NEWSLETTER MEDWAY DANCE FUSION JAMES & OLA JORDAN JUDGE SCHOOL DANCE COMPETITION The Greenacre Sport Partnership s Dance Fusion competition was held on Tuesday 28th March 2017 at Greenacre Academy. The competition saw 221 students, ranging from ages of 7-18 years old, participate from 18 different Primary and Secondary Schools within the partnership. Participants were able to choose their own style of dance, and they were judged for their creativity, skill and technique, personality, timing and overall performance. The results were as follows: TERM 4&5 2017 Primary category: 1st: St Thomas More RC Primary School 2nd: St Michael s RC Primary School 3rd: Danecourt Special School Secondary category: 1st: The Victory Academy Group 1 2nd: The Victory Academy Group 2 3rd: Fort Pitt Grammar School KS4 Group We were extremely fortunate to have some special guests to judge the competition. We welcomed Natalie Harris, Kent Sports Event Manager and who also coordinates the Kent School Games Cultural Celebration Event, which last year saw several Dance Fusion contestants perform. Secondly, we had none other than Strictly Come Dancing s James and Ola Jordan!! All judges provided some fantastic feedback and hugely contributed to making the event a success! Furthermore, we were very grateful for the assistance of eighteen Greenacre Leadership Academy students, and five 6th form students, who supported the event by assisting with stage management, photography, welcoming and ticket collection, backstage management and chaperone duties. These pupils did an excellent job and we couldn t have done the event without their additional support. The Dance Fusion competition would not have been possible if it wasn t for the support of several partners. A big thank you to Greenacre Academy for hosting the event, to A1 events organisation for assistance with stage lighting, sound and a video transfer link, the judges; Natalie Harris, James Jordan, and Ola Jordan, to all the schools who participated in the competition, and finally to all the parents, family members, and staff who came to support them. Participating schools were as follows: Warren Wood Primary Academy, Walderslade Primary School, St Benedict s Primary School, St William of, Delce Academy, St Thomas More Primary School, Horsted Junior School, Danecourt Special School, Kingfisher Primary School, St Michael s primary School, Wayfield Primary School, Chantry Primary Academy, Burnt Oak, Fort Pitt Grammar School, The Victory Academy, St John Fisher, Thomas Aveling and Greenacre Academy.
Primary Snapshot TABLE TENNIS On Thursday 2nd March was the Mini Youth Games Table Tennis which was held at Medway Park.There was a total of 33 schools across Medway and 20 of these schools were from the Greenacre Sports Partnership. Well done to the following schools: All Saints St Mary s Island Balfour Jnr Burnt Oak SMATT Cuxton The Pilgrim Lordswood School Walderslade New Road A massive well done to Warren Wood Academy who came 2nd out of 33 schools. Warren Wood have qualified for the Night of the Champions which will be in June. INFANT AGILITY On Thursday 16th March, Greenacre Sports Partnership hosted the Primary School Games Infant Agility Competition at Greenacre Academy. A total of 13 Infant schools attended and 130 participants took part in the competition. This is an increase of 3 schools from last year which is a great achievement for increasing participation in the Infant age group Warren Wood will be representing which will be held on Wednesday 28th June at Medway Park. KWIK CRICKET The Mini Youth Games Kwik Cricket competition was held on Thursday 25th May 2017 at High Halstow. 51 schools took part in total. 26 Greenacre Sports Partnership Schools participated in the Mini Youth Games Kwik Cricket Competition. This is an increase of four schools compared with last academic year. Well done to: Well done to the following schools: All Saints Balfour Juniors Burnt Oak Cuxton Hoo St Werburgh Lordswood New Road Oaklands Phoenix Academy St Benedicts St Margaret s at Troy Town St Mary s St Mary s Island St William of The Pilgrim School Walderslade St Marys Island will be representing which will be in July. The results: 1st: Warren Wood 2nd: Maundene 3rd: Saxon Way 4th: St Thomas More 5th: St Johns Infants 6th: Delce Infants 7th: St Peters 8th: All Saints 9th: Wayfield 10th: Kingfisher 11th: St Michaels 12th: Balfour Infants 13th - Horsted LESSON SUPPORT: TERM 4 & 5 FEEDBACK During term 4: 8 teachers received the 1:1 Lesson Support, 87.5% of staff improved their confidence levels and 87.5% of staff rated the support as Excellent. During term 5: 12 teachers received the 1:1 Lesson Support, 100% of staff improved their confidence levels and 83% of staff rated the support as Excellent. If you are interested in this support please do not hesitate to contact us. NETBALL The Mini Youth Games Netball was held on Thursday 30th March at Rainham Girls School. There was a total of 47 schools across Medway and 21 of these schools were from the Greenacre Sports Partnership. Well done to these schools: Balfour Jnr Burnt Oak Cuxton Lordswood New Road St Andrews St Benedicts HANDBALL On Thursday 23rd March was the Primary School Games Handball which was held at Medway Park. This was the first year of running Handball within primary schools in Medway and the results were impressive. It shows that the Greenacre Sports Partnership handball lessons plans are having an impact in our primary schools. There was a total of 18 schools across Medway and 11 of these schools were from the Greenacre Sports Partnership. We had a total of 110 participants who took part. New Road SMATT St Thomas More The Pilgrim School Walderslade St Andrews will be representing which will be in June. Warren Wood will be representing which will be in July.
Primary Snapshot QUICKSTICKS HOCKEY On Thursday 27th April was the Primary School Games Quick Sticks Competition for years 3 & 4. This was held at Anchorians hockey club. There was a total of 20 schools which participated in the Competition, 9 of these were 1st: Miers Court 2nd: Warren Wood 3rd: Saxon Way 4th: Cliffe Woods 5th: Wainscott 6th: Wayfield 7th: Hoo St. Werburgh 8th: Park Woods Jnrs 9th: St. Thomas More 10th: Hempstead Jnrs 11th: Hilltop Primary 12th: Fairview 13th: Ac. Of Woodlands 14th: St. William of 15th: St Michaels 16th: Kingfisher 17th: Walderslade 18th: Horsted 19th: Bligh Juniors 20th: Delce Academy Warren Wood will be representing which will be in June. KEY STEPS GYMNASTICS On Thursday 18th May, Greenacre Sports Partnership hosted the Primary School Key Steps Gymnastics Competition at Greenacre Academy. 9 schools and 22 teams participated in total which is an increase from last year!! The results were as follows: Years 1&2 category: 1st: Warren Wood 2nd: Delce Infants (year 2 team) 3rd: Delce Infants (year 1 team) 4th: Miers Court (A team) 5th: Miers Court (C team) 6th: Balfour Infants (A team) 7th: Bligh Primary 8th: Balfour Infants (B team) 9th: Miers Court (B team) 10th: Saxon Way Years 3&4 category 1st: Hempstead 2nd: Warren Wood 3rd: Delce Academy 4th: SWOP (team A) 5th: Bligh 6th: Saxon Way 7th: SWOP (team B) Year 5&6 category: 1st: Hempstead 2nd: Bligh 3rd: Delce Academy 4th: SWOP 5th: Saxon Way Warren Wood & Delce Academy will be invited to represent Medway at the Kent School Finals in June. GIRLS FOOTBALL & KWIK CRICKET The Primary School Games Girls-Only Football and Kwik Cricket Competitions were held at PlayFootball and The Howard School on 4th May. 13 schools participated in the Football Competition, 10 of these were 8 schools participated in the Kwik Cricket Competition, 7 of these were Well done to the following schools in football:...and kwik cricket: St Benedicts Delce Academy will be representing which will be in July. RACKET SKILLS On Thursday 20th April was the Primary Schools Games Racket Skills which was held at Medway Park. There was a total of 18 schools, 9 of these were Balfour Junior
Primary Snapshot TEACHER OF THE TERM For terms 4 & 5, the following nominations have been made by the GSP team: Jo Smeed: St Peters Infants: Jo took on board all the skills taught to her pupils. She completed some excellent recaps at the start of each lesson ensuring all pupils had covered the key points of the skills. This ensured the ability level was continually progressed for all pupils. Jo was engaged throughout the lessons either taking notes or developing pupils throwing and catching techniques. Well done for putting lots of effort into the PE lessons! Beth Redmond: St Benedicts: Beth has done extremely well this term. She has clearly developed her knowledge and understanding of football and also, how to adapt and modify practices to suit her year 1 class. She has taken on advice and used the feedback to improve her delivery. I have seen her confidence grow throughout the term which has also helped to motivate and increase interest with pupils- well done Beth!! Jolanta: St Michaels: It is fair to say that Jolanta certainly has her hands full with her reception class. However, throughout this term Jolanta has taken on advice regarding how to monitor behaviour within PE, how to make an area more visual, and how to keep pupils attention with fundamental skills and games. Jolanta has been eager and keen to get as much out of the support as possible and to ask for advice where and when she can. Well done Jolanta! The WINNER of the GSP Teacher of the Term, for Terms 4 & 5 is BETH REDMOND FROM ST BENEDICTS PRIMARY SCHOOL. Well done to Beth and also all the nominees keep up the hard work. Term 4 & 5 TEACHER OF THE TERM BETH REDMOND This certificate is awarded to: Reason: Beth has done extremely well this term. She has clearly developed her knowledge and understanding of football and also, how to adapt and modify practices to suit her year 1 class. She has taken on advice and used the feedback to improve her delivery. I have seen her confidence grow throughout the term which has also helped to motivate and increase interest with pupils- well done Beth!! Vikki Bell Sports Partnership Manager GREENACRE SPORTS PARTNERSHIP PRIMARY FOOTBALL LEAGUE This year, two leagues were formed to create the Medway Schools Primary Football League. The Premiership consisted of: Balfour, Horsted, Lordswood, Hoo St Werburgh, Oaklands, Swingate, Burnt Oak and Delce and the Championship consisted of: St Thomas More, St Marys, Walderslade, Warren Wood, St Benedicts, Wayfield, Kingfisher & St Michaels. All of the schools in each league played each other for overall and final placing in each of the leagues. The final league tables are as follows: Premiership Position Team P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Balfour 7 7 0 0 39 5 34 21 2 Horsted 7 3 3 1 13 11 2 12 3 Lordswood 7 3 2 2 25 18 7 11 4 Hoo St Werburgh 7 3 2 2 16 16 0 11 5 Oaklands 7 3 1 3 15 18-3 10 6 Burnt Oak 7 2 2 3 15 14 1 8 7 Swingate 7 2 0 5 11 25-14 6 8 Delce 7 0 0 7 11 38-27 0 CHAMPIONship Position Team P W D L F A GD Pts 1 St Thomas More 7 7 0 0 54 6 48 21 2 St Marys 7 5 1 1 30 20 10 16 3 Walderslade 7 5 1 1 23 13 10 16 4 Warren Wood 7 3 0 4 28 32-4 9 5 St Benedicts 7 3 0 4 22 31-9 9 6 Wayfield 7 2 0 5 18 38-20 6 7 Kingfisher 7 1 0 6 19 34-15 3 8 St Michaels 7 1 0 6 15 35-20 3 Additionally and to show our support for Medway Schools District FA, we worked together and ran a Medway District Cup Competition this year. All schools in both leagues were entered into this cup and games were draw randomly as a knockout competition. Eventually, Oaklands & Horsted progressed into the 3rd/4th play off whilst league newcomers, Hoo St Werburgh and ever consistent Balfour were due to play in the final. The 3rd/4th place play off was a very good game in which spectators were entertained by two very well taken goals. The final score was: Oakalnds (2) v Horsted (0). In the history of the Medway Schools Primary Football League, this years final was the most entertaining yet!! Balfour took an early league which was cancelled out by a Hoo St Werburgh equaliser. Kphora who also plays for Medway U11 s showed his class and scored yet another goal. Balfour sat back for the final minute of the game which allowed Hoo St Werburgh to apply pressure and score an equaliser with under a minute to play. The game resarted from the middle and extra time and the possibility of penalties loomed. With just over fifteen seconds to play; Balfour continued to press forward and their perserverance was rewarded with another goal and the game finished - Hoo St Werburgh (2) v Balfour (3). Finally, a big thank you to Becks Barr from Warren Wood Primary Academy for organising the league this year.
SECONDARY Snapshot SSG BASKETBALL On Thursday 9th March 2017, the Howard and Greenacre Sports Partnership hosted the eighth event of the Secondary School Games, the basketball competition held at Medway Park. 8 schools from across Medway took part in the competition with a total of 96 participants altogether. The results were as follows: U13 s 1st: Howard 2nd: St John Fisher 3rd: Robert Napier 4th: Thomas Aveling 5th: Greenacre Academy 6th: Brompton Academy 7th: The Victory Academy U15 s 1st: Howard 2nd: Thomas Aveling 3rd: The Victory Academy 4th: St John Fisher 5th: Strood Academy 6th: Robert Napier 7th: Greenacre Academy 8th: Brompton Academy Well done to all teams! SSG CRICKET On Thursday 11th May was the SSG Cricket which was held at Lordswood Cricket Club. We had a total of 10 teams which entered and a total of 100 pupils taking part which was an increase from last year. The results were as follows: Girls 1st Rainham Girls School 2nd Fort Pitt 3rd Victory Boys 1st: SJWMS 2nd: HOH 3rd: The Howard School 4th: The Victory 5th: Greenacre 6th: Brompton 7th: Thomas Aveling SSG SUPER 8 S ATHLETICS 144 Participants! 11 Schools! On Wednesday 24th May 2017, the Greenacre Sports Partnership and the Howard School Sports Partnership hosted the SSG Super 8 Athletics competition at Medway Park. A total of 11 schools took part and the results were as follows: Boys Results: 1st: Thomas Aveling 2nd: Howard 3rd: Rainham Mark Grammar 4th: Greenacre 5th: Robert Napier 6th: Hundred of Hoo 7th: Brompton Academy 8th: Victory Academy 9th: Strood Academy Girls Results: 1st: Rainham Mark Grammar 2nd: Rainham Girls 3rd: Hundred of Hoo 4th: Robert Napier 5th: Walderslade 6th: Thomas Aveling 7th: Brompton Academy 8th: Victory Academy 9th: Strood Academy Well done to the highest placed schools, Thomas Aveling and Walderslade Girls, who will be invited to compete in the Kent School Games Finals on Wednesday 28th June at Medway Park. KENT SCHOOL GAMES BOCCIA CHAMPIONS: ABBEY COURT Abbey Court under 14 Boccia team are Kent County Champions after winning all their matches at the level 3 Kent School Games in Canterbury. They have been practising in lessons and at the Boccia Satellite lunchtime club supported by Kent Sports and Ed Martin who has been teaching them the rules and skills of the game. Well done to Abbey Court! SATELLITE CLUBS The following Secondary Schools are currently involved with the Kent Sport Satellite Clubs programme, working closely with local sports clubs to provide sporting opportunities for secondary-aged pupil: Abbey Court: Medway Park Disability Sports Club Bradfields Academy: Medway Park Disability Sports Club Chatham Grammar School for Boys: Kent Crusaders Basketball Club Fort Pitt: Medway RFC Walderslade Girls: Holcombe Hockey Club The Rowans & Greenacre Academy: Walderslade Judo Club The Rowans: Flip Out Thomas Aveling: Flip Out If you are interested in hosting a satellite club or would like further information please do not hesitate to contact us.
waist height. bent, allowing the player to change direction. GREENACRE SPORTS PARTNERSHIP S PE & SCHOOL SPORTS CONFERENCE On Tuesday 16thy May, Greenacre Sports Partnership hosted a PE and School Sports Conference for primary and secondary schools from across the Kent and Medway area. The conference was held at the Bridgewood Manor Hotel in Chatham. The day consisted of several keynote speakers, who confirmed the successes of the sports partnership and inspired schools to continue to develop PE and School Sport within their schools. The speakers were: Andy Reese: CEO from Greenacre Academy Trust Jon Smedley: Managing Director of Maths of the Day Mike Crichton: Chair of the afpe (Association for Physical Education) Fiona Steer: Advanced Skills Teacher: EYFS Sharon Denney: Advanced Skills Teacher: Assessing without Levels Overall, the day was a complete success with schools being invigorated by PE and School Sport. A big thank you goes to the staff from Greenacre Sports Partnership, Greenacre Academy and all the keynote speakers. If there is any further support or guidance you require following the conference, please do not hesitate to contact the Greenacre Sports Partnership. PE Schemes of Work and Lesson Plans linked with assessment LESSON PLAN: DANCE: YEAR 1: WEEK 5 ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING CRITERIA SKILLS 3 Can they jump with good technique to a high ability? Fundamental Skills 2 Can they jump with a certain degree of control? & Movement 1 Can they jump with help, but to a low ability? 3 Works in a team & demonstrates the use of tactics & the understanding of rules. Tactics, Rules & 2 Can work in a team & understands the rules. Teamwork 1 Starts communicating within a team. 3 Can they link the skills: run and jump over a swinging rope to a high ability? Show & Link 2 Can they show and link: jump over a raised skipping rope? 1 Show how to jump. 3 Are able to describe and improve performance. Describe Ways to 2 Are able to describe performance. Improve 1 Are able to see differences in performance against a simple model. 3 Shows a solid understanding of why physical activity has health benefits. Fitness & Health 2 Has some knowledge of why physical activity has health benefits. 1 Has little knowledge of why physical activity has health benefits. LESSON OBJECTIVE: To learn how to create and demonstrate a clear beginning, middle and an end to their routines. WARM UP (10 MINS) Shouting out different moods and feelings or using pictures of emotion faces, pupils to recap on movements that reflect that emotion. E.g. teacher shouts out happy: Pupils skip/bounce around the room with smiles on their faces. MAIN LESSON (20 MINS) Explain to pupils that when performing we need to show the audience when we are starting and when we finish, by holding a still position so they know when to clap and cheer. Using a percussion instrument, ask pupils to hold a shape at the beginning, when the tambourine starts to shake they move around the space, and when the teacher stops using the tambourine they have to stop in a controlled manner and hold a still position again. Highlight any good positions that create a stable balance. Develop: Back with their partners from previous week. Can they add a start and a finish position to their routines? GAME/COMPETITION (15 MINS) Video pupils performance and let them watch it back to comment on their own performance. EQUIPMENT Percussion instrument Music DIFFERENTIATION KEYWORDS Stillnes Start Finish LESS ABLE Give them ideas for start/finish positions. MORE ABLE Give them more difficult questions when observing/evaluating their own performance. Ask them to hold a still balance in the middle of the routine. Visual Resources RESOURCE CARD: BADMINTON: YEAR 6 RELATES TO: WEEK 5 MAIN LESSON: THE SMASH SHOT The racket reaches The racket makes contact high above the head. with the shuttlecock in front of the body. RESOURCE CARD: BASKETBALL: YEAR 6 RELATES TO: WEEK 1 WARM UP: CoURT MARKingS MAin LESSon: BoDY PoSiTion The racket face should aim to hit the shuttlecock in a downwards motion toward the floor on the opponent s side. Three-point Free throw Mid court Centre Base circle Basket Free throw lane (hoop) (in red AKA the paint ) Backboard Side For simple basketball rules, see Resource Week 6. Try to keep the ball from bouncing above Keep the head up and don t bend the back. Ensure knees are Don t slap the ball, use the fingers to push the ball down and not the palm of the hand. 150 per year group or 1,000 for EYFS to Year 6 FREE assessment tracker included 100 per year group for Years 1 to 6 WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN TERM 6: MYG Football PSG Tri Golf MYG Athletics SSG Girls Rounders SSG Athletics Contact Us... If you require any support or have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us: Greenacre Sports Partnership, Greenacre Academy. Telephone: 01634 861593 Email: solev001@medwaymail.org