Active Education

PE and Sport in Tameside schools

Active Tameside has successfully supported PE and sport in the majority of Tameside schools for over 15 years, having engaged over 7,000 young people each week.

We have a combined resource of over 100 professional sports coaches, fitness instructors and swimming teachers, supported by a team of experienced sports and physical activity development officers to deliver a range of services to support schools.

We are delighted to offer schools an enhanced and coordinated programme of excellent services. This includes access to our fantastic facilities, including our swimming pools, gyms, attractions and our bespoke gymnastics arena, as well as programmes such as British Cycling’s ‘Go Ride’.

Find out what Active Education has to offer by downloading the full brochure here.

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PE curriculum delivery

The Coaches in Schools programme delivers high quality PE and sports lessons linked to the national curriculum that aims to ensure all pupils:

Develop competence to excel in a broad range of physical activities.
Are physically active for sustained periods of time.
Engage in competitive sports and activities.
Lead healthy active lives and have knowledge and understanding of fitness, health and healthy food choices.

All teaching within school is delivered by Level 3 Association for Physical Education (afPE) qualified coaches who also hold National Governing Bodies (NGB) level 2 coaching qualifications, which is an Ofsted recommendation.

Schemes of work for all programme elements are provided and are split into specific year groups. They can be used by teachers to assist with the PE curriculum and enrichment planning. Progress assessments are completed each half term for every pupil.

Active Tameside & City In The Community

Over the Summer of 2017, City in the Community and Active Tameside worked together to establish an exciting new Primary School PE and School Sport partnership. This partnership officially launched on 1st September 2017, bringing together two experienced, high quality organisations to create an outstanding offer for the schools of Tameside.

Our partnership aims to:

Improve and enhance PE and other curriculum areas, developing skills and values crucial to succeed.
Increase children’s enjoyment, participation and skills in competitive and non-competitive sports and physical activity.
Support young people into further participation pathways in sport.
Increase children’s understanding of personal skills and values needed to achieve their goals.
Enhance the knowledge, skills and confidence of teachers to improve delivery of PE and School Sport.

More information can be found in the brochure here.

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Bikeability

Bikeability is cycling proficiency for the 21st century, designed to give pupils an understanding of cycling road rules. Bikeability consists of four two hour sessions run over four consecutive days, teaching cycling manoeuvres, signalling and road safety. The first day involves all pupils completing level 1 and the final three days involve successful level 1 pupils completing level 2.

The course provides:

High visibility jackets.
20 mountain bikes, if pupils do not have access to their own bike or if it is not in a road worthy condition.
A helmet for each pupil.
A certificate and badge for all pupils who successfully achieve each level.

Level 1
Demonstrate the skills and understanding to allow pupils to make a bike trip, teaching them how to undertake activities safely in a traffic-free environment.
Level 2
Demonstrate the skills and understanding to allow pupils to make a safe trip whether to school, work or leisure on quiet roads.

Swimming

Experienced STA swimming teachers.
Lessons designed to work pupils towards the achievement of National Curriculum Standard in swimming at Key Stage 2.
Termly ability points results, based around National Curriculum attainment.
24 school swimming sessions at 40 minutes each during the autumn and spring terms – transport can be provided where needed. Additional swimming sessions can be purchased during the summer term to extend the opportunities for pupils’ learning.

Pupils will work towards the following National Curriculum outcomes:

Pacing themselves in floating and swimming challenges related to speed, distance and personal survival.
Swimming unaided for a sustained period of time over a distance of at least 25 metres.
Recognised arm and leg actions, lying on their front and back.
A range of recognised strokes and personal survival skills, eg: front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke, sculling, floating and surface diving.
An invitation to a summer term school swimming gala, with a chance for pupils to compete.
One water safety talk per year in school.

For more information about any of the above, please email: andrew.dwyer@activetameside.com