Annual Report 2019_20

COMMUNITY SPORT
PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND STUDENT TEACHER SUPPORT
Children with a high level of competence in a range of Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS) are able
to confidently participate in a wide variety of activities. They also benefit from many physical, social
and emotional health outcomes in both the short and long term.
Teachers play an important role in the first steps towards a physically active lifestyle. Supporting
primary school teachers by providing new practical ideas, FMS knowledge and promoting good
practice, Harbour Sport is helping our young people to get active for life.
The aim of the sessions is to enable teachers to keep young children engaged by producing fun,
quality experiences.
THE FMS PROGRAMME
Harbour Sport provide this FMS teacher support service to 14
schools, delivering 22 professional development opportunities
to 396 teachers in total. In average 88% of teachers stated
that they increased their confidence delivering and
understanding the FMS.
FUNSKILLS PROGRAMME
Funskills at Schools is a free school program that aims to develop important Fundamental movement
skills (FMS) in young children. These are essential movement skills that all children need the
opportunity to learn and develop. They can then confidently transfer these to a wide range of games
and sports. For some children this does not happen easily so creating opportunities for them to
explore, learn and develop these skills is extremely important.
Being physically active can assist students to achieve better at school, as well as improving their social
and emotional skills.
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Funskills at Schools offers this
opportunity on site, providing fun,
non-competitive and safe
environment in which children can
learn and develop these skills.
This year 930 children from 6 primary
schools received 5 sessions were the
level of fundamental movement skills
and the confidence moving was
evident for the school communities.