Barry Cook

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• Barry Cook
• Active School Coordinator (Primary)
• East Renfrewshire Council

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Outline

• What is Active Schools?
• What is happening nationally?
• What is happening in East Renfrewshire,
  particularly at Kirkhill Primary?

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What is Active Schools?
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Why do we need Active Schools?

• Among Scottish children born in 2001, 20.7 were
  overweight by the time they reached 3.5 years of
  age, including 8.6 who were obese and 4.1
  severely obese.
• School aged children have higher levels of
  obesity compared to pre-school children, and the
  data shows that the proportion of over weight
  children increases as children get older. During
  school year 2004/05, 21.5 of children in P1 were
  identified as being overweight, including 9.0
  obese and 4.3 severely obese.  In P7, 34.1 were
  identified as being over weight, including 19.4
  obese and 11.2 severely obese.
• Source ISD Scotland

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What is Active Schools?

• Funded by Scottish Executive and sportscotland in
  partnership with Local Authorities.
• Integral part of a Health Promoting School.
• 12m per year, over 3 years.
• Appointment of FT 6 Active School Co-ordinators
  (Primary) in ERC area.
• In addition, 7 PT (0.2) Active School
  Coordinators (Secondary) in all high schools.
• Overall aim of primary programme is to get more
  children, more active, more often in a safe and
  fun environment i.e. not based solely on sport.
• Target 1 hour of moderate physical activity per
  day

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Management Structure
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Active School Cluster

• Mearns Primary (Base)
• Kirkhill Primary
• Eaglesham Primary
• Calderwood Lodge Primary
• Busby Primary
• ( Denotes nursery class)

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Whats happening in East Renfrewshire?
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Programmes and Areas of Focus

• Active Travel
• After-school clubs (with a particular focus on
  girls, ethnic minorities, special needs, obese
  overweight)
• Curricular PE support for teachers (Active 8) as
  well as the provision of CPD courses.
• Inter-school competitions for senior school
• Playzone (Active Playgrounds)

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Programmes and Areas of Focus

• Sports Club Links
• Volunteer Recruitment Development
• Fitness Skills Assessments (P6)
• Nursery Support Training/In-service
• Support existing physical activity health
  initiatives e.g. health weeks, sports days

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Whats happening at Kirkhill Primary?
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Active Travel

• Encouraging more pupils to walk or cycle to
  school individually or in an organised group.
• Walking bus has operated for the last 2 years
  from Broom shops.
• P6 Cycle Proficiency.
• P5 Cycle Skills.
• Installation of new bike racks.

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Active Travel Walking Bus

• Meet at a central point
• Supervised walk to school

Opportunity for children (and parents!) to have a
chat.
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After School Clubs

• We currently have 8 out of school clubs running
  this term
• Monday, Netball, P6 7
• Tuesday, Hockey, P6
• Tuesday, Cricket, P4 5
• Wednesday, Catch them Early, P2 3
• Wednesday, Football (Girls only) P5,6 7
• Thursday, Badminton, P5
• Thursday, Football (Boys) P6 7
• Friday, Cheerleading, P4 5
• There is sometimes a small charge (about 1.00
  per week) where
• coaches are bought-in to deliver a club. Clubs
  delivered by teachers or
• volunteers are free!

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After School Clubs

• In August 2004, there were only 2 active out of
  school clubs (badminton and basketball).
• There have been as many as 13 activities in a
  single term!
• Variations this year will include Rugby, P6/7
  Cheerleading P1 Catch Them Early

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Teacher Support

• Active 8 PE Good Practice Guide
• Nursery/P1 Active Start
• P2 P3 Active Foundations
• P4 P6 Active Sports
• P7 Active Teams
• Extensive programme of training though in-service
  and after school sessions. Over 200 teachers
  attended in session 2005-06.
• National Governing Body (NGB) courses offered in
  hockey, basketball, golf, hockey, athletics and
  tennis.

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Inter-school Competition

• Active 8 Festivals
• - All 24 schools
• - Football, Hockey, Netball, Athletics,
  Rugby Tennis
• Cluster Festivals
• - School teams in Football, Netball
  Basketball
• Cheerleading P4/5 and P6/7 dance-off event
• Annual cross country championships

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School Teams

• Football team at Eaglesham PS for cluster
  football festival and cross country runners ready
  to go to Rouken Glen for the annual primary cross
  country championships.

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Playzone

• Playzone is about keeping children active during
  break-times and at lunch.
• P6 pupils are trained to be Playzone Buddies and
  deliver playground games like tig, skipping and
  ball games to P1 and P2 pupils.

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Sports Club Links

• Important for progression and sustainability.
• Pathway for children to follow from PE to sports
  club.
• Active schools assist in promoting club
  activities.
• Clubs assist in festivals, health weeks and
  events providing free coaching.

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Volunteer Recruitment Development

• We are lucky to have several fantastic parents
  and and many teachers who have volunteered their
  time on a regular basis after school.
• Parents from the school board coach badminton
  classes at Mearns Castle HS.
• Active Schools have helped those volunteers to
  get NGB qualifications.
• On-going support is provided by ASC and school
  where necessary.
• We need you!

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Fitness Skills Assessments

• Each year all P6 pupils undertake a fitness and
  skills assessment.
• Figures are used along with many other statistics
  to measure the impact of active schools.
• Pupils are supported through multi-skill clubs or
  extended through the multi skill academy
  programme.
• Schools are ranked. Kirkhills fitness is pretty
  good!
• 2005 8th, 2006 2nd, 2007 4th across East
  Ren

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Community Opportunities

• Active Schools works closely with the councils
  Sports Development dept (Leisure Services).
• A range of activities are offered at weekend or
  in the evenings for children from age 3 through
  to 14.

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Other Successes!

• Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA)
• Lining of both playground with games and sports
  markings (Awards for all)
• Provision of outdoor storage and new equipment
  for PE, the MUGA and for Playzone (Awards for
  all)
• Over 6000 raised for the British Heart
  Foundation through skipping events
• Termly Newsletter

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Thank you! Questions? Contact me 07800 629
645 Email cookb_at_ea.e-renfrew.sch.uk