Small grant case studies

Physical activity

Godolphin Primary School The grant enabled Godolphin to provide an Adventure Sports Club for a limited period. The activities were arranged with Kerrier District Council and a minibus was provided to transport the children to and from the venues. The children who attended grew in confidence during each club meeting, developed their skills, and often refer to the activities they took part in. 

Harrowbarrow School Through the project the school built an activity trail within the school grounds using timber logs etc. It provides supervised play and PE for all pupils at the school, helping to contribute towards their health and wellbeing. The project is meeting the needs it sought to address (development of gross motor skills, boosting of confidence and self-esteem, improved development of social skills). Staff have noted increased cooperation between age groups and able pupils assisting the less able. The activity trail has challenged pupils and has also broadened the school's PE curriculum.

St. Buryan Primary School "Keep fit" and "Fun fit for children". The extra keep fit sessions (in preparation for the skiing trip) were very popular with the children and the school wished to continue them. The small grant enabled the school to book the fitness coach for some more sessions; all the children enjoyed these sessions and benefited from them.

St. Issey VA CE School The "High Fives" club, run by a TA and a parent, was becoming increasingly popular among the children. The school used the small grant to purchase netball posts and bibs. The High Fives club meets weekly and the school was able to enter two teams into the local High Fives tournament, one of which reached the semi-finals. In this tournament the school was up against much bigger schools, St. Issey being the only school with fewer than 100 children.

St. Meriadoc CE Nursery and Infant School The school's old climbing frame in the adventure playground was rotting, dangerous and needed replacing. The new one needed to be in keeping with the environment and fun for the children. The school put the small grant money towards the new climbing frame and the children can once again use the adventure playground freely and safely.

St. Meriadoc CE Junior School The school needed a sound system to deliver instructions, music and discussion. The grant enabled them to buy a small PA system which has allowed them to deliver Wake Up Shake Up in the playground so that all the school can join together. Benefits of the project are that it has enabled children to take roles of responsibility and leadership, it has given some children another option for physical activity, and it has built the confidence of some whilst helping others to learn not to take everything so seriously!

St Wenn School The children had nowhere to store their bikes so the School Council organised two fundraising events. The small grant money, funds raised by the children and a donation from Imerys were used to purchase a bike rack and "Huff 'n Puff" activities. The bike rack is now in daily use by the pupils.

Tregony CP School The school wanted to do Wake Up Shake Up outside in the summer months. They needed speakers and a CD player (or iPOD). They asked the Roseland Community School (their feeder and a specialist music school) to help them choose equipment within their price range. The benefits are that children now regularly lead the Wake Up Shake Up sessions; everyone is listening, moving and dancing to all types of music; and new children quickly join in when they see everyone else doing it.

Truro High School for Girls The school wanted to run dance sessions for the whole day during the end of the exam week in the summer for Year 7. From the evaluation of the event held the previous year, pupils said they wanted a whole day, rather than half a day, but funding was an issue. The grant enabled the school to provide this without charging the parents anything extra. The whole day was marked as a Year 7 Healthy Day in the school calendar, it was well supported by all staff and dance fitness sessions are now in the PSHE programme. The dance teacher now plays a greater role in delivering fitness and dance, not only in Year 7 but also in Years 9 and 10. Year 11 are offered the sessions after school and Years 12 and 13 are offered it as a lunchtime activity.