BVI Professionals Complete Development Series

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Participating BVI school principals with member of the Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) Committee

(PLTM) - A group in the British Virgin Islands are among the first cohort of specialists in the Caribbean to complete a series on Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) and Physical Literacy, which was completed earlier this month. The first session for this series began in early 2016.

The sessions, which were a collaboration between the BVI Olympic Committee (BVIOC), and the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC), was hosted as an effort to develop long term athlete development in the Virgin Islands, as well as an introduction to Physical Literacy, which speaks to the motivation, confidence, physical competence, knowledge and an understanding to value and take responsibility for engagement in physical activities for life.

During the sessions the facilitators, Mr. Drew Mitchel and Mr. Thomas Jones of Canada Sport for Life met with the Chief Education Officer, Mrs. Connie George, as well as Education Officers, principals from public and private schools, Dr. Monica Sagala, Deputy Director of Medical Services of the BVI Health Services Authority and other health representatives.

Dr. Antoinette Rock, Principal of St. Georges Secondary said, “The workshop was wonderful and was a great opportunity to meet with other principals and educational personnel. The concerns were similar. I will continue to encourage a healthy lifestyle and the integration of physical activities in the daily lives of my students. I will use our school assembly to reinforce the concept of Physical Literacy.”

Mr. Orlandette Crabbe, Principal of Joyce Samuel Primary School also commented, “I thoroughly enjoyed the session on Physical Literacy. I believe it is a needed component in our curriculum in the VI. I plan to implement school-wide programmes and encourage movement and healthy lifestyle practices.”

She added, “My PE teacher has been charged with developing a plan for the new school year with regards to Physical Literacy.”

Physical Education teachers of public and private schools, health liaison teachers, gym instructors and early childhood educators also attended the workshop.

The topics covered included integrating Physical Literacy into warm up routines, increasing performances of all participants and Physical Literacy Play Tool assessment for sport practices, Physical Education and group exercises.

As an outcome of these workshops, Physical Literacy is now an integral part of the curriculum in the government primary schools and is expected to become a buzz word in the high school.

The end of the series also saw several local national associations receiving sport models.

The LTAD sport models for Athletics, Archery, Basketball, Rugby and Sailing were handed over by the project leads to the President of the BVI Olympic Committee, Mr. Ephraim Penn, at a ceremony held at the Old Government House Museum, sometime last week.

Minister for Education, Culture and Sports, Hon. Myron V. Walwyn, presidents of the national sport federations, and the executive of the BVIOC and guests were in attendance.

Tomas Jones of Canada Sport for Life said, “We are excited about future projects in the BVI and want to thank you all for your boundless energy and interest in working with us to help improve the health and physical activity possibilities for people in this country. It is truly a special place.”

The other countries to benefit from this series were Bahamas, Trinidad & Tobago, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Haiti, and Suriname.

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