Fenland Resident – Spring 2019

(nextflipdebug2) #1

28 April/May 2019


A SPORTING CHANCE


Kids who think they’ ll never like sport should think again,


because Witchford Sports Partnership is showing Fenland
schools how to do PE like it’s never been done before

W


KHQLWFRPHVWR
FRPSHWLWLYHVSRUWV
FKLOGUHQZKRDUHQ¶W
HYHUSLFNHGIRU
WKHWHDPFDQHDVLO\ORVHLQWHUHVW
+RSLQJWRUHYHUVHWKLV:LWFKIRUG
6SRUWV3DUWQHUVKLSFROODERUDWHV
ZLWKVFKRROVWRHQVXUHQRFKLOG
LQ)HQODQGPLVVHVRXWRQWKH
EHQH¿WVRISK\VLFDODFWLYLW\$V
WKHLUUHJLRQDOGLUHFWRU'L%DNHU
H[SODLQVWKH\WU\WR³HQJDJHWKH
FKLOGUHQZKRPD\QHYHUPDNH
WKH$WHDP ́JLYLQJWKHPDQ
RSSRUWXQLW\WRGHYHORSQHZVNLOOV
DQGWKULYHDWVFKRRO

EVERYONE’S A WINNER
7KHSDUWQHUVKLS¿QGVVRPHWKLQJ
IRUHYHU\RQH2UJDQLVLQJHYHQWV
FRPSHWLWLRQVIHVWLYDOVDQG
WUDLQLQJZRUNVKRSVWKH\HTXLS
ORFDOVHFRQGDU\DQGSULPDU\
VFKRROVZLWKPDWHULDOVDQGNQRZ
KRZWREURDGHQWKHDSSHDORI
VSRUW,QGRLQJVRWKH\SODFHHTXDO
LPSRUWDQFHRQWUDGLWLRQDOVSRUWV
OLNHKRFNH\DQGQHWEDOODVWKH\

GRRQJ\PQDVWLFVDWKOHWLFVDQG
RULHQWHHULQJ
)RUFKLOGUHQZKRKDYH
QHYHUIRXQGDVSRUWWKH\OLNH
WKHSDUWQHUVKLSLQWURGXFHV
DOWHUQDWLYHV$PRQJWKHQHZDQG
XQXVXDOVSRUWVWKH\SURPRWH7UL
*ROILVDQHQHUJHWLFYHUVLRQRIJROI
LQZKLFKSOD\HUVVKRRWWKHEDOODW
DWDUJHW7KH\¶YHDOVRLQWURGXFHG
VSRUWVWDFNLQJWRQHDUO\KDOIRI
)HQODQGVFKRROV,QWKLVJDPH
FRPSHWLWRUVUDFHWRSLOHXS
VSHFLDOO\GHVLJQHGFXSVLQWRSUH
GHWHUPLQHGVHTXHQFHVUHTXLULQJ
VSHHG\WKLQNLQJDQGDJLOLW\6XFK
VSRUWVKDYHGLVSURYHGDORWRI
FKLOGUHQ¶VEHOLHIWKDWWKH\ZLOO
QHYHUEHJRRGHQRXJKWRFRPSHWH
7KHSDUWQHUVKLSDOVRLQYROYHV
OHVVFRPSHWLWLYHFKLOGUHQE\
SURPRWLQJQHZSOD\JURXQGJDPHV
DQGHQHUJHWLFSHUIRUPDQFHVNLOOV
<RXPD\KDYHGUHDPWRIUXQQLQJ
DZD\ZLWKWKHFLUFXVDVDFKLOG
:HOOVFKRROSXSLOVLQ)HQODQG
JHWDWDVWHRIFLUFXVOLIHOHDUQLQJ
VNLOOVVXFKDVMXJJOLQJSODWH

VSLQQLQJDQGGLDEOR
%\EULQJLQJWKLVKXJHUDQJHRI
DFWLYLWLHVWRSK\VLFDOHGXFDWLRQ
WKH\KRSHWRDWWUDFWDZLGHUUDQJH
RIFKLOGUHQ:KHWKHUDFKLOGLV
IDVWVWURQJJUDFHIXORUPHQWDOO\
DJLOHWKH\WU\WR¿QGDVSRUWWKDW
OHWVWKHPVKLQH$VWKHLUVWUDSOLQH
JRHVWKH\DUHμJLYLQJHYHU\RQHD
VSRUWLQJFKDQFH¶

APPEALING TO ALL
%\NHHSLQJHYHQWVRSWLRQDODQG
QRWODEHOOLQJWKHPDVVSRUWVWKH
SDUWQHUVKLSFRQYLQFHVFKLOGUHQWR
SDUWLFLSDWHZKRXVXDOO\ZRXOGQ¶W
'LVD\V³:LWKQHZLQLWLDWLYHV
ZHPDNHLWDVIXQDQGORZNH\DV
SRVVLEOHDQGRIWHQGRQ¶WDGYHUWLVH
LWDVDVSRUWLQJRSSRUWXQLW\ ́
7KH\DUHKHOSHGE\WKHLUFORVH
UHODWLRQVKLSZLWKVFKRROVZLWK
WHDFKHUVLGHQWLI\LQJZKDWHQJDJHV
FKLOGUHQRWKHUZLVHDYHUVHWR3(
³6RPHWLPHVZHVXJJHVWQHZ
VSRUWVDQGLGHDVWRWKHP ́'L
H[SODLQV³%XWZHDOVRZRUNWKH
RWKHUZD\DURXQGVFKRROVFRPH

PHOTO: WITCHFORD SPORTS PARTNERSHIP

Words: BLYTH BRENTNALL


Witchford Sports Partnership ’s primary
school events get children excited about
exercising from a young age
Free download pdf