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Gymnastics promotes an active and
healthy lifestyle and forms fundamental
movement skills for other sports
are low and the number of children who management and identifies and rem- link schools to existing BG registered
are deemed to be obese is growing, BG edies common faults. clubs. The aim is to provide exit routes
is striving to make a contribution to the • The Intermediate Level is aimed at pri- and further opportunities for the chil-
wellbeing of future generations. mary school teachers who wish to start dren and teachers involved in gymnastics.
Gymnastic movements underpin all an after-school gym club. This course
other areas of PE and provide the basic deals with setting up a club and gives an Marketing
physical literacy components of agil- introduction to warm up exercises, floor Like other successful organisations, BG is
ity, balance and co-ordination that set skills, basic vaulting, acrobatics, aerobics a strong brand that lives up to its prom-
a child up to be capable and confident and rhythmic disciplines of gymnastics. ise and inspires commitment and loyalty.
to take part in other sports and physical • The Intermediate Level (Skills for Sec- A strong brand implies high levels of
activity. The organisation recognises the ondary Schools) includes progressive awareness and a belief that the brand
challenges that non-specialist primary work on floor, rebound, acrobatic, aer- promise is relevant to the needs of those
school teachers have in delivering an obic and rhythmic gymnastics. involved in the delivery of the sport or
effective and enjoyable PE curriculum • The Advanced Level course builds on those that have an interest in it.
to children. It addresses this by offering the work of the intermediate courses BG also helps develop the traditional
support to build confidence in providing for teachers who want to increase their club sector, while helping other sectors
effective gymnastic sessions both in and gymnastic knowledge. of the sport to build a higher quality of
outside of the curriculum. To support the work of teachers and to provision. An example of this is the BG
To help support primary and second- encourage school/club links, BG, in con- Proficiency resources.
ary school teachers with gymnastics junction with local authorities, specialist The organisation recognises that to
delivery, BG has reviewed, updated and sports colleges and regional gymnastics retain teenage and adult gymnasts
reorganised its teachers’ award courses, associations have recruited 145 commu- and attract new participants, both the
within the following areas: nity sports coaches across England. programmes and the imagery used to
• The Introductory Level is aimed mainly Their role is to support teachers with promote them need to be targeted and
at primary non-specialist teachers. the delivery of national curriculum gym- age-specific. Work has begun to address
This course deals with safety, teaches nastics, develop extra-curricular clubs in this and to increase the ease of access
set moves, incorporates apparatus both the primary and secondary sectors, into the sport. With its diverse range of
and sequencing into skill work, gives provide competitive or display opportu- disciplines, there is definitely something
an understanding of good body nities in gymnastics for the schools and for everyone in gymnastics. ●
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