School Sports Co-ordinator Programme (SSCO)
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New Opportunities Fund - Out of School Hours Learning
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From September 2003 the schools included in the SSCO
programme, 24 primaries, 3 specials and 5 secondary schools,
have been able to make use of our successful bid to New
Opportunities Fund, NOF, of £114,000 to last for three years.
The funding has been used to supply equipment, transport,
training, facilities and coaches across 8 exciting and
innovative activities. The target group are varied, but
all were groups within our development plan that were
considered key children we should be working with, who may not
access OHSL as a rule. They also fitted the national
agenda. Clubs are run at lunchtime, after or before
school.
The activities have been carefully selected in order to raise
participation levels, to be "different", to include
groups that were perhaps less active in OSHL and to raise
self-esteem and behaviour levels in the young people taking
part. Many of the activities are sustainable because of
the training and equipment received. We will need to
carefully monitor and evaluate the impact of the various
projects not only on the target groups but also on other
children who will be able to access the clubs. It is
crucial that we will be able to report on changes in attainment,
attitude and behaviour across the whole school and not just
within the boundaries of PE.
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The activities are:
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Huff and Puff
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Is a project for KS1 pupils with inadequate social
skills. 60 SMSA's and 30 teachers were trained in the
delivery and use of the equipment. Each school was given
a £500 bag of user friendly and well researched equipment,
much of which would be to new schools, and systems in how to
utilise it best. The outcomes we are aiming to achieve
are for pupils to show:
- Improved social skills and interaction with peers in the
playground
- Improved communication skills with peers and SMSA's
- Improved self-confidence
- Improved attitude to structured play activities.
There are leadership opportunities for upper KS2
children as well as secondary school JSLA and CSLA
students.
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Brazilian Soccer Skills
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Is a graded system of soccer skills with the use of samba
music. The target group is year 5 boys at risk of
exclusion or school disciplinary procedures. Each of the
schools received 10 balls and will access 14 sessions of
coaching by a qualified coach. The awards will be built
into the sessions. The learning outcomes we are hoping
to achieve are a:
- Reduction in warnings given in lessons
- Reduction in temporary exclusions
- Improved behaviour in classroom
- Pupils beginning to attend community clubs
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Circus Skills
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Is targeted at KS1 pupils who are statemented or who the
school feels are not reaching required NC levels. 30
teachers were trained for a day in various activities
including the introduction to juggling, balancing peacock
feathers, plate spinning and diablo. As well as other
exciting skills. Each school received a £500 bag of
equipment to us with their children. It is important
that the training methods are disseminated across all the
school staff, as links with literacy, numeracy and PHSE are
clear.
 The aim is to:
- Improve left / right brain laterality
- Improve handwriting
- Progress in NC levels
- Improved attitude to work and others
- Improved self-confidence and fitness / well being.
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Dance Club
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For year 6, 7 and 8 girls is an exciting OSHL KS2 / 3 activity
held at Filton High School. The primary children are
transported to the school where the Dance leader has a health
professional background. The girls have been involved in
choosing the type of dance and will work towards a
performance. There will also be funding for the purchase
of costumes. The girls have been targeted for a number of
reasons including reluctance to take part in other clubs or
indeed the usual PE curriculum. Low self-esteem and
confidence or a possibility of risk of obesity.
The expected outcomes are:
- Increase in self-esteem and confidence
- Progress with NC levels
- Improvement in participation in lessons
- Improved attitude to physical activity
- Increased empathy around areas of difference.
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Boccia and New Age Curling
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These are alternative games the pupils from New Siblands Special
School, with their teacher and SSCO, will train staff and pupils
in their family of primary schools and Patchway High
School. Each school will receive a bag of each game and
this will culminate in a festival in which all schools will
participate. This is a real step forward in the
integration of special school children in OHSL as well as
mainstream pupils having access to alternative games, and a
fully integrated festival. Leadership opportunities for
sixth form students and mentoring by the coach for them are also
a product of the club. The aim is to:
- Improve self-confidence and attitude to social
integration.
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Hockey Club
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This is for KS3 boys. It was highlighted that there was
little hockey for this age group of boys across the
authority. The club is based at Kingsfield School and
pupils from The Grange Sports College have also been
invited. Boys from ethnic minorities were a particular
target as well as those who do not choose normally to
participate in teams. The school accessed £1000 worth of
hockey equipment and 20 sessions per year with a qualified
coach. The aims are to:
- See improved physical and mental performance in sport
- Show improved attitude to sport and school
- Encourage pupils to move into community clubs
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Integration and Inclusion
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Was the key to the OSHL activity set up at King Edmunds
School. Ten Culverhill Special School pupils are
transported each week to participate with ten Key Stage 3
pupils, in badminton, tennis and football (ten sessions of
each). A different qualified coach for each of the sports
will work with the children. The students' work together
and the badminton sessions have been hugely successful.
Funding worth £2000 to buy the necessary differentiated
equipment was provided. The aims are to:
- Improve social skills
- Improve physical skills, confidence and empathy in working
with each other
- Move youngsters into community clubs
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SAQ
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Speed, Agility and Quickness is a progression of dynamic warm
ups and incorporates fundamental movement skills including
running, stopping and changing direction, so important in all
activity areas. The grange family, teachers, headteachers,
SEN and learning co-ordinators were trained by SAQ international
and £2,4000 worth of equipment shared between the
schools. The aim is to run breakfast clubs in order to
increase activity levels and target special needs children in
mainstream schools. There is a real creativity around this
particular project as further funding sources are being looked
into in order to provide the pupils with a balanced and
nutritious breakfast as well as structured activity and links
with the healthy schools programme have been made. The
project is aimed at children underachieving in NC levels.
The aims are to :
- Develop movement / motor skills
- Improve self-esteem and confidence
- Involve JSLA, CSLA students, parents, SMSA's with the
running of the clubs
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