Year 6 Students
Every year during Y7 selected pupils have the opportunity to work with the famous and exhilarating Sheffield Sharks BasketBall team. Pupils are carefully selected by their Progress Manager and Pastoral Support Coordinator.
The project is called “Playing for Success” and the aim of the programme is to provide an out of school hours initiative aimed at raising standards in literacy, numeracy, ICT and increasing self esteem in young people through the medium of sport. The sessions use state of the art IT equipment and the latest games consoles to provide health, literacy and numeracy challenges.
Feedback from our selected students was very positive and each felt that they got a lot out of the scheme. Quotes from the pupils included;
“I liked the extra maths support, especially working on the computer” Sally
“It was a lot of fun and I learnt new things in a relaxed way” Abigail
“I loved meeting the basketball players and learning new things” Daniel
“I liked learning how to use different computer programmes” Daniel
“I enjoyed working with people I didn’t know and using the computer to do my work” Connor
“I didn’t even realise I was doing Maths! It was done in a sneaky way” Cameron
“Working with new people and adults” Shania
“I learnt a lot more about computers” Cameron
“I improved my maths” Annabel
”I improved my spelling” Daniel
“I enjoyed the Sheffield Sharks programme. I got to work with new people and learn more about computers” Annabel
“I learnt how to design posters” Abigail
“I liked the Simpsons programme where we designed our own characters and had to describe them” Daniel
“I enjoyed the team games and competing against people” Sally
“I enjoyed working as a pair and measuring the basketball players” Connor
“I had to stand on a chair to measure James Whyte!” Connor
“I liked seeing and working with people out side of school” Shania
“I enjoyed having the toast and fruit” Abigail
“The people were really nice and friendly. They helped me a lot” Annabel
“I was really shy at first but people encouraged me to join in” Connor
“We all worked together. Nobody left anyone out” Shannon
