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Introducing
Our Academy Director :
Hello and welcome to our website.
My name is Pat Callaghan and I
am the Academy Director of Talent Camp.
If you
believe in the benefits of Physical Education and Sport for your child,
and if your children show a keen interest or talent in these areas, then
our talent camp may be exactly what you are looking for.
I have been teaching and advising
in Physical Education and School Sport in primary and secondary schools
for over twenty years.
If
you would like to check out my c.v. please
click here.
Most
recently I have been involved in advisory work on behalf of the
Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and the Youth Sport
Trust,
delivering the Government's National Strategy for PE and School Sport
within Oldham Education
Authority.
I
have three young children myself between the ages of 4 and 9 who all
attend our local primary school.
Experience The Fitness
Factory :
Four years
ago I established the “Fitness Factory”, which
provides an inclusive and health-promoting programme of activities for primary aged
children, both after school and during holiday times.
Many of the
children who attend regularly are now exhibiting outstanding talent across a range of activities, and because of this I have
been inspired to establish an academy to cater for the needs of the more
able child.
Our
Sports Academy :
South Manchester Talent Camp is a specialist academy for boys and girls
who are especially interested or talented in Physical Education and
Sport.
Through my teaching and advisory work I have an
expert knowledge of the most up-to-date initiatives and methods for
developing talent in children.
What goes on at the Talent
Camp ?
The emphasis at Talent Camp is absolutely on FUN.
In line with the most
modern research and policy, we offer a multi skills and multi activity
approach to learning, concentrating on developing fundamental
movement and fundamental sports skills.
Re-assurance :
Nevertheless, please be re-assured that this is an approach endorsed by
all of the following organisations responsible for the running of
Physical Education and Sport within our country :
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More Information :
If you would like a little more information I would
like to invite you now to spend a few minutes checking out the following
links, which will give you a better
understanding of the context within which we are working :
From the links above you will have read that there is a consensus that in the
UK we have generally made the following mistakes in our development of
young athletes :
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Putting too much pressure on youngsters at too early an age.
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Encouraging specialisation in one particular sport at too early an
age.
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Putting too much emphasis on winning, rather than the longer term
development of the child.
At our Talent Camp we redress all of these mistakes.
Measuring
Results :
You as parents will be able to measure the success of the project by the
smile on your child’s face, and by their enthusiasm to turn up
every week.
Similarly I will measure my success by the length of my
waiting list of families eager to to get their children involved.
Health & Safety :
Be
fully assured that all our Academy staff are highly qualified and
experienced in both child care and sports development - Talent Camp is run by qualified teachers with
appropriate certification including all relevant security checks from
the Police and CRB.
The
Next Step :
Finally, please feel free to get in touch to find out more information,
simply click visit our contact page for details.
I have also included a number of testimonials for myself and the
"Fitness Factory" to give you extra confidence that the future sporting
development of your child is in very safe hands.
Thank you, and I look forward to both hearing from you and meeting you in the
very near future...
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