Posted on 27, Sep | 
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Olympic-style school sport competition The Government plans to deliver a 4 step Olympic-style school sport competition which will involve the following: Step 1 – Intra school competition Step 2 – Inter school/district competition Step 3 – County Finals Step 4 – National finals In order to deliver against these plans, schools will need to be [...]
Continue reading Posted on 27, Sep | Posted by CandidSky Active
School Sport is going to leave a lasting Olympic legacy With two years until the London 2012 Olympic Games, it is heavily speculated that the new coalition government will prioritise school sports competitions highly. Baroness Sue Campbell, Chair of the Youth Sport Trust, has shared her thoughts on how school sport is at the heart [...]
Continue reading Posted on 26, Sep | Posted by CandidSky Active
We revisited Newcastle SSP to see how they got on after running virtual competitions using Active. They found that by using a targeted strategy, they could increase buying antibiotics online PESSYP competition figures dramatically for underachieving schools. How did they do it? Newcastle SSP used a RAG system to target 10 schools with lower levels [...]
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By 2011, the government has set a target buy antibiotics online for the national average of sports participation to 65%- currently, the national average is at 44%. Are your schools up to the challenge? Intervention work On receiving the results of the PESSYP surveys, a lot of partnerships tend to make the big mistake of [...]
Continue reading Posted on 15, Jun | Posted by CandidSky Active
‘All pupils should have access to physical education and disability should not be a barrier to inclusion in sport programmes. Arrangements at schools should be in place to support young people with physical and learning disabilities to have good access to physical education and sport, in both mainstream and special school settings. This includes teacher [...]
Continue reading Posted on 27, May | Posted by CandidSky Active
Today we spoke to Steven Beharall, who is the competition manager for Newcastle School Sport Partnership. He outlined how they are using Active throughout their SSP and also his views on it from the point of view of a Competition Manager. How does Newcastle SSP use Active? They use it as part of their Primary [...]
Continue reading Posted on 25, May | Posted by CandidSky Active
Take a look at how Dumfries & Galloway Active Schools Network are using Active to improve competitive sport in their area. Geographical location: South-West Scotland Area: Covers around 600,000 hectares Population: Approximately 148,0302 Main towns: Dumfries (31,100 residents), Stranraer (10,900 residents), Annan (8,400) and Locharbriggs (6,100) Population density: 60 people per square mile compared with [...]
Continue reading Posted on 8, Mar | Posted by CandidSky Active
Active helps support everyone working within your School Sport Partnership. It is particularly useful in providing support for PESSYP. Whether you are looking to increase intra or inter school sport figures or offer regular opportunities for young people to engage in sport, virtual competition can help your Partnership achieve this and make a real impact. The [...]
Continue reading Posted on 12, Feb | Posted by CandidSky Active
Active supports both Primary and Secondary Schools in monitoring the progress of their pupils, whilst also engaging them in sporting and physical activity. During the development of Active we met with teachers up and down the UK to gain valuable insight in how schools function on a day-to-day basis. This insight influenced us to tailor Active [...]
Continue reading Posted on 26, Jan | Posted by CandidSky Active
Virtual Competition helps everyone working within your Active School Network to offer all children and young people the motivation and opportunities to ‘get active’. It allows Active School Networks to Increase online medicine without prescription opportunities for young people to participate in sport and physical activity Engage young people in sport and physical activity Reduce [...]
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