NEWSLETTER TERM 1 2017 Greenacre Sports GSP CONTINUES TO Partnership schools for 2016 – 2017 MAKE A BIG IMPACT Infant Schools Balfour Infants IN MEDWAY SCHOOLS Delce Infants Greenvale Infants Last academic year the local impact made St Johns Infants by Greenacre Sports Partnership included: St Peters Infants Primary Schools 240 ...... pupils trained in year 6 Sports Crew Leadership All Saints Primary Balfour Juniors 269 ...... teams participated in primary competitions Burnt Oak Chantry Primary 2555 ..... pupils participated in primary competitions Delce Academy 20 East Borough Primary ...... primary competition’s / fixtures organised Holywell 183 ...... teams participated in secondary competitions Hoo St Werburgh Horsted School 2013 ..... pupils participated in secondary competitions Kingfisher Lordswood Primary 13 ...... secondary competitions / fixtures organised Maundene New Road 44 ...... schools registered on the yourschoolgames website Oaklands Primary 11 ...... schools accredited with the school games Kitemark Saxon Way St Benedicts Primary 12 ...... Change 4 Life Clubs delivered St Marys Catholic St Michaels Primary 270 ...... participants took part in Change 4 Life Clubs St Thomas More St William of Perth 22 ...... schools received 1:1 CPD Lesson Support Sutton At Hone Primary School 125 ...... teachers received 1:1 CPD Lesson Support Swingate Walderslade Primary Warren Wood Wayfield Secondary Schools CGSB Fort Pitt Rochester Grammar SJWMS St John Fisher Thomas Aveling Victory Academy Walderslade Girls Disability Schools Abbey Court Blue Skies School Bradfields Academy WELCOME TO THE GSP TEAM Dane Court We would like to welcome Emily Beeney and Ashley Poppy to the Greenare Pupil Referral Units Sports Partnership. Emily and Ashley are current sixth form pupils at Greenacre The Rowans Academy. They will be working as volunteer sports coaches and will be delivering MYG training, MYG competition support and extracurricular activities. Will Adams GREENACRE SPORTS PARTNERSHIP NEWSLETTER TERM 1 2017 Primary Snapshot Primary PE Schemes of Work and Lesson Plans linked with assessment

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SKILLS Fundamental Skills 3 & Movement Can they jump with good technique to a high ability? KEYWORDS 2 Can they jump with a certain degree of control? • Pass and run Aim 1 LESSON PLAN: TAG RUGBY: YEAR 1: WEEKEQUIPMENT 5 • LESSON PLAN: DANCE: YEAR 1: WEEK 5 Can they jump with help, but to a low ability? Space Tactics, Rules & • Balls • 3 Teamwork KEYWORDS Works in a team & demonstrates the use of tactics & the understanding of rules. LESSON OBJECTIVE: An introduction to attacking. To learn how to• Cones combine running and passing. LESSON OBJECTIVE: To learn how to create and demonstrate a clear beginning, middle and an end to their routines. EQUIPMENT • Stillnes2 • Tags Can work in a team & understands the rules. • Percussion instrument • Start1 Starts communicating within a team. WARM UP (10 MINS) WARM UP (10 MINS) • Music • Finish Show & Link 3 Cat and Mouse: Choose 3 or 4 students from the class to be the Shouting out different moods and feelings or using pictures of Can they link the skills: run and jump over a swinging rope to a high ability? catchers or the ‘cats’ and send them to the end of the hall/ playground emotion faces, pupils to recap on movements that reflect that 2 to ‘sleep’. Give each of the remaining students a coloured band or emotion. Can they show and link: jump over a raised skipping rope? bib to tuck into the back of their shorts (to be their mouse tails). DIFFERENTIATION 1 Shout ‘wake up cats’. They then chase the mice and try to catch LESS ABLE E.g. teacher shouts out happy: Pupils skip/bounce around the Show how to jump. room with smiles on their faces. Describe Ways to their tails. The cats have to catch as many tails as they can until they Keep the hoops closer together for less able. 3 are all gone. When a mouse loses their tail they have to sit down. DIFFERENTIATIONImprove Are able to describe and improve performance. In the game include safe zones in which pupils can’t be tagged MAIN LESSON (20 MINS) 2 MAIN LESSON (20 MINS) to allow more time to pass the ball accurately without the added LESS ABLE Are able to describe performance. Explain to pupils that when performing we need to show the Explain to pupils that in a game, if a defender approaches them, pressure of the defender. Give them ideas for start/finish positions.1 audience when we are starting and when we finish, by holding Are able to see differences in performance against a simple model. they will need to throw the ball to a team member to stop the MORE ABLE a still position so they know when to clap and cheer. Using a defender tagging them. MORE ABLEFitness & Health 3 Hoops further apart for more able pupils percussion instrument, ask pupils to hold a shape at the beginning, Shows a solid understanding of why physical activity has health benefits. In Pairs – recap on passing. when the tambourine starts to shake they move around the Give them more difficult questions2 when observing/evaluating In the game, make the area bigger for more able pupils. Has some knowledge of why physical activity has health benefits. Develop this by then asking pupils to run into a space before they space, and when the teacher stops using the tambourine they their own performance. 1 make their next pass. Their partner has to keep close by to them so have to stop in a controlled manner and hold a still position Ask them to hold a still balance in theHas middle little knowledge of the routine. of why physical activity has health benefits. they can catch the ball. again. Highlight any good positions that create a stable balance. Introduce hoops. See if they can work their way with DEVELOP: Develop: Back with their partners from previous week. Can they TAG RUGBY their partner from hoop to hoop. Explain they must be standing add a start and a finish position to their routines? in the hoop to catch the ball before they can move to the next. GAME/COMPETITION (15 MINS) GAME/COMPETITION (15 MINS) Video pupils performance and let them watch it back to comment 3v1 – In a set space, two pupils must run around and pass to their on their own performance. team players. The defender has to try and tag the person with the The Mini Youth Games Tag Rugby ball. If they manage this, that person then becomes the defender. A demonstration will be needed. competition was held on Tuesday 11th October 2016 at Medway Rugby Club. 52 schools took part £150 per year group or £800 for years one to six in total. 23 Greenacre Sports FREE assessment tracker included Partnership Schools participated in the Mini Youth Games Tag Rugby Competition. This is an increase of two schools compared with last New Visual Resources now available academic year. RESOURCE CARD: BASKETBALL: YEAR 6

RELATES TO: WEEK 1 Well done to: RESOURCE CARD: GYMNASTICS: YEAR 6 WARM UP: CoURT

RELATES TO: WEEK 5 MARKingS

Free throw RESOURCE CARD: BADMINTON: YEAR 6 Three-point MAIN LESSON: HOW TO PERFORM A BASIC VAULT line line Mid court RELATES TO: • All Saints • St Benedicts WEEK 5 Centre line circle MAin LESSon: BoDY PoSiTion The racket makes contact with the shuttlecock in Base front of the body. MAIN LESSON: THE SMASH SHOT line Step 1: The approach Step 2: The vault The racket reaches Keep the head • Balfour Juniors • SMATT high above the head. up and don’t bend the back.

The racket face should Don’t slap the ball, aim to hit the shuttlecock use the fingers to in a downwards motion push the ball down toward the floor on the • Burnt Oak • St Marys Island opponent’s side. and not the palm Basket of the hand. (hoop) Backboard

Free throw lane Sideline (in red AKA ‘the paint’) For simple basketball rules, see Resource Week 6. • Cuxton • St Michaels Try to keep the ball from bouncing above Ensure knees are waist height. Pupils are to run up to the springboard bent, allowing the player to change at speed and reach their hands out, Pupils can start off by lifting their knees ready to place them onto the box top. onto the box top, then onto their feet. direction. Then if they can jump over the box top with • Delce Academy • St Thomas their legs in straddle, that is great! • Horsted More • Kingfisher • St William of Perth £100 per year group • Lordswood • Swingate • Maundene • The Pilgrim TEACHER OF THE TERM • Oaklands School For term 1, the following nominations TEACHER OF THE TERMTerm 1 • Pheonix This certificate is awarded to: LUCY CASWELL • Walderslade have been made by the GSP team:

Reason: Lucy had an amazing ability to use the lesson plans to their best Academy potential and to get the most out of her pupils. She wasn't afraid to adapt the plan when needed and was always able to keep to her time limit. She remembered all the key points and stressed safety • Wayfield implications as regards to using apparatus in gymnastics. The Paul White from Kingfisher has children thoroughly enjoyed her lessons and they made excellent progress. Well done Lucy. • Saxon Way worked extremely hard during term • Warren Wood Vikki Bell 1 to learn new skills and terminology Sports Partnership Manager As part of one of our packages that in gymnastics. By week 6 he was able we offer, we support the following to deliver the whole lesson to a high schools in the MYG competitions, standard. He took our advice on board LESSON SUPPORT: they finished as follows: and it really paid off. Well done Paul. TERM 1 FEEDBACK • Kingfisher: 51st Lucy Caswell from St Thomas More During term 1: had an amazing ability to use the • Saxon Way: 46th 13 teachers received the 1:1 lesson plans to their full potential and Lesson Support • Wayfield: 45th to get the most out of her pupils. • Horsted: 36th The children thoroughly enjoyed 100% of staff improved their her lessons and they made excellent • SWOP: 31st confidence levels progress. Well done Lucy. • St Michaels: 13th 81% of staff rated the support The WINNER of the GSP Teacher of the as Excellent, with the remaining • Maundene: 8th Term, for Term 1 is Lucy Caswell from rating the service as Good. A well done to Warren Wood St Thomas More Primary School. If you are interested in this support Academy who finished 23rd. Well done to Lucy and all the nominees please do not hesitate to contact us. – keep up the hard work. GREENACRE SPORTS PARTNERSHIP NEWSLETTER TERM 1 2017 Secondary Snapshot

SSG BADMINTON: 120 Participants! 10 Schools! On Thursday 13th October the Howard School Sports Partnership and Greenacre Games Rowing Competition medal winners Sports Partnership hosted the second event of the Secondary School Games, SSG ROWING: the Badminton Competition, held at Medway Park. 10 schools from across 240 Participants! 11 Schools! Medway took part in the competition and a total of 120 pupils participated On Thursday 29th September, the Greenacre Sports Partnership hosted the which is an increase from last year. first event of the Secondary School Games, the Rowing Competition, held at The Overall SSG Badminton Greenacre Academy. 11 schools and 60 teams from across Medway took part Winners were: in the competition and a total of 240 pupils participated, which is a significant increase from last year. Girls: Fort Pitt, Rainham Girls and Rainham Mark Grammar The Overall SSG Rowing Winners were: Boys: Rainham Mark Grammar Girls: Rainham Girls. Boys: Greenacre Academy The results for each year group The results for each year group were as follows: were as follows: Year 7 Girls: Year 9 Girls: Year 11 Girls: Year 7 - 9 Girls: 1st: Rainham Girls 1st: Rainham Girls 1st: Rainham Girls 1st: Rainham Mk Gr B 2nd: Victory 2nd: Walderslade Girls 2nd: Walderslade Girls 2nd: Rainham Mk Gr A 3rd: Walderslade Girls 3rd: Robert Napier 3rd: Strood 3rd: Fort Pitt Year 7 Boys: Year 9 Boys: Year 11 Boys: Year 7 - 9 Boys: 1st: Greenacre 1st: Greenacre 1st: Greenacre 1st: Rainham Mk Gr A 2nd: Howard 2nd: Howard 2nd: Strood 2nd: Rainham Mk Gr B 3rd: Hundred of Hoo 3rd: Thomas Aveling 3rd: St John Fisher 3rd: Thomas Aveling Year 8 Girls: Year 10 Girls: 6th Form Girls: 1st: Walderslade Girls 1st: Rainham Girls 1st: Rainham Girls Year 10 and 11 Girls: 2nd: Rainham Girls 1st: Rainham Girls 2nd: St John Fisher 6th Form Boys: 3rd: Victory 2nd: Fort Pitt 3rd: Walderslade Girls 1st: St John Fisher 3rd: Rainham Mk Gr B Year 8 Boys: Year 10 Boys: 2nd: Victory 1st: Victory and Howard 1st: Howard 3rd: Greenacre Year 10 and 11 Boys: 3rd: Greenacre 2nd: Greenacre 1st: Rainham Mk Gr B 3rd: Thomas Aveling 2nd: Rainham Mk Gr A 3rd: Thomas Aveling Greenacre Leadership Academy Currently leading the Secondary School Games League Table, after On Thursday 6th October, Greenacre Sports Partnership hosted the annual two events are: Greenacre Leadership Academy Training Day. The day consisted of; learning about Girls: Rainham Girls, Fort Pitt and what attributes a good leader needs, completing various team building activities, Rainham Mark Grammar learning about the EDI and STEP principles, designing their own creative games Boys: Rainham Mark Grammar in small groups, and finally, they delivered their activities to children from Warren Wood as part of their assessment. There were 49 Greenacre Academy pupils that The next event is the Secondary School applied to attend and complete the training in total, and they did themselves Games Rugby Union on Thursday 10th proud and were fantastic throughout the whole day. November 2016 at Medway Rugby Club. MEDWAY PRIMARY SCHOOL GAMES 2016 - 2017 Date Sport Years Venue Tuesday 11th October 2016 MYG Tag Rugby 4-6 Medway Rugby Club Thursday 3rd November 2016 MYG Hockey 4-6 Holcombe Hockey Club Thursday 24th November 2016 MYG Badminton 4-6 Medway Park Thursday 08th December 2016 Primary Tri Golf 3 & 4 Medway Park Thursday 12th January 2017 MYG Swimming 4-6 Medway Park Thursday 19th January 2017 Primary Sportshall Athletics 5 & 6 Medway Park Thursday 26th January 2017 Primary Sportshall Athletics 3 & 4 Medway Park Tuesday 31st January 2017 MYG Basketball 4-6 Medway Park Thursday 02nd March 2017 Table Tennis 4-6 Medway Park Thursday 16th March 2017 Infant Agility 1 & 2 Greenacre Academy TBC: Tuesday 23rd March 2017 TBC: Primary Handball TBC 4-6 Medway Park Thursday 28th March 2017 Medway Dance Fusion 3-6 Greenacre Academy Thursday 30th March 2017 MYG Netball 4-6 Rainham School for Girls Thursday 20th April 2017 Primary Racket Skills Festival 3 & 4 Medway Park Thursday 27th April 2017 Primary Quick Sticks Hockey 3 & 4 Anchorians Hockey Club Thursday 4th May 2017 Primary Girls only Football and Kwik Cricket 4-6 Howard School Thursday 18th May 2017 Primary Key Step Gymnastics 1-6 Greenacre Academy Thursday 25th May 2017 MYG Kwik Cricket 4-6 High Halstow Thursday 8th June 2017 MYG Football 4-6 Anchorians Football Club Thursday 15th June 2017 Primary Tri Golf 1 & 2 Medway Park Tuesday 27th June 2017 MYG Athletics 4-6 Medway Park

MEDWAY SECONDARY SCHOOL GAMES 2016 - 2017 Date Sport Venue Contact Thursday 29th Sept 2016 Indoor Rowing Greenacre Academy Vikki Bell Thursday 13th Oct 2016 Badminton Medway Park Pam Fincher Thursday 10th Nov 2016 Rugby Union Medway Rugby Club Claire Moore Thursday 17th Nov 2016 Cross Country SJWMS Tash Moloney Thursday 1st Dec 2016 Handball Medway Park Tom Humphreys Thursday 15th Dec 2016 Futsal Medway Park Tash Moloney Thursday 12th Jan 2017 Sportshall Athletics Howard School Claire Moore Thursday 9th March 2017 Basketball Boys only Medway Park/Howard School Claire Moore Tuesday 28th March 2017 Medway Dance Fusion Greenacre Academy Kimberley Hill Thursday 11th May 2017 Cricket Lordswood Cricket Club Tom Humphreys Weds. 24th May 2017 Super 8 Athletics Medway Park Claire Moore Thursday 22nd June 2017 Rounders girls only Rainham Girls Claire Moore Thursday 6th July 2017 Athletics Medway Park Claire Moore

WHAT TO LOOK OUT Contact Us... FOR IN TERM 2: If you require any support • MYG Hockey or have any questions please • MYG Badminton do not hesitate to contact us: • PSG Tri Golf Greenacre Sports Partnership, Greenacre Academy. • SSG Rugby Union Telephone: 01634 861593 • SSG Cross Country Email: [email protected] • SSG Handball • SSG Futsal