NEWSLETTER SEP2013 – DEC 2013
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A very Merry Christmas to all and a warm welcome to our latest
newsletter which aims to highlight some of the great work that
has taken place across the Partnership. It has been a fun, PE &
sport filled autumn term; the information you will find in this
newsletter merely scratches the surface of all the activities that
have been delivered and the positive impact PE and sport have
had on the young people in our Partnership Schools.
The introduction of the Sports Premium funding at the start of
this term has undoubtedly given schools the opportunity to
increase both the amount and breadth of sporting opportunities
for their children and enhance the quality of PE delivered. I am
pleased to let you know the Chancellor of the Exchequer's
recent Autumn Statement revealed that the Sport Premium will
now be extended into the academic year 2015/2016, having
originally only been guaranteed for two years.
Finally from me, thank you to all of the sport partnership team,
PE Coordinators and school staff for their continued hard work
and support over the Autumn Term. We are already looking
forward to an action packed Spring Term during which new
projects and initiatives such as Change 4 Life Primary Sports
Clubs, Secondary Schools Xtreme Sports Sportivate programme
will be rolled out.
Emma Nichol; Strategic Manager
The Durham & Chester-le-Street Physical Activity Awards took place in
September, where the SSP were supporting a lot of nominees.
The Primary School Contribution to PE and School Sport was a hotly
contested category with Cestria, Esh CE and St Margaret’s all up for the
award; it was Esh CE who took the trophy home. They also went on to
win the category at the prestigious County Sport and Physical Activity
Awards.
The Secondary School Contribution Award went to Trinity who faced
Hermitage as their competition.
Coach of the Year was awarded to Glynn Fidgeon, Destination Judo coach
for the Durham schools.
John Hepple of Durham Johnston won Young Sporting Achievement of
the Year and Jordan Pout of Roseberry won Young Volunteer of the Year.
Jordan then went on to win Young Volunteer of the Year at the County
Awards.
St Leonard’s U14 Football Team recently won The Northern Echo Local
Heroes Team of the Year Award after becoming National Champions last
season.
Congratulations to all the nominees and award winners!
Back by popular demand, Soccertots!
300 Key Stage 1 footballers headed to Maiden
Castle for a fun-filled morning of activity.
The little soccertots were split into two groups,
with the opportunity to take part in skill based
activities and matches. The skill activities were
set up to develop fundamental skills including,
heading, dribbling and passing. Over on the 3G
pitch, small pitches were set up for 5-a-side
matches. For some of the youngsters this was
their first experience of playing a proper game!
Despite the rain all the children thoroughly
enjoyed themselves.
A big thank you to the BTEC sport students from
St Leonard’s who helped with the skill activities
and refereeing the games. Also thanks to
Graeme Carrick from The FA Tesco Skills for his
help and support with the festival.
Welcome Award Winners Soccertots
The Disability Swimming Gala took place in
December, in partnership with Easington SSP. 25
youngsters from across the 2 partnerships came
down to Freeman's Quay to take part in the gala
and record a time to see if they would qualify for
the County Durham School Games.
There was a whole host of ages ranging from
pupils in Year 4 right the way up to Year 11.
Everyone got the option to swim 25m frontcrawl,
backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and 50m
freestyle, each recording an individual time and a
chance to represent their respective area at the
School Games later in the year.
There was a fantastic effort from everyone, no
one gave up and they gave it their all. We were
also lucky enough to have 2 national swimmers
at the gala who were a real role model and
inspiration to some of the younger swimmers.
Disability Swimming
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Table Tennis returned for our secondary schools with
competitions for U13 and U16.
The standard of table tennis is constantly improving
with a lot of hard work and practice taking place in
schools.
The following teams won their competitions and will
compete in the County School Games in March…
Chester-le-Street U13 Boys – Fyndoune CC
Chester-le-Street U13 Girls – Roseberry College
Chester-le-Street U16 Boys - TBC
Chester-le-Street U16 Girls - TBC
Durham U13 Boys – Belmont Community School
Durham U13 Girls – Durham Johnston School
Durham U16 Boys – Framwellgate School Durham
Durham U16 Girls – Durham Johnston School
23 schools, with over 700 Key Stage 2 pupils, came
along to a windy Meadowfield to compete to earn their
place to represent Durham and Chester-le-Street at the
County Cross Country Competition in March.
There was a tremendous effort by every single
competitor with the final finisher in each race running
across the line.
In the morning event Cestria shone - claiming a team
victory in the Year 3/4 boy’s race and the Year 5/6 girl’s
race. Finchale also had strong Year 3/4 competitors,
winning the girl’s race and finishing second in the boy’s
race. Bluecoat had some great performances across the
board and gained first place in the Y5/6 boy’s race.
The afternoon races had some very strong teams with
the best score of the day coming from St Margaret’s in
the Year 5/6 Girls race, with St Margaret’s team also
winning the Year 5/6 Boys race. In the Year 3/4 races it
was Shincliffe who came out on top in the girls’ race
and Newker triumphed in the boys’ race.
There was individual placing for runners from
Edmondsley, Ouston, Pittington and St Godric’s.
Good luck to all the runners at the County Finals in
March!
This year we had a huge response from schools and
the festival was incredibly popular, 12 schools entered
with a massive 50 teams taking part in total!
A lot of children had never played a game of hockey
before and some had never even picked up a hockey
stick! The festival gave them a chance to improve their
basic hockey skills, learn the rules and experience
competition in a fun and exciting environment. They
even got to experience playing on a water-base pitch
like professional hockey players.
Everyone looked to be having a great time throughout
the whole festival. A big thank you to the young leaders
from Hermitage who came along to referee and score
the games, you did fantastic.
We hope Quicksticks will be just as popular next year.
Table Tennis Cross Country Quicksticks
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Deerness Gymnastics Academy hosted the Gymnastics
Showcase festival in October with 7 schools entering.
Each school took to the floor in turn to perform some
fantastic routines. It was clear all the children had been
practicing their gymnastic skills and working hard on
their routines, with some great props and costumes. All
the routines were performed to a packed audience of
family and friends - thank you for your support.
After all the schools had performed 4 girls in year 7 at
Durham Johnston, who train collectively for more than
20 hours a week at Deerness Gymnastics Club, took to
the floor to perform a routine involving lots of
tumbling. They were all amazing and their
performance was a great way to round off the festival!
Once again the Leadership Academy has been hugely
popular with over 100 successful applicants.
56 of these applicants attended the launch day at
Freeman’s Quay in October, where they got to learn
some key leadership skills and meet other likeminded
young leaders from different schools.
During the day they got to take part in 3 workshops;
FUNdamentals, Warming Up and Being a Leader. The
FUNdamentals workshop introduced the leaders to the
ABC principle, of agility, balance and coordination, and
gave them the opportunity to come up with games and
activities to develop key skills. In the Warming Up
workshop the leaders were given a taste of how they
can lead a fun warm up with and without equipment.
The Being a Leader workshop had 2 parts, the first a
health and safety quiz which got the leaders to think
about key situations, giving a rationale for their answer.
Plus there was a prize for the winning team throughout
the day! Then County Durham Sport gave a
presentation about volunteering hours, qualifications
and what happens next.
The young leaders are now fully equipped with skills and
knowledge to succeed in their leadership journey and will
complete many hours volunteering in schools, clubs and
with the SSP. At the end of the year those who have
completed 50 or more hours will be invited to a
celebration event.
Those who excelled in last year’s Academy were invited to
be part of the Leadership Champions. There are currently
8 students from Durham & CLS who are part of either the
coaches, officials or media academy. From this they get to
further their leadership skills and learn specifically about
their chosen pathway, whilst gaining a qualification.
Good luck to everyone with their leadership and
volunteering!
Leadership Academy Gymnastics Rowing
Durham Amateur Rowing Club hosted the Indoor
Rowing competition for our secondary schools in
November.
The first race of the event was the sixth formers who
had to row 2000m in the quickest time, it got the
competition off to a great start and gave the younger
ones a real feel for the event and got everyone into the
spirit.
Then the year 7’s took to the ergo’s with the races
working up to year 11, an extra minute of rowing added
for each year group. There were some fantastic races
some with only 1m in it!
The top in each race from Durham & CLS qualified for
the county finals. At the county finals both our areas
had great success and did us proud.
Well done to all those competing.
25 schools have affiliated to be part of association this
year and we’ve already had lots of cups and the first
round of leagues!
League Results:
DCBC – Esh CE Primary School
Durham Johnston – Pittington Primary School
Meadowfield – St Godric’s Primary School
Cup Results
Boys ESFA - Finchale Primary School
Girls ESFA – Bowburn Junior School
Eden Colliery Cup (Small Schools) – Finchale Primary School
Alan Grimes Cup (Large Schools) – St Godric’s Primary
School
The U11District Squad have also had an impressive start to
the season!
On 19th October the boys headed out for their first fixture,
a 7-a-side inter-district tournament at the Sunderland
Academy of Light. After a tough start against the eventual
winners, the boys battled their way to finish in 3rd place
behind Darlington and Sunderland! They showed excellent
commitment and attitude throughout, and thoroughly
deserved their bronze place!
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13 schools took part in this year’s Tag Rugby
festival, with each school having a team in the A
section of the competition. In total there were 21
teams with some schools bringing B and C teams to
take part in a separate competition.
In all of the games there were some fantastic
dodging and tagging which impressed England
Rugby player and Community Coach Tamara
Taylor, who was on hand to offer some advice to
teams and referees.
After winning their respective groups in the A
section, Pittington and Silver Tree were through to
play in the final. In the B section, Cestria and
Bluecoat won all of their games to come top of
their groups.
On to the final and with a crowd of supporters
from the other schools the pressure didn’t get to
Pittington or Silver Tree, who played with great
skill and confidence in a very tight match. But
there had to be a winner and it was Pittington who
claimed the victory in extra time. They will now go
on to represent Durham City at the County
Durham School Games in March.
Meanwhile Key Stage 1 got in on the tag action too,
with their own festival of over 300 children.
The festival aimed to give the children a taste of tag
rugby and learn fundamental skills. They were split
into 2 groups with each getting the chance to play
games and try out the skill stations. For the majority
of the children this was their first experience of tag
rugby and from the smiles of their faces they were
enjoying it!
On the skill stations the children got to learn how to
pass the ball, score a try and dodge away from
people – all of which they could then put into
practise in the mini games.
This was the first time we have ran this event, we
hope you all had lots of fun!
Thanks to the leaders from Durham Sixth Form
Centre and Roseberry for helping out at the 2
festivals.
Rugby Durham City Primary Schools Football Association
Then on 7th December the Year 6 boys faced Darlington in the
first round of the 9-a-side Derwent and Medomsley Cup. In
the 7-a-side tournament Darlington sneaked a last minute goal
for a 1-1 draw. The boys were ready to dig deep in the 50
minute game, to stop a repeat of this result! A strong start
and some excellent link up play led to our first goal in the
second minute of the game. The boys took this momentum
and ran with it – literally! Durham had the majority of the
possession, and dominated the game. Final Score ... 3-0
Durham! Team Managers, Paul Donaghy and Leanne
Weatherburn, said it was the most exciting game of U11
football they had watched in a long time! Durham are now
through to the quarter finals of the cup, where they have
another home draw to East Northumberland in February.
The final fixture of the term saw all boys head off to Stanley
for the inter-district indoor 5-a-side tournament. With most
districts bringing 2 teams, the boys had plenty of opportunity
to show off their talents in this fast paced game! Again, the
boys showed great team spirit, with the B team coming out as
runners up in their group!
Well done to the boys on an excellent start to the season, and
here’s to the same in 2014!!!
Everyone put on your Dancing Shoes as Strictly came
to Meadowfield.
Come dancing was introduced as a taster festival this
year and we had 260 children from 10 different schools
take part.
There were 4 different dance styles for everyone to try;
contemporary, street, bokwa and salsa! There were
some great little dancers with everyone giving their all
and learning some new moves. We had some excellent
hip movements in the salsa session!
A huge thank you to Gemma and Jess, Tin Arts and
Bowka instructor Catherine Elliot for your sessions -
they were amazing!
Come Dancing
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Throughout November six Y5/6 competitions have
been held at Fyndoune, DCBC, Park View, Durham
Johnston, Framwellgate & Belmont. 25 primary
schools brought a team of girls and boys to take part in
a range of track and field events including; obstacle
relay, 4x1 relay, speed bounce & vertical jump.
The atmosphere at each of the competitions was
electric, with everyone showing real team spirit and
getting behind all the athletes, and with some tight on
the line finishes in the track events it was vital everyone
gave their all.
Three records have been broken in this round of
competitions all by girls. The first record to be broken
was by an athlete from St Margaret’s in the Standing
Long Jump who jumped 2.02m, the Chest Push was the
next record to fall with an impressive 7.64m by a young
athlete from Framwellgate Moor Primary. A West
Rainton athlete broke the Soft Javelin record by 1m
with a throw of 16.1m.
The winning team at each of the 6 competitions went
on to the SSP final on the 11th December. The 6 schools
competing for a place in the School Games were;
Ouston, Silver Tree, Cestria, St Margaret’s, Bluecoat
and Belmont.
The standard at the final was exceptionally high; it was
clear every team had been training hard for the final.
No team disappointed with exciting races and high
scores recorded all round in the field events.
But there had to be a winner and this year it was St.
Margaret’s team who clinched victory and took the
champions title, they will represent Durham City at the
School Games in March. Cestria came in second and
they also qualify for the School Games as the Chester-
le-Street representative. The SSP wishes both teams
the best of luck.
The secondary schools also had their chance to
compete for sportshall victory with all 9 of our
secondary schools taking part.
As with the primary competitions the atmosphere was
incredible, with a lot of sportsmanship and team spirit
on display, as well as fantastic individual and team
performances; with every point counting towards the
final team score.
The winning positions were changing after each event,
but the final scores were as follows …
For CLS; Hermitage won the Year 7 Boys competition
and Roseberry were victorious in the Year 8 Boys. In the
Year 7 and Year 8 Girls competition it is Park View who
earns a place in the County final. In the Durham
competition it was Durham Johnston who were
triumphant in all the categories and their 4 teams will
represent Durham at the County Durham School Games
in March.
Sportshall Athletics
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January Various High 5 Netball Leagues
January Various Y7 Basketball CVL
8th & 15th Jan Durham KS3&4 Badminton
14th Jan PLT Day
15th Jan KS2 Swimming Gala
22nd & 29th Jan CLS KS3&4 Badminton
20th Jan KS2 Disability Sport Start
28th Jan U15 Girls Indoor Cricket
5th Feb Secondary NAK/Wheelchair B’ball
5th Feb Y8/9 Boys Basketball
6th Feb U13 Girls Contact Rugby Union
7th Feb Disability Y6/7/8 G&T Session 2
11th & 12th Feb Key Steps Gymnastics Carousel
13th Feb KS1 Gymnastics Carousel
14th Feb Y6 G&T Session 2
26th Feb Y7/8 Boys Indoor Cricket
4th March Dance Festival
4th March CLS Y7 and Y8/9 Netball
6th March Y5/6 Basketball
7th March Zambia Run
11th March High 5 Netball Finals
12th, 13th & 20th March Infant Agility
19th March KS3/4 Dance Festival
24th & 25th March Dance Festival
27th March KS1 Basketball Festival
28th March Winter School Games
1st April County Disability Athletics
2nd April Go Ride Cycling
The SSP are moving offices!
Our new address as of January is
School House Haworth Building (University Nursery) Leazes Road, Durham, DH1 1TA
This is just off Gilesgate Roundabout, next
to St Hild and Bede College
Office phone numbers should stay the
same; if this changes we will let you know
asap
It’s been another busy but great term, we
hope you’ve enjoyed it as much as we
have!
From everyone at the partnership we wish
you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year. We’re sure you’ll all have a
lovely well earned rest over the break.
See You In 2014!
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