TCSoA School Newsletter | Page 7

Crieff Highland Gathering Success for P7’s (by Abi Barlow) We entered a team for the School relay race at Crieff Highland Games on Sunday 16 August and our team came first! We won by about 5 metres. The team members were Abi, Jamie, Lucy and Calum, with Lauren and Murray. All pupils received a medal and a gift bag and we were presented with a big trophy. Website Contact us New Active School Coordinator at TCSOA starting in October 2015 Fiona Keir joins the Active Schools team from Sports Development within Perth and Kinross, where she has been developing Community Sport Hubs and the Ultimate Sport Leaders’ programme over the past 4 years. She enjoys netball, running and has a background in canoe slalom, representing Great Britain as an athlete and coach. Her role at The Community School of Auchterarder will be to provide opportunities and pathways for pupils at this school to take part in school sport. She will support existing and develop new volunteer led extra curricular school sport opportunities for Primary and Secondary pupils in the Auchterarder cluster. Fiona will also work with local sports clubs to ensure there are good links between school and club sport and that pupils and parents are aware of how to access school sport and sport in the community. Community Sports Leader Award The S5 and S6 pupils who elected the Community Sports Leader Award are working with the Live Active and Sports Development team to develop their leadership and coaching skills, helping them prepare for the world of work. They will work towards organising a cricket and gymnastics festival later in the year for our Primary pupils. Twitter