Win a Virtual LTA Youth Schools Q&A for your class with Emma Raducanu MBE

Courtesy of LTA Youth, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is being offered to teachers that could see teenage sensation, Emma Raducanu MBE, appear virtually in your very own classroom for a Q&A. Questions at the ready!

LTA Youth Schools Programme is the free flagship programme available to both Primary and Secondary schools nationwide. It is a part of the Lawn Tennis Assocation’s innovative junior programme created to help more children enjoy the benefits of playing and staying in tennis, whatever their age, gender, ability, disability, or background. Based on world leading expertise, research, and science, and drawing on insight from parents and players – the first curriculum aligned tennis resources are perfect to build into lesson planning covering topics such as PSHE and Physical Education.

The LTA are an afPE Professional Development Board Approved Provider, recognising the high standard of both the resources and the teacher training they provide.

To be entered into the prize draw to win a virtual Q&A for your school with the US Open champion and BBC Sports Personality of the Year, teachers need to simply register for a free, online teacher training course and complete training before 12th May 2022. On completion of the course, schools will also receive a £250 voucher and tennis activity pack. Win-win!

The free Primary or Secondary online teacher training course (approx. two hours) is delivered by professional LTA accredited practitioners and can be done in the comfort of your own home (or classroom!). With over 5,000 participating schools already completing the training, there’s never been a better time to build your confidence in delivering the resources from LTA Youth Schools Programme.

Following her recent sporting triumphs, LTA Youth Ambassador, Emma Raducanu, expresses her desire to see more young people get involved in playing tennis:

“I would like to encourage and inspire more young people to get out there and get active. Not only is tennis great for your overall fitness, but it has also taught me perseverance, how to balance my education with sport and given me the opportunity to meet new people.”

Emma Raducanu MBE

LTA Youth Schools can be included into both Primary & Secondary lessons. Following last year’s launch, the curriculum linked Secondary resources feature 5 curriculum-linked employability lesson plans accompanied by engaging videos, as well as other physical literacy based activities. The well-established and popular cross-curricular Primary resources are packed full of exciting activities to help encourage youth to stay active and have fun picking up a racket.

As well as teaching fundamental movement skills and developing physical literacy through the PE curriculum lesson plans, tennis is also a great way of developing employability and life skills and LTA Youth Schools have dedicated classroom materials to support this.

Teachers can now also try out LTA Youth Schools Primary Skills Festival resource. Featuring 30 exciting, tennis-themed activities, this resource will help inspire your pupils to explore exciting ways to learn new skills. The activities can be used to host competitions in school or even with other schools.

“As our LTA Youth Ambassador, we’re delighted to offer teachers and their pupils the opportunity to pick Emma’s brains on anything and everything tennis,”

 

“With recent British success, we know that the topic of tennis is at an all-time high. Through the virtual Q&A and our free school resources we hope to continue inspiring the next generation to follow in Emma’s footsteps.”

Tom Gibbins, former teacher and Head of Education & Community at the LTA.

Join the active online community of over 10,000 teachers by signing up for your free online teacher training before 12th May 2022 and this extraordinary opportunity could be for you and your class.

*£250 voucher (limited to one per school) to spend on 10 hours team teaching support from a local LTA Accredited Coach, or equipment. View our Terms and Conditions here and competition Terms and Conditions here.