EPSSA) Annual Review 2013/14 Annual Review 2013/14
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Annual Review 2013/14 2013 -14 ANNUAL REVIEW 1 Annual Review 2013/14 Annual Review 2013/14 Contents • MANAGERS REPORT 4 • THE EDINBURGH TEAM 6 • NEIGHBOURHOOD REPORTS 7 North South East West South West • IMPACT ON THE CITY 14 2 Activity Sessions 3 Participant sessions Distinct Participants • SPECIAL SCHOOLS REVIEW 15 • CLUBGOLF – THE RYDER CUP YEAR 16 • CITY WIDE PROGRAMMES 18 Cycling Health 4 U Champions in Tennis Jump 2 it Climbing Project • COACHING AND VOLUNTEERING 22 Young Ambassadors Young Leaders Higher Education/Further Education Plans for the future • CITY WIDE EVENTS 24 Primary Games @ the Hub 2014 Triathlon Paralympic Experience Edinburgh Primary Schools Sports Association, (EPSSA) Annual Review 2013/14 Annual Review 2013/14 Manager’s Report Schools and Community Services Sports and Outdoor Learning Unit What an exciting year, what with the sustainable pathway for young people. Commonwealth Games and the Ryder One of our achievements was working Head of Schools & Community Services Cup both coming to Scotland, and the with local golf clubs.Which increased David Bruce celebration of 10 years of Active Schools. with the introduction of Golf club Finance Manager If there was ever going to be a time forums. This has aided communication Claire Woolston when Active Schools could motivate and working relations between the class and inspire young people to take part The golf lead in the team, Shona Clark and schools. Service Manager in sport this was it. This review aims to also concentrated on developing a new Sports & Outdoor Education Unit demonatrate the impact Active School approach to Clubgolf and used the Edinburgh Leisure have also played a Robin Yellowlees has had on young people in Edinburgh. inspiration of the Ryder Cup to design large part in another one of our successful neighbourhood festivals across the city programmes. The Climbing project was The start of the year saw the newly which lea to a “Ryder Cup” style final introduced to all P4’s in the West and aligned clusters take shape and the held at Hermitage Golf Club. Read the South West of the city. More details movement of some Active School full story later in the report. of this project to follow. The NHS and Community Sports Duke of Edinburgh’s Outdoor Education Principal Officer Sports & OE Unit Co-ordinators, (ASC’s) into different Edinburgh Leisure also played a large part Development Award Centres Sport & Outdoor 4 As with everything Active Schools does, (Benmore & Lagganlia) Administrative Officer 5 clusters. It was also the start of a very in the implimentation of the Health 4 U Fran Cattanach (PT) volunteers play a large part, without Racquets Development Unit Manager 1 x FTE Head Teacher Education Unit focused approach to our year where project which was rolled out to a further Ian Ross Mel Coutts (Acting) which our events and programmes Officer (1 x FTE) Fraser Robertson the Active Schools Cluster Annual Plans 10 High Schools this year. Ryan Harrower Clerical Assistant Senior Instructor – were shared amongst the schools and would not be possible. Active Schools Cricket Development Pamela Waugh (PT) Benmore Primary Swimming Clerical Assistant key partners. have continued to work closely with Officer (1 x FTE) Graeme Adams Senior Instructor – Programme (1 x FTE) young people both in the Young Gordon Drummond Football Development Lagganlia Lynne Crawford The focus was about encouraging Ambassadors programme but also Officer (1 x FTE) Trinity Academy Nick March 5 x PT Teachers more young people to get more active with leadership courses. This year, Chris Roberts + 3 x FT Teachers by maximising participation in sport 395 senior pupils worked with Active Rugby Development DofE Award Expeditions Officer (1 x FTE) Officer/Development Bangholm Outdoor through the inspiration of the Games Schools in delivering or assisting with Ruaridh Pye Officers Centre Active Schools and with this came the development delivery of extracurricualr programmes. Modern Apprentice Neil Clements (1 x FTE) Programme Sports Dev (1 x FTE) and implementation of the Sport and The team also saw the introduction of Lizzie Treacy (PT) Development Officer Kyle Hogg Outdoor Learning Unit Commonwealth a Coaching and Volunteering working In 2013-14 Active Schools worked with Lynn Molleson (PT) Cliff Smith 1 x FTE 2 x FTE Managers Shona Agnew (PT) 1 x Stores Technician Jude Salmon (Acting) Games series brochure highlighting group with a representative from each 211 local clubs across the city. The Active EPSSA/Primary Joanna Jarvis (PT temp) Paul Newman(PT) Mellissa Berry all our Commonwealth Games events neighbourhood, led by the coaching Schools team in Edinburgh has worked Schools Sports Organiser Johnny Milner (temp) throughout the whole year. This included and volunteering leads, Pam Brown and Active School hard this year to ensure all young (1 x 0.2 FTE) Teacher Principal Teacher Co-ordinators the Active Schools Triathlon and our Cameron Reid. Read more about their people across the city are given as many Beth Walker 17 x FTE Co-ordinators for Outdoor annual Primary Schools Games @ the activity later on. opportunities as possible to take part in Tynecastle High 11 x PT Co-ordinators School Learning Hub event both of which took place in sport and physcial activity at all levels 1 x FTE Special Needs Throughout the year there was an Barry Hewitt ASC the summer term. Read more about using the inspiration of the world’s major Green Team 1x these events later on. increase in both activity sessions and events, hosted in Scotland. Our aim is Manager Modern Apprentice participant sessions. Noteably, one to produce a legacy of the Games and Penny Radway (PT) Outdoor Learning of the largest increases has been in Day Projects Cameron Wood Ryder Cup in the years to come. Co-ordinator/Volunteer girls participation Programmes such Support as Health 4 U and Fit for Girls have Mandy Craig (PT) been contributary factors towards this. Youth Inclusion & A full report on the Active Schools Development Co-ordinator performance is detailed later in the Kate Hedges (PT) report. Development Worker Sarah Rasmussen (PT) Partnership working is one of the most important aspects of the Active Schools team role. Working with local clubs and communities allows us to develop a Annual Review 2013/14 Annual Review 2013/14 Active Schools Team, Edinburgh Neighbourhood Reports NORTH Jude Salmon Active Schools Manager Broughton Cluster: Robert Ure Trinity Academy Cluster: Mellissa Berry Nicky Wheatley Active Schools Manager: Community Sport Hubs Leith Academy Cluster: The team consists of 17 Full time and 11 part time Active School Craig Renwick Co-ordinators, (ASC’s). Currently the 23 clusters are geographically Drummond Cluster: Alan Reid split into 5 neighbourhoods across the city and each cluster is serviced by at least one ASC and on some ocassions two. The ASC’s work to a Craigroyston Cluster: cluster annual plan which is derived from discussions with the HT’s and Andrew Gallagher PE staff in the schools. There is one ASC who currently covers the 13 Special Schools within the city. BASKETBALL SECONDARY 6 7 The neighbourhood basketball leagues and tournaments ran again last year. The S3 - S6 league ran between Sept and December culminating in a tournament held at Broughton. Leith, Drummond, Broughton and Trinity all took part. Leith were crowned the champions once again. The S1 and S2 league ran between Feb a Glasgow Rocks game at The Emirates and March with the tournament held at Arena. A great experience for all involved Leith. Again Leith were the victors on in the programme. the day with Trinity coming a very close 2nd. Maria Gowans, head teacher of Craigentinny stated “it was a fantastic programme, very well organised and JUMP2IT PROGRAMME (speaking about the final) an unbelievable PRIMARIES experience for the pupils to get the opportunity to play at the Emirates Arena, an experience they will not forget! The Jump2It Programme returned to From bottom left to right: Mellissa Berry, ASM, Alisa Wilson, Ricky Karoyan, The only downside is we can’t have the the North Neighbourhood targeting 10 Shirley Banks, Craig Renwick, Pam Brown, Jonathan Wallace. programme every year!” schools across the Leith, Craigroyston and Broughton clusters. The programme Second row from left to right: Dave Rhoney, ASC for specialist schools, GOLF Jude Salmon, ASM, Paddy Dearlove, Andrew Gallacher, Robert Ure, Lewis Patience, linked up with City of Edinburgh Neil Russell, Barry Hewitt, (Principal teacher for Outdoor Learning), Scott Christie, Basketball Club and the Edinburgh Lions. All schools received a roadshow led by All the co-ordinators were involved in Lesley Ann Chessor, Andrew Caldwell, Fran Cattanach, (Senior Administrator for training 40 Edinburgh College students the Sports Unit), Lynne Crawford, (Administrator for the Sport Unit) Glasgow Rocks professional basketball players that targeted issues like healthy in Firstclub golf in January 2014. The newly qualified students were then Top Row from left to right: Bev Anderson, Heather Darling, Nicky Wheatley, eating, alcohol and smoking awareness alongside receiving tasters in basketball. deployed into the area schools to roll Ellie Forgan, Lorna Norman, Lorraine Dickson, Julie Innes, (Administrator, Sports out the P5 golf programme. Unit) After a block of basketball sessions all schools attended a tournament at In April over 10 schools from the North Not present: Shona Clark, Cameron Reid, Fiona Damen, Alan Reid, Tony Segall, Meadowbank. The winners from the gathered at Silverknowes golf course for Phil Kidd, Bob Laurie day (Craigeninny PS and Lorne PS) were the first ever Neighbourhood festival. invited to play a final at half time during A fantastic day was had by all. Annual Review 2013/14 Annual Review 2013/14 SOUTH NEIGHBOURHOOD morning of outdoor activities to fulfil the James Gillespie’s clusters came together Adventure Section of their JASS bronze and competed in a series of putting, award.