Launch of Newcastle Schools PE & School Sport Network

PE & School Sport Network Meeting

Tuesday 22nd October was the launch of the 1st Newcastle Schools PE & School Sport network meeting which is the start of a series of meetings each half term. The structure of the meetings is national and local updates on the Newcastle School Games citywide vision of PE linking with health, Competition and Sports Leadership

• Physical Education
• Healthy Active Lifestyles
• School sport competitions and events
• CPD and training
• Sports Leadership

The most recent meeting was supported by Newcastle United foundation who gave an update on all their programmes available to support schools. Joyce Matthews gave an update about the Association for Physical Education Quality Mark and how schools could work towards a self-review.

All schools in attendance were given updates about Ofsted Inspections for the Sports Premium as well as the vision for PE and School Sport across Newcastle Schools and how to build evidence for Ofsted inspections.

The practical element of the meeting was delivered by Enid Harrison form British Gymnastics who worked with teachers and year 3 pulps from Wingrove Primary School.

Schools in attendance were:-

Tyneview

Throckley

St Cuthberts Walbottle

Regent Farm

Wingrove

Walbottle Campus

Hotspur

St Paul’s

Cragside

Westerhope

Thomas Walling

West Jesmond

Beech Hill

Newburn Manor

St Oswald’s

Kingston Park

St Cuthbert’s Kenton

English Martyrs

Ravenswood