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Wansbeck Sport, support schools and those working in schools to provide high quality sport and PE, helping children and young people to achieve their full potential.
- The 5-Hour Offer (Sport Unlimited)
The Sport Unlimited programme is an integral part of the Government’s PE and Sport Strategy for Young People. This is often referred to as the Five Hour Offer because the overall aim is to provide young people with five hours of sport and physical activity per week. The 5 hour offer was announced by the Prime Minister in July 2007 with a commitment of an additional £100 million over three years from 2008-2011. Wansbeck Sports Development programme will commence in September 2008 and will provide a range of attractive and sustainable opportunities in sporting activities for young people from the ‘semi sporty population segment’ to take part in out of school hours in term time see the calender for further opportunities in your area. The year one programme will operate from September 2008 to March 2009 with overall leadership and strategic co-ordination of the programme being provided by the Northumberland Sport Core Team. Sport Unlimited is particularly targeted at the age groups that evidence shows are more likely to drop out of sport and physical activity – those aged 10-12 (the transition from KS2 to KS3) and those aged 14-19. However the programme can be accessed by anyone who is aged 5-19 years. - Curriculum Delivery
Wansbeck Sport currently have a team of dedicated staff delivering curriculum and extra curriculum activities within schools across Wansbeck. Wansbeck Sport currently contribute to the 5 hour offer by ensuring each school in the district achieve 2 hours of high quality PE. Wansbeck Sport also deliver a variety of after school clubs to help students achieve the additional 3 hours. The current target for 2008 is to have at least 85% of school children participating in 2 hours of high quality PE, through successfull partnership working we are currently exceeding this target. See attached spreadsheet
For Sport Unlimited activities in Wansbeck and your chance to win a Nintendo Wii or Ipod (see Northumberland Sport for more info) please see event calender.
School Sports Partnership
School Sport Partnerships (SSPs) are groups of schools working together to develop PE and sport opportunities for all young people. In Wansbeck we have two school sport partnerships. They are Bedlington Blyth Schools Sport Partnership and Ashington Schools Sport Partnership
Partnership Development Managers
A PDM is a full-time role usually based within a Sports College. They manage the School Sport Partnership and develop strategic links with key partners in sport and the wider community. For Further Info Contact Paul Woodall Bedlington Blyth PDM Or Elizabeth Armstrong Ashington PDM.
School Club Links
A school club link is an agreement between a school and a local or community sport club to work together to provide opportunities for young people to participate in sport. By offering taster sessions or linking into existing activities that sports development currently offer your club could benefit from increased participation contact the Sports Development Team to find out more see the attached template
PESSYP
The new PE and Sport Strategy for Young People (PESSYP) launched in January 2008 expresses the Government’s commitment to improve the quantity and quality of PE and sport undertaken by young people aged 5-19 in England. PESSYP builds on the success of the PE, School Sport and Club Links (PESSCL) Strategy for 5-16 year olds, which went live in April 2003. It will see an investment of £755 million over three years to deliver the work announced by the Prime Minister in July 2007, and is now set out in Public Service Agreement target 22.
The strategy is the joint overall responsibility of, the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), working in particular with the Department for Universities, Innovation and Skills (DIUS) in relation to 16-19 year olds and with strong links to Department of Health.
There are key roles for the infrastructure of specialist sports colleges, school sport partnerships, national governing bodies, county sports partnerships and other community providers to ensure that all 5 -16 years olds have access to two hours PE and three hours beyond the curriculum and 16-19 year olds have three hours of sport outside of the curriculum. Collectively, this is referred to as the “Five Hour Offer”.
The new PE and Sport Strategy for Young People has ten Work Strands as follows:
Club Links
Coaching
Competition
Continuing Professional Development
Disability
Extending Activities
Gifted and Talented
Infrastructure
Leadership and Volunteering
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