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Staverton tell us about their
Orienteering
At Staverton C.E Primary School, Mrs Brindley has
arranged to have professional coaches, to come into School and coach the year 6
pupils how to do orienteering.In orienteering there are three coaches named
Owen,David and Dan.The three coaches split the children into three groups and
started the warm up.
For the warm up they make a
north,south,east and west, and say which one we have to run to. After we are
all warmed up we gathered round our coaches and wrote on a piece of paper
north,east,south and west.We then take 5 cones out a bag and make a starting
point.After that we counted steps from the starting point too the first cone,
then from the first cone too the second and so on.we wrote down the direction
we walked in and hid the cone in.Example:North,East or South,West.Then all the
teams get back together and swap the directions to the cones,we then had to off
and find the other groups cones.
I like Orienteering because you get to
work as a team and with a selection of children you would not normally work
with.
and their views about Young Leaders
Mrs
Brindley is the sports co-ordinator at Staverton School, which means that she
is in charge of all the money for the sports clubs and sports equipment. One of
the activities that goes on in P.E -(Physical Education) for year six, is Young
Leaders, a recognised qualification which
can be practised for students from the age of ten to
the age of fourteen.
The children practise for their Young Leaders test
with papers and exercise. To become qualified to be a Young Leader the children
must organize a game with younger children, and must sort out any problems that
may occur, to make sure the game played is fair. In preparation for the test,
many papers must be completed correctly along with several warm ups and
exercises. It is not certain that all students will pass to become Young
Leaders, but depending on how much the child has tried; the students could help
their score.
Children are excited about the tests, as they know that
they could become part of a recognised sporting association. Students are still
in preparation for their tests, and are listening carefully to everything that
is said about the subject, hoping that it will help them on the day. Quoted
from David Needham, A year six pupil, when asked how he feels about playing
with smaller children, 'I know that it makes them happy, so therefore it makes
me happy to be making their playtimes fun!
If all primary schools
trained their highest years to become Young Leaders , the younger children in
schools would have someone qualified to play with them and look after them,
rather than having to employ more adults. Future generations could benefit from
the scheme, as it does not just help us now, but could help school children in
the future.
Submitted in March 2008 By Eleanor R & Laura C
Editor's
note - A good insight and an inspiration to others - Well done!
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