Our Services

Sporting Start

Sporting Start endeavours to deliver the highest quality in PE provision and ensure lessons are tailored to meet the PE curriculum from foundation level through to Key Stage 4. Sporting Start coaches will include evidence of ongoing teaching and learning by providing the school with schemes of work, lesson plans and pupil assessments on request. Lessons are tailored to engage all children in a positive learning environment while developing them in a range of PE activities. For more information on Sporting Start visit www.sportingstart.co.uk

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Performing Start

Our Performing Arts team is managed and co-ordinated by a specialist team who are highly experienced in this area. With experience in directing, producing, script writing, choreography and teaching they can ensure that lessons and shows are delivered to an extremely high standard. The Performing Start teachers are all specialists in one or more areas of performing arts from Musical Theatre, Drama through to Dance and Singing. They are all experienced teachers and demonstrate a high standard of teaching and learning from foundation level through to Key Stage 4.

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Language Start

Language Start It is internationally recognised that the best time to teach a foreign language is during the primary years. The importance of teaching Modern Foreign Languages in primary schools has been recently highlighted by the Department for Education and Skills in its publication Languages for All: Languages for Life - A Strategy for England (2002):

"Delivering an entitlement to language learning so that every pupil at Key Stage 2 is offered the opportunity to study at least one foreign language by the end of the decade is the centerpiece of our strategy"

By 2012 all primary schools will be expected to teach a modern foreign language. Language start can provide excellent staff who can support schools in achieving this aim ahead of target. There are various ways in which we can support schools with the delivery of Modern Foreign Languages:

Breakfast clubs
Integrating a language into the curriculum
Covering PPA time
Intensive language weeks

QCA found that "Factors such as the issue of motivation, duration of the early foreign language programme, the quality and competence of the teacher, the types of resources, all contribute... (to the success of MFL programmes.)". Language start can deliver programmes that promote a young learner's strengths and which focus on the development of good intonation, pronunciation and speaking skills.

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Science Start

Science start exists to support schools in their delivery of the National Curriculum. Our science staff will be available to cover:

Sc 1 - Investigational skills
Sc 2 - Life Processes and living things
Sc 3 - Materials and their properties
Sc 4 - Physical processes

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Creative Start

Creative Start seeks to support schools in their ability to broaden the curriculum by providing skilled staff to deliver themed days / weeks. With various time constrictions we understand how difficult it can be for Head Teachers and teachers to find skilled people to deliver specialist workshops that will be enjoyable and exciting for the children. Through Creative Start we aim to provide these for the schools. Below are just a few examples of the themed weeks / days we can provide staff to support your school in widening your curriculum:

Healthy Schools Week
World Book Day
Shakespeare in rhyme
Eco Friendly week
Poet in residence
Cultural / European awareness days
Build your own website

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Extended Schools

Ed Start has set up various breakfast, after school, Saturday morning and holiday provision in order to support schools in achieving recent government targets:

Every child to be given the opportunity of participating in 2 hours (5 hours by 2010) of sport each week.
Extending the opening times of schools.

Breakfast / After School Clubs

The clubs start at either 8am (breakfast club) or immediately at the end of the school day and usually last for 1 hour. Payments are made by the parents to Ed Start so there is no charge made to the school. Various activities can be offered from our various sectors and Ed Start is happy to accommodate any needs presented by schools and school children in terms of which provisions are offered.

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Sporting Start

Performing Start

Language Start

Science Start

Creative Start

Extended Schools

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