Sports Leadership Awards
St Bernard's High School and Arts College offer students the opportunity to achieve Levels 1 and 2 of the Sports Leadership Awards Scheme. Level 1 is available for Year 10 students who are studying GCSE Physical Education and Level 2 is for Year 12 students (see below). Each programme consists of a practical, non-exam course during which assessments are made upon the candidates' abilities to demonstrate their leadership skills in their chosen activity over a certain period of time. Throughout the course, candidates will be given the opportunity to develop their skills in organisation and communication by planning and leading a sporting activity within the community, which in turn allows them to gain confidence.
Sports Leaders UK Level 1 Award in Sports Leadership - JSLA
This nationally recognised practical course is offered within the Year 10 GCSE course. The syllabus fosters generic skills in organising activities, planning, communicating and motivating, which can be applied to a variety of different sporting activities as well as contributing to the participants’ personal and social education. The generic aspects of leadership taught by the Award complement many of the Governments objectives of the Citizenship N.C. requirements. These include: Developing skills for enquiry and communication and developing skills for participation and responsible action. PSHE elements include: Developing confidence and responsibility; developing a healthier, safer lifestyle; developing good relationships and respecting the differences between people. All 7 units must be passed to gain the award, these are: Planning, preparing and assisting a simple sporting activity; Basic communication skills for leading a sporting activity; Principles / practice in delivering a basic health / fitness session; Understanding fair play in sport; Understanding the role of the sports official; Understanding the scope of local sport and recreation activities; and Demonstration of leadership skills in sport. [www.bst.org.uk]
Sports Leaders UK Level 2 Award in Community Sports Leadership - CSLA
The Sports Leaders UK Level 2 Award in Community Sports Leadership Award is run for students in the sixth form, this is available for all Year 12 students but strongly encouraged for the GCE PE students. This nationally recognised award gives these students the skills needed to lead groups in safe sporting and recreational activity. It encourages students to take responsibility for others, develops organisational and communication skills and instils confidence in people for whom leading groups in sporting activities is a new experience. The majority of the course is practical in nature with an emphasis on learning through doing, rather than through written work.
The Community Sports Leader Award syllabus is divided into eight units these are:
- Contribute to organising and delivering a sports activity session
- Establishing and maintaining a safe sporting activity
- Understanding the structure of sport/recreation in the UK
- Understanding and leading fitness sessions
- Principles/practice in running sporting events/competitions
- Principles and practice in adapting sports activities
- Select, plan and lead on an appropriate sporting activity
- Demonstration of leadership skills in the community.
Students need to pass all the units to obtain the award.