Girls Active Programme - Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership

The
Girls Active
Programme
on their needs through facilitating meetings
with them.
• Link with the SPHE programme - girls offered
the Girls Active programme must have a
timetabled SPHE class. Include a section on
‘Being Active’ with participating girls in their
SPHE classes.
• Organise activities outside of normal PE and
curriculum time.
• Release the co-ordinating teacher to
attend training and to recruit girls into the
programme.
• Deliver the programme throughout the school
year (a minimum of 3 activities over a total of
15 weeks).
• Co-ordinating teacher and a number of the
girls meet with the project support personnel
to feed back on the programme through school
support visits.
• Inform parents of their daughter’s participation
in the programme.
• Make a financial contribution to the programme
that is consistent with school policy regarding
participation in school sport and recreation.
• Be willing to sustain the programme given a
positive response by the girls.
• Be open to providing yearly information on
participation rates, feedback from the girls on
their experience and feedback from principals.
• Training for the co-ordinator of the programme.
• Ongoing support, information and networking
opportunities.
• School visits and phone backup from support
personnel each year.
• A review of the initiative and feedback to
participating schools (principals are provided
with an update on the programme at the yearly
principals’ SPHE meeting).
Full details on the implementation of the programme
during its first two phases are provided in
Appendix A.
Schools are selected for participation on the Girls
Active programme based on the following criteria:
• The rationale provided is consistent with the
principles of the programme.
• There is a geographical spread.
• There is evidence of commitment to the SPHE
programme.
Participating schools are awarded funding to cover
the cost of an outside instructor/ tutor, training for a
staff member in a particular activity and equipment
required for delivery of the activity 13 . Programme
support agencies also agreed to provide:
13 The grant to date has been €750 for the first year and €500 for subsequent years.
Evaluation of the Girls Active Programme - 2003 – 2005 Report 7