Thirty ten year-olds were the first pupils to enjoy all sorts of sports activities, including a race against ex-Olympian sprinter Todd Bennett, at the launch of a new PE and multisports coaching service for Surrey's schools. Multisports4schools has been developed to give every pupil the opportunity to enjoy great results in physical education, by giving the county’s primary and secondary schools access to a network of qualified coaches.
The pupils, from Ravenscote Community Junior School in Camberley, took part in athletics, netball, cricket and tennis sessions and then had a question and answer session with Todd. Each child received a certificate, which was handed out at school assembly.
Andy Baker, Head of Sport at Multisports4schools, said: "Sport in schools is changing and it was great to see a high level of coaching taking place and the children both learning and having fun. Good coaching is about balancing skill learning with playing the game or activity and it was great that this was taking place, especially in the Ruggerbeez sessions. Schools demand high quality, irrespective of whether it’s a PE lesson or a specific sports club after school. Multisports4schools offers this and also introduces professional development courses for teachers who still enjoy PE and sport in their schools."
By giving primary and secondary schools easier and more affordable access to a network of flexible, qualified coaches, Multisports4schools offers consistent PE delivery. With a greater emphasis on competition as well as learning, its coaches teach pupils the skills they need to develop understanding and ability in a variety of sports and become competitive against each other, and other schools. As well as placing coaches in schools, multisports4schools, part of the Eteach Group, offers professional development for coaches, teachers and teaching assistants through a partnership with teacher training universities, ensuring schools are equipped to deliver high quality PE, multisport and multiskill to their pupils.
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26th September 2011
For more information contact Gail Goodwin, Eteach PR and Communications Manager, on 01276 674100 / ggoodwin@eteach.com or Andy Baker, multisports4schools Head of Sport, on 07813 974865 / ab@eteach.com
Notes for Editors
About Todd Bennett
Todd Bennett is a former Olympic Athlete who won a silver medal in the 400 metres at the 1984 Olympics. He runs a sports coaching event company called Team Superschools that fundraises for primary schools.
About Multisports4schools
Through the Eteach online platform the service offers:
- Sports coaches in schools: placing well qualified, CRB checked coaches in schools for half and full days. All multisports4schools coaches are National Governing Body level 2 qualified as a minimum and they have all taken part in training led by university lecturers, to ensure they are well placed to deliver the primary National Curriculum for PE.
- Professional development courses in PE, multisport and multiskill for teachers and teaching assistants: these are delivered and accredited by teacher training universities.
- Holiday day camps: half term, Easter and summer 3 and 5 day programmes to suit schools’ needs.
- After school clubs: 25 different sports and activities are available. These are offered free of charge to schools booking coaches for full days. Schools can charge parents for these clubs with profits going back into the school.
- Wrap around care: offering working parents a service until 6pm.
For more information see www.multisports4schools.com.
About Eteach UK
Eteach offers a powerful and cost effective solution to the recruitment problems facing schools. It provides a unique integrated recruitment service, helping schools employ staff in the primary, secondary, special needs and independent sectors, as well as further education.
The UK’s leading education recruitment portal currently has over 600,000 teacher members, giving employers access to an unrivalled pool of talent nationally and internationally. The service is free to teachers, who simply enter their CV and then have access to a live database of vacancies.
School, Group and Regional Talent Pools are an innovative concept which has been introduced by Eteach to simplify recruitment and further drive down costs for schools. Recruiters can set up a Talent Pool, a database of potential employees that attracts teachers who want to work in that region or school. When there’s a vacancy schools can access the list of candidates who have already expressed an interest in working in their area or directly for them. By utilising this management resource Eteach is confident schools will save money, time and jobs.
For more information visit www.eteach.com