Calling all Teachers!

As part of #WorldTeachersDay over the weekend we want to give something back to the teachers in our running community.

Join Team TCS Teachers in the 2025 TCS London Marathon

Perhaps you or a colleague have always wanted to take part in one of the most iconic marathons in the world. Maybe you have entered the ballot without success? Could a place in the TCS London Marathon inspire you and your school to get active?

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), title sponsor of the TCS London Marathon, is offering an exciting opportunity to educators based in the UK and Ireland to participate in the 2025 TCS London Marathon as part of Team TCS Teachers.

Now is your chance to secure one of the limited complimentary places in the 2025 TCS London Marathon!

Click the link for more information on how to apply:

apply now

Applicants must complete the form by 00:00 on 31 October 2024.

What our previous Team Member had to say about being part of Team TCS Teachers “I could not have been prouder to run in the Team Teachers shirt yesterday. I’m sure that I had as many people cheer ‘Go Team Teachers!’ as they did cheer my name! I feel this really demonstrates the respect the public hold for the profession and I am so grateful that TCS and London Marathon Events have chosen to acknowledge and celebrate this in the way you have. I know everyone in the group has commented on how they felt like a superstar for the day! Simone Wright, 2023
 

Following the success of last year's cross country race, which gave hundreds of children the opportunity to represent their school at running, Cambridge Harriers will be hosting the Greenwich Primary School Cross Country Race on Wednesday 16th October in Avery Hill Park, SE9 2PQ. 

The meet time will be 1pm with the first race will start at 1:30pm sharp. We are planning that the races will finish by  2:30pm.

Schools are invited to send teams of up to six pupils in each category.

6 x Year 5 Boys

6 x Year 5 Girls

6 x Year 6 Boys

6 x Year 6 Girls

Maximum of 24 children. 

To enter please complete this Google Form. 

https://forms.gle/vNPU12xoDu1wXP51A

Costs:

To cover costs, each school will be invoiced £40 in total on receipt of entry form. We will be able to accept cancellations with a week's notice, but you will understand that if schools do not turn up on day, then they will be charged. 

Health and Safety

Race Director will coduct a risk assessment prior to the event in order to identify and manage any hazards. First aiders are booked to attend.

Results and Awards

Finishing places of first three pupils in each school team added up with lowest scoring team winning.

Trophy to winning team in each category plus medals to first three in each category.

Course

Races to be run over a course of approximately 1500m around Avery Hill Park. Course to be taped and marshalled so no one gets lost. Course to start and finish behind Café in centre of park with adjacent changing rooms open for use of toilets.

At end of finish, runners will be funnelled to be given a raffle ticket indicating their finishing position.

Staffing:

Race director; Course Director; course and finish marshals; paperwork and results team to be provided by Cambridge Harriers.

The games will be run under the principles of the London Youth Games Code of Conduct and all teams must bring with them a qualified first aider.

https://www.londonyouthgames.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/LYG-Code-of-Conduct-V1.pdf

Happy to take any questions.

Kind regards, 

Jonathan Sims

Headteacher

jsims@stmaryseltham.org

Tel: 020 8850 7835l 

The Pokemon Primary Schools’ Cup is the largest primary-aged schools’ cup competition in England and open to all schools. For further information please see the following link: Pokémon Primary Schools’ Cup – English Schools' Football Association (schoolsfootball.org).

Contact for inner London is Michael Macneill: michael.macneill@gll.org.

Resources

The Daily Mile Back to School Activity Grid:

Jump start your school year with our brand-new Daily Mile Activity Grid! Packed with fun and engaging activities, it’s designed to help your children get back into the daily rhythm of physical activity. We have tailored options for both younger and older primary years. Click the link below to access the free resources and most importantly…have fun!

Back To School Resources | The Daily Mile UK

The Daily Mile Children Fit For Life Award:

Celebrate your school's dedication to children's health and happiness by applying for our Daily Mile Children Fit For Life Award. The award celebrates and recognises schools' commitment to children’s health and happiness within the school community, and it only takes 5 minutes to apply! Find out more here: https://thedailymile.co.uk/the-daily-mile-children-fit-for-life-award/

Campaigns & events

'We are Daily Milers':
We want to give your children a voice so that they can express what it means to be a ‘Daily Miler’. As part of our work to further understand children’s experiences of The Daily Mile, The Daily Mile Foundation will be asking you to capture your children’s insight on camera, providing them with the opportunity to feature in a new Daily Mile film!

Keep your eyes peeled for an email from us with more details about this exciting new campaign!

The Daily Mile Santa Run:

Get ready to add a festive twist to your Daily Mile! This year, we’re inviting schools across the UK to participate in The Daily Mile Santa Run on Friday 6th December 2024 (or as close to this date as possible). We’ll be providing some Santa themed resources to make it easy for your school to get involved. Share your festive photos, videos, and stories with us, and we’ll spread the cheer with our global community. More information coming soon!

My name is Dan Levey I Work for Kent Cricket/ Chance to Shine as a Community Coach in Greenwich.

Have you heard of Chance to Shine !?

Is a nationwide cricket Charity which helps funds cricket Programmes across the country giving cricket opportunities in and out of school for students to access are game . The charity also Allows me to come into your school for a Term and run FREE Cricket lessons for any Year groups from Reception all the way up to Y6 . Chance to Shine | Inspiring Young People Through Cricket

How does it work:

> I will be coming into your school for 6 weeks – running 4 Lessons during the day .

> On your Chosen Day / can fit in your timetable ETC

>  I can run an assembly – Explaining all about Cricket – can do class assemblies

> Here to link you to Street Cricket session on your doorstop !  (FREE Cricket Club Outside School)

> Here to help your teachers – PE Games – Got a FREE portal of Cricket games and info which I’d love to show you.

SO!  I’d love to come and work at your school - Check out the flyer and of course any questions are encouraged.

 

 

The purpose of The Daily Mile Commonwealth Games Legacy Challenge is to help children to improve their physical and mental wellbeing by doing The Daily Mile, whilst helping to bring the Games to its next location.

The next Commonwealth Games takes place in Australia, and we are challenging you to run there by doing The Daily Mile and learn interesting facts as you go. If you do The Daily Mile 3 times a week, the Challenge will last for around 7 weeks.

How the Badge Challenge works:

One Daily Mile = one step on the map! The challenge is flexible, you can start and complete the journey at any time and place that suits your setting.

To complete the Challenge, just follow these steps:

1. Download your Commonwealth Games Legacy Challenge Map & Passport. You can choose to download the map in two formats: Printable versions or Interactive versions.

2. Go outside and do your Daily Mile.

3. Mark your progress on the map and learn about the world. Facts are cross curricular with links to the Ks1 & Ks2 geography curriculum.

4. Once you have completed your challenge there is a certificate that can be downloaded and given out to children.

We very much hope that you all enjoy doing your Daily Miles whilst learning more about the Commonwealth Countries and Commonwealth Games Moments.

https://thedailymile.co.uk/the-daily-mile-commonwealth-games-legacy-challenge/

Skip2Bfit Personal Development IMPACT in Schools

Skip2Bfit challenge helps motivate children to skip, using personal best challenges to help children try to beat their high scor. It is also used as a motivational tool to encourage the children to try their best in everything they do. 

The physical activity undertaken in a Skip2bfit 2-minute challenge showed that:-

SATS improvement findings were consistent across both literacy or numeracy curriculum areas, with a notable benefit identified for low ability pupils in the subject of numeracy. These results suggest that short, high intensity physical activity bursts, when placed strategically within the context of a school day, can have a positive impact on literacy and numeracy attainment.

Some schools have also taken Skip2bfit on board to use as an alternative to the Daily Mile as you can see from this school.

Below are links to some other videos where schools have had Skip2bfit.

• Interview with the Deputy Headteacher on the impact of Skip2fit at St Margaret's CoE Primary School.
• Clare Spires is a respected headteacher who has been a key note speaker at a School Sports Forum using Skip2Bfit as an example on the difference that a good PE lead can make in a school
•  Interview with PE Coordinator at Ascot Road Primary on the Impact of Skip2bfit

• This Headteacher evaluation explains the impact Skip2Bfit has had on her children

Many schools now buy the ropes for the children to create a whole school impact. The counting skipping ropes are £6.66 plus VAT for the children who  then take responsibility for their own rope and this allows the ropes to be personalised for each child.  Skip2Bfit in your school would help to improve the schools even more in all areas and would help to get the children fitter. We also recommend the staff are given ropes along with the children for staff wellbeing after seeing how much teachers loved the challenge over the years.

Charge £380 + VAT for a one-day workshop and a further £395 + VAT for a kitbag which gives you the resources to make the programme sustainable.

Street Tag is a family-friendly game that turns your local area into a virtual playground to earn rewards for physical activity, such as walking, scooting, running, and cycling. It’s a great way to stay active and explore local parks and green spaces.

Children, families, and school staff will sign up to represent their school on the Street Tag app to collect virtual points assigned to virtual tags that can be found and created all around them in the community and green spaces. Once you are within a 40-meter radius of any virtual tags, the app will automatically collect the points for you. Your steps can also be synced and converted into Street Tag points. These points add up in real-time on the schools’ leaderboard, with performance bonus prizes to be won at the end of each season for the school PE or PTA. With your support, we can encourage families to be more active, walking, scooting and cycling to school and explore their local communities.

Next steps of action

It’s easy to sign up!

1. Email meenakshi@streettag.co.uk or fill an online form at Schools — Street Tag to express your interest.

 

RBRBG have launched the new Greenwich Get Active digital platform and activity finder.  Please check it out here: https://greenwichgetactive.com

This site offers lots of different ways you can get active outdoors, indoors, with others, on you own or even digital tools that can help boost your fitness and wellbeing!

The league runs on a Wednesday between 4-5pm (two matches to be played in this time) and it is 9-a-side with usual football rules (apart from no offside).  There will be two referees, however, you may be asked to referee some of your games. The matches are all played at Meridian Sports and Social Club, Charlton Park Lane, London, SE7 8QS and are played on 3G Astroturf pitches.  Girls may wear moulded stud boots and shin pads are compulsory.  The league usually starts after Christmas but if there is a large number of schools wishing to entering it may begin before.

If you would like to join the league can you please email Ben Waller (PE Lead - Invicta Primary School):
b.waller@invictaprimary.co.uk

Bee Netball Coaching Opportunity
England Netball have recently launched a new programme called Bee Netball aimed at 5-11 year olds and we are really excited that this is being added to our Team Up London Offer for primary schools.

What is Bee Netball?
A programme for 5-11 year olds all about friendship, inclusion, fair play and playing together. It’s not about how good children are, it’s about how hard they try to Bee! Bee Netball is not just a game, but a framework for children to get a great start in life through learning valuable skills including social, emotional and teamwork, all through netball. Bee Netball isn’t complicated, it’s simply a way to enable children to play the game while learning and developing a whole heap of other important skills.

To find out further information about Bee Netball and to sign your school up for more information beyond our free delivery click here.

What is our offer?

• Free 6 hours Coaching: Schools will receive 6 hours of free coaching in whatever format they would like; during curriculum time or a lunchtime or afterschool club. They can also have all 6 hours on one day and expose the whole school to Bee Netball, 3 weeks x 2 hours, 2 weeks x 3 hours or 6 weeks x 1 hour whatever works best for them.  
• Coach: A member of England Netball Coaching staff or a Qualified Netball Coach will come and deliver this on our behalf, we are able to provide copies of DBS certificates and Coaching Qualifications.
• Equipment: Schools will be provided with a Bee Netball Equipment Pack including balls and bibs as well as a Bee Netball resource pack which includes session plans so you can continue with Bee Netball beyond your free delivery.
• Venue: We will come to the school and deliver the netball in the school hall or playground, wherever normal sporting activities take place
• Bee Netball Workshop: Free places on a 3 hour Bee Netball Workshop for teachers and parent helpers

What do we ask for in return?

• We have at least one teacher present (preferably more) who will join in the sessions, this is so that they receiving some CPD whilst learning off the coach delivering in order to make them more confident to deliver Bee Netball once we have moved on.
• Their help with our monitoring of the programme and to let us know the number and ages of the participants who took part in the Bee Netball sessions as well as the number of teachers exposed to the programme.

How do schools sign up?

1. Visit www.teamupengland.com and click signup/login on the grey tab in the top right hand corner
2. Once signed up and logged in, click on the ‘support tab’ followed by ‘London funding’
3. Scroll right to the bottom of the ‘London Schools’ page you should now be on and click on ‘Apply for Support’
4. Complete the Questionnaire and wait to hear back from us

For further information please contact Alice Moger at England Netball; alice.moger@englandnetball.co.uk