work in the community
Several of our projects are based in and around the Berkshire and Oxfordshire counties and our long term aim is to roll them out across the UK. The majority of our work centres on young people who find it hard to learn in a traditional school environment, referred school pupils and those already involved with the Youth Justice system.
We have devised our courses on our combined past teaching experiences. Lizzie was a tutor in charge of a residential home for excluded school pupils and has several years experience teaching both academic and physical subjects in a special measures school and Debbie as a learning assistant in special measures.
Guest teachers / mentors include double Gold Olympic Rower Steve Williams, Beijing Gold Olympic Cyclist Rebecca Romero, West End Theatre Director Garry Noakes and Dr. Alison McGregor, an expert in Biodynamics - Imperial College London.
CRED
We are currently teaching pupils from CRED, an award winning pioneering scheme, which has been in operation since 1998. Each year CRED accept 50 students nominated from local schools who have withdrawn their best efforts from their school performance. Students may have a history of problems in coping with the pressures of school and /or parental problems that may include estrangement; drug abuse and are invariably at risk of being in trouble with the justice system.
The “Body Rocks” course is taught to small single sex groups and after the initial induction, pupils are selected and offered the chance of studying the qualification.
Projects for 2009 also include working with Berkshire Association of Clubs for Young People, Thames Valley University and E2E.
recent projects
2006 - 2008
Huntercombe Juvenile Prison : Lizzie taught the NVQ2 “Exercise to Music” and Debbie the NVQ2 Sport & Recreation model.
August 2006 - Eton World Rowing Championships 2006
Creativity in Sport attended the 2006 World Rowing Championships in Eton. Joggy Bear was the Great Britain Team Mascot and pupils and clubs from all over the UK took part in the Circuit Challenge organised by Lizzie and her team.
May 2006, "Creative Rowing Champions"
March 2006, "Creative Champions Day"
Over 1,000 Primary School pupils in Newbury, West Berkshire participated in projects and performances culminating in a presentation on March 14th. Creative Champions Day was supported by the Youth Sport Trust.
2005, "Go! London 2012"
This competition was devised to inspire and engage school children of all ages to participate in the bid to help bring The Games to London in 2012.
2004-2005
Weekly classes in Family Learning for the Under 5’s were undertaken for a year to encourage mothers and toddlers to exercise together and envelop cross-curricular activities with the help of the fun lifestyle character Joggy Bear.
2004
Creativity in Sport piloted their initial proposals in several Primary and Secondary Schools in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. Weekly Hi-energy classes were also undertaken with the U15 Rugby team at the Royal Grammar School for Boys in High Wycombe, Bucks for 2 terms. Watch the video.
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