Government Initiatives

Question 1

What is an initiative?

Answer 1

Is a scheme, proposal, plan or idea

Question 2

National curriculum themes

Answer 2

Competence: leadership, body and mind skilfulness
Performance: competitive game
Creativity: solving problems, decision making
Balance active healthy lifestyle

Question 3

What are the government initiatives?

Answer 3

National curriculum:
PESSYP: aimed at increasing participation in schools for 15-16 year olds
Specialist sports colleges: allow schools to specialise in different areas of the curriculum
Schools sports partnership: clusters or families of schools that get together to promote and develop p.E and sports opportunities for the young people within their cluster
Gifted and talented
Kite mark for school PE
Sport raising the game
Game plan

Question 4

What do the national governing bodies do?

Answer 4

Encourage participation at all levels
Encourage the development of talented performers
Select and prepare nation squads
Organise local and national competitions
Train coaches and officials, appoint performance directors
Maintain the rules and regulations of their sport

Question 5

Whole sport plans strategies

Answer 5

Increase participation, clubs, coaches volunteers
From grass roots to elite
Increase international success
Effective running of organisation