KiwiSport Fundamentals Project

On the 11th August 2009, The Minister of Education announced the KiwiSport fund. Sport Bay of Plenty designed and completed a comprehensive community consultation plan involving whole school communities. Through the community consultation process 7 priorities were identified for the Bay of Plenty: Fundamental Skill Development, Collaboration, Quality Competitions / Events, Reducing Inequalities, Quality People, Key Messages and Professional Development.

Fundamentals Programme
KiwiSport – Regional Flagship Project

Background
In the recent KiwiSport consultation, Fundamental Skill Development was the top priority across the Bay of Plenty (85% of participants ranked Fundamental Skill Development within the top 3 priorities under the Kiwisport funding). As such Sport Bay of Plenty is developing a programme in conjunction with the sporting codes, schools and wider community that will aim to provide a learning environment where young people develop fundamental sport skills so they have the right building blocks to play sport for life.

The programme will be targeted at 5-12 years olds as well as upskilling parents, teachers and coaches. It is likely that the programme will be delivered by Sporting Codes and Recreation providers, coordinated by Sport BOP, include in-school and out-of-school components, and have a long term focus.

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