With the transition from classrooms to online learning, many schools have been forced to find new and innovative ways to keep learners engaged.
Crawford Preparatory School in Sandton is just about ready to roll out an “after school” extramural programme that will surely get learners excited. According to Crawford’s head of sport, Braydon Dixon, the school has received a number of requests from both learners and parents for some sort of sport or extramural activity which can be enjoyed after online learning has concluded.
“The parents miss seeing their children playing sports and unfortunately a lot of the children have missed playing sport and the interaction that it brings,” said Dixon. He admits that it has been quite challenging to create the programme because is not as easy as online learning. “We have had to be quite practical and think outside of the box because not everyone has a soccer ball, and some of them might not have the space because they live in apartments,” he said.
The programme, set to be rolled out on 11 May, will take place at the end of the schooling day, for between 30 minutes and an hour.”The children will learn some skills from the coaches who will be demonstrating on video. It will be a basic session where we do a fun little warm up with them and maybe three to four drills,” Dixon said.
He added that although some of the coaches were a little apprehensive in the beginning, they are more excited to see their respective teams active again. “It is important for the coaches who have been part of the school for many years to engage with the learners because they have developed different relationships with them.” The programme will follow the school’s Term 2 sports roster with a fun family session on Fridays.
“It is all about trying to get our boys and girls out there and doing something, having them play some sports and not sat in front of the computer all day,” he said.”The way we do things has unfortunately changed, but we have to make sure that our children are looked after and that they are healthy,” Dixon concluded.
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