Raising Student Achievement

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Influencing Education The Sport in Education
Project
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Howick College (Auckland) Kaikorai Valley College
(Dunedin)

• Iva Ropati
• Rick Geerlofs

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Howick College School type Secondary (Y9
Y15) Decile 10 School roll 1850 Internati
onal students 60 Gender composition Girls
51 Boys 49 Ethnic composition European
60 NZ Maori 12 Chinese 8 Indian
6 Pasifika 5 other Asia 3 Other 6
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Kaikorai Valley College School type Composite
(Y7 Y15) Decile 5 School
roll 550 International students 40-50 Gender
composition Girls 47 Boys 53 Ethnic
composition European 70 NZ Maori 13
Chinese 3 Indian 2 Pasifika
4 other Asia 3 Other 5
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Howick Initiatives

• Sports Pathways class (Y9)
• Two classes, 30 boys and 30 girls
• By application only
• Pathways into coaching, refereeing, sports
  journalism
• Covers sports nutrition, psychology, technology
  to enhance performance and principles of training
• Sports nutrition making a nutritional energy
  bar. Then doing research on its capability to
  improve stamina, nutritional value etc

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Howick Initiatives

• Y10 English class (sports focussed)
• Focused on disengaged students
• Covers English curriculum but sport context
• Pre and post testing
• Use of sport related resources
• Essay writing topical issues such as shoulder
  charge, drugs in cycling
• Film study Invictus
• Non-fiction Running on Empty, the Ropati Story
  

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Howick Initiatives

• Community relationships
• Student sports leadership clinics in
  contributing primary schools
• Growing coaches
• Growing leaders
• Sport specific activities
• Sports ambassador
• Sports clusters

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How we will measure our success

• All measured by usual satisfaction surveys
  (student voice) and engagement tools
• Sports pathway class measured by regular
  assessment practice
• Sports Pathways programme students continue to
  study and pursue sports related options in senior
  school
• Community relationships increased participation
  and involvement

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KVC Initiatives

• Year 9 Sporting Context
• Smallest cohort, two classes, retention critical
• Mixed ability and reasonably able
• In 2013 focus is in English, Mathematics, PE
• Total rewrite of teaching programmes using sport
  as context for learning, in some respects cross
  curricular
• Incorporating the key competencies as found in
  the NZC document
• Classes divided into working groups/teams with
  captains.
• Both individual and team competition is
  encouraged, scores retained and rewards given

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KVC Initiatives

• 2. Leadership (Year 12 activities)
• Curriculum-aligned leadership programme
  Growing Coaches, Leadership through League
• Practical coaching experience with primary and
  secondary students
• We have students working at 6 contributing
  primary schools Tuesday afternoons for terms 1,2
  and 3
• Also Year 13 Sports leaders organising Year 9
  10 Lunchtime sports

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KVC Initiatives

• 3. Community Links
• Improved facility utilisation Judo Club, Table
  Tennis Club, Badminton Adult fitness classes
  using our Gymnasium complex out of school hours
• Club connections and support Judo, Badminton
  and Table Tennis provide coaching for our
  students
• Sports councils
• Sports expo (next page)

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KVC Initiatives

• KVC 1000km Challenge and Sports Expo
• Sponsored run 1.5 km
• Work in class groups of approximately 20 students
• 24 different sports
• Complete eight 30 min stations
• KVC staff and sports organisations staff the
  stations
• A staff member follows each class

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KVC Initiatives

• Primary Schools Sports Expo
• 450 students from Year 5 and 6
• 13 schools
• 22 different sports
• Each group completed eight 30 min stations
• KVC staff and sports organisations staff the
  stations
• A staff member follows each group

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KVC Initiatives

• What next? - School Values and Culture
• Year 7 inter-form sports
• Utilising the values of sport inside the school
• Storytelling
• Heroes
• Role models
• Sports imagery

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Conclusion

• Started relatively small but intend to increase
  the emphasis on sport
• Focus not just on disengaged but also high
  achievers
• A real connection with our contributing schools
  and development of partnerships
• Facilities to support emphasis is important and
  plans underway to upgrade
• Opportunity to re-launch school values

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The Implications for our Sector?
Community Organisations RSTs, RSOs, clubs
Primary Schools increased PE delivery capability
and competence. Coaching assistance to sports
School Culture focused on Sport Values and Ethics
Secondary School
Curriculum PE, Maths, English
Student Leadership Through Coaching
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The Implications for our Sector?

• Better clarity of the value proposition of sport
• For young people
• For schools
• For communities
• For government
• For RSTs/NSOs/RSOs
• A sports culture

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The Implications for our Sector?
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The Implications for our Sector?

• Sport delivery officials, events, coaches,
  advice, support
• Community hubs and pathways
• Student leadership through sport
• Facilities

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Questions and Answers
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Formal sport Organised sport Competitive sport
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Mucking around Informal sport Active recreation