Young People Leading the way:

Utilising student engagement in the School Games

Jo Hayes – The Mountbatten School, Romsey

• To develop an understanding of ways in which students can be engaged in ‘leading the way’

• To understand how these ideas can be adapted to suit the needs of the students/school

• To create an action-plan for implementing or improving ways for engaging students in ‘leading the way’

Session Objectives

School Games Context

• Level 1 - intra-school competition• Level 2 - inter-school competitions• Level 3 – the county/area will stage multi-sport School Games

festival• Level 4 – the Sainsbury's School Games finals: a national

multi-sport event

http://www.yourschoolgames.com/about-the-games

The Mountbatten Story

CurriculumKS3 – yoUR Leaders (mainly games activities)

Students taking on different rolesGiving responsibility of learning to pupilsPutting ownership to the teams

KS4 – yoUR PathwaysAll students select activities from a pre-determined

curriculum which they will follow for that academic year (paid & unpaid options)

Senior Prefects - Sports Prefects – House Captains

Sports Leaders UK Level 1 – Yr 10Dance Leaders UK Level 1 – Yr 10

Attached to an Extra-Curricular Club

NGB Qualification Obtained (Yr 9)15 Yr 9 Stamps (T-Shirt)

Leadership Training (Jan Yr 8) 15 Stamps in Year 8 (Badge)

Primary Young Leaders Award15 Secondary Stamps in Year 7

Leadership Pathways• What does your leadership pathway look like?• How are pupils aware of this? Is it published anywhere?• How do students know what the next step is, what to do

and how to achieve it?• Does your programme engage your students?

Student Groups

• Olympic Drive Team - use the Olympic & Paralympics to inspire and promote sports participation, develop ways to prepare school for our Olympic and Paralympic games

• PE Change Teams – Improve PE, Engage more students, inform school on sporting events, results and fixtures

• Sports Prefects – house and sports captains leading the way

• What is the Olympic Drive Team?

• What do we aim to do?

• So far we have...

• How has this helped and how can it help?

Olympic Drive Team

PE Change Teams

• What is the Change Team?

• How do we know what to ‘change’?

• What are our aims?

• Where we hope to go

• What have we gained from this?

Prefect System: How does it work?

House Captains

Sports Captains

House Prefects

Sports Prefects

Senior subject Prefects

Subject Prefects

Life Skills

What it brings for usResponsibilities

Our Roles

What are we doing for 2012?

• The Olympic challenge• The House Challenge• Leaving our legacy

Inspiration Determination

Excellence Equality

Friendship Respect Courage

• The Olympic challenge• The House Challenge• Leaving our legacy

Inspiration Determination

Excellence Equality

Friendship Respect Courage

Task

Jot down different ways in which pupils lead/have input in your PE & sport

In your groups share your current practices, including examples of successes/failures.

Discuss why you think it has been successful/failedCollectively come up with solutions/adaptations

Points to consider for successes/failures:Curriculum / kit / teaching & learning styles

Task

Consider your students involvement in ‘leading the way’ the wider school/School Games programme.

How are they involved in intra school activities?How are they involved in inter school activities?Which type of students are involved in these?

Student Voice v Student Engagement

•What do you understand to be the differences between the above two points•Is ‘Student Voice’ present in your school? How? Who does this come from?•Does this result in higher student engagement for all students?

Developing effective student engagement

What are the characteristics required for effective student engagement?

• Understanding student interests / skills• Presenting the right opportunities to them• Developing successful relationships; Teachers-Students

Students-Students• Relevance in engaging! (What is the desired outcome?)• Effective rigour• Student responsibility and Leadership• Experience needs to be meaningful

Developing effective student engagement

Task

From the ideas that you have heard/discussed today create a personal action plan to include;

Intended outcomes (short & long term) Possible methods/approaches Timescale How will you evaluate success

Session Outcomes

• To develop an understanding of ways in which students can be engaged in ‘leading the way’

• To understand how these ideas can be adapted to suit the needs of the students/school

• To create an action-plan for implementing or improving ways for engaging students in ‘leading the way’

Questions?