SSCo (School Sports Coordinator) Physical Education

5 HOUR OFFER

 This year the PESSYP (PE & Sport Strategy for young People) is focusing on the ‘5 hour offer’. By 2011 the ambition is to offer all children at least 5 Hours of sport every week. These hours can comprise of:

• At least 2 hours of high quality PE during curriculum time
• The opportunity to participate in 3 hours of Sport beyond the school day. This could comprise of afterschool clubs, community clubs and providers.

The Department at Ely are offering a range of after school clubs including dance, dodge ball, football, girls only gym sessions and boxing. We encourage parents and students to check our club times on the web site and attend as many as possible.

STEP INTO SPORT VOLUNTEER HOURS

We would like to acknowledge the great work our 2 sport committee captains have been doing! Michael and Sophie are doing a fantastic job organising after school clubs. Michael is now registered for 80 hours of Volunteer time, whilst Sophie is over 50 Hours now. Well done guys!!

We would also like to make special mention to Eleanor Barnes-Western Who has received an award for 100 Hours of Volunteer time. This is an outstanding achievement and is great to see Ely Students giving back to their community.

HOCKEY FESTIVAL

Prior to half term break for the spring term we held another festival, this time for hockey. Students from Downham Feoffees, St Mary’s, The Lantern Primary School, St Johns and Littleport attended  the festival and all participated with much enthusiasm.
The day involved year 3 and 4 students rotating around a range of skill stations which were lead by some of our year 10 Btec students. Both Ely students and the primary students are to be commended on their approach to the day, at times the weather created freezing and difficult working environments, but the students continued to work hard on the stations.
We would like to thank Trevor from Ely Hockey Club for volunteering his time and assisting in the running of the day. It is great that we have such strong links with the club, and we look forward to working with Ely hockey club again. If anyone is interested in pursuing hockey as a sport than please take a look at the Ely Hockey Club web page http://www.elycityhockeyclub.co.uk/

JFO JUNIOR FOOTBALL ORGANISERS

The year 11 Btec students ran their first JFO festival on the 26th of March and did a wonderful job. The students were responsible for organising, running and were each responsible for a school team throughout the day.
The festival focused on increasing participation of girls in football and a total of 5 teams attended. The primary students participated in an hour of skills and coaching from the Btec students and then moved on to small games. All games were played in great spirit and sportsmanship. Millfield were the eventual winners of the day and will now represent the Ely Family in the Cambridgeshire Girls County Finals. Congratulations to Millfield and the other participating schools!

TAG RUGBY FESTIVAL

We are happy to report that Ely St Mary’s Junior School attended the County Tag Rugby festival last term and won their division. Well done St Mary’s!!!!!!!!

This year the PE department have selected Katie Goodman and Jack Ure from Year 10 to be our Young Ambassadors. Jack and Katie were chosen due to their contribution to the PE department, their positive leadership skills and also their own personal success in sport. The Role of a Young Ambassador will be to promote the spirit and the Ethos of the Olympic Games not only in our school but also our linked primary schools. They will also be trying to increase participation in sport with the school clubs and working with our sports committee. Katie and Jack are currently running a ‘YA-ing’ competition in the school, to create awareness of their role. The competition is being run as an inter-from competition currently and the winners from Ely will get the chance to compete in a nation wide competition. It’s a very simple concept, with students finding creative ways to make the letters Y and A using their bodies. They can do this in any of the following categories:

1. YA-ing on mass
2. YA-ing in your local community
3. YA-ing in the theme of the Olympics
4. YA-ing with a Star

Forms 7 to 9 have been involved in this and have done a fantastic job so far!
Katie and Jack have also been registering members of the college on the youth sport trust passport program.  This is enabling the PE department to track the amount of time that students are spending volunteering their time to sport. It also allows students to register their hours and receive formal recognition for their generosity.

So far this year Ely has hosted 2 festivals for our family primary schools. Both the  Tag Rugby day and Cross Country Festival were very successful and were enjoyed by Primary students from Lantern Primary School, Millfield primary school, St Mary’s Primary, St Johns and Downham Feoffees. This was largely due to the support of our Young leaders from Year 10 who officiated the festival. Both Downham Feoffees and Millfield took 1st and 2nd in both these festivals!!

In the coming weeks the young leaders will be involved in running a Hockey festival, while many of our year 10 students will be involved in leading hockey lessons for the Lantern Primary school!

Sis Volunteer Passport Hours
Congratulations to the following students who have received awards from the Witchford Partnership for reaching Milestones in their time

Dani Yates – 25 Hours
Sophie Thompson – 25 hours
Gemma Turner – 25 hours

Congratulations to Michael Smith who has reached 50 volunteer hours – this has been recognised by the Youth Sport Trust. Michael is one of our Sports Committee Leaders and runs after school clubs and is consistently looking to improve participation in PE.