‘DELIVERING THE DREAM’ Dacorum School Sports Network Newsletter Volume 7 Issue 1 January 2017 In this newsletter you can read in more detail the work that DSSN Member Schools have been doing last term. It was an extremely busy term with 41 of the member schools taking part in at least one of the 44 different events that took place for DSSN members. You will also find enclosed details of our School Games Competitions and some information from our sponsors. I would like to welcome on board new staff to the network. I look forward to working with you all during the this term with lots more exciting opportunities available to all ‘DSSN’ Schools. Happy New Year to you all. Nigel and Lilli SCHOOL GAMES MARK ACCREDITATION Congratulations to the following schools for achieving their YEAR 3/4 & YEAR 5/6 School Games Mark for 2015-2016 Gold CROSS COUNTRY St Albert the Great School The Year 3/4 Cross Country Competition was a new event George Street School that was introduced last term. This meant that there The Reddings School were two weeks of Cross Country races during October. Bovingdon School Luckily the weather was very kind as we visited Cavendish, Micklem School Ashlyns, Longdean and Astley Cooper Schools in order to Silver run the races. Our thanks must go to those schools for Belswains School hosting the races and supplying sports leaders to marshal Little Gaddesden School the course and hares to lead the way. Great Gaddesden School A total of 30 Schools participated throughout the two The Cavendish School weeks. Kings Langley Secondary School The winnings schools were as follows: Gade Valley School Ashlyns: Nash Mills School Year 5/6-Greenway Greenway School Year 3/4–Greenway Bridgewater School Astley Cooper: Hobletts Manor School Year 5/6-Holtsmere End Bronze Year 3/4-Thomas Coram Maple Grove School Cavendish: Kings Langley Primary School Year 5/6-Maple Grove Aycliffe Drive School Year 3/4-St Cuthbert Mayne Yewtree School Longdean Lime Walk School Year 5/6-Leverstock Green Year 3/4-Leverstock Green Full Results are on the DSSN Website www.dacourumschoolsportsnetwork.co.uk www.dacorumschoolsportsnetwork.co.uk 1 @DSSN42 Partnership CompetitionsCompetitions & News (cont.) Year 2 Tri Golf Year 1 Inter School Competition On the week commencing 14th On Tuesday 11th October the first of this year’s Year 1 inter school November two Year 2 Tri Golf competitions took place at Hemel Hempstead Sportspace. Yewtree, Festivals took place. Thank you to Chambersbury, Bockswood, Little Cavendish and Ashlyns Schools for supporting hosting the competition and supplying Gaddesden and sports leaders. Nash Mills Schools 8 Schools participated in the two events and the took all took part scores were compared in order to find overall in the morning Dacorum winner. session under the The final points scores were close with Lime Walk watchful eye of winning the trophy by just 12 points from second the Sports placed Yew Tree. Congratulations to Lime Walk. Leaders, from Skip 2 b fit Hemel Hempstead and Adeyfield Schools In the 42 teams have entered this afternoon it was the turn of Maple Grove, Gade years skill 2 b fit competition, Valley, South and results are coming in thick Hill and Lime Walk Schools with King and fast. Well done to all Langley School students providing the teams. taking part, keep up the sports leadership. good work up! Netball League 20 schools are currently taking part in the district Netball League. This league is for girls only and has been running for numerous years, Year 2 Sports Fayres. and is still successful today. On Monday 28th November the Results have been coming in first of this year’s Year 2 Sports for both home and away Fayres took place at Hemel fixtures, Schools have until March to complete all of Hempstead Sportspace. Brockswood, their matches. Boxmoor, Yewtree, Chambersbury and The Reddings Schools all attended the AM District Cross Country session supported by Hemel Hempstead and Adeyfield School Sports Leaders Leaders. Adeyfield School once again hosted the Dacorum Dis- The afternoon trict Cross Country competition. The event took place saw Little on Thursday 3rd November in surprisingly clement weather. 15 boys and girls teams took part. Pupils had Gaddesden, to run around a 2km course Teams across the district Kings Langley, Maple Grove, Micklem, and battled well to get the best results for their schools. South Hill Schools all take part. The PM Well done to Bovingdon and Holtsmere End Schools session was supported by Kings Langley School for winning the Boys and Girls trophies and to South leaders. Hill School for being overall district champions. Change 4 Life Change4Life is an initiative brought in by the government to inspire a broad coalition of people, includ- ing schools, families and children. The aim is to improve the nation's health and well-being by encourag- ing everyone to eat well, move more and live longer. DSSN is therefore encouraging all its schools across the district to set up a change4Life club. Due to this we invited schools to attend our Change4Life Festival that was held on Wednesday 2nd November, hosted by the Cavendish school and supported by Cavendish leaders. The festival gave pupils a taster of different sporting activities that can organised at their schools in their Change 4 life clubs. South Hill, St Albert the Great, Yewtree, Gade Valley and Galley Hill all attended the festival. www.dacorumschoolsportsnetwork.co.uk 2 @DSSN42 PartnershipCompetitions Competitions Continued & News (cont.) Year 3/4 and 1/2 Great Run Football Leagues This years KS1 great run and the year 3 and 4 great run, took This year’s leagues have started off well, with 32 schools place during the week commencing Monday 23rd of participating in the mixed league, and 21 schools in the girls November .KS1 children ran 300m and year 3/4 had to run league. 600m, around their school site. With most schools having played 3 or 4 matches the early The results are listed below, Well done to Boxmoor and Galley leaders in the Mixed League divisions are Hobbs Hill Wood, Hill who took home the trophies. Well done everyone for St Pauls, Nash Mills and St Albert the Great. taking part. In the Girls’ League, where most schools have played 1 or 2 matches, Bovingdon, Bridgewater, South Hill and Gade Valley are the early leaders. Year Fastest Girl Fastest Boy 1 Caitlin—Boxmoor Sam and Jacob —Boxmoor 2 Kaitlyn—Galley Hill Max—Galley Hill Year Top Three Schools 1 Boxmoor, St Albert The Great, St Roses 2 Boxmoor, Bridgewater A, Galley Hill Full league tables can be found on the DSSN Website. Leadership Bronze Ambassadors & Health Leaders On Friday 9th October 2015 DSSN joined with St Albans Network to host the year 6 bronze ambassador and health leader training. 4 pupils from 19 different schools in Dacorum came to the event at David Lloyd in Hatfield. The event consisted of a morning of team building activities and brainstorming ideas on what makes a good leader. Pupils then spilt off into two different groups, the health leaders had a morning of practical activites. This gave them ideas of different sports they can run back at school in a club they are going to be tasked with creating. In the mean time the bronze ambassadors spent the rest of their morning doing theory, they looked at the role of a bronze ambassador and what their expectations will be back at school. In the afternoon pupils swapped around, the health leaders had to create a rap, poem or song advertising a new Change4life club they were tasked with setting up. The bronze ambassadors had a practical afternoon of a level 1 multi skills competition that has been set up for them to run back in their own schools. The pupils have now have been tasked with going back into their schools and putting all their training and set targets into action with the support of teaching staff. They are going to be creating/ reviewing their School Games notice board and cre- ating a school sports organising crew to help support them in their new Change4Life club and level 1 competitions. School sport organising crews are made up of organisers, reporters, photographers, team mangers and statisticians, encom- passing a whole variety of roles which can include students that are not particularly sporty. This is a fantastic way of getting whole school involvement. Lilli has already gone into a few primary schools across the district to meet with both the ambassadors and the health lead- ers. Schools have got off to a great start completing all tasks set and more! She looks forward to visiting more in the new year. Keep up the great work. www.dacorumschoolsportsnetwork.co.uk 3 @DSSN42 PartnershipBronze Ambassadors Competitions & Health & News Leaders (cont.) On Friday 9th October 2015 DSSN joined with St Albans Network to host the year 6 bronze ambassador and health leader training. 4 pupils from 19 different schools in Dacorum came to the event at David Lloyds in Hatfield. The event consisted of a morning of team building activities and brainstorming ideas on what makes a good leader. Pupils then spilt off into two different groups, the health leaders had a morning of practical activities. This gave them ideas of different sports they can run back at school in a club they are going to be tasked with creating. In the mean time the bronze ambassadors spent the rest of their morning doing theory, they looked at the role of a bronze ambassador and what their expectations will be back at school.