Curriculum Links – Linking the Classroom to the Sports Hall

This term has seen the focus of Tyrone DENI coaches in the area of connective learning which targets class based activities and link them to the sports hall.  The key curriculum areas we have been focussing on are numeracy and literacy within the foundation and key stage 1 classes.  Numeracy activities have covered such areas as clever counting, reading time, planning daily routine on time lines, addition, subtraction, multiplication, fractions, angles, grid referencing, directions, ordering, sequencing and place values to name but a few.

Within the subject of literacy we covered such areas as starting and ending sounds, rhyming words, blending of sounds, decoding of sentences, role play, homophones and sound matching etc..

The area of curriculum links has struck a chord with all teachers involved as it has supported the learning of their pupils and has made some areas which are hard for young children to understand much easier as they can practically experience theoretical concepts in a fun and active environment.  Joe McMahon delivered a workshop at the annual coaching conference alongside colleagues from various counties to highlight the importance and rational behind this initiative and it was a major success with all in attendance.