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<strong>Autumn</strong> Two 2015<br />
<strong>Progressive</strong> <strong>Times</strong><br />
“Dedicated to giving EVERY CHILD the RIGHT to be physically active!”<br />
INSIDE THIS<br />
MONTH:<br />
NEW<br />
Training<br />
Prospectus<br />
Page 2<br />
Education,<br />
Education,<br />
Education.<br />
Page 2<br />
Meet Gina<br />
Smith<br />
Page 3<br />
NEW<br />
Opportunities<br />
Page 3<br />
Parkwalk<br />
Primary<br />
The times we live in….<br />
As I sat down to ponder over my latest<br />
newsletter, all that I can think about is<br />
Rugby. I had recently been lucky enough<br />
to go and watch eventual runners up<br />
Australia play against Fiji in their first<br />
match of the tournament at the Millennium<br />
Stadium in Cardiff. With a cup of<br />
tea in hand, three thoughts came to my grumbles followed by a number of<br />
attention. Firstly, I giggled to myself as I children saying “Mr School, cant we do<br />
remember a dad and his son at the rugby instead”.<br />
match with a sign saying, “Don’t tell his A sporting event always encapsulates a<br />
mum he’s not at school”. Another of child's desire to perform and win, no<br />
the worlds biggest sporting events in matter what the contest is. This country<br />
recent years to be held in this country, seems to take competition to the next<br />
arguably the best dad in the world, isn't level and not “inspire a generation” but<br />
he? The second thought was about my inspire full stop. Every child has a sporty<br />
own dad. He tried to bring me up to be side, it is after all global language, so why<br />
a child with a wide spectrum of sports, not allow children to be engulfed by as<br />
however, my younger self missed this much as possible, they have plenty of time<br />
lesson and became a footballer through to specialise later. Advice, I wish I had<br />
and through. This then brought me to followed myself at that age. Who knows<br />
my final thought before putting pen to what they might fall for or what the next<br />
paper, my year 5 class on Thursday Giant sport will be.<br />
afternoon. After 6 weeks of hockey, during<br />
our invasion game topic, we were<br />
Dodgeball anyone?<br />
due to cover football. This is normally<br />
greeted by a rapturous cheer, but to my<br />
amazement, a few mumbles and<br />
progressive-sports.co.uk/southeastlondon<br />
0208 854 1153
P A G E 2<br />
Teacher Training<br />
Prospectus<br />
We are very happy to announce the<br />
launch of our brand new Teacher<br />
Training Prospectus.<br />
You might not know, but alongside<br />
our dedicated PE teachers and<br />
coaches, we also have qualified and<br />
experienced tutors who deliver various<br />
training to primary schools<br />
across the South East. This specialised<br />
team are focused on improving<br />
the level of PE delivery from teachers,<br />
TA’s, PE co-ordinators, lunch<br />
time supervisors and even young<br />
sports leaders.<br />
This new Prospectus holds everything<br />
a Head teacher or PE coordinator<br />
might need to increase the<br />
impact of PE provision in their school<br />
through inset days and twilight session<br />
training, plus team teaching.<br />
We strongly believe that this is the<br />
definitive collection of training options<br />
for all primary schools. We<br />
are so confident that if you book a<br />
Subject Leader training session for<br />
your PE co-coordinator, we can assist<br />
to ensure your PE department is<br />
not only Ofsted ready but confident<br />
in the planning, delivery and differentiation<br />
of all PE topics.<br />
Why not CLICK HERE to check out<br />
the book? Or give us a call to discuss<br />
how we can help on 0208 854<br />
1153 or email k.fry@progressivesports.co.uk.<br />
Education, Education, Education<br />
Due to new recommendations by the<br />
Association of Physical Education<br />
(afPE), <strong>Progressive</strong> Sports has invested<br />
over £3000 for all full time coaches to<br />
meet the new regulation by completing<br />
their Level 3 PE and School Sport<br />
qualification.<br />
Back in 2013, afPE stated "Any adult<br />
supporting teachers in a physical<br />
education or school sport capacity<br />
should be qualified to a Level 2 National<br />
Governing Body (NGB) Award and working<br />
towards a Level 3 Certificate in Supporting<br />
the Delivery of Physical Education<br />
and School Sport (L3CSDPESS) or<br />
equivalent." (afPE, March 2013)<br />
The expectation is that this requirement<br />
will be complied with by 2015.<br />
Therefore, over the summer holidays<br />
our full time coach's gave up one days<br />
holiday a week to attend over 50hours of<br />
training. All coaches are currently undergoing<br />
their observations with their tutor<br />
Melanie Cuthbert, from Sports Structures,<br />
and we envisage everyone will be qualified<br />
by the end of the year. All the best to<br />
them. Why now ask your coach about<br />
their PESS?<br />
“Did you know, in February five of<br />
our Full Time coaches also became<br />
qualified tutors when they completed<br />
their Award in Delivering<br />
Learning (QCF)”
Meet the Team<br />
P A G E 3<br />
Name: Gina Smith<br />
Age: 22 years old<br />
Job title: Business and Admin Apprentice<br />
When did you start working for PS: 15 th June 2015<br />
What are your main roles and responsibilities?<br />
Administration duties, answering the phone to customers and schools, processing holiday club<br />
bookings, taking after school and breakfast club bookings, ordering stationary and supplies, liaising<br />
with customers via email or phone, assisting the team, meeting room bookings, leaflet distribution<br />
for marketing and I am responsible for social media marketing/updating (Facebook, Twitter<br />
and Instagram).<br />
Tell us an interesting fact about yourself…<br />
I actually heard about <strong>Progressive</strong> Sports through working in a variety of schools since I was 17<br />
years old, I began by volunteering and eventually worked full time in a special needs school for two<br />
years with children who were diagnosed with severe Autistic Spectrum disorder.<br />
It was through working in schools and especially with special needs children where I realised the<br />
importance of activity based learning, exercising the mind through sport or exercise and social<br />
play/PE.<br />
This is what sparked my interest in becoming part of a company that provided this opportunity to<br />
schools and children.<br />
NEW Opportunities<br />
This summer <strong>Progressive</strong> Sports welcomed<br />
aboard our first set of Trainees.<br />
These 16-18 year olds, not in education or<br />
training (NEET), became the first starters<br />
on the our brand new Traineeship programme.<br />
They made a decision do increase<br />
their employment opportunities be<br />
partaking in a 12 week interview for a full<br />
time apprentice position. Along with our<br />
great training provider, Sport Structures,<br />
Chloe, Denzel and Joshua shadowed full<br />
time coaches to learn about the working<br />
world and how to become a Sports Coach<br />
Educator.<br />
Alongside, shadowing our trained and experienced<br />
coaches, the trainees also had<br />
other great opportunities at their fingertips<br />
for FREE, including;<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
English and Maths Functional skills (if<br />
needed),<br />
FREE DBS check<br />
CV writing skills<br />
Exit interview for a full time 12 month<br />
apprenticeship,<br />
Chloe was the successful applicant in the summer<br />
and started her apprenticeship in September.<br />
This years Traineeship programme is<br />
recruiting NOW! If you know anyone 16-18<br />
who might be interested, please direct them to<br />
our NEW Twitter Page. @PSTraineeships<br />
<br />
<br />
FREE 2 day first aid course,<br />
FREE safeguarding course,
School in the spotlight: Parkwalk Primary School, Royal<br />
Borough of Kensington and Chelsea<br />
Name: Hisham Mahmoud<br />
Position: PE Specialist<br />
How important a role does sport play in your school?<br />
We are taking sports seriously ,we are trying to achieve outstanding in PE and<br />
for Ofsted so we get the support from the <strong>Progressive</strong> Sports team.<br />
How do you plan to boost sport in your school following the recent announcement<br />
about the sport premium money for schools?<br />
The sports premium funding has enabled us to boost the quality of sports provision<br />
both within the curriculum and beyond, give opportunities for more children<br />
to participate in a variety of sports including those children who may not have<br />
been as active in the past as they might have been, and provide for our staff excellent<br />
CPD as they have worked alongside providers.<br />
How has <strong>Progressive</strong> Sports helped to raise the profile of sport in your<br />
school?<br />
Great learning resource for staff as they seek to up-skill themselves in teaching<br />
PE. With a good qualified coaches will help the children to achieve better .<br />
Please note: Some responses may have been shortened or edited due to space<br />
We would like to welcome some of our other new schools we<br />
have started work in since our last news letter;<br />
Cherry Orchard, Greenwich (Sport Premium)<br />
Stillness Infants, Lewisham (Sport Premium)<br />
GET INVOLVED…<br />
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<strong>Progressive</strong>SportsSouthEast<strong>London</strong><br />
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St Josephs, Southwark (Dance Premium)<br />
Saturday Soccer School, Hayes Primary<br />
(Weekend Class)<br />
www.twitter.com/PSports<strong>SE</strong>L<br />
Www.twitter.com/PSTraineeships<br />
If you would like to be our next school in the spotlight,<br />
please email g.smith.psports@gmail.com<br />
www.instgram.com/psportsel<br />
<strong>Progressive</strong> Sports, South East <strong>London</strong> & North Kent<br />
9 Wharf Street,<br />
<strong>London</strong>, <strong>SE</strong>8 3FT<br />
t. 0208 854 1153 e. enquiries@progressive-sports.co.uk<br />
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