How do School Sport Partnerships contribute to the Healthy Weight Strategy?

A summary presentation for Children’s Services Scrutiny Committee by Dean

Gilmore and Howard Shore, Partnership Development Managers for Salford School

Sport Partnerships.

How do School Sport Partnerships contribute to the Healthy Weight Strategy?

School Sport Partnerships are a vital part of the government drive to reduce obesity. Our core work is to ensure all pupils receive at least 2 hours High Quality PE and school sport a week, moving towards the ‘Five Hour Offer’ by 2010.The ‘Five Hour Offer’ would see as many young people as possible having the opportunity to access sport and physical activity in both school and the community an average of 5 hours a week.

How do School Sport Partnerships contribute to the Healthy Weight Strategy?

To illustrate current programmes, we can follow pupils on a journey from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 4.

In Key Stage 1 pupils receive a Multi Skills Club. This develops core movement skills for pupils, the building blocks for the future.

Current programme is limited, costing £10,000 per annum.

Pictures on this slide are of a Year 1 and 2 gymnastics festival and Yoga Bugs, just 2 of the many ‘micro’ programmes we run.

How do School Sport Partnerships contribute to the Healthy Weight Strategy?

In Key Stage 2 pupils receive a variety of opportunities, but for those pupils that are reluctant participants we have SAM Clubs.

This programme costs £46,200 per annum and is currently funded via Big Lottery.

Morning Move It has also proved popular in the majority of our primary schools.

This programme costs £10,000 per annum to sustain and improve.

How do School Sport Partnerships contribute to the Healthy Weight Strategy?

Primary pupils also receive a boost through additional competition funded by the school sport partnerships and innovative programmes such as ‘Something to Chew On’, currently piloting in Salford before being rolled out across Manchester.

Something to Chew On is a 10 week programme of food, hygiene, health and football teaching and coaching for Year 3 pupils.

Competition Managers are funded through DCFS and Something to Chew On is funded through the Football Foundation.

How do School Sport Partnerships contribute to the Healthy Weight Strategy?

Bridging across Key Stage 2 and 3 are the Leadership programmes. An essential programme to develop the ‘coaches’ of tomorrow and to give pupils responsibility for engaging their peers in sport and physical activity. In Key Stage 4 pupils engage in Leadership qualifications.

A ‘Leadership Officer’ currently costs around £15,000 per annum to deliver the programme.

How do School Sport Partnerships contribute to the Healthy Weight Strategy?

In High School a whole range of Lottery programmes boost activity such as ‘Look Good, Feel Good’ and a Health Management Out of Hours Club for Jewish girls.

Sport Unlimited funding is enabling our new programme ‘Not For Boys’ to make a real impact this year on the ‘semi-sporty’ girls in our high schools. £135,000 over 3 years is available through ‘Sport Unlimited’ funding.

How do School Sport Partnerships contribute to the Healthy Weight Strategy?

An interactive web application www.salfordnorthsspsportmatters.com monitors pupils progress throughout High School, including their attitudes towards PE and School Sport and their attainment levels in various measures of fitness. Results from teacher and pupil responses stored in this application are used by partnerships to allocate precious funds to projects.

How do School Sport Partnerships contribute to the Healthy Weight Strategy?

All these programmes and more are monitored by the partnerships and other agencies for their effectiveness.

The High Quality Officer has the remit of finding, evidencing and sharing examples of good practice, to identify areas for development and to raise aspirations. This innovative role costs £20,000 per annum and is partnership funded.

How do School Sport Partnerships contribute to the Healthy Weight Strategy?

In summary, everything we do contributes to the Healthy Weight Strategy either directly through targeted programmes, or indirectly as part of a wider health agenda.

Thank you for listening.

Please ask questions.

Dean Gilmore and Howard Shore