TOP Programmes
From 18 months to 18 years, the TOP programmes give young people of all abilities the chance to make the most of the opportunities that PE and sport can bring.
They encourage all young people, including those with disabilities, teenage girls and gifted and talented athletes to thrive, as well as providing ongoing support to teachers and others working with young children.
How SOTM fits in:
Schools on the Move is a tool that can be used alongside any of the TOP’s programmes. It is a tool that will record how much activity the young people are doing while taking part in TOP’s.
Sky Sports Living for Sport
Sky Sports Living for Sport is accessible to all secondary schools and designed to use sport to motivate and inspire young people who are finding life hard at school. Schools involved in the programme have the opportunity to receive t-shirts for their young people and a visit from one of a team of world-class athletes. This team has been selected for their ability to engage with young people through their own stories of success and struggle, including the challenges they had to overcome such as bullying, dyslexia, exclusion and living with a disability.
How SOTM fits in:
Schools on the Move is built on the aim of motivating and inspiring young people. The Sky Sports Living for Sport programme could use Schools on the Move as a tool to get a group of young people motivated
Norwich Union GirlsActive
Research conducted by Norwich Union and the Youth Sport Trust indicated that 40% of girls drop out of all sports activity by the time they are 18 and as a consequence, Norwich Union GirlsActive was launched.
Norwich Union GirlsActive is led by the Youth Sport Trust, supported by Norwich Union and spearheaded by Double Olympic gold medal winner, Dame Kelly Holmes.
Norwich Union GirlsActive is designed to empower teenage girls to enjoy more sporting activity on their own terms, making positive choices and being given a voice. It is also about enabling young people to make a positive contribution to their schools. Girls are challenged to come up with ideas on what they would change in their own schools in order to make sporting activity something they would want to participate in.
Over the last two years, a number of Norwich Union GirlsActive roadshows have taken place across the country for targeted schools, where girls aged 13-16 were given the opportunity to take part in taster sessions in activities such as street dance, boxercise and rock climbing. Girls were also challenged to work with their teachers to identify the issues surrounding girls' participation. They also took the lead in addressing the issues and encouraging their school peers to get more active and to stay active.
How SOTM fits in:
Schools on the Move could be used as a programme to invigorate girls and motivate them to be more active. Why not sign up and get moving?
YoUR Sport
yoUR Sport is the brand name for the intra-school competition programme. Intra-school competition is a vital part of the five-hour offer. For many young people this type of competition is the perfect outlet for the skills and knowledge they gain from PE. It is also an opportunity to play and have fun with their friends and achieve something worthwhile. Alongside high-quality PE and thriving out-of-school hours learning opportunities, intra-school competition will engage young people in fun and meaningful physical activity making a substantial contribution to their school life and five-hour offer.
How SOTM fits in:
Schools on the Move can be used as a tool for Intra School competition. You could set up a league table within school to create a Schools on the Move competition.
Multi Skill Clubs
Multi-skill Clubs provide regular opportunities for young people aged 7 to 11 to take part in a wide range of non-sport specific activities outside of school hours, to promote participation and help develop all-round young athletes. They enable young people to develop fundamental movement and sport skills, such as agility, balance, co-ordination, catching and throwing by allowing them to practice in a non sports-specific environment.
They form part of the player pathway for young people through links to Multi-skill Academies, which build on Multi-skill Clubs and provide additional activities specifically designed for young people who have been identified as gifted and talented. Multi-skill Clubs bridge the gap between high quality school sport and community sport and provide the first real ‘club’ experience for young people. They are ‘holding tanks’ which can feed community sport clubs with physically literate young people, encouraging school to club links. Multi-skill Clubs should be open and accessible in every way to all young people and fully inclusive in terms of ability disability, gender and ethnicity. The clubs provide excellent opportunities for young people with disabilities to participate in high quality club environments and form an important part of the Paralympic player pathway.
How SOTM fits in:
Multi Skill Clubs are fully inclusive and promote participation as does Schools on the Move. There is a opportunity to link the programmes together so that the amount of steps completed during the clubs could be recorded.
