GUIDE to SCHOOLS TENNIS 2018 an Overview of the Resources and Support Available to Schools the Guide to Schools Tennis 2018
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SUPPORTING YOU TO INSPIRE THEM SCHOOL GUIDE TO SCHOOLS TENNIS 2018 An overview of the resources and support available to schools The Guide to Schools Tennis 2018... #schoolstennis Guide to Schools Tennis 2018 Rachel Cocking ...IT’S A JOURNEY HEAD COACH Christchurch Tennis Club, linking with local primary and secondary schools in Dorset If you’re already delivering tennis, we hope this Situation: Currently delivering After School Tennis Clubs, guide will give you some new ideas so you can Curriculum Coaching, Lunchtime Sessions, take your tennis programme to the next level. Talent ID and Teacher Training What’s next? If you’re not already delivering tennis, we hope the Looking for more information to case studies on this page will inspire you to flick help teachers to deliver tennis READ HER STORY ON PAGE 28 through the guide and find your starting point. Phillip Layfield CLUB CAPTAIN Jo Tuck PE TEACHER & HEAD COACH Medina College, Shooters Hill LTC & Greenwich Newport, Isle of Wight Free School, London Situation: Situation: Currently delivering Secondary Schools Tennis Currently delivering tennis for schools as part of the school enrichment programme What’s next? Including Cardio Tennis What’s next? into fitness lessons READ HER STORY Intra-school Competitions READ HIS STORY ON PAGE 20 ON PAGE 24 READ HIS STORY Gavin Phillis ON PAGE 16 Alison Turian SCHOOL PE CO-ORDINATOR Swavesey Primary School, Cambridgeshire GAMES Christine Dransfield Situation: Currently delivering Multi Skills and Key Stage 1 & 2 FUNdamentals ORGANISER HEAD COACH Craven, North Yorkshire Greenhouse Sports, What’s next? Using ideas that would be more Situation: St. Paul’s Way Trust School, practical for Out of Schools Tennis READ HER STORY Currently delivering tennis for primary East London ON PAGE 9 schools and linking with Skipton Tennis Centre Situation: What’s next? Currently delivering after-school, lunch and breakfast Delivering Secondary School Tennis for clubs for Greenhouse Sports students leaving Primary School What’s next? Training to deliver Cardio tennis READ HER STORY ON PAGE 13 Either way, your pupils will thank you for it. Let us support you to inspire them! 1 Supporting you to inspire them #schoolstennis Guide to Schools Tennis 2018 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 5 CORE OFFER SUPPORT 7 Primary Schools 7 Inclusive Tennis 11 Secondary Schools 12 Cardio Tennis 14 SCHOOLS COMPETITION 15 LEADERSHIP & VOLUNTEERING 19 SCHOOLS TENNIS MEMBERSHIP 21 CROSS CURRICULAR RESOURCES 22 SCHOOL CLUB LINKS 23 TARGETED PROGRAMMES 29 Beyond The Baseline 29 School of Tennis 3 1 SCHOOLS TENNIS SELF REVIEW 33 JOIN THE CONVERSATION 34 About Us The Tennis Foundation (TF) is Great Britain’s leading tennis charity. Our vision is a sport which is truly inclusive and accessible to every kind of community. Our aim is to provide opportunities to encourage people to maximise their potential through tennis. We work closely with the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) and a wide range of partners from across all sectors to deliver our vision and aim. For more information please go to: www.tennisfoundation.org.uk Partners The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) is the national governing body for British tennis. Find out more at: www.lta.org.uk Tennis Scotland is the national governing body for tennis in Scotland. Find out more at: www.tennisscotland.org Tennis Wales is the national governing body for tennis in Wales. Find out more at: www.tenniswales.org Our official supplier Zsig Sports is the official equipment supplier to the Tennis Foundation. Find out more by visiting: www.zsig.com Supporting you to inspire them #schoolstennis Guide to Schools Tennis 2018 INTRODUCTION Welcome to the Guide QUICK RESOURCE FINDER SCHOOLS to Schools tennis 2018, We know tennis isn’t the only sport you’ll be delivering. That’s why we’ve TENNIS included a quick resource finder to help you easily see what’s available to our tenth edition, which support you, depending on the key stage group you’re working with. SELF REVIEW provides an overview In this year’s Guide you’ll find of all the resources and a self review tool for schools SCHOOLS TENNIS KEY STAGE support available to to audit their current provision RESOURCE 1 2 3 4 5 and provide further ideas on schools, from the Tennis how to engage all young people in the great sport of tennis. Foundation. Primary Schools DVD & Handbook (page 8) Turn to page 33 to give it a go. There has been a huge amount of Inclusive Tennis Resource (page 11) change in education since the very first edition of this Guide in 2009 – the way schools are structured, Secondary Schools Tennis Resource (page 12) the curriculum, exams, assessment, HOW TO USE school-leaving age and how school THIS GUIDE sport is funded and delivered has Cardio Tennis Resource (page 14) Each section has a quick all changed. key to help you identify the most relevant information to What hasn’t changed is our belief Tennis Activity Week Pack (page 22) your school - whether you’re that tennis can help you maximise a primary, special or the personal potential of all young secondary school. Get Set to Ace It! (page 22) people whose lives you spend Look out for the every day trying to improve. We’ve below symbols: been supporting teachers like you Tennis Leaders (page 19) since 2009, through free access to innovative and inclusive training, Primary resources and equipment. Out of School Hours Tennis Club Toolkit (page 8) Schools Tennis: PRI Tennis is a sport that gives young people not just the physical TOP Sportsability Tennis (page 11) Inclusive literacy – the agility, balance and or Special coordination skills – they need to OCR - Cambridge Technicals Tennis Resources (page 12) Schools Tennis: SPE be active in later life but the life skills - resilience, adaptability and drive – that will help them whatever School Games Tennis Toolkit (page 15) their ambitions in education, Secondary employment, sport or personal life. Schools Tennis: Beyond The Baseline (page 29) SEC 5 6 Supporting you to inspire them #schoolstennis Guide to Schools Tennis 2018 FREE PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRI SPE CORE OFFER SUPPORT training and Tennis, as part of a broad and balanced curriculum, resources! is a great way to teach agility, balance and coordination; providing pupils with the physical literacy they need to develop a sporting and physical activity habit for life. OTHER SUPPORT & RESOURCES AVAILABLE Free Training The three-hour ‘Primary School Teacher Training Course’ has been Out of School Hours developed to give non-PE specialist teachers the confidence and Tennis Club Toolkit tools to deliver tennis to a class of children in a small space. The course demonstrates how, with smaller courts, nets and rackets and This toolkit has been lower bouncing balls, Mini Tennis can offer the perfect introduction developed to make running to the sport, with all the fun and energy of the real thing. an Out of School Hours Tennis Club as easy as possible in Primary Schools Free Resources providing activity / lesson Every teacher attending the Primary Course is supported with an plans as well as template innovative DVD teaching aid, which is pupil facing and delivers the certificates and booking demonstrations and progressions directly to the children. The DVD forms. Find out more at: provides the content and structure for a five week block of activity, www.schoolstennis.org covering 4-7, 7-9, 9-11 year olds. Each lesson plan contains Warm Ups, ABCs and Main Theme activities, finishing with either a game or competitive activity. Equipment Discount Offer GET INVOLVED Teachers attending the course can also access an exclusive AND BOOK YOUR equipment discount offer for their school. COURSE ONLINE! For more information and to book onto a free course near you, visit: www.schoolstennis.org/courses “The DVDs and resources gave teachers the confidence to go out 2013 and deliver good PE lessons, extra equipment has allowed some to be used at play times and well-resourced lessons have made them fully inclusive with everyone involved and active.” 7 8 Core Offer Support #schoolstennis Guide to Schools Tennis 2018 CASE STUDY Alison Turian PE CO-ORDINATOR Swavesey Primary School, Cambridgeshire Situation: What is your experience Currently delivering Multi Skills of British Tennis’ schools and FUNdamentals for KS 1 & 2 programme so far? Attending the CPD training course, run How has this had an through the School Sports Partnership has impact at your school? provided ‘easy to follow’ resources required to teach a progressive ‘scheme of work’. Pupils from Reception to Year 6 are introduced to appropriate sized rackets, The practical training for staff enabled the for skill and game based activities. theory to be ‘tried and tested’ prior to teaching in lessons. The DVD pack provided At the end of each tennis unit of work, reinforces the written booklet and are useful all pupils participate in an ‘intra house for supporting staff in school. who may not feel competition’, whether it be skill based for confident teaching specific areas of tennis. younger pupils or game based for older. Selected pupils participate in the annual The resource pack is easy to follow and Year 3/4 School Games competition. can be ‘mix and matched’ very easily. Supportive photographs and diagrams Staff use the TF/ LTA ‘drills and clarify instructions clearly. lesson plans’ in addition to the ‘DVD’ supportive material to develop their knowledge and confidence in teaching What areas are you interested tennis. Pupils have joined the local in advancing your knowledge in? community tennis clubs, and the school provides an after school In Primary PE lessons, I think the information tennis club during the year. provided is more than adequate to teach progressive lessons in both key stages.