Supporting schools Primary Schools Primary half term highlights This half term's highlights include resources to support inclusion for your pupils, as well as opportunities to be active during the summer term. Swimming CPD Our next Teacher of School Swimming course has been confirmed for 1st May at William Brookes School, Much Wenlock. Costing £99 per person, it covers: Planning and evaluating a school swimming programme Creating, delivering and evaluating lesson plans in line with the National Curriculum Understanding the technical aspects of the different strokes The course includes 6 hours of online learning followed by one day of face to face poolside teaching. Book your place here Gymnastics CPD The Primary Gymnastics Academy are offering schools the opportunity to enhance their curriculum delivery with a gymnastics course tailored specifically for primary school teachers. Covering topics including rolls and weight bearing, attendees will take part in practical activities, as well as learning strategies and techniques to support, progress and challenge pupils from year 1 to year 6. The course takes place on 6th June from 1.30 - 3pm at Mount Pleasant Primary School, Shrewsbury and costs £35 per person. Book your place here Inclusion Activity Alliance has released a series of activity cards designed to help deliver high quality inclusive activities for all participants.Categories include warm up games, fundamental skills, striking and fielding skills, invasion games, net court and wall games and the cards allow deliverers to adapt, modify and progress activities for participants with different abilities and/or specific impairments. Download the resource cards. Following LGBT+ History Month in Feburary, Schools Out are offering young people from 5 to 18 (key stages 1 to 5) to design the LGBT+ History Month badge. This provides young people and opportunity to be part of LGBT+ history and is a great activity for education settings to run during Pride month and Schools Diversity week. The deadling for entries is 30th June, 2024. Find out more or enter the competition. National Children's Day UK takes place on 12th May 2024. The aim of the day is to get as many people as possible to create events and activities that highlight the importance of healthy, happy childhoods, celebrate all the great work that is going on nationwide to support child and family wellbeing and champion children's participation. Learn more about how you can support National Children's Day Opportunities to be active Are your pupils ready to discover the Magic of Walking? This year's challenge encourages children to travel actively to school every day of the week. Meeting various magical beings along the way, they will learn about the important reasons to walk or wheel and its benefits for individuals, communities and the planet! Access the resources and sign up to participate from 20 - 24 May. The TCS Mini London Marathon is a great way to get your pupils active in the build up to the London Marathon. Children take part in a 2.6 mile run, jog, wheel or walk at any point between 15th April and 10th May. Schools that register will be sent a digital toolkit containing bib numbers, certificates, bunting and more - there's even a chance to win a trophy! Register to take part. The new Daily Mile Fit for Life Award has been designed to recognise and celebrate schools that have fully embraced The Daily Mile in their setting. To be eligible for The Daily Mile Children Fit For Life Award, your school must meet the following criteria: For the past year or more, the majority of your classes have been doing: The Daily Mile during class time The Daily Mile for a minimum of three times a week The Daily Mile for most weeks of the year Apply for the Daily Mile Fit for Life Award. The Woodland Trust want to make sure everybody in the UK has the chance to plant a tree, so they are giving away hundreds of thousands of trees to schools and communities to try to get millions more trees in the ground. They are currently taking application for tree packs to be delivered in November 2024. Apply for your your tree pack. England Hockey have launched an exciting giveaway for schools! One lucky school will get the chance to win either a Hockey Heroes School Pack, Quicksticks School Hockey Pack, or an In2Hockey School Pack (whichever suits the needs of their school) to help kickstart their hockey delivery. Simply register on the England Hockey hub to access all the school resources and enter! Register with England Hockey Hub The People's Postcode Lottery are helping schools branch out into nature with their Local School Nature Climate Grants Award Programme. Schools can apply for a grant to cover 1 years membership to Learning through Landscapes, a climate curriculum pack, 4 hours of staff CPD at your school and £500 worth of resources. Find out more or apply for the Local School Nature Climate Grants Award. Engaging less active pupils The Youth Sport Trust’s Girls Active Survey supports schools to gain student insight through an online survey to understand the participation levels, attitudes, motivations and barriers to participation in school sport and physical activity. Schools can now register to participate in the survey between Friday 10 May 2024 and Friday 21 June 2024. Each school will receive a School Insight Report based on the collated responses of students in your school. Register to take part. We know that gender stereotypes can limit girls’ sporting experience, undermine their sports skills, and with this their self-belief and joy. School might be the first and only place girls are able to take part in school and physical activity. Good or bad experiences of PE and school sport last a lifetime. Women in Sport have created toolkits to support schools to overcome these stereotypes: Tackling Gender Stereotypes at School Busting the Myths about Girls and Boys in School Sport Take Action in your School If you have any questions or would like further support for your pupils, please contact Claire Mansfield. Manage Cookie Preferences