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Playing For Success

Posted by School Website Administrator (siteadmin) on Sep 06 2007 at 9:11 AM

As part of the Playing for Success scheme, some of our pupils had the chance to meet some of the cast from the musical Cats which is on at Cheltenham Racecourse.

Check out what is happening in Gloucestershire on http://www.pfsglos.org.uk/

The Department for Education and Skills Playing for Success initiative is establishing out of school hours study support centres at football clubs and other sports’ grounds. The centres use the environment and medium of football, rugby and other sports as motivational tools, and focus on raising literacy, numeracy and ICT standards amongst KS2 and KS3 pupils who are struggling a little and often demotivated.

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Playing for Success: An Evaluation of its Long Term Impact

The National Foundation for Educational Research recently published a report on the longer term impact of Playing for Success (PfS). Previous evaluation studies had measured pupils' performance at the start and end of their attendance at PfS Centres, and have shown significant improvements in numeracy, literacy and ICT. This study was undertaken to consider whether there was any evidence of longer-term changes in pupils' perfomance in National Curriculum Assessments (NCAs) associated with attending a PfS Centre.
A brief summary of the key findings can be found on the PfS Evaluation web page and the facility to download a copy of both the Research Report and the Research Brief.

http://www.dfes.gov.uk/playingforsuccess/

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