The new and improved Activity Professional Manual is here!

The manual has been updated with all the latest developments including lesson planning, new policies and the Schools Portal. Its new layout is easy for you to refer to.

You’ll receive your own hardcopy manual in the post, so it’s important to make sure that your postal address is correct on the BMS.

The Hare and the Tortoise mascots are an ideal way to deliver the WOW factor to your customers and enables you to interact with children on your Inspire to Engage activities. Mascots at an event will make your brand stand out from the crowd showing a fun and memorable aspect of your service.

I mean, who wouldn’t want a picture taken with a big fluffy Hare or give a high five to a sporty Tortoise?

At Premier Education Group we deliver a variety of training courses and qualifications across the UK as both a training centre for 1st4sport and Active IQ.

We are constantly evolving and growing, creating the need for more experienced staff to join our expanding team. Through our networks we deliver qualifications to a variety of learners from those just starting their careers on apprenticeships or those more experienced looking to up-skill.

If you are interested in joining our tutor team, please click on the button below for more info.

We receive a letter this week from Gordon Core, a Tutor/Assessor who is responsible for guiding Teaching Assistants through the Level 3 Supporting Teaching and Learning Diploma course. A vital component of the course is to observe good classroom practice through lesson observations. Activity Professional, John Gorner from the Wigan and Leigh territory was the lesson observed by Gordon and his student. Following the observation, Gordon felt the need to contact us and tell us about John’s delivery.

We’ve identified a need to increase the level of support for your Delivery in schools. That’s why we’re delighted to announce a regular GoToMeeting Q&A session with our National Quality Development Manager, Andy Heald.

Andy Heald will take any questions / queries / guidance he receives via email to form the agenda points in these sessions. The chances are, other franchisees / Activity Professionals with benefit from your question being answered.

To register for one or all of Andy’s sessions, hit the button below and you’ll be given the option to secure your place on the following session/s -

Did you tune into Andy’s GoToMeeting this week about ‘Safe and Risk-Free Delivery?’ If you didn’t, don’t worry!

Please click the ‘Catch Up’ button below and download the file from Dropbox.

Edward Timpson, the children and families minister at the Department for Education has written to primary school Governors across the UK about the PE and sport premium.

We’re urging you to read this document so you’re prepared for any questions that many arise as a result of school Governors speaking to your headteachers.

Don’t worry if you’ve missed any newsletters, here are the links to the previous ones we’ve sent you since August last year –