NEWSLETTER TER

M 5

2016

GREENACRE SPORTS PARTNERSHIP PRIMARY FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Becks Barr from the Greenacre Academy Trust has once again hosted a very successful Primary

Football League for all the primary schools within the Greenacre Sports Partnership. 14 schools entered the football league this year and the standard of football being played was absolutely fantastic.

Due to the number of schools entering the league this year, the teams were split into two groups, depending on their location in Medway. All schools played each other within their group and then had play off matches against the opposing group to enable final positions to be awarded.

On Thursday 19th May, Greenacre Sports Partnership hosted the Primary Football League Finals and 3rd / 4th playoff at Greenacre Academy. The afternoon saw Swingate compete against Maundene in the 3rd / 4th play-off and Delce Academy compete against Balfour Juniors in the final. After two very intense matches, the overall winners of the league were Delce Academy!

Greenacre Sports Partnership would like to take this opportunity to thank all the primary staff who worked hard to ensure the Primary Football League ran so smoothly and therefore, making it a huge success. Running a football team is not easy and without the support and dedication from the staff, pupils would not have had the chance to compete in this high standard of football which the schools from the Greenacre Sports Partnership have demonstrated.

The final overall placings were as follows:

1st: Delce 8th: St Michaels

2nd: Balfour 9th: St Mary’s

3rd: Maundene 10th: Walderslade

4th: Swingate 11th: Warren Wood

5th: Oaklands 12th: St Benedicts

6th: Horsted 13th: SMATT

7th: STM 14th: Kingfisher

The next levelFollowing from the Primary Football League, we noted that there are a number of students who should be competing at the next level of the footballing ladder, playing for Medway. The Medway trials will be taking place in August at Greenacre Academy, 10am-2pm (9.30am registration) and the dates are as follows:

U10 Mixed development team: Tuesday 30th August

U11 Girls: Monday 22nd August

U11 Boys: Friday 26th August

U12 Mixed: Thursday 25th August

U13 Mixed: Wednesday 24th August

U14 Mixed: Tuesday 23rd August

U15 Mixed: Tuesday 23rd August

Please ensure as a school that the best players receive an invite letter.

Top: winners, Delce Academy

Top right: runners-up, Balfour Juniors

Centre right: 3rd place, Maundene

Bottom right: 4th place, Swingate

PRIMARY SNAPSHOT

• Saxon Way

• Wayfield

• Horsted Juniors

• Kingfisher

• Maundene

• All Faiths

• St William of Perth

• Warren Wood

• 1st: Horsted

• 3rd: Maundene

• 8th: All Faiths

• 12th: Kingfisher

• 14th: Saxon Way

• 15th: Wayfield

KWIK CRICKETThe Mini Youth Games Kwik Cricket competition was held on Thursday 26th May at High Halstow. 53 schools took part in total and it was the largest MYG event held up to date. 22 Greenacre Sports Partnership Schools participated in the Mini Youth Games Kwik Cricket Competition. This is an increase of two schools compared with last academic year.

Well done to:

PRIMARY RACKET SKILLS FESTIVALThe Howard School Sports Partnership hosted the Racket Skills Festival which was held on Thursday 21st April 2016 at Medway Park. The competition saw 216 pupils from years 3&4 participate from 18 different primary schools across Medway.

Participants competed in a series of activities including Table Tennis, Squash, Tennis & Badminton.

Well done to the following GSP Schools for participating:

PRIMARY QUICKSTICKS HOCKEY On Thursday the 28th April, the Howard Sports Partnership hosted the Quicksticks Hockey Competition held at Anchorians Hockey Club. 15 schools participated throughout the day. A special commendation goes to those schools that the Greenacre Sports Partnership supports in preparing for these competitions:

A big well done goes to Horsted Juniors who won the competition! They will be representing Medway at the Kent finals in June. In addition, a big well done to Saxon way who won the fair play award!

LESSON SUPPORT: TERM 5 FEEDBACKDuring term 5, 25 teachers received the 1:1 Lesson Support, 100% of staff improved their confidence levels and 92% of staff rated the support as Excellent, with the remaining rating the service as Good. If you are interested in this support please do not hesitate to contact us.

• All Faiths

• All Saints

• Balfour Juniors

• Delce Academy

• Horsted

• Kingfisher

• Lordswood

• Maundene

• Oaklands

• Pilgrim

• Phoenix Academy

• Saxon Way

• St Benedicts

• St Margaret’s at Troy Town

• St Mary’s

• St Mary’s Island

• St Michaels

• St Thomas More

• Swingate

• Walderslade

• Warren Wood

• Wayfield

TEACHER OF THE TERMFor term 5, the following nominations have been made by the GSP team:

Tori Beal: Wayfield Primary SchoolTori weren’t confident with her delivery of Football at first but by the end of the term, Tori was delivering the lesson with ease and determination. Her differentiation within the lesson to suit all pupils’ needs was also fantastic! The pupils responded really well to her relaxed, enthusiastic and fun nature. Well done!

Rachel Walker: Holywell Primary SchoolRachel’s determination to follow the plan and adapt it to the suit the needs of her children was fantastic. She had a good grasp of what the support entailed and gave every part of her delivery 100% effort and drive.

In addition, she also demonstrated each week ways to recap and use the key terminology and thus reinforcing pupil’s knowledge and understanding of short tennis. Great PE teaching from Rachel this term- well done!

The WINNER of the GSP Teacher of the Term, for Term 5 is Rachel Walker from Holywell Primary School. Well done to Rachel and also all of the other nominees – keep up the hard work!

This certificate is awarded to:

RACHEL WALKER

TEACHER OF THE TERM Term 5

Partnership Development Manager

REASON: Rachel’s determination to follow the plan and adapt it to the suit the needs of her children was fantastic.

She had a good grasp of what the support entailed and gave every part of her delivery 100% effort and

drive. In addition, each week she also demonstrated ways to recap and use the key terminology and thus

reinforcing pupil’s knowledge and understanding of short tennis. Great PE teaching from Rachel this

term- well done!!

PRIMARY SNAPSHOT

PRIMARY GIRLS-ONLY FOOTBALL AND KWIK CRICKET On Thursday 5th May, Greenacre Sports Partnership and Howard Sports Partnership hosted the Girls only competition for Football and Kwik Cricket held at Playfootball.net and the Howard School.

Football Results:There were 14 schools that participated throughout the morning. The results were as follows:

1st: Balfour Juniors

2nd: Delce Academy

3rd: St Margaret’s

4th: St Thomas More

5th: Kingfisher

6th: Phoenix

7th: St Benedict’s

8th: St William of Perth

9th: Fairview

10th: Temple Mill

11th: Saxon Way

12th: Wayfield

13th: English Martyrs

14th: Horsted Juniors

Kwik Cricket Results:There were 8 schools that participated throughout the afternoon. The results were as follows:

1st St Thomas More

2nd Kingfisher

3rd Delce Academy

4th English Martyrs

5th Horsted Juniors

6th Balfour Juniors

7th Temple Mill

8th Wayfield

A big well done to St Thomas More who won the Kwik Cricket. They will be representing Medway at the Kent School Finals in June.

PRIMARY KEY STEPS GYMNASTICS On Thursday 19th May, the Greenacre Sports Partnership hosted the Primary Key Steps Gymnastics Competition at Greenacre Academy. 7 schools took part in total competing within the different age categories.

The results were as follows:

Years 1 & 2 Final Placings:1st: Delce Infants Y2

2nd: Delce Infants Y1

3rd: Balfour Infants B

4th: Balfour Infants A

5th: St William Of Perth

6th: Kingfisher

Years 3 & 4 Final Placings:1st: Warren Wood

2nd: Hempstead Juniors

3rd: Bligh

4th: St William Of Perth Team 4

5th: Kingfisher

6th: St William Of Perth Team 3

7th: Delce Academy

Years 5 & 6 Final Placings:1st: Hempstead

2nd: St William Of Perth

3rd: Kingfisher

4th: Delce Academy

SECONDARY SNAPSHOT

SECONDARY FOOTBALL LEAGUEChatham Grammar and The Howard School were both double league winners in this year’s Medway’s Secondary Schools Football League. Chatham Grammar claimed the title in the year 7 league going the whole season unbeaten. There was further success for the Chatham school as they were also victorious in the year 8 league winning the title by seven points from Greenacre Academy.

The Howard School year 9’s claimed their status as invincibles by also completing the season unbeaten winning all but one of their games and only conceding six goals to clinch consecutive titles. The year 11 division was a much closer affair with The Howard eventually winning on goal

difference to complete a double for the Rainham based school.

Rainham Mark year 10’s were in scintillating form this season and clinched the league title by a huge nine-point gap. The team also completed the season unbeaten and with an impressive goal difference, scoring twenty goals and only conceding five.

This season saw the Medway Schools League separated into Premier and Championship Divisions with promotion and relegation. Eleven secondary schools from across Medway took part in the season and over 600 students participated in this year’s competition. Well done to everyone who took part.

SSG CRICKET

108 Participants! 10 Schools!

On Thursday 12th May, Greenacre Sports Partnership and Howard Sports Partnership hosted the Secondary School Games Cricket competition. 10 Schools participated overall and the results were as follows:

Boys’ Results:1st: SJWMS

2nd: HoH

3rd: Greenacre

4th: Howard

5th: Strood

6th: Brompton

7th: Victory

SSG SUPER 8 ATHLETICS

152 Participants! 12 Schools!

On Thursday 25th May, the Greenacre Sports Partnership and the Howard School Sports Partnership hosted the Super 8 Athletics competition at Medway Park. There were 12 schools that took part in total and the results were as follows:

Boys Results:1st: Howard School

2nd: Chatham Grammar School

3rd: Rainham Mark Grammar

4th: Greenacre

5th: Brompton Academy

6th: Hundred of Hoo

7th: Strood Academy

8th: Thomas Aveling

9th: Victory Academy

10th: Robert Napier

Girls Results:1st: Rainham Mark Grammar

2nd: Brompton Academy

3rd: Rainham Girls

4th: Walderslade Girls

5th: Thomas Aveling

6th: Hundred of Hoo

7th: Robert Napier

8th: Strood Academy

9th: Victory Academy

A special thank you to Craig Paton and Gail Halls for being track and field managers and to all those who helped to set up equipment/hurdles. In addition, well done to the highest placed schools who will be invited to compete in the Kent School Games Finals on Thurs 16th June.

8th: Thomas Aveling

Girls’ Results:1st: Fort Pitt

2nd: Rochester Grammar School

3rd: HOH

4th: Strood

SSG LeaGue TaBLeGirls: 1st: Rainham Girls School

2nd: Walderslade Girls School 3rd: Rainham Mark Grammar

Boys: 1st: Howard 2nd: Greenacre Academy 3rd: Victory Academy

Next event: SSG Rounders, 23rd June 2016 at Rainham Girls School.

WHAT’S NEXT...

GREENACRE SPORTS PARTNERSHIPRESOURCE CARDS YEARS 1-6

RESOURCE CARD: FOOTBALL: YEAR 1

RELATES TO: WEEK 2

Player Where the playermoves to

Cone Ball

MAIN LESSON: DRIBBLING

KEY

GAME / COMPETITION: RELAY RACES

RESOURCE CARD: SWIMMING: INTERMEDIATE

RELATES TO: WEEK 4

MAIN LESSON: BACKSTROKE

Place hands on the side of the pool.

Let go and arch backwards entering with fingers first, push off the wall with the legs.

Place feet at hip height on the wall.

Hold float tightly against chest.

Ensure head is back.

Push up hips and stomach.

RESOURCE CARD: GYMNASTICS: YEAR 2RELATES TO: WEEK 1

CRAB WALK

BUNNY HOP

MONKEY CRAWL

FROG JUMPTRAVELLING

USING HANDS AND FEET

RESOURCE CARD: HANDBALL: YEAR 5

RELATES TO: WEEK 5

MAIN LESSON: SMALL SIDED GAMES

KEY

Player Ball ConeWhere the player moves to

Where the ball moves to

MAIN LESSON: CAN PUPILS USE THESE PICTURES TO HELP THEM CREATE MOVEMENT?

3

RESOURCE CARD: DANCE: YEAR 3

RELATES TO: WEEK 2

BRIGHT SPARKS IMAGES

RESOURCE CARD: ATHLETICS: YEAR 6

RELATES TO: WEEK 1

GAME / COMPETITION: SPRINT FINISHMAIN LESSON: SPRINT START TECHNIQUE

ON yOUR MARKS

GET SET GO!

• Rear knee should be level with front foot

• Form a ‘V’ behind the line with your hands

• Arms shoulder width apart, slightly ahead of hands

• Raise hips higher than shoulders

• Lift legs at the knees

• Body weight on hands and feet equally

• Drive knee of rear leg forwards

• Extend front leg out

• Lean forwards

• Don’t become upright too early

The arms need to come back and the chest needs to be pushed out. In races the clock stops when the chest passes the finish line.

Are you looking for a visual aid to go with the GSP Lesson Plans for years 1-6? We have recently created resource cards to assist primary school teachers with their PE lessons.

The resource cards have a variety of different images and drills drawn out so that non-specialist PE teachers can set up an activity at ease and make sure they are delivering the lesson plan to its full effectiveness.

The resource cards are priced at £100 per year group and include a range of sports and activities including Dance and Gymnastics.

If you are interested in purchasing the cards or you would like to be contacted with more information, please email Tash Moloney at: molon009@medwaymail.org

WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR IN TERM 5:• MYG Football Thursday 9th June

• MYG Athletics Tuesday 28th June

• PSG Tri-Golf Thursday 16th June

• SSG Rounders Thursday 23rd June

• SSG Athletics Thursday 14th July

CONTACT US...If you require any support

or have any questions, please

do not hesitate to contact us:

Greenacre Sports Partnership,

Greenacre Academy

157 Walderslade Road

Chatham, Kent ME5 0LP

Telephone: 01634 861593

Email: molon009@medwaymail.org

REMINDERS...• Sainsbury’s Schools Games

Kitemark application has now opened! Don’t forget to complete it before the deadline of Wednesday 28th September. If you would like GSP to help you when completing your Kitemark application, we will be hosting support sessions on Thursday 7th July. Please email Tash Moloney (molon009@medwaymail.org) to book in a time slot.

• Kent School Games Finals will be running throughout June and July in which the Primary School Games and Secondary School Games winners will be representing Medway. Good Luck to all involved!

• GSP order forms for next academic year are now out. Please ensure you return your form before the deadline Thursday 30th June to book your PE and Sport provision.

• Skillz4Sport competition. Please can you make sure that any results for the visual skillz4sport league have been emailed to Kimberley Hill at hillk152@medwaymail.org.