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The Ladybridge High Sports Mania goes NATIONAL!
The Bolton News Press Release! - Sport Helps to Raise Game in All Lessons!
LONDON’S Olympic Games of 2012 are inspiring young sportsmen and women to achieve great things.
However, it is not just sports enthusiasts who are being inspired by the Olympics.
Bolton teachers are also harnessing the spirit of the games to raise academic achievements in classrooms.
Ladybridge High School is a specialist sports college. It achieved the status nearly five years ago but the title will be coming up for renewal in the new academic year.
The five rings of the Olympic Games are displayed around the school, together with motivational quotes from sportsmen and women.
Through progress across the curriculum, the school is confident it can retain its status when Ofsted inspectors visit to ensure it is achieving its goals.
Jim Dickson, the head of Physical Education said: “Standards are up in all subjects and the school is developing. The values of sport, such as teamwork and motivation, have been adopted by the school and the concept of sport is contextualised in lessons.”
Healthy eating has been on the menu at school — before celebrity chef Jamie Oliver started his school dinners campaign — to ensure children have a “healthy body, healthy mind”
Mr Dickson said there was a link between sporting activities and better achievements in the classroom.
He said: “Sports is used to raise academic achievements in classes and also to engage those pupils who may not be interested in physical education to get involved.”
The school boasts modern facilities including a fitness suite, swimming pool and a boxing ring, with the latter being used to develop values of respect, focus and discipline in pupils. Mr Dickson said these skills can be taken back into classes.
Other examples of how the school’s sports status is being used to raise standards include the use of sports books to encourage boys to read, the invitation of pupils to additional classes held after school with the reward of a game of football, and the use of football league tables to teach percentages.
Pupils Mithun Kerai and Saeed Atcha both write for the school magazine The Ladybridge High Sports Mania. Mithun, aged 13, said: “This is improving our information technology skills and our results in English. But we are gaining confidence as well, which effects our performance in all classes.”
Part of the magazine is known as the Olympic Section, where those who have done well academically could find themselves in line for a gold, silver or bronze medal. Saeed, aged 12, added: “People put themselves forward and compete for medals.
“Before I got involved in the magazine, I did not really like sport but now I do. I have more energy and love how we've made the magazine a big hit! There is a team spirit in the school as well.”
However, it is not just sports enthusiasts who are being inspired by the Olympics.
Bolton teachers are also harnessing the spirit of the games to raise academic achievements in classrooms.
Ladybridge High School is a specialist sports college. It achieved the status nearly five years ago but the title will be coming up for renewal in the new academic year.
The five rings of the Olympic Games are displayed around the school, together with motivational quotes from sportsmen and women.
Through progress across the curriculum, the school is confident it can retain its status when Ofsted inspectors visit to ensure it is achieving its goals.
Jim Dickson, the head of Physical Education said: “Standards are up in all subjects and the school is developing. The values of sport, such as teamwork and motivation, have been adopted by the school and the concept of sport is contextualised in lessons.”
Healthy eating has been on the menu at school — before celebrity chef Jamie Oliver started his school dinners campaign — to ensure children have a “healthy body, healthy mind”
Mr Dickson said there was a link between sporting activities and better achievements in the classroom.
He said: “Sports is used to raise academic achievements in classes and also to engage those pupils who may not be interested in physical education to get involved.”
The school boasts modern facilities including a fitness suite, swimming pool and a boxing ring, with the latter being used to develop values of respect, focus and discipline in pupils. Mr Dickson said these skills can be taken back into classes.
Other examples of how the school’s sports status is being used to raise standards include the use of sports books to encourage boys to read, the invitation of pupils to additional classes held after school with the reward of a game of football, and the use of football league tables to teach percentages.
Pupils Mithun Kerai and Saeed Atcha both write for the school magazine The Ladybridge High Sports Mania. Mithun, aged 13, said: “This is improving our information technology skills and our results in English. But we are gaining confidence as well, which effects our performance in all classes.”
Part of the magazine is known as the Olympic Section, where those who have done well academically could find themselves in line for a gold, silver or bronze medal. Saeed, aged 12, added: “People put themselves forward and compete for medals.
“Before I got involved in the magazine, I did not really like sport but now I do. I have more energy and love how we've made the magazine a big hit! There is a team spirit in the school as well.”
