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SPORT IN BRIEF


A new research programme launched by the Arundel Castle Cricket Foundation (ACCF) and Bohunt Education Trust (BET) aims to use cricket and the outdoors to support students struggling with disadvantage, anxiety, engagement and/or behaviour at secondary school. Beginning early in 2021, more than 230 students from the BET family of seven schools, plus Steyning Grammar School (soon to join BET) will be involved in a series of visits to ACCF’s grounds, to take part in activities including: cricket coaching, bushcraft courses and health-based activities.


Primary school scheme to boost sport and PE


Primary schools in three London boroughs are benefitting from a new initiative to get children more active.


Education experts from three


Gordon’s School golfers have brought the Independent Schools Golf Association (ISGA) Schools Cup back to Surrey with a team score of 115, winning by five shots. Charlie Roper shot a 57, winning the overall gross competition at Sunningdale Heath. Alex Phelps finished second, scoring an impressive 58 and winning the girls’ competition.


organisations have joined together to offer primary schools tailored support to help pupils learn core subjects and develop essential life skills through the power of sport.


Move.Learn.Grow will see experienced sports teachers, coaches and internationally-acclaimed educators from the Harlequins Foundation, Kingston University and Sport Impact working together to provide schools with unique learning solutions.


The scheme comes amid fears that children’s physical exercise has fallen sharply since the pandemic.


Sport England found that during lockdown, just 19% of children under 16 were doing one hour or more of physical activity every day - the government’s recommended daily amount.


Truro School has announced a new partnership with leading football development centre Saints Southwest, an official club partner of Southampton Football Club. Truro School pupils, as well as keen players from around Cornwall, will have the opportunities to further develop their football through a proven and detailed training programme, utilising Truro School’s facilities for training and matches.


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Move.Learn.Grow offers bespoke and wide- ranging support packages to primary schools, initially across three London boroughs and including extra-curricular clubs and inter-school sport competitions, as well as training for teachers who are less confident or experienced in delivering PE.


Greg Dryer, director of Kingston University’s Centre for Physical Education, Sport and Activity said: “The demands on teachers have changed over recent months and it is more important than ever to provide them with professional support and learning so that they can confidently deliver exceptional experiences for their pupils at school.


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Kathryn Harper-Quinn, headteacher of Hounslow Heath Infant School, added that many schools were struggling to deliver school sport and needed outside support.


She said: “Schools may be finding the delivery of school sport a challenge in the current context, as in addition to the time that has been lost, the quality and family support that pupils have had access to will have varied greatly during this period.


“As a result, schools are now under pressure to ensure their pupils catch up in terms of their academic learning while being mindful of their emotional and mental needs. These will be evident in children in a variety of ways, including for some exhibiting more challenging behaviours.


“PE and physical activity support not just the physical and emotional development, but cognitive development too. An understanding of this is what will set an outstanding school apart at this time.


“The benefits of being outdoors, ideally in a natural environment, with the opportunity to move both freely and in organised structured ways will have a positive impact on the whole child, support wider curriculum development and so drive school improvement.


“If we have learnt one thing over this period, it’s that pupils need quality provision that takes account not just of academic progress, but of all their developmental needs. We address that and the academic progress follows.


“A top-class sports partnership, such as Move. Learn.Grow, will support schools in achieving this quality and ensure the most effective use of the opportunity offered by the School Sports Premium.”


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