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Girls Active:An approach to inspire & empower girls in PE, school sport & their livesArrival activity: You are a girl in your school who currently doesn’t enjoy or engage in PE/school sport/physical activity.How would they describe their experience? What would be the positives and the negatives?

Wendy Taylor, Programme Manager – Girls Youth Sport Trust

Rosie Steel, PE TeacherCirencester Kingshill School, Gloucestershire

Bob Foley, Head of HWB FacultyNew Battle Community High School, Dalkeith

Girls Active workshop outcomesDelegates will;

•Know the principles of Girls Active in developing the PE/Sport/Physical Activity experience for girls

•Be inspired through learning of proven practice from expert practitioners

•Leave feeling motivated and with actions to better engage girls in your school

Why worry?

More than just health worries....body image, self esteem and life chances

Yet up to age 11, 89% of girls are happy with the way their body looks

Over 60% of girls avoid some activities because they feel bad about their looks;• 19% won’t join a team or club• 13% won’t give their opinion• 15% won’t go to school

1. Make PE and sport relevant to girls’ lives2. Empower girls through design and delivery3. Develop role models for the future4. Place developing self-confidence at the heart

of PE and sport5. Recognise the power of friends to drive

progress6. Take a long-term approach

Strategies to engage girls so far?

Kingshill Girls Can – Our Journey So Far…Rosie Steel Girls PE Teacher

WHY did we get involved? My

personal passion in changing

girls opinions

Facultyfocus area,

boys PE has always been

a strong asset

Very low% of girls engaged within in

extracurricular.

New to the school and I

could feel the negativity but

sense the potential

What have they achieved so far?

What have they achieved so far?

Charity Fun RunSpin BikesAnnual Primary Girls Festival Year 7 Assemblies Primary School Assemblies (Watermore, Cirencester and Ann Edwards)

WHO and HOW did I influence? HOY and Department

Head and SLTParents Tutors

Teachers 2014

Yr 11: 0 Yr 10:

6 Yr 9:

8 Yr 8:

30 Yr 7:

34

2015

Yr 11: 40 Yr 10: 22

Yr 9: 28 Yr 8: 32 Yr 7: 36

Figures taken from Term 1 and 2 clubs only excluding Leadership Academy.

HOW

How we EMPOWEREDthe girls…

• Restructure of the curriculum

• Restructure of extracurricular

• Uniform changes• Twitter Account

• Display Board and Images• Elements of responsibility –

KGC and Girls Active Leaders

5 Step Action PlanWhat are the immediate 5 actions you could

take to get started with this programme?

WHO

HOW

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• Relevance to our Girls lives.• Relevance to Staff Male & Female• Questionnaires. Changing rooms.• Acting on requests, designing courses, Inclusion• Clubs & Pathways• Role Models to Inspire (Sky Sports,Visits,Tutors)• The key values of the school integrated into

lessons and discipline for staff and pupils.• Trust-Respect-Humour-Responsibility-Focus

Changing Culture 2006

““We want to be the best PE department in Scotland, including all, engaging all, and Educating all Physically for life”

• Our Academies of Dance, Basketball,Football. Every pupil in corporate kit part of the team,part of the school.

• Successful and owner of their place in the Academy, the pupils developed a stronger sense of ownership of the school and their learning.

• Success in their Academy developed better attendance,attitude and better grades in whole school.

• Bigger cohort of successful girls changed the attitude of the boys,and allowed the girls to shine.

Dance Academy 2009

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Netball, Basketball, Rugby.

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“ The PE staff are always happy when you walk in to the department, they are always standing there waiting for you to come in. They want you to succeed so much” Head Girl 2015

Role Models

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Inspiring Visits

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Primary Leaders

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Keep in Touch & Share SuccessOn Twitter @NewbattleHighPE

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Let’s be realistic!

• What do you anticipate might be the barriers to embedding practice in YOUR school

• Identify a maximum of 2 barriers

• In groups of 2/3 share one barrier and discuss possible solutions or approaches you might use

What next?• What will be your initial actions?

• Further support;• Case study• Self review• Roadshows• Teacher training

[email protected] 07825 065230


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