Event date
Thursday 21 May 2009 and
Friday 22 May 2009
Friday 22 May 2009
Registration
Please note that invitations are non-transferable, this must be adhered to and will be monitored.
Complete the online registration form to book your place at the conference. You will need the unique ID number assigned to you, which is on your invitation.
Venue
This year’s Playing for Success national conference will take place at:
St John’s Hotel
651 Warwick Road
Solihull
Birmingham
B91 1AT
Tel: 0121 711 3000
Click here for Location map
Accommodation
For anyone wishing to book accommodation at the St John’s hotel on Wednesday 20 May, there is a preferential rate available of £99 B&B inc VAT. However, places are limited and will be offered on a first come first served basis.
To reserve accommodation on 20 May, please call 0121 711 3000 and press 1 for reservations. Please quote Playing for Success conference.
The online registration system will ask if you have booked accommodation at St John’s on 20 May, if you have done so, please ensure you complete this section of the form to prevent being allocated to an overspill hotel.
Only delegates attending the event for both days are entitled to accommodation on Thursday 21 May.
As with previous years, there are a number of overspill hotels. Allocation to overspill hotels is based on last year's distribution and every effort is made to allocate accommodation as fairly as possible.
Workshop Sessions & Seminars
Seminars
For this year’s conference, there will be two lunch time slots which will run concurrently with seminar sessions. Below is the list of seminars taking place during the two sessions. During the booking process, you will be asked to choose one lunch time slot and one seminar session.
Please select a session below for full details.
SESSION 1 – 12:00 – 13:00
1 . Critical Friendship - Roles and Responsibilities
| Presenter(s): | Alwyn Morgan, Mandy Kelly and Kevin McCooke |
| Overview: | This seminar will explore the role of the critical friend (CF) and particularly within the context of working in partnership with the DCSF, local authority and club. |
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| Target Audience: | Centre Managers, LA reps and Club Contacts |
| Notes to attendees: | Participants will not be required to bring any documentation but have ideas and questions about how to move your centre forward. |
2. PfS and National Policy
| Presenter(s): | Sue Collins |
| Overview: | Core PfS and PfS style provision is contributing to the delivery of a range of National Policies locally. |
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| Target Audience: | Centre Managers and LA Reps |
3. CPD Opportunities
| Presenter(s): | Marian Wood and Mike Parkhouse |
| Overview: | An overview of the RHA approach to professional development including a review of the first year’s programme and the plan for the next two years. |
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| Target: | Centre Managers, LA Reps and Club Contacts |
| Presenter(s): | Steve Smith and Sean Kane |
| Overview: | After 12 years the number of PfS centres has reached its current maximum of 162. But that’s not the end! Let’s smash the ‘glass ceiling’ by looking at innovatory and developmental ideas. |
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| Target: | Centre Managers and LA Reps |
| Presenter(s): | Rex Hall will take stock of the last year and look forward to the future of PfS beyond the Olympics. |
| Overview: | An overview of the RHA approach to professional development including a review of the first year’s programme and the plan for the next two years. |
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| Target audience: | Centre Managers, LA reps and Club Contacts |
SESSION 2 - 13:00 – 14:00
6. Quality Assurance
| Presenter(s): | Diane Wilson and Joanne Moore |
| Overview: | An introduction to the new self-evaluation framework (formerly Code of Practice) and an opportunity to explore the quality themes and the nature of evidence. |
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| Target: | Centre Managers and LA Reps |
| Presenter(s): | Rob Lake and Allison Tripney |
| Overview: | This seminar will outline how PfS has been integrated and is integral to West Bromwich Albion's Community Programme. It will also highlight the integrated of sport and education. |
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| Target: | Centre Managers, LA Reps and Club Contacts |
8. RHA Communication and Marketing PfS
| Presenter(s): | Jo Robson, Halina Gammie and Imran Malik |
| Overview: | The seminar will focus on Communication Strategies and marketing techniques and how RHA supports PfS centres in these areas. Part of the session will focus on how the MDA area of the website can assist in these areas. |
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| Target: | Centre Managers, LA Reps and Club Contacts |
| Presenter(s): | Anna Chapman and Andy Martin |
| Overview: | This seminar will update delegates on the development of a PfS 2012 National Programme working in partnership with the London Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games |
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| Target: | Centre Managers, LA Reps and Club Contacts |
| Presenter(s): | Adam Walker, Oaks Consultancy |
| Overview: | Enriching the PfS experience and the positive use of external funding. |
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| Target: | Centre Managers, LA Reps and Club Contacts |
Workshops
Please select a session below for full details.
DAY 1 SESSION 1 - 14:10 - 15:00
| Presenter(s): | John O'Boyle and Tina Dransfield |
| Overview: | Dislike the notion of formal testing in PfS? Want PfS to retain the Wow factor? Aiming to celebrate success in the language schools understand? Choose this workshop. |
| Type: | Descriptive/case study and interactive |
| Aim: | To provide participants with an overview of some of the recently introduced methods all schools are using to Assess Pupil Progress. To consider how PfS can share and contribute to these assessments without losing any of what makes PfS so great. To hear Centre Managers talk about some of the innovative methods they use to Assess Pupil Progress. |
| Target: | Centre Managers and LA Reps |
| Presenter(s): | Jeanette East |
| Overview: | An interactive workshop tracing the steps towards building our partnership |
| Type: | Descriptive/case study and interactive |
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| Target: | Centre Managers, LA Reps and Club Contacts |
3. Working in partnership with a cricket club
| Presenter(s): | Steve Wilson and Steven Blackwood |
| Overview: | How PfS at the Oval works in partnership with both Surrey Cricket in the community and with the club as a whole |
| Type: | Descriptive/case study |
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| Target: | Centre Managers, LA Reps and Club Contacts |
| Presenter(s): | Christian Kelly and Sian Spittles |
| Overview: | Six budgets, four centres, one central office and three quarters of a million pounds to account for. Find out how PfS Kent plans for this. |
| Type: | Descriptive/case study |
| Aim: | Show how the Business Plans interconnect with other planning, monitoring and reporting documents and how it needs to be a working document. How Business Planning helps to forward planning to support the work of the Centres. Demonstrate a LA's approach to Business Planning. |
| Target: | Centre Managers and LA Reps |
5. Establishing Children's University
| Presenter(s): | Lois Gyves |
| Overview: | A workshop describing the new Children’s University structure and how Playing for Success Manchester has recently established a Manchester CU. |
| Type: | Descriptive/case study |
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| Target: | Centre Managers, LA Reps and Club Contacts |
6. Relaxing for Success - DOUBLE SESSION
| Presenter(s): | Jeanette Palmer, Karen Topham and Elaine Sagar |
| Overview: | Staff in PfS Kirklees have taken up relaxed kids training and are offering packages to schools on different types of relaxation techniques and pre exam de stressing. We will outline what we offer to schools to income generate and show practical examples of techniques and methods. Share income generating ideas or come and relax for success with us! |
| Type: | Descriptive/case study, interactive and practical |
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| Target: | Centre Managers and Club Contacts |
| Presenter(s): | Rob Walker |
| Overview: | Sheffield’s approach to using data to evidence the impact of Playing for Success. How partners and methods can be employed to help demonstrate our effectiveness. |
| Type: | Descriptive/case study and interactive |
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| Target: | Centre Managers, LA Reps and Club Contacts |
| Notes to attendees: | Delegates to attend with an open mind ready to synthesise and challenge! |
8. Developing associate centres
| Presenter(s): | Rachael Holdgate, Faisal Bakht |
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| Target: | Centre Managers, LA Reps and Club Contacts |
| Presenter(s): | N/A |
| Overview: | As a direct response to the request at a recent LA forum, this meeting space will give LA reps the opportunity to meet informally; and share good practice. |
| Type: | Informal discussions |
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| Target: | LA Reps |
10. Find Your Talent - PfS Innovation Projects - DOUBLE SESSION
| Presenter(s): | Janet Rhodes and Derri Burdon |
| Overview: | A case study of how Bolton PfS is working in partnership with the Find Your Talent pathfinder |
| Type: | Descriptive/case study |
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| Target: | Centre Managers and LA Reps |
DAY 1 SESSION 2 - 15:20 - 16:10
11. Kick and Cook! Tottenham Hotspur Foundation Healthy Families Initiatives
| Presenter(s): | Joe Lyons and Anna Rimington |
| Overview: | Fun, practical session showing how clubs can integrate innovative health and nutrition programmes for students and their families into PfS and wider community work. Take away materials provided. |
| Type: | Interactive and Practical |
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| Target: | Centre Managers, LA Reps and Club Contacts |
| Presenter(s): | Angela Howl and Kashan Malik |
| Overview: | Has your centre reached maximum capacity? Are you looking for ways in which you can extend your provision? Outreach programmes may be your solution. |
| Type: | Descriptive/case study, interactive and practical |
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| Target: | Centre Managers, LA Reps and Club Contacts |
13. Playing for Success Netherlands
| Presenter(s): | Irene de Kort and Pieter Jansen |
| Overview: | In January 2009 PfS NL started a first pilot group at the stadium of FC Swolle. Soon 3 other Dutch football clubs will follow. In this workshop, we describe the steps we took to get so far. |
| Type: | Descriptive/case study and interactive |
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| Target: | Centre Managers, LA Reps and Club Contacts |
| Presenter(s): | Andy Moore and Chris Kingman |
| Overview: | A guide to and demonstration of the use of VLE's and how they can be implemented across the PfS curriculum |
| Type: | Interactive and Practical |
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| Target: | Centre Managers and LA Reps |
| Presenter(s): | Rob Walker |
| Overview: | Sheffield’s approach to using data to evidence the impact of Playing for Success. How partners and methods can be employed to help demonstrate our effectiveness. |
| Type: | Descriptive/case study and interactive |
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| Target: | Centre Managers, LA Reps and Club Contacts |
| Presenter(s): | John O'Boyle and Tina Dransfield |
| Overview: | Dislike the notion of formal testing in PfS? Want PfS to retain the Wow factor? Aiming to celebrate success in the language schools understand? Choose this workshop. |
| Type: | Descriptive/case study and interactive |
| Aim: | To provide participants with an overview of some of the recently introduced methods all schools are using to Assess Pupil Progress. To consider how PfS can share and contribute to these assessments without losing any of what makes PfS so great. To hear Centre Managers talk about some of the innovative methods they use to Assess Pupil Progress. |
| Target: | Centre Managers and LA Reps |
17. Club Contact networking
| Presenter(s): | N/A |
| Overview: | This meeting space will give Club reps the opportunity to meet both representatives from their own sports and others and share good practice. |
| Type: | Informal discussions |
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| Target: | Club Contacts |
| Presenter(s): | DCSF representative - tbc |
| Overview: | A member of the DCSF National Strategy team will inform and update delegates on strategies relevant to PfS. |
| Type: | Descriptive/case study |
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| Target: | Centre Managers and LA Reps |
DAY 2 SESSION 3 - 10:00 - 12:25 (All day two workshops are double sessions)
19. Phil Beadle
| Presenter(s): | -- |
| Overview: | This workshop will be how to make literacy fun. Phil will take you through a series of exciting and fun activities, using parts of speech as drivers of improvement in students' writing. Many of these have a kinaestheitc bent and have been trialed successfully with kids at risk of underachievement. |
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| Presenter(s): | Sandy Sanderson and Rachael Holdgate |
| Overview: | A chance to hear about a successful mentoring scheme. A lively and entertaining session led by our mentor co-ordinator, drawing on his experiences as a volunteer mentor and as a paid mentor co-ordinator at the centre. |
| Type: | Descriptive/case study |
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| Target: | Centre Managers |
21. The Grimsby Town Experience
| Presenter(s): | Oliver Cowling and Dr Tim Rudd (Futurelab) |
| Overview: | How you transform peoples opinions and perceptions about a place and use them to inform planning and future developments |
| Type: | Descriptive/case study and Interactive |
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| Target: | Centre Managers, LA Reps and Club Contacts |
22. Advanced Animation - Stockport County
| Presenter(s): | Gary Richards and Dean Sillett |
| Overview: | The Workshop will show a more advanced approach to Animation through the use of chroma-key technology |
| Type: | Interactive and Practical |
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| Target: | Centre Managers, LA Reps and Club Contacts |
| Presenter(s): | Scott Cohen, Nicky Pointon (Portsmouth) and Anthony Savery (Fulham) |
| Overview: | The workshop will outline how the Arsenal Double Club has been rolled out to 30 centres and will look at different models and sustainability |
| Type: | Descriptive/case study, interactive and practical |
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| Target: | Centre Managers, LA Reps and Club Contacts |
24. Stories By The Fans For The Fans
| Presenter(s): | Irfan Master and Jim Sells |
| Overview: | Profiling the National Literacy Trust's work with football clubs to promote literacy skills focusing on the 'Til I Die' series of books |
| Type: | Descriptive/case study, interactive and practical |
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| Target: | Centre Managers, LA Reps and Club Contacts |
| Presenter(s): | Peter Austen and Sarah Mason |
| Overview: | Maths is fun is delivered in conjunction with Sarah Mason, an AST from Sir Christopher Hatton School in Wellingborough, Northants. She has delivered sessions at the Saints Study Centre for during the last year engaging all groups with her interactive activities. |
| Type: | Interactive and Practical |
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| Target: | Centre Managers and LA Reps |
26. Double Club Languages
| Presenter(s): | Julie Stoker |
| Overview: | The workshop will outline how the Arsenal Double Club has taken the success of their literacy and numeracy programmes into Modern Foreign Languages and developed French, Spanish and German modules at both Primary and Secondary levels. Thanks to funding from the DCSF, Arsenal is now building on its existing MFL resources and will be supporting other sports clubs/PFS centres around the country, wanting to do something similar. |
| Type: | Centre Managers, LA Reps and Club Contacts |
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| Target: | Centre Managers, LA Reps and Club Contacts |
27. Shake, Rattle and Roll out a creative music programme
| Presenter(s): | Andy Jordan and Marcel Pusey |
| Overview: | Music song-writing and ‘live’ percussion workshop. Using music to explore numeracy and literacy concepts. How to compose lyrics, create and record a backing track. |
| Type: | Interactive |
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| Target: | Centre Managers |
28. Communicating for Success
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29. Involving Young People and Partnership Working
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| Presenter(s): | Jonathon Aldred and Lynda Batchelor |
| Overview: | A chance to observe the Villa Vitality programme in action and resources utilised. How young people are involved in the sessions and the wide range of partners involved. |
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| Aim: | Descriptive/case study |
| Target: | Centre Managers, LA Reps and Club Contacts |
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