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“Enrichment beyond the classroom”
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is nothing"
National/Local intervention programmes
National/ Local Intervention Programmes
This is an area of sport which tries to tackle a perceived weakness or area of deprivation within a local school, community or on a wider regional or country scale. This might be in the form of funding or coaching or use of facilities.
Some examples of this.
Active Schools Programme. This initiative is on a country wide scale but targets individuals and teams within each school in Scotland. Extra-curricular clubs and teams are created and managed by specialist Active Schools Co-ordinators in each school to allow pupils to improve skills, teamwork, confidence and experience through either social or competitive sport. This can be important in a National 4/5 or Higher as a pupil may need extra practice at a club against a variety of players in order to improve a practical grade which then boosts their overall mark.
Fit for Girls Initiative. This initiative was introduced to tackle the issue of fewer girls taking part in activity either in or after school. Funding was available to improve the access to all girl activities as well as the problems or stigma attached to taking part. Mostly Schools used the extra-curricular programme (lunch times, breakfast clubs and after school) to introduce activities which were asked for after surveys were done. Some examples of this were fitness classes, swimming and dance.
The benefits of this programme were
· improved consultation with girls
· increased numbers of girls-only activities
· increased perceptions of health, fitness and physical activity levels among girls.
Disability Sport programmes. The huge interest in both the Olympic and Paralympic Games has created a wide variety of initiatives in this country for both able and less able athletes. There is a lot of funding available for our Disability Athletes and the access to properly designed facilities which allow for training and competing.
Within every school there are many different levels of disability, whether it be physical or mental and sport is an excellent opportunity for these pupils to develop many skills and create chances of competing and succeeding.