Ashley Hosier How to Maximise the SCHOOL GAMES YST London & South East Development Manager Welcome Intro & Housekeeping Active Starter- Partners, 123, swap partners, stomp clap jump!

WHAT IS THE SCHOOL GAMES? Task- What is the School Games?? Answers??? The School Games, which is funded by Sport England and delivered by the Youth Sport Trust, involves funded School Games Organisers (SGOs) at a local level and Local Organising Committees (LOCs) at a county level working alongside us to create an annual calendar of competition. Started in 2006 but expanded in 2010 to include more local competition Mission Keeping competitive sport at the heart of schools and provide more young people with the opportunity to compete and achieve their personal best. Vision By 2020 the School Games will be continuing to make a clear and meaningful difference to the lives of even more children and young people. Focus on ensuring it is relevant to more children and young people and their lives today, allowing more of them to achieve their potential.

MISSION VISION What is the mission? Keeping competitive sport at the heart of schools and providing more young people with the opportunity to compete and achieve their personal best. VISION What is the vision? By 2020 the School Games will be continuing to make a clear and meaningful difference to the lives of even more children and young people. Mission Keeping competitive sport at the heart of schools and provide more young people with the opportunity to compete and achieve their personal best. Vision By 2020 the School Games will be continuing to make a clear and meaningful difference to the lives of even more children and young people. Focus on ensuring it is relevant to more children and young people and their lives today, allowing more of them to achieve their potential.

County Inter Intra TYPES OF COMPETITION National Finals YST NGB’s County Competition London Youth Games Inter-school competition School Games Organiser Pink– Intra competition Competition within your school, inter form, inter class Orange– Inter competition Competition between local schools Blue– County Competition Winners of level 2 SGO area compete together Yellow– School Games National Finals A 4 day multi-sport event for National Governing Body selected individuals of school age It is not a direct pathway for schools to compete, the winners of London do not progress to the national finals Intra-competition

PARTICIPATION/PATHWAYS ROLE OF THE SCHOOL GAMES ORGANISER ENGAGEMENT KPI’S - 70-75% of schools actively involved in School Games - 37-42% of schools applying for School Games Mark WORKFORCE Minimum of 45 young people supported and receiving leadership training through the Leadership Academy Minimum 60% of workforce at level 2 made up of young people U18 COMPETITION Deliver a minimum of 22 events of which; 10 pathway sports (inc 3 inclusive) Min 2 Development Competitions Min of 2 Festivals targeting Y’s 3/4 The remaining 8 competitions are a local decision School games have different elements – participating in sport/Physical Activity – Volunteering and Leading – Cultural and Spectating The school games mark is a tool that is accessible through the yourschoolgames website Competition The 10 pathway sports are set by LOC in consultation with the SGO’s, who are responsible for delivering the level 3 County finals in Hertfordshire. Development Competitions - These competitions do not progress to level 3 and can be driven by local demand with school games outcomes Festivals These events target years 3/4 and have formats suggested by NGB’s again not leading to level 3, however there are some opportunities for schools to participate in these events at County/London level Workforce The schools games can largely be delivered by young leaders with correct training and support. The SGO will establish or work with the current leadership academy to support the calendar of events Change 4 Life Sports clubs Develop fundamental movement skills and capture the essence of the sport without directly delivering sport-specific content, and are grouped under five multi-sport themes: adventure, creative, combat, flight and target. Pathways Creating community exit routes for young people to continue their involvement in sport and physical activity. PARTICIPATION/PATHWAYS 80% target Change4Life Clubs Minimum of 8 community exit routes

School Games Website https://www.yourschoolgames.com/

School Games Mark Task- What is the School Games?? Answers??? The School Games, which is funded by Sport England and delivered by the Youth Sport Trust, involves funded School Games Organisers (SGOs) at a local level and Local Organising Committees (LOCs) at a county level working alongside us to create an annual calendar of competition. Started in 2006 but expanded in 2010 to include more local competition Mission Keeping competitive sport at the heart of schools and provide more young people with the opportunity to compete and achieve their personal best. Vision By 2020 the School Games will be continuing to make a clear and meaningful difference to the lives of even more children and young people. Focus on ensuring it is relevant to more children and young people and their lives today, allowing more of them to achieve their potential.

WHAT THE INSIGHT IS TELLING US………. Over eight out of 10 (84%) of 1,000 children aged eight-16 agreed that experiencing winning and losing is important.   50% of girls and 70% of boys like PE lessons when they are competitive.  37% for less active girls 50% for less active boys 45% of girls agreed that “sport was too competitive”  Liked the opportunity to take part in competition but don’t like the aggressive or ‘overly competitive’ behavior 2011/12 – 80% of 5-15-year olds took part in competitive sport.  2016/17 – 76%

Are you ready to COMPETE? …but with a new approach?

Rules.... You may only use one hand to complete the task, the other hand must be placed behind your back Players must start with their hand flat on the table All Lego pieces must start inside a container and be tipped out before being sorted into piles by colour You may only move one brick at a time All piles must be placed outside of the square within separate sectors, which are clearly marked on your table The player must say STOP when they believe they have finished

The Challenge……. Individual task – played as a team Variations introduced from the outset: Player-led festival (Premier League Academies) Self-refereeing (Ultimate Frisbee) Alternative scoring  LGC KIT REQUIRED: - teams of four or five! - Lego – 30 bricks – 5 colours with six bricks per colour - 1 x container with 30 Lego bricks per container per team - taped square on the desk with five spokes coming off it – to give five clear sorting areas - score sheets = x 1 per team Player led festivals = Premier League Academies – each person has a coloured piece of paper, this denotes the activity area you will go to first, and there you will find other players to form a team with Self-refereeing = "Ultimate Frisbee" – in your team you must play by and follow the rules, allowing each player to have a go, and record a time Alternative scoring = pg 20 – not about the time or who is the fastest, we’re more interested in the cumulative team time to award points and thus a score as a team rather than highlight an individual

Why and what might you try? REFLECTION Why and what might you try? “The competitions I deliver celebrate and recognise a wide variety of outcomes for young people?”  ER I will bring them 'together' attention - Reflect that hopefully through the variations they have seen/heard it has started to make them think (lit the fire) - Get into pairs/trio and share from what they have seen why and what might they try. Intra / Inter / County Final - Spring 2019 following the pilots....

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