The Sainsbury’s School Games Mark Is a Government led awards scheme launched in 2012 to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community. Schools in England are able to assess themselves across bronze, silver and gold levels of the Mark.
Gold Success again for St. Edmund’s Girls School
St. Edmunds Girls School have been awarded the Gold School Games Kite Mark for the second year in succession. They were the only Secondary School in Wiltshire last year to achieve the award and have successfully achieved the status again in 2014-15.
Head of PE Katie Holes said “The department work very hard and we
offer a high quality curricular and extracurricular programme. We value the School Games and organise four School Games days every year. Our Leadership programme is particularly strong and we work closely with School Games Organiser Karen Moore to support many of the Level 2 festivals organised in Salisbury.”
Congratulations also goes to the following Schools in receiving their School Games Kitemarks
Gold: Ramsbury
Silver: Netheravon Bulford St Leonards St Katharines
Bronze: Shrewton Baydon St Nicholas Woodborough
Katie Holes, Head of PE & Megan Mcblain Sports Captain
ASA Young Volunteer Programme
My name is Freya Wills and I am 15 years old. I have swum at a few different swimming clubs and only joined Bradford on Avon (my current club) last year.
This is how I found out about the Young Volunteer Programme.
More families in Wiltshire join SHINE Wiltshire this term… What is SHINE Wiltshire?
SHINE Wiltshire is a free healthy lifestyle programme for 7-11 year olds and their families. It is specially designed to support young people who are above a healthy weight. SHINE means Self Help, Independence, Nutrition and Exercise - these are all the things we can help you with!
What’s involved?
All of our programmes run for 10 weeks during school terms. Each week there are fun and practical sessions that aim to help you take simple steps to healthier eating and being more active. SHINE gives you the information, skills and confidence to make small lifestyle changes that can last a lifetime. Sessions are very informal and we focus on making them fun and interesting for everyone taking part, with a chance to share experiences, socialise and make new friends.
SHINE Wiltshire
Our programme takes place once a week after school for 2 hours. A parent or carer needs to attend with the child. SHINE delivers:
• Fun interactive sessions and games on how to eat a balanced and healthy
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diet, understanding food groups, portions, food labels and how to be more active together
• Family games and skills sessions • A focus on the whole family making healthy lifestyle changes
• Support and encouragement to increase confidence and self-esteem
• A chance to meet other parents and share experiences
What happens after SHINE?
After the 10 week programme we’ll offer you more support through our ‘Maintenance’ programme. This is a review session where you can ‘drop-in’ and take part in the fun physical activity sessions.
I’m interested…? How do I take part?
Programmes run throughout the year so please contact us to find out when the next one takes place. If you are unsure if you are above a healthy weight you can check on-line at www.
nhs.uk/bmi, or contact us to discuss this. For more information, future dates and locations, to book a place or just to discuss the programme further, please call or email us.
Tel. 01225 716674 Email:
Shine@wiltshire.gov.uk
I thought that the programme might be interesting to do and help me gain some skills that my school could not teach me, so I decided to apply.
I am still currently in the middle of completing the programme but so far it has been a very worthwhile and fulfilling experience.
I volunteer every Friday night, teaching 5 and 6 year olds to swim and I really enjoy it. Sometimes I will be in the water, sometimes on the side and I recently planned and took a session. I have also been to two courses, a basic officials course,
Freya Wills
where I learnt about timekeeping, and the young aquatics organiser award, were I learnt how to organise an aquatic event. This course was in preparation for the aquatic event the other volunteers and I need to organise in order to complete the programme. I am not entirely sure what we will do for our event, but a fun mini gala for the younger swimmers might be good.
I think I have gained many things from the Young Volunteer Programme, including becoming more confident in working with people I don’t know as well as improving my teaching skills. I feel what I have learnt from the programme will be useful in my future.
Find out more about the Young Volunteers programme by contacting Alma Borthwick on
Alma@wiltssport.org.uk
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