Woodham Burn School have achieved GOLD standard for their commitment to developing sporting competition across school and community.
To achieve the GOLD award the school had to have a system in place to track children’s participation in the School Games, have opportunities that attract less active young people to participate in physical activity, have completed the Inclusive Health Check tool, have a member of staff who has actively engaged with the School Sport Partnership (SSP) as part of their Physical Activity CPD, have held a School Games Day that has a clear cultural component as a culmination of a year round competition programme, registered a School Games Day date, have a calendar that demonstrates opportunities for all young people with SEND and other targeted groups particular to our school, take part in competitions and festivals, have a notice board and/or in house school digital system that promotes School Games activity and uses social media for the same purpose, have maximised the School Games Values or your School Values to support the competition.
Miss Roberts, Sports Co-ordinator at Woodham Burn Primary, said “To achieve GOLD status we provided all pupils with two hours of timetabled Physical Education per week, and have active links with at least five local community and pathways for children’s sport/physical activity and leisure providers eg sport clubs, leisure centres. We smashed it and I’m so proud of all of the children”.
