RB GYM AND SPORT

One of the aims of the Sport Premium Funding is to increase Confidence, Knowledge and Skills of all staff in teaching P.E and Sport. The Funding encourages you to do this by: Providing staff with professional development, mentoring, training and resources to help them teach PE and sport more effectively and embed physical activity across your school. Hiring qualified sports coaches to work with teachers to enhance or extend current opportunities.   To ensure you are getting High Quality CPD, below are some Key indicators that you should consider when choosing your provider of CPD and areas you should be questioning.   Can the impact of the CPD be measured? Do you receive impact reports at the end of the academic year/term to outline how teachers have developed their knowledge, confidence and skills after undergoing CPD? Recorded Evidence: Effective CPD should re...

You’ve probably heard about it by now, the idea of physically active learning. Gone are the days when pupils would spend an entire hour sat behind their desks.    Okay, we may be being bit optimistic suggesting this no longer happens, but we can dream, can’t we?   And why do we dream this to be a thing of the past? You only have to look at the facts…     Enhanced academic achievement   Did you know that after 2 years of physically active learning , a child could be 4 months ahead in maths and spelling in comparison to seated learning?   There’s no shortage of research that supports the use of long-term physically active learning. A study looking into the effects of physical activity on academic achievement found the impact to be strongest in maths, yet all academic subjects were proven to benefit.   Improved attention   Physical activity has a significant impact on the focus of an individual. You may be thinking, surely getti...

You know the saying ‘It does what it says on the tin’? Well, that’s Maths on the Move. It’s doing maths whilst on the move.   Of course there’s a whole lot more to say about this innovative programme designed by teachers for teachers; but the concept is that simple.   First, some hard hitting facts   ·         33% of 4 to 11 year olds in the UK are overweight or obese   ·         Children aged 5 - 16 spend on average 6hrs per day in front of screens   ·         On average, 70% of children’s classroom time is spent sitting.     Think of a classroom. What do you picture? Teacher standing at the front and pupils sat behind desks? Yes, because so often that is the picture, shown by the 70% statistic.    But why is it? Perhaps more importantly, why does it have to be? Turns out it doesn’t.   We know because we’ve seen ...