Sports College Conference: Achieving the Impossible

Wednesday 9 and Thursday 10 February 2011Sue at conference

The International Centre, Telford

Conference overview:

The 2011 Sports Colleges Conference, aimed at headteachers, directors of specialism and subject leaders from Sports Colleges, Academies and non-Sports College hub sites, was focused on Sports Colleges as centres of excellence. It showcased exciting and innovative work, with inspirational ideas about how to maximise learning and achievement for young people in the new education and sporting landscape.

Our key note speakers were:

  • Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport;
  • David Bell, Permanent Secretary, Department for Education; and
  • Jo Salter, Britain’s first female fighter pilot flying the Tornado GR1, who was at the time, one of only five women fighter pilots in the world.

We were also joined by a number of young people from across the country who performed for delegates throughout the conference.

 

Opening keynote - Steve Grainger MBE

Click here to download a pdf of the PowerPoint presentation made on Day one.

 

Mini-keynotes (Day one and two)

Mini-keynote 1 (MKN-1) Are you leading or managing your subject?

Mini-keynote 2 (MKN-2) The School Games - what it means for schools

Mini-keynote 3 (MKN-3)  The use of world class psychology to support learners

Mini-keynote 5 (MKN-5) The contribution of the sport specialism to raising standards 

 

Seminar presentations

Day one

Seminar 1 (S-1) - Developing a consistent summative assessment framework for Physical Education

Seminar 2 (S-2) - 1,2,3,4,5; extra curricular is alive!

Seminar 3 (S-3) - Young people leading the way: developing student voice to have an impact across the school

Seminar 4 (S-4) Embedding the coaching workforce and the introduction of work-based qualifications to support your 16-19 year olds.

Seminar 5 (S-5) Hosting community sports clubs on school sites; what's in it for me?

Seminar 7 (S-7) The power of Physical Education: Using Physical Education and sport to engage students and motivate parents to engage in schools sport

Seminar 8 (S-8) Inspiring dance at Key Stage 4 (KS4)

Seminar 9 (S-9) Fit 4 Reading and Fit 4 Figures: Intervention in reading and numberacy using the sport leadership model

Seminar 11 (S-11) A Key Stage 3 Physical Education curriculum based on fundamental skills

Seminar 12 (S-12) Promoting flexible pathways in Physical Education from Year 8 to 13

Seminar 13 (S-13) An innovative approach to developing a futuristic Post-16 curriculum

Seminar 14 (S-14) An insight into the Post-16 Football Development Programme

Seminar 15 (S-15) Success through sport: exploring the links between sport and employability skills

Seminar 17 (S-17) Using Physical Education, sport, and cross-departmental working to add value to whole school impact

Seminar 18 (S-18) Part of the team: broadening access to competitive school sport

Seminar 19 (S-19) Student leadership impacting on academic, personal and social outcomes

Seminar 20 (S-20) Creating a personalised curriculum model to support underachieving Year 7 students

Seminar 21 (S-21) A focus on the work completed at home and overseas with community partners through school linking programmes

Seminar 22 (S-22) Developing parental engagement through pupil literacy and parental exercise

Seminar 23 (S-23) Using visual performance training to improve students’ sporting performance, academic focus and attainment

Seminar 24 (S-24) Learning for life: where a strategic approach to learning meets school improvement

Seminar 25 (S-25) High quality Physical Education and sport for young disabled people

Seminar 26 (S-26) Embedding health within your school

Seminar 27 (S-27) Redesigning the Physical Education curriculum: just more tinkering or transformational change?

Seminar 28 (S-28) Embedding the Olympic and Paralympic Values into the ethos of the school

Seminar 29 (S-29) Using effective personal learning and thinking skills to raise attainment in Key Stage 3 (KS3) Physical Education

Seminar 31 (S-31) Improving opportunities for all students through a whole school leadership programme

Seminar 32 (S-32) Achieving more through effective collaboration with partner schools

Seminar 35 (S-35) The Swedish Model of curriculum innovation: what is it, and how does it work?

Seminar 36 (S-36) Motivating teenagers to learn foreign languages for outstanding results through sport

 

Workshops (Day one and two)

Workshop 2 (W-2) Using the inspiration of 2012 to produce a new generation of coaches and officials

Workshop 3 (W-3) Advocating the impact of Physical Education and school sport with partner schools and the wider community

Workshop 4 (W-4) Creating a high quality Physical Education and school sport experience for young disabled people

Workshop 5 (W-5) Supporting sporting talent at regional level through Junior Athlete Education Academies

Workshop 10 (W-10) Schools as a centre of excellence in working with targeted community groups and (W-10 part two) Community supporting presentation

Workshop 11 (W-11) Strategies and ideas to engage learners in theory aspects of GCSE and A-Level Physical Education and (W-11 part two) What happened next?

Workshop 13 (W-13) An introduction to The Classroom Quality Standards (CQS) for Gifted and Talented learners in Physical Education

Workshop 14 (W-14) Leading and managing an outstanding Physical Education department

Workshop 16 (W-16) Innovative structures for Senior Leadership Teams

 

Question time

Question time 1 (QT-1) Can young people initiate and lead sustainable and meaningful change within their own learning through Physical Education?

 

 

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