Alternative Provision and the School Games
Over the 2020/21 academic year, there has been a focus on Alternative Provision and the School Games. Here you can find a list of the blogs shared on this topic and supporting resources.
Engaging with Alternative Provision - the story so far
Vicci Wells, National Manager - Targeted Interventions at YST, introduces us to the current landscape in alternative provision (AP) settings, work between the School Games and AP’s to date, and shares some strategies you can take to engage with AP schools in your area.
Read the blog here.
Sport Sanctuaries
Vicci Wells, from the Youth Sport Trust, explores whether sport sanctuaries in schools could help young people recover from the impact of a pandemic. Her ideas are strongly allied to the five levers in the recovery curriculum, especially meta-cognition and space.
Recently Ofsted published evidence on the mental distress and erosion of mental health in children and young people. We have to find ways that enable young people themselves to self regulate their mood and rebuild their resilience. Exercise, for all of its well known benefits, offers this at all levels for all learners.
Read the blog here.
You can also catch up on a free workshop that was co-hosted with Lawnswood Campus Alternative Provision, as part of the Youth Sport Trust Coronavirus Support Live series. You can watch the session here.
The role that sport and the School Games can play in supporting young people and developing positive behaviour choices
Dr Niamh Mourton, one of team of Development Coaches specialising in Alternative Provision, shares her thoughts around positive behaviour and the link to School Games.
Read the blog here.
You can also catch up on a free workshop that was hosted as part of the second Youth Sport Trust Coronavirus Support Live series, delivered by a Head of AP and PE lead at Sandbach School (South Cheshire and North Staffordshire). You can watch the session here.
How can you support Alternative Provision in your area?
Laura Rookard and Katie Jones, both Development Coaches specialising in Alternative Provision, share their ideas around how to start engagement with schools in your areas.
Read the blog here.
Collaboration across the sector
This is part of our Alternative Provision blog series and this month sees Development Coach for Alternative Provision, Karen Erikson share her insight from engaging Alternative Provision in her area.
Examples of engagement in practice
This is part of our Alternative Provision blog series and sees Rob Belbin, Development Coach for Alternative Provision, blog about his learnings and experiences in engaging Alternative Provision settings in the School Games.
Read the blog here.
