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June 2008 Archive News:
Parents banned from ferrying children to sports matches
30/06/08
Hundreds of thousands of parents will be banned from ferrying children to sports matches next year unless they have had criminal records checks, under new rules.
The clampdown is part of an escalation in child protection policies which will see 11 million adults vetted before they come into contact with children or vulnerable adults.
Under new regulations, parents who are asked by the organisers of a children's sports team to take other children to sports fixtures like football or cricket matches will have to be vetted.
However, the rules are open to misinterpretation because checks are not necessary if a parent offers to give a lift to a friend's children to a match without telling the local club.
Click HERE to view the full article courtesy of the Telegraph.co.uk.
Protecting kids is far from child's play
30/06/08
No childhood will ever be entirely risk free. We should be wary of politicians who make this impossible, undesirable promise.
Click HERE to view an article written by Tim Gill from The Guardian.
Physical Literacy Website
17/06/08
The Physical Literacy website includes the definition, a range of papers written on the concept, useful references and the report of the Seminar held in Bedford on May 19th 2008 entitled Physical Literacy: from theory to practice and towards research.
Click HERE to view the Physical Literacy website.
The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust - 2009 Fellowship Applications
05/06/08
Please see below the link to an application form for travel grants from the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust.
The travel grants "offer you the Opportunity to increase your knowledge and experience through overseas travel in order to benefit others within your community".
Grants are available within several different categories. Please remember that the focus of any application should be on how your travel can benefit others within your community. Look beyond the obvious, how could increasing your knowledge science benefit your school or increased knowledge in mental health support work in your local authority. It may be that some of your students may be interesting in applying.
Click HERE to find out more, including the ability to apply online and via post.
If you do make an application, please let us know and keep us informed about its progress.
Good luck!
June 2007 Archive News:
afPE/Edge Hill University Accreditation Partnership
Following requests from the afPE membership and the wider PESS profession, we are pleased to announce that all our CPD is now accredited, whether nationally, regionally or locally delivered. afPE has negotiated a partnership with Edge Hill University's professional development programme.
All delegates who attend afPE CPD can register with Edge Hill for credits for a range of Foundation, first degree and post graduate qualifications.
For further details please click HERE.
afPE Partnership with 'Future Fitness'
The Association for Physical Education (afPE) has negotiated a partnership with Wharncliffe Publishing, which publishes the new sport and fitness magazine - 'Future Fitness'.
As from June 2007, all UK based members of afPE will receive forthcoming editions of 'Future Fitness' as an added member benefit.afPE Chief Executive,
Prof. Margaret Talbot OBE, said:
"When we saw the first edition of 'Future Fitness', we were impressed by its coverage of a range of issues, and by the fact that there was news from right across the UK.
This provides an additional source of information for our members, and a channel for us to inform colleagues in other organisations, about our activities and opportunities. We hope our members will enjoy this additional service, which adds to the value provided for their annual subscriptions."
Click HERE to view the 'Future Fitness' website.
Gill Burke - RIP
It is with sadness that we report the untimely passing of Gill Burke (former HMI).
Gill passed away on Thursday 7th June.
afPE have made a donation to Addenbrookes Cancer Research and Breast Cancer Department.
RoSPA - Volunteer Driver's Handbook
A useful document has been produced by Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) summarising good practice relating to the safe use of volunteer drivers. It could prove particularly valuable as a control measure e.g. 'All volunteer drivers will be given access to the RoSPA volunteer drivers handbook', when schools are completing their risk assessments for away fixtures and off-site activity.'
Click HERE to download the volunteer driver's handbook.
United by Sports
The Association for Physical Education is currently involved in a project called ‘United by Sports’. The idea of ‘United by Sports’ is to attract projects from schools and sports clubs that promote integration of immigrants to the UK through sports projects.
The organisers are looking for projects that:
- Promote the social interaction of youths from both native and immigrant families
- Have had a positive effect on the neighbourhood, town or city.
- Can inspire teachers and other educators to do the same
Prizes on offer:
• 5 x 500 €
• 40 places to visit Berlin for the awards ceremony at the German Ministry of the Interior
Please submit your entries to:
afPE
Building 25
London Road
Reading
RG1 5AQ
United Kingdom
Deadline for Submission: 15th October 2007
Click HERE to view the 'United by Sports' website.
afPE Health & Safety Update
If you are a member of afPE then please log onto the members' area to download the latest Health & Safety update from Peter Whitlam (afPE Health & Safety Project Manager).
His paper entitled: A collation of the schools’ swimming programme requirements of eleven local authorities to demonstrate the standards, commonality and differences in requirements – April 2007 will be invaluable for colleagues when reviewing their schools' swimming programme guidance.
The paper is located in the 'Downloads' section under Health & Safety.
European Physical Education Association - Online Questionnaire
The European Physical Education Association has been conducting a survey designed to ascertain what teachers think a profile of a physically educated young person would look like.
Physical Education teachers from all over Europe are being invited to take part in this survey and the results will enable the European Physical Education Association to inform policy makers at all levels about what Physical Education teachers think is the essence of their subject and what the needs are in schools.Please spare just 20 minutes of your time to complete the online questionnaire – in order to ensure that this research has validity EUPEA need to get 500 responses!
Click HERE to complete the questionnaire.
June 2006 Archive News:
Lack of Physical Education teachers puts health drive in doubt
Figures released by the Scottish Executive show that in 2005 there were just three teachers with a principal subject of Physical Education between Glasgow's 178 primary schools. This follows a recent report which showed that only 5 per cent of primary schools in Scotland were receiving the minimum requirement of two hours of physical education each week.
Critics called for an urgent recruitment drive, warning that failure to address the shortage would result in crippling health and social problems. However, the executive insisted it was on course to meet its target of putting an additional 400 Physical Education teachers into primary and secondary schools by next year.
by Lorna Martin
The Observer
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