The Consortium Belief is a multi-academy belief primarily based in Suffolk and Norfolk.
CEO, Andrew Aalders-Dunthorne shares perception concerning the Belief’s curriculum, which is predicated round supporting younger individuals to develop into well-rounded and lively people.
We all know how a lot bodily exercise and participation in sports activities can have a constructive influence on youngsters’s psychological well being, in addition to assist them develop resilience and construct communications expertise. Our PE and outside studying curriculum performs an integral function in supporting our college students to develop into well-rounded people.
We encourage pleasant competitors by way of aggressive sports activities, however we additionally intention to make our curriculum inclusive by making certain a variety of non-competitive sports activities and actions can be found, in order that we meet the wants and pursuits of each baby.
We guarantee the youngsters have 2 hours of bodily training every week. In addition to P.E classes each week, our pupils participate in an lively each day mile. We’ve got discovered this break from the classroom has a constructive influence on their efficiency in different topics.
We additionally incorporate weekly ‘forest faculty’ and outside studying classes in a lot of our settings the place the youngsters are getting bodily lively by way of nature walks, orienteering, climbing and even archery.
Out of the ten faculties within the Belief, a number of of them are set in rural and distant settings, which presents challenges in accessing exterior sources similar to sporting venues and exterior competitions. We’re working as a belief to repeatedly create alternatives for faculties to collaborate and create occasions collectively.
For instance, we now have established trust-wide swimming galas and cross-country classes, and we hope to develop the trust-wide sporting occasions over the subsequent few years. Being rural might have disadvantages, however we all the time attempt to discover the positives. An enormous constructive is how the open house permits us to get lively in nature, which has a huge effect on college students’ bodily and psychological well being.
The Consortium Belief is an ever-growing, residing and respiration group and we take pleasure in figuring out that each resolution we make is within the hope that we now have a constructive affect on the pupils. Creating a broad and interesting sporting and outside curriculum is simply a part of that dedication.
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