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SHAPE Weekly Newsletter

2nd April 2025


Welcome!

What a busy and exciting week it has been! We had the pleasure of watching 32 schools and 45 movie-inspired dance performances over two days at the Primary Dance Festival. The effort from everyone involved was truly amazing.

We enjoyed a fantastic morning at Mount St Mary's College for the DASN County Championship Cross Country. Hasland Junior secured joint first place in the Y5/6 Boys race and also took third place as a team. Old Hall Junior came second in the Y3/4 Boys team race—well done to them!

Adding to the excitement, the Sports Hall Athletics for Chesterfield and NED was held at Outwood Academy Newbold. Congratulations to the Grand Final Winners, Hasland Junior School, and the Plate Final Winners, Walton Holymoorside Primary School. Hasland Junior are off to the County Finals today at Alfreton, so let's wish them luck!

That leaves us to wish you all a wonderful Easter break.

Remember, if you have any news, achievements, or shout-outs that you would like us to share with our affiliated schools, please email l.caton@brookfieldcs.org.uk and we will include them in the newsletter.

Warm regards, SHAPE Learning Partnership Team


Actions For This Term

 

Term 4

  • Have you trained and utilised pupils as mini-leaders, sports councils etc?

Little or mini-sports leaders, sports crews, sports councils can all be trained and used wisely to enhance your sport and physical activity offer.

  • Have you completed your Inclusive Health Check?

The IHC sits on your www.yourschoolgames.com dashboard (KS2 only). The Activity Alliance Inclusive Education Hub provides a wider inclusive PE audit tool to support dialogue, discussion and subsequent action planning.

  • Have you conducted any youth voice?

Youth voice and pupil engagement is significant in providing voice and choice for young people to feel heard and involved in shaping their PESSPA offer.

As a polite reminder, please respond to Louise regarding pupil numbers when you receive a booking reminder email. Timely submission of these numbers is essential for our event organisation.

Last Chance To Book

 
  • Y3/4 Root Academy Cricket - 22/04/25 - Staveley Cricket Ground - BOOK HERE
  • Y3/4 Root Academy Cricket - 23/04/25 - Coal Aston Cricket Ground - BOOK HERE
  • Y3/4 Root Academy Cricket - 24/04/25 - Ashover Cricket Ground - BOOK HERE
  • Primary PE Network Consultation - 24/04/25 - Chesterfield FC - BOOK HERE

Primary Dance Festival

 

We will be sending out links for the photos and videos which were taken over the two days.  Please check your inbox when you return from your Easter Break.  These will be sent through We Transfer and there will be a 7-day download window.

Club Opportunities

 

Wildcats Girls Football Sessions

Please see the attached flyer for the Wild Cats Girls Football sessions at Brookfield Community School which take place every Sunday.  It's a great opportunity for girls who want to give football a go in a fun and friendly environment.  If you could send this out to your parents and put it on your school's noticeboard.

WILDCATS FLYER

 

SQUAD Girls Football Sessions

New for this year is the Squad Girls Football, available for 12-16 year old girls.  If you could display and send out the attached flyer with the Wildcats flyer to parents.

SQUAD GIRLS

Upcoming Events

 
EVENT DATE VENUE BOOK
Y3/4 Root Academy Cricket 22/04/2025 Staveley Cricket Ground BOOK HERE
Y3/4 Root Academy Cricket 23/04/2025 Coal Aston Cricket Ground BOOK HERE
Primary PE Network Consultation 24/04/2025 Chesterfield FC BOOK HERE
Y3/4 Root Academy Cricket 24/04/2025 Ashover Cricket Ground BOOK HERE
Reception Early Racer 30/04/2025 Eckington School BOOK HERE
Y3/4 Tennis Festival 08/05/2025 Chesterfield Tennis Centre BOOK HERE
Y5/6 Tennis Festival 08/05/2025 Chesterfield Tennis Centre BOOK HERE
Y3/4 Girls Football Cup 09/05/2025 Brookfield Community School BOOK HERE
Y3-6 SEND Tennis Festival 09/05/2025 Chesterfield Tennis Centre BOOK HERE
Y5/6 Tennis Festival 09/05/2025 Chesterfield Tennis Centre BOOK HERE
Reception Early Racer 12/05/2025 Springwell Community College BOOK HERE
Reception Early Racer 13/05/2025 Chesterfield Tennis Centre BOOK HERE
Y1/2 Allstars Cricket Festival 13/05/2025 Ashover Cricket Club BOOK HERE
Fun2Run 14/05/2025 Holmebroook Valley Park BOOK HERE
Y1/2 Allstars Cricket Festival 15/05/2025 Ashover Cricket Club BOOK HERE
Y1/2 Allstars Cricket Festival 15/05/2025 Queens Park Cricket Club BOOK HERE
Y1/2 Allstars Cricket Festival 16/05/2025 Queens Park Cricket Club BOOK HERE
Y5/6 Countdown Cricket (Mixed) 03/06/2025 Cutthorpe Cricket Club BOOK HERE
Y5/6 Countdown Cricket (Girls) 03/06/2025 Cutthorpe Cricket Club BOOK HERE

CPD

Primary PE Network Consultation

24/04/2025 - 12:15 - Chesterfield FC - BOOK HERE

 

Lawn Tennis Association Teacher Training

The LTA has organised an LTA Youth Primary Teachers course to take place at Graves Health & Sports Centre on 25th April – 10.00am – 12.00pm.

This opportunity is being offered to teachers in Chesterfield and NE Derbyshire.  Any teacher where the school hasn’t previously attended the course will receive a £250 voucher for equipment or follow-on team-teaching support. If a teacher from a school has previously attended, and activated their first voucher in 2020 or 2021, then there is now a second voucher available which will have a value of £150 which can be redeemed against 5 hours of team teaching with an LTA Accredited Coach or equipment from the Zsig schools’ collection.

To book onto the course, the teachers must follow the 2-step process below:  

  1. Sign up to LTA Youth Schools first

           www.lta.org.uk/schools

  1. Then book onto the relevant course via this link:

           LTA Primary Teachers Course - 25th April - Graves.

 

Supporting PE: An introduction for Teaching Assistants eLearning

This course has been made possible through Inclusion 2024 which is a Department for Education funded grant that is helping to increase participation of children with additional needs in PE and school sport.

This short course is designed to improve your confidence in supporting the delivery of inclusive PE and to help you create outstanding experiences for every pupil, regardless of their abilities.

As this is an eLearning course, you will need a working internet connection to access this content. For an optimal experience, we recommend using the latest browser version.

As part of the Inclusion 2024 programme, Activity Alliance are offering schools free access to this training. Please use the discount code Inclusion2024

ENROL HERE

 

Inclusive PE

We are excited to share the release of the free Inclusive Physical Education e-learning course as part of the Inclusion 2024 programme investment. This course has 10 bite-size modules that have been designed to increase teachers, teaching assistants, sports practitioners and the wider school workforce in the knowledge and confidence to deliver inclusive PE and school sport. The content has been redeveloped with the support of Leeds Beckett University and Lead Inclusion Schools to ensure the information is informative and relevant to practitioners. Each section contains an introduction, key facts, space for self-reflection on current practice, tips on how to improve your practice and a handy additional resource page. A certificate is provided after each module, in addition to the completion of all ten modules.

Hurry! This course is free for this academic year only, using the discount code Inclusion2024.

Sign up here

 

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