, which included her latest gold at after beating Huddersfield 25-16 in a thrilling final.
the World Championships. Laura Baines, the Partnership’s Gymnastic
Development officer, commented “This is a great experience for the girls to get After the training session, Birchwood pupil Carl Curran said: ìI have played handball since the
inspirational coaching from the World Champion, the girls look to her as a beginning of last year, and it’s just great to be here and see the GB women’s team train.
fantastic role model.” îBut being able to actually play with them is great, one of the best days of my life so far. Laura in the
GB goal was hard to beat but she was quite down-to-earth when you did meet her. I definitely want
The club was initially set up in the Birchwood area to act as a club link and
to go and see them at London in 2012.î
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, The session was arranged by Mick Hegarty, the Warrington School Sports Partnership's Handball
which is fully inclusive and can also help coaches to recognise future champions. Development Officer and Director of Coach Education for England Handball. Mick commented, ìIt has
been an inspiration having the GB Women here. The kids can see the players and it gives them role
THE WIRE GYMNASTICS Club based at Birchwood high school are always models to look up to. It also gives them a better idea of what we are trying to do when we are
teaching them handball. The GB Women have been wonderful. The pupils were asking all sort of
looking for new members of any ability. Anyone interested in finding out more questions and they couldn’t wait to come on to the court and get involved, and having Holly Lam-
should contact head coach,0 Emma Doherty on 07716668613 for more details. Moores here as a local girl gives the pupils that something extra to look up to.î

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