What we were tasked to do?
- To deliver Tag Rugby throughout the school from Year 1-6, that were expected to align with the curriculum.
- Educate and up skill members of Staff on how to deliver engaging rugby based PE Sessions.
- Create a pathway for Children to the local rugby club as well as developing players for the local schools rugby festivals.
What we delivered?
- A scaffolded curriculum of Tag Rugby was delivered throughout the school progressing from year 1 children running with the ball and special awareness to year 6 children playing Tag Rugby.
- Year 3 -6 Children were able to play and manage their own Tag Rugby games, understanding tactics as well as the CORE VALUES which are so important to the game.
- All delivery from year 1-6 was underpinned with a high level of player involvement getting children to maximise the amount of engagement that they got out of the weekly hour session.
Positive outcomes of our delivery
- The standard of coordination and game understanding in the school grew each year not only being identified in the primary school, but also by PE staff when pupils transitioned to secondary.
- Teachers benefitted from the specialist delivery picking up different activities and approaches to developing
- The school also gained higher levels of participation at after school clubs, It also had a massive effect on the local rugby club with large numbers of players joining the local Rugby club in the area.