26th July 2008
News
News Articles 2007 - 2008
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| 24/07/2008 | UKSG Champion Ambassador - Jack Pegram |
| This month we grab a quick chat with one of our UKSG Champion Ambassadors: Jack Pegram. | |
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| 22/07/2008 | Teacher of the Year nominations |
| Nominations for the prestigious ITV Teacher of the Year awards are now being taken and the Youth Sport Trust wants to encourage anyone considering nominating a member of their PE teaching staff to apply. | |
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| 18/07/2008 | Further Education Sport Co-ordinators |
| Over the last six months the Youth Sport Trust has been working hard with SSPs, FE Colleges, CSPs, the Association of Colleges and British Colleges Sport to assist with the development and implementation of a network of FESCos. | |
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| 16/07/2008 | Shadow Sports Minister visits flagship Sports College |
| Hugh Robertson MP, Shadow Minister for Sport and the Olympics, visited Southfields Community College in south west London and was given a tour of the facilities by Headteacher, Jacqueline Valin. | |
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| 15/07/2008 | Local MP witnesses the power of Sky Living For Sport |
| Alan Campbell, MP for Tynemouth and Lord Commissioner, HM Treasury, met with Year 7 pupils from John Spence Community High School on Friday 11 July who are involved in Sky Living For Sport. | |
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| 14/07/2008 | Conference alert! |
| This year’s School and Sport Partnerships’ Conference held on 15 to 16 October at The International Centre, Telford is bigger and better than ever with a new full two-day programme, so don’t miss out! | |
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| 10/07/2008 | Children become world record holders |
| The Shepway School Sport Partnership celebrated National Schools Sport Week in superb style by organising 1,000 children of Shepway to bounce into the Guinness Book of Records on Space Hoppers. | |
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| 08/07/2008 | Leeds schools get active with Tag Rugby |
| The finest Year 5 and 6 school rugby teams in Leeds were discovered in a major competition held at the John Charles Centre for Sport in Leeds. | |
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| 07/07/2008 | New education and training support package launches on the School Sport Xchange |
| The Youth Sport Trust has launched the new SSP Enhance online area. Housed in the School Sport Partnership area of the School Sport Xchange, SSP Enhance is the new look package of education and training support for the School Sport Partnership infrastruct | |
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| 03/07/2008 | International students take part in NSSW fun! |
| There have been so many exciting events at School Sport Partnerships during this very successful first National School Sport Week. | |
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| 27/06/2008 | Community Cohesion Conference |
| The conference takes place at the National Centre for Early Music in York on 16 July. St Mary’s College, Hull, is hosting the event which is sponsored by the Youth Sport Trust. | |
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| 27/06/2008 | National School Sport Week kicks off! |
| As the nation limbers up for the biggest celebration of school sport ever, new research reveals that one in four adults tried to get out of their own school sports days! | |
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| 26/06/2008 | Win a visit from Michael Owen! |
| It’s not too late to enter Technogym Wellness Challenges as the primary aim is to inspire young people to participate in the consultation, design and development of a health and fitness activity programme. | |
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| 23/06/2008 | National School Sport Week |
| It’s only one week to go until National School Sport Week, which kicks off on Monday 30 June, spearheaded by Dame Kelly Holmes. | |
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| 18/06/2008 | Specialism Success for Northern Ireland |
| Earlier this week the Minister for Education in Northern Ireland, Caitriona Ruane announced the latest schools to succeed in being designated as Specialist Sports Schools in NI. | |
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| 12/06/2008 | Shared PE Learning Network Project |
| The Youth Sport Trust, a group of leading Sports Colleges & Taecanet have agreed to collaborate on a project to develop and trial web based e-learning resources in PE for Key Stage 4 GCSE & BTEC qualifications. | |
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| 11/06/2008 | Girls4Gold |
| Girls4Gold is a unique opportunity created by UK Sport and the English Institute of Sport (EIS) in partnership with the Olympic sports of cycling, canoeing, rowing, sailing, modern pentathlon and bob skeleton. | |
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| 10/06/2008 | PESSYP Bulletin |
| Over the last few weeks, Sport England and the Youth Sport Trust have been compiling a bulletin which provides operational updates on all matters relating to the new PE and Sport Strategy for Young People. | |
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| 29/05/2008 | It's the bestival |
| 24 children recently took part in a Multi-skills Festival hosted by Portsmouth University students at the Admiral Lord Nelson School in Portsmouth. | |
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| 29/05/2008 | OCS and SportsAid support young athletes |
| OCS is delighted to announce a new partnership with SportsAid which will further enhance the OCS Young Sports Person Awards, a scheme which recognises and rewards outstanding young athletes. | |
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