GreenacreSSP

Medway Council Well being team are running their 3rd annual skipping challenge. This will run at Medway Park on 19th October from 9:30-12:30pm. If you are interested in entering or would like more details please contact Nicki Nash on 01634 332594 or email Christopher Grove .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Kent Under 11 Girls Cricket Assessment
For County Squad Selection for 2011 season

Venue: Kings Hill Cricket Club, Tiffen Way, Kings Hill, West Malling Kent

Date: Saturday 18th September 2010
Time: 1.30pm-6.00pm (approx. finish)

Kent Cricket Board would like to invite primary aged girls, (you must not have reached your 11th birthday by
midnight on 31st August 2010) to a cricket assessment day in order to select a Kent girls Under 11 squad for
winter training and summer matches for the 2011 season.

The trials can sometimes been misunderstood. The term ‘trials’ for young girls is a different process compared with boys. Although we are trying to select the best primary aged girls to represent Kent, the actual day consists of a relatively informal pairs kwik cricket festival.

Girls may be nominated direct to the trials by schools and clubs. All the girls attending are divided into teams of 6 or 8, depending on how many there are. Everyone does their best while batting, bowling and fielding, and we just observe them playing. It’s a good day of cricket for everyone, and there is no pressure put on anyone to perform.

There is a further ‘sweep up’ assessment session indoors in November before a squad of about 20 girls is selected in early December. Girls are introduced to hard ball cricket during indoor and outdoor coaching sessions from January to May.

During trials, we will be looking for girls that: -

• have some idea of how to play cricket
• always like to be involved in the game
• have hand eye coordination
• are athletic
• appear to get on with other girls

Please get across the message that we would like to see lots of girls having a go and playing cricket, no matter how inexperienced they might be. The more girls that come along, the better.

Many thanks for your assistance, but should you have any queries, do not hesitate to get in touch with David Sear: -

David Sear
Kent Under 11 Girls Manager/Coach
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01227 767376
07710 742439

No more bookings are being taken for the Get Active! summer holiday programme by Greenacre School as the deadline was 9th July 2010. However, if you are still keen to attend a session there is a chance that the coaches may take payment on the day when you complete a booking form, however please note this is not guaranteed.

Here are the contact details for the coaches running each session.
PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT GREENACRE SCHOOL REGARDING THIS BUT THE COACHES THEMSELVES AS YOU WILL NOT GET A RESPONSE.

SPORTS CAMP
CONTACT PHONE NUMBER EMAIL
Football
Mr Roberts 07729227201 .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Basketball
Mr Nicholas 07708772649 .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Martial Arts
Jez Walters 01634 581092 .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Girls Football
Don Turner 07961876045 .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Intro to Big School
Mr Stock 01634 666337 .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Tennis
Dave Baker 01634 865056 .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Hockey
Lawrie O’Keefe 07795401615
Futsal
Craig Smith 07811093685 .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Touch Rugby
Trevor Jefferies 07793196525 .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Cricket
Tony Rossiter 07974974414 .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Sports Science
Mr Nicholas 07708772649 .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

***NEW MEDWAY RACKET SKILLS FESTIVAL FOR YR 3 and 4 PUPILS AT MEDWAY PARK 8th JULY 2010***
The Howard School Sport Partnership and the Greenacre School Sport Partnership organised in conjunction with 4/5 community sports clubs and Medway Sports Development Team the first Medway wide yrs 3 and 4 ‘Racket Skills Festival’ on Thursday 8th July 2010 at the newly re-furbished Medway Park. The main sports hall was divided into 4 main sports areas.
Thanks to the help of volunteer coaches and helpers from the following clubs and governing bodies of sport: Medway Junior Badminton club, Black Lion Squash Club, Frindsbury Tennis club, Chatham Table Tennis club and Howard Table Tennis club 120 pupils ‘had a go’ at various skills and drills linked to these four sports. Pupils were also given a chance to learn about the local clubs (many of which are Clubmarked) to join if they are interested at a later date.
Each sport devised 4 skills stations and coaches and student sports leaders (from Rainham School for Girls and Rainham Mark Grammar School) gave one to one instruction and coaching in those skills, so that each child could have a go for 3-4 mins and then move onto another skills station and eventually another sports area.
The following schools had a highly enjoyable time learning about 4 different sports with transferable sporting skills: Featherby Junior, Miers Court Primary, Riverside Primary, All Saints Primary School, Elaine Primary, Thames View Junior, St Michaels Primary and Sherwin Knight Junior Schools.
The organiser said: “Teachers, pupils and coaches gave us some excellent feedback on the way this event was structured; this was very much a team approach with all coaches and sports leaders giving up their time and expertise for the benefit of pupils. We will definitely run this event again. This age range is an excellent time to start to learn fundamental racket skills and we hope this gives pupils a ‘head start’ in their P.E. lessons and during after-school sports clubs for the future and beyond into secondary school.”

You are invited to celebrate
Big Dance Medway 2010 incorporated by Star Dance Club
4 July 2010 | 12pm
Medway Park, Mill Road, Gillingham, Kent

I am delighted to invite you and your family to join us to celebrate Big Dance Medway 2010 incorporated by Star Dance Club, which is taking place on Sunday 4 July 2010 at Medway Park, Gillingham. Led by Medway Council's Arts Team in partnership with Star Dance Club, Medway Park and Loop Dance Company. Big Dance Medway is part of Big Dance South East England which features several different events in unusual places including shops, parks, galleries and on town centre big screens. In addition Big Dance South East England provides hundreds of opportunities to try out different dance styles that reflect the range of dance taking place in the region. Everyone is invited to join in!

The Medway and Kent Big Dance programme is led by Medway Council's Arts Development Team and Loop Dance Company, supported by Medway Council, and coordinated by Arts Development Team and Loop Dance Company.
With the inspirational affect of the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games, the event offers the opportunity to create and encourage increased public interest in dance and drive a step change in participation levels for dance and physical activity across the County.

Big Dance Medway is incorporated by Star Dance Club's Latin/Ballroom Summer school competition for the whole family to enjoy. This event kicks off with a special guest appearance from the Twilight Dancer's at 1.15pm. Big Dance Medway have scheduled in dance workshops in different styles between 12-3pm.

We do hope you and your family can join us at the Medway Park from 12pm to be part of Big Dance Medway and join in with the dance fun. There is even an opportunity for you to get dancing yourselves! Dance workshops are 18 max capacity from 4 years to 85+years and the dance performance is 200 max capacity. This event is Free but we are taking bookings in advance for the workshops.


Please RSVP to Luci Napleton by Friday 2 July 2010
T 01634 338319| E .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

The new owners of Gilingham Ice Bowl would like to invite schools to use the facilities.

From 28th June - 23rd July a special rate of 5.00 per person is offered, including skate hire. Offer is limited to school groups and is monday-friday 10:45-3:45pm.

For more information please contact 08700 852929

On Friday 25th June the school has got 3 Professional Cricketers will be visiting Sir Jospeh Williamson Mathematical School from Kent County Cricket Club to do some coaching and to host a Questions and Answers evening. Children from within the partnership are invited at a cost of £3. The session starts at 4.30pm and will finish by 6pm. Adults are invited to the evening at a cost of £5.

All proceeds are going towards the cricket tour to Antigua.

4.30 - 6 Coaching for children with cricketers (children)

6.30 - 8.30 Q and A with cricketers (Adults and Children)

On Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st April, pupils and staff from Fort Pitt Grammar School took part in ‘Skip away from Fort Pitt!’ This was a fundraising event for the British Heart Foundation. In teams of 4-6, pupils and staff frantically skipped up and down the length of the sports hall for 25 minutes, trying to collectively skip the most metres away from Fort Pitt. There were prizes for the team that skipped the most metres away. We then added the scores of teams in each year group together, which also gave us year group winners.

The individual team winners were a 6th form team, with a total of 3980 metres skipped!
The year group winners were the Year 7’s, who collectively skipped 11,610 metres!
The Year 11’s did a fine job skipping an astounding 64,450 metres (although the whole year group joined in as this was part of their PE lesson!)
In total, the whole school skipped a staggering 100,770 metres, which is the equivalent of skipping to Reading!

Well done and a big thank you to all who took part. All together we raised a mammoth £601 – not bad for the first year! Let’s make next year even bigger!

Kent and Medway Schools Korfball Tournament – sponsored by Kent Reliance

On Saturday 12th June the Kent Korfball Association (KKA) held its 10th Kent and Medway Schools Korfball Tournament at Rainham School for Girls, Gillingham.
In perfect korfball weather, twenty-eight teams from schools in Medway, Maidstone, Tonbridge and Malling and Thanet came together for a Korfball bonanza.
Nine under 9 teams, twelve under 11s and seven under 16 teams competed enthusiastically during the whole day, spurred on encouragingly by their parents, teachers and headteachers.
It was great to see new schools from Offham and Barming competing for the first time, with a special mention for three teams from Minster School, who with their teacher Tammy Kentfield travelled all the way from Ramsgate by coach.

Members from all the Korfball clubs in Kent rallied round to help on the day, helping to sort out the pitches, undertaking refereeing commitments, serving on the BBQ and tuck shop and running the control desk. Although the clubs may be great rivals on the pitch they are unified in their commitment to develop junior Korfball in the county and their efforts are paying off.
Dan Miles and Steve Green from the English Korfball Association (EKA) coaching staff also paid a visit to the event to scout for any budding international stars, and seemed impressed with the enthusiasm of the younger competitors.

To give the tournament a more professional flavour, Martin Woolmer brought along korfball equipment, Korfball trolleys and promoted his newly designed Multikorf post which proved to be a very popular attraction. It was also great to see Steve Barker who was kept busy selling Korfballs and equipment to all the budding Korfballers.
Finally to round off the perfect day, Anna Jeanes the EKA Chairperson kindly presented the trophies and medals to the winners and runners up in each section.
The KKA would like to thank the Kent Reliance Building Society for sponsoring this event.

Final Results:-
Under 9s – Halling Harriers, Barming Bandits, Hilltop Hotshots, Mighty Minster, Minster Raiders, Saxon Way Phoenix, Bligh, Barming Bombers and Parkwood Panthers.
Under 11s – Roseacre, Fairview, Offham, Hilltop Fliers, Hilltop Hurricanes, Halling hawks, Horsted Hornets, Horsted Hippies, Deanwood Dragons, Bligh, Allsorts (a mixed school team) and Mighty Minster.
Under 16s – Maidstone, Rainham/Howard, Rochester/Math, Aylesford, Strood Academy, Rainham Mark 1 and Rainham Mark 2.
In the under 16 section some single sex schools had to join together the form a team. In fact the only school whose two teams were made up entirely with its own pupils was Rainham Mark, with some of year 7 players having to compete against year 11s which was a very tall order. None the less they battled on and learnt a great deal from the day.

Many thanks to everyone for their support during the day.
Jackie Hubbard