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Click here for courses run by the the South East Somerset School Sport Partnership .  You are welcome to book on

Primary INSET Programme

The following courses are planned for the 2010-11 academic year. Please let us know as soon as possible if you would like to book on to any of these. A minimum of 10 people will be required for each course to run.

Tone School Sports Partnership In-Service training programme

No.
Sport
Name of Course
Date
Venue

 1

 Swimming
Module 1
Tutor Colin Christmas
ASA Certificate for Teaching School Swimming (Key Stages 1 and 2)
In order to achieve the full certificate candidates must complete modules 1 and 2. Candidates who complete module 1 only will receive an attendance certificate
Who can attend?
The course is open to any person working within a primary school swimming programme e.g. school teacher, classroom assistant, learning support staff, nursery nurse, qualified swimming teachers, parent, other helpers etc. 
Once qualified you will be equipped to actively assist and/or support a more qualified teacher in the teaching of a range of core aquatic skills to a small group
 Thursday 16th September
9.30am- 4.30pm
 
St Georges Catholic centre / School
The Mount
Taunton
TA1 3NR

 2

 Cycling
Go Ride
ACAT
Activity Coach for teachers
Tutor Chris Yates, British Cycling
Go Ride is an exciting way to get children cycling with lots of different activities, challenges and skills to be delivered. The cycling can take place on grass or playgrounds and gives excellent ideas on cycle safety whilst also being a great fun physical activity.
To attend the training you must be a qualified teacher but other than that no experience of delivering cycling is necessary.
Cost £55
Half of the course costs have been subsidized by British Cycling but normally costs £105 including a resource pack per school.
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Wednesday 22nd September
9.00am - 3.30pm
 
St Georges Catholic Centre and School,
The Mount, Taunton, TA1 3NR

 2

PLT Training Planning for the future
Tutor Dave Bullock, Lucy Mowlam
The day will be focused on:
1) Identifying School priorities based on your PESSYP survey results to draw up an effective development plan that identifies how your supply days will be used.  The SSCo’s will be present so that they can best support your school in increasing physical activity levels in your school. 
2) Leadership and new KS" resource and plans
3) We will also be reviewing how we can make festivals and competitions more sustainable and how better links can be created with local clubs.  We will also have practical sessions based on Key steps Gymnastics, Quicksticks hockey and Orienteering
Wednesday 29th September
9.00am - 3.30pm 
Taunton Vale Sports Club
Gipsy Lane,
Taunton, TA2 6LL

 3

 
 Swimming
Module 1
Tutor Colin Christmas
ASA Certificate for Teaching School Swimming (Key Stages 1 and 2)
In order to achieve the full certificate candidates must complete modules 1 and 2. Candidates who complete module 1 only will receive an attendance certificate
Who can attend?
The course is open to any person working within a primary school swimming programme e.g. school teacher, classroom assistant, learning support staff, nursery nurse, qualified swimming teachers, parent, other helpers etc. 
Once qualified you will be equipped to actively assist and/or support a more qualified teacher in the teaching of a range of core aquatic skills to a small group
 Thursday 30th September
9.30am- 4.30pm
 
St Georges Catholic centre / School
The Mount
Taunton
TA1 3NR

 5

 Top Activity
Tutor Dave Bullock
An exciting new programme of ‘alternative’ sport and physical activities designed for use in the informal out of school hours club setting to appeal to children aged 5-11who may not currently access sport and recreational activities through the more traditional routes.
• Aims
1) Creating opportunities for all
2) Fun, safe, purposeful physical activity
3) Informality; allowing young people to have a go
4) Involvement; giving young people a say
5) Taking part at your own level
6) Sparking an interest in lifelong activity
Areas of activity include
1. Xpress Yourself:  Dance, cheerleading, martial fitness, jive, salsa
2. Xercise Highs: Skipping, hula, oppy relays, wake n’ shake, circuits
3. Xtra Time: Small-sided games, relays, clapping, number & ball games, parachute, frisbee, throwing & running activities
4. Xtreme Challenges:   Circus moves, limbo, tri-golf, rock-it-ball, seated volleyball, co-operative games,
 Monday 18th October
9.30am - 12.20pm
 Somerset College Sports centre,
Wellington Road, Taunton

 6

 
Top Activity
Tutor Dave Bullock
An exciting new programme of ‘alternative’ sport and physical activities designed for use in the informal out of school hours club setting to appeal to children aged 5-11who may not currently access sport and recreational activities through the more traditional routes.
• Aims
1) Creating opportunities for all
2) Fun, safe, purposeful physical activity
3) Informality; allowing young people to have a go
4) Involvement; giving young people a say
5) Taking part at your own level
6) Sparking an interest in lifelong activity
Areas of activity include
1. Xpress Yourself:  Dance, cheerleading, martial fitness, jive, salsa
2. Xercise Highs: Skipping, hula, oppy relays, wake n’ shake, circuits
3. Xtra Time: Small-sided games, relays, clapping, number & ball games, parachute, frisbee, throwing & running activities
4. Xtreme Challenges:   Circus moves, limbo, tri-golf, rock-it-ball, seated volleyball, co-operative games,
 Tuesday 19th October
9.00am - 12.00pm
 
Taunton Vale Sports Club
Gipsy Lane,
Taunton, TA2 6LL

 7

 Swimming
Module 2
 Tutor Colin Christmas
ASA Certificate for Teaching School Swimming (Key Stages 1 and 2)
In order to achieve the full certificate candidates must complete modules 1 and 2. Candidates who complete module 1 only will receive an attendance certificate
Who can attend?
The course is open to any person working within a primary school swimming programme e.g. school teacher, classroom assistant, learning support staff, nursery nurse, qualified swimming teachers, parent, other helpers etc. 
Once qualified you will be equipped with the skills to plan and evaluate a programme designed to meet the swimming component of the National Curriculum (NC) and to teach without supervision, a range of skills to groups within a school swimming programme.
 Thursday 2nd December
9.30am- 4.30pm
and
Thursday 9th Devember
4.00pm - 7.00pm
 
St Georges Catholic centre / School
The Mount
Taunton
TA1 3NR