ACTIVE SCHOOLS MIDLOTHIAN ANNUAL REVIEW 2012-13
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Active Schools Midlothian Annual Review 2012–13
Contents Midlothian Council Foreword 3 Active Schools Managers Report 4 Participation 6 People 8 Partnerships 9 Programmes 10 Projects 14 New Projects for 2013/14 15 Sports Events and Festivals 16 Penicuik Area Report 18 Lasswade Area Report 22 Dalkeith Area Report 26 Newbattle Area Report 32
Active Schools Midlothian Annual Review 2012–13
Midlothian Council Foreword
Garry Sheret Over the last decade there has been a strong political commitment
Head of Property
& Facilities
throughout the UK to harness the power of the Olympic and
Management Paralympic Games in London 2012 and the Commonwealth
(Including Sport
& Leisure Services)
Games in Glasgow 2014 to inspire the nation and get more people
participating in sport. There has been massive investment nationally
to ensure a lasting legacy. In Scotland we have seen not only an
investment in facilities, but investment in national governing bodies
of sport, and local sports clubs and numerous initiatives designed to
bring sporting opportunities into the heart of our communities.
This annual review details the breadth and quality of the work of
our Active Schools team to embrace all of sportscotland’s legacy
initiatives to help deliver their aim of getting more children more
active and increase the profile of sport throughout Midlothian.
They have not worked in isolation to increase participation in
sport in Midlothian but in partnership with schools, local clubs,
volunteers and coaches to deliver 600 extracurricular clubs in
40 different sports and activities. The team have also worked closely
with their colleagues in Sports Development to build strong and
lasting partnership links that provide a pathway from our schools
to community clubs ensuring that our young people can continue
playing sport into adulthood.
Their efforts have to be commended and on behalf of
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Midlothian Council I would like to thank the team and wish
Penicuik 2012 them continued success.
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Active Schools Managers Report
RENA JAMIESON sport, physical activity and PE would for both new and returning members of
AREA OPERATIONS develop into a co-ordinated and integrated staff to integrate and build strong working
MANAGER, SPORT service to deliver increased participation in relationships, not only with fellow team
& PHYSICAL ACTIVITY sport and make a significant contribution to members but with those teachers and
(INCLUDING ACTIVE health improvement in Midlothian. volunteers who are so important to the
SCHOOLS) work we do. Working together as a team
Unfortunately budgetary constraints from a central base has, I believe, helped
experienced by all local authorities forced a us manage the changes and challenges of
further restructuring and in June 2010 Active the past three years to avoid any negative
Schools was moved from Education into the impact on the service. It has to be said
Corporate Resources Division. On a positive however, that this was not done in isolation
With London 2012 and the performances note, Active Schools remained in Sport and and that without the dedication and help
of Olympic and Paralympic athletes an Leisure with the Sports Development and from teachers, volunteers, local clubs and
inspiring memory and Glasgow 2014 Physical Activity team. Much progress has been coaches it simply could not happen.
Commonwealth Games to look forward made integrating the work of the teams and
to our Active Schools team aim to use this they now work well together on joint projects Partnership working is crucial to the success
legacy to ensure as many children as possible and ensure that we make the best of limited of the Midlothian Active Schools Programme
in Midlothian enjoy the benefit of sport resources and avoid duplication of effort. and coordinators work closely with local
and physical activity. clubs, national organisations, governing
Although Active Schools is a small team with bodies for sport and other service areas within
Active Schools is a national network of staff only 6.3 FTE coordinator posts, due to the the Council. This strong partnership working
working across Scotland to provide more flexible working rights afforded to employees, has allowed us with very limited resources
and higher quality opportunities for children we actually have nine coordinators delivering to embrace the large number of National
and young people to participate in sport in our schools. Different work patterns can Programmes that we have been required
before, during and after school. present a continuity problem but with most to deliver over the last few years.
of the coordinators being long term members
The Active Schools Teams work to increase of the team and the excellent administrative I have compiled this annual report to review
the number of opportunities available to support provided by Thelma Kelly, the the progress and successes of the Active
children by recruiting volunteers, and also team’s administration officer, we continue to Schools team over the last 12 months and
work hard to build partnerships with clubs provide a great service to schools and fulfil to give a flavour of what we hope to achieve
and other community organisations to our main objective of getting more children in the year to come. In four sections the report
create pathways for pupils to continue their more active. details our annual results on activities and
participation in sport once they leave school. participation; the people and partnerships
Our results are monitored each term via the that helped us to achieve these results, the
Sportscotland has worked in partnership national online monitoring system for Active programmes that added breadth and quality
with Midlothian Council since 2004 by Schools (ASMO). ASMO has been upgraded to our service, ending with area reports from
investing in and supporting the Active and refined over the last year and we are the team.
Schools manager and coordinators who now able to chart our progress with much
work with primary, secondary and Additional more accuracy. In Midlothian the upgrading
Support Needs (ASN) schools and pupils of ASMO has been complemented by the
across Midlothian. development of a database to take pupil
information extracted from SEEMIS. This not
Active Schools also contributes to the aim of only assists us in producing registers and
improving ‘quality of life’ which is at the heart inputting very accurate distinct participant
of both Midlothian’s Community Plan vision figures, but also allows us to pinpoint the non
and its Corporate Priorities. The creation active which will make targeting much easier.
in 2008 of an Education and Communities
directorate and the merging of Active Since 2010 there have been a number of
Schools with Sports Development presented staffing challenges within the Active Schools
a unique opportunity to build on previous team and a number of short term posts were
successes and was seen to ensure that created to cover staff absences. It takes time
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Participation
The monitoring data provides details of our Activity and participant sessions 2010–12
performance including the types of activity
we are providing, the number of sessions, 80,000 5,000
the number of pupils who attend each session Participant Sessions
4,000
and who delivers them.
Activity Sessions
60,000
3,000
During the academic year 2012/13 we 40,000
delivered 600 extracurricular clubs in our 2,000
schools. Where schools are too small to 20,000
sustain clubs the introduction of cluster 1,000
clubs, 75 over the three terms, ensures that
0 0
all pupils can access after school activities. 2010 2011 2012
Full Year
In 2012/13 one third of all pupils attended
our Active Schools Clubs which is a 3%
increase from 2011/12. Of the 3911 distinct Participation by year group and gender
pupils who attended our clubs 2021 were
male and 1890 were female.
10000
In 2012/13 we delivered 40 different sports 8000
and physical activities at 40 venues including 6000
schools, leisure centres, pavilions and halls.
4000
The wide variety of activities on offer are
rotated around schools in a cluster to ensure 2000
that there is something for every pupil over 0
the school year and most provide routes/links P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 ASN P ASN S
to community clubs.
Participant sessions by school type
The 40 activities offered equates to 4794
activity sessions which is the number of
sessions delivered throughout the school Primary Secondary ASN
year. This is calculated by multiplying the 35000 50000 10000
number of clubs by the number of weeks 30000
40000 8000
each club runs. 25000
20000 30000 6000
Although actual participant sessions 15000 20000 4000
increased dramatically between 2010 and 10000
10000 2000
2011 and then declined between 2011 and 5000
0 0 0
2012, this was mainly due to coordinators
2010 2011 2012 2010 2011 2012 2010 2011 2012
in some secondary schools recording
Full Year Full Year Full Year
statistics from national programmes such as
Soccer One. Such externally funded national
programmes provide very high but short
2012 – Full Year
term increases in the number of activity and
participant sessions that are unfortunately
not sustainable when funding ends.
Comparing the statistics of the three year
period from 2010 we note a steady 2% rise
in participant sessions.
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There were 77912 participant sessions in
Top 10 activities by participant sessions
2012/13. To calculate the participant sessions
the system multiplies the number of pupils by
the number of sessions they attend a club Football
so ten pupils attending for ten weeks equals
Dance and Movement
100 participant sessions.
Daily Physical Activity
The ASMO statistics now give us access
Rugby Union
to much more detailed information on our
participant sessions by year group and Athletics
gender authority wide and can also give
Gymnastics
information by cluster or by individual school.
This is now a powerful management and Basketball
planning tool which will allow us to identify
Fitness
gaps and address them.
Swimming
Forming robust links with local sports clubs
Badminton
is an important element of the work of Active
Schools ensuring that children who develop Other
a passion for a particular sport can continue
to participate beyond school. As with many
other areas in Scotland, Midlothian has an
abundance of football and rugby clubs and
strong development pathways in both sports
from grass roots to senior level. Football and
rugby aside, we have developed strong
partnerships with a total of 44 local sports
clubs whose coaches deliver sessions at
our Active School clubs and provide a
transition from schools to community clubs
and opportunities for lifelong participation
in sport.
Children in Midlothian can participate in a
wide variety of sports and the top ten activities
in Midlothian include football, dance, rugby,
athletics, gymnastics, basketball, swimming
and badminton. Our club links allow us to
provide pupils with the opportunity to try a
range of other sports and activities including
archery, badminton, cricket, cheerleading,
table tennis, new age kurling, petanque, lawn
bowls, judo, karate and hockey.
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People
Midlothian has an ageing population and the Our people are important to us and their Coach and Volunteer Education
level of volunteering is generally higher in skills and professionalism help us deliver Programme
projects targeting older people e.g. Ageing a quality service. Without their help there Sport specific
Well. However although recruitment from would be a much diminished programme Football Level 1
outside schools remains a challenge, the and we are extremely grateful for their Football Level 2
overall performance of Active Schools in time and commitment. To thank them for Clubgolf
the recruitment and retention of volunteers their commitment we run an annual coach Rugby Ready
remains very good. The majority of our and volunteer education programme in Rugby Refereeing Level 1
volunteers are high school teachers and partnership with our colleagues in Sports Rugby Youth Coaching
senior pupils and since volunteers are Development and sportscotland. During Cycle Training Assistant
important to the sustainability of our work 2012/13 we had 165 coaches and volunteers BoxFit
the team will continue to explore new ways attend at least one of the training courses on Athletics Level 1 Assistant
to recruit and retain them. our sports specific programme and a further Hockey
99 attended non-sports specific courses.
In recognition of the invaluable contribution 215 club leaders, coaches and parents have Non sport specific
volunteers make to the Active Schools attended PCS workshops and 182 young Sports Psychology
Programme, a new category of award was leaders in primary schools have been trained First Aid
included in the 2011 Annual Sports Awards. as playground pals and junior jog leaders. Child Protection
Nine nominations were received and after Positive Coaching Scotland
much deliberation the judges awarded the Midlothian Council has long recognised Disability Inclusion
title to Ellice Cackett from Broomieknowe that good volunteers are an asset to any Playground Pals
Golf Club. service and has an excellent grant reward Junior Jog Leaders
system in place for sports clubs and individual
During 2012-13 we had 213 volunteers and coaches helping us to provide the support,
coaches help deliver more than half (55%) supervision and training opportunities our
of our afterschool clubs and assist with our volunteers deserve.
interschool sports events.
Who are our deliverers?
Total number of volunteers 152
Total number of paid deliverers 61
Where do our volunteers come from?
Teachers and other school staff 88
Senior pupils 35
Students 16
Parents 8
Club coaches 5
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Partnerships
The main aim of Active Schools is to provide Internal Partners
all school aged children with the opportunity • PE Specialist Teachers
to get active through the provision of a quality • Head Teachers, School Staff and pupils
programme of sport and physical activity after • Sports Development Officers
school and in the community. In order to do (Football, Rugby and Generic)
this and to ensure future sustainability we • Outdoor Learning team
need to recruit and train teachers, parents, • School Travel Coordinator
senior pupil volunteers to help deliver our • Principle Officer Community
programme. We also need to develop strong Sport Hubs
links between schools and local sports • Get Going Officer
clubs to make it easier for young people • Area Leisure Managers and facility teams
to continue playing sport once they leave • Community Safety Partnership
school. Partnership working is vital to the • School PTAs
success of Active Schools and we would like
to acknowledge the very positive contribution External Partners
of the individuals and organisations listed • Sport Clubs and Coaches
opposite for their ongoing support over the • Sportscotland
past 12 months. • Sportscotland Partnership Managers
• Scottish Governing Bodies of Sport &
Regional Sports Development Managers
• Parents and Volunteers
• Youth Sports Trust
• Winning Scotland Foundation
• Y Dance
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Programmes
Positive Coaching Scotland trained as tutors and we have begun the
Positive Coaching Scotland (PCS) is a cultural process of rolling this out to clubs across
change programme imported from America Midlothian. The Officers are co delivering
and adapted by sportscotland and Winning workshops and to date six club leaders,
Foundation for use in Scotland. PCS involves 127 coaches and 106 parents have attended
the key influencers in young people’s PCS training sessions.
lives, parents, teachers, coaches and club
leaders in training designed to ensure Sports Leaders
that they create a positive environment for Three of our High Schools offer Sports
young people participating in sport. The Leaders UK as part of the curriculum. There
programme teaches the value of effort and are no exams in the programme but pupils
learning as opposed to winning at all costs. do have continuous assessment on their
Earlier this year Jenna and Kate our Active ability to lead for a certain period of time.
Schools coordinators received training The Active Schools team work with PE staff
to lead the roll out Positive Coaching to support pupils and provide them with
Scotland in Midlothian and in April all our volunteering opportunities at Active Schools
2 Tommy and Denise
Active Schools Coordinators, Community Clubs. Last year ASCs supported 24 pupils role out PCS to Penicuik
Recreation and Sports Development Officers to gain this award. Club Leaders
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ClubGolf Clubgolf programme stats
The Scottish Government’s successful bid
to host the Ryder Cup in 2014 contained Academic Year No of Schools No of P5 children
a pledge to introduce every 9-year-old in delivering participating
Scotland to golf. The ClubGolf programme
was the mechanism developed to deliver 2009–10 Target 30 100% 727 80%
this pledge and Active Schools tasked with Actual 24 80% 627 69%
its implementation. In 2009/10 we achieved 2010–11 Target 30 100% 818 95%
80% participation in the programme and Actual 26 88% 751 87%
this increased to 88% in 2010/11 which 2011–12 Target 30 100% 850 100%
was above the national average and we felt Actual 20 66% 553 65%
confident that with 26 of our 30 primary 2012–13 Target 30 100% 850 100%
schools engaging with the project that Actual 18 60% 581 68.3%
the 100% participation target set by the
First Minister was within reach. However, 3
there have been a number of challenges
over the past few years in achieving our
targets principally with dwindling numbers
of teachers undergoing training and
problematic exit routes to local clubs in the
west of the County.
Our challenge is to reverse this trend and we
hope that the introduction of two new exit
routes being developed in the Rosewell and
Penicuik area and introducing Ryder Cup
Festivals in all clusters combined with the
drive to achieve two hours of quality PE
in primary schools will help us achieve
100% in 2013. The ASCs put a lot of time
and effort into the promotion of FCG with
no corresponding impact on ASMO stats.
Champions in Schools Midlothian’s Champions
We signed up for Champions in Schools
programme delivered by Winning School Athlete Sport
Foundation and supported by the ASCs.
The programme places high performing Newbattle Ben Cairns Scottish Rugby Union 7s internationalist
athletes in all our secondary schools and St David’s Jamie Bowie Athletics, 400m, European U23 Champion
Saltersgate ASN School to deliver three Dalkeith Allan Scott Athletics, Hurdles
inspirational workshops designed to Saltersgate Keith Cook Fencing, British Champion, 5 Commonwealth medals
educate pupils to: Lasswade Dewald Nel Cricket, Scottish internationalist
• Set and achieve goals Beeslack Susan Egelstaff Badminton, Commonwealth medallist
• Adopt healthy and active lifestyle Penicuik Adam McKenzie Field Hockey Defender
• Appreciate the value of hard work
• Adopt a positive, winning attitude 4 3 Club Golf Festival
2012 Lasswade Primary
Cluster
The athletes provide positive role models
4 Champions in School
and deliver the workshops each lasting three theory session
hours to groups of 25 pupils. The workshops,
a mix of theory and practical coaching,
were thoroughly enjoyed by 175 high school
pupils and it is our intention to run this again
next year.
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Y Dance 5
In partnership with Y Dance, Scotland’s
National Youth Dance Agency, we offered
high school pupils the opportunity to attend a
full day Y Dance workshop. 120 girls attended
the workshop which aimed to motivate and
inspire them to be more physically active and
develop their dance skills. After completion of
the workshop, 37 girls registered an interest
in taking part in the next stage and 28 actually
completed the Dance Leadership course.
The girls from Newbattle, Lasswade, Dalkeith
and St David’s High Schools will volunteer
with active schools next year to lead after
school dance clubs.
Lead 2014
Now entering its 3rd year, Lead 2014 is an
exciting programme aimed at harnessing the
enthusiasm of our young people. Through a
partnership between sportscotland, Youth
Sport Trust and Glasgow 2014 a series of 5 Midlothian Y Dance 6
conferences are being delivered to help Leaders course 2013
young people develop and enhance their 6 Young Ambassador
Mentors from Dalkeith
leadership and volunteering skills. In return, and St Davids
the young sports leaders raise the profile of 7 Young Ambassadors
the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Conference Ratho 2012
in their schools and in their communities. 8 Midlothian Young
Ambassadors 2012
Two of our high schools, Penicuik and
9 Young Ambassadors
Dalkeith, deliver Lead 2014 and there are assisting at the 2012
currently 16 Lead 2014 young leaders Giant Heptathlon
in Midlothian.
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Young Ambassadors
The Young Ambassador programme was
introduced across the UK in the lead up to the
London 2012 Olympics and across Scotland
the focus is now firmly on the Commonwealth
Games Scotland. Newbattle High School was
one of the first schools to be involved in the
programme sending two young ambassadors
to the first ever conference in Scotland. Last
year two young ambassadors from each of 8
our six High Schools were selected for their
sporting talent and ability as young leaders.
Our 12 young ambassadors in Midlothian
were mentored by their Active Schools
coordinator or a nominated PE teacher and
provided with support and development
opportunities through the programme. Our
YAs are outstanding role models promoting
the positive and health values of school sport
and PE and assisting as young leaders in
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programme for schools.
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Projects
Summer of Sport CAROLYN Since the Launch in September 2012 we
The Active Schools and Sports Development CAMERON have established a productive working
teams work together to deliver a sport and DO FOR SPORT group, improved promotion of existing
physical activity programme during the HUBS activities and upgraded the floodlight system
school summer break. This summer there are at the rugby and football pitches in Penicuik
activity camps in athletics, tennis, basketball, Park with funding from local councillor
gymnastics, trampolining, dance, aquatics, Adam Montgomery and sportscotland.
taekwondo, football and rugby. Children can The Hub also funded a new petanque pitch
swim, dive, do a rookie lifeguard course or in the park. Branding and commitment
if 16+ try for their National Pool Life Guard from sportscotland via the Hub grant have
Qualification. There are also a number of allowed the clubs to work together on
come and try activities including bowling, Community Sport Hubs promotional materials and given the Hub a
fencing, tennis, skiing and snowboarding Initially, we chose three different models of sustainability which would have been more
which link to our Commonwealth Passport Community Sport Hubs; an area based Hub difficult otherwise.
launched on the 1st July. in Penicuik, a community hall based Hub in
Roslin and a school based Hub in Newbattle. Tommy Goldie came into post in June 2012
This was done for a number of very valid to cover the maternity leave of the Hub
reasons however the most successful has Development Officer, Carolyn Cameron.
been the area based Hub which has gone Carolyn has now returned to her substantive
from strength to strength since its launch in post and we would like to thank Tommy for
September 2012. his contribution to the development of the
Hubs over the past year.
Over the last year, the clubs involved have
grown both in their number and participation Because of the success of the Penicuik model,
and commitment to the Penicuik Community Carolyn will revisit the Roslin and Newbattle
Sport Hub. This has been demonstrated by Hubs in the autumn and explore remodelling
the establishment of a Hub constitution and them as area based Hubs.
by the taking up of office bearer positions
within the steering group. At a lower level,
we also have non-office bearer roles
being committed to such as Hub website
co-ordinator and other roles. We also have
Penicuik and Beeslack High schools and
Ladywood Leisure Centre (a community
managed social enterprise) and the local
YMCA on board.
The main challenges of the past year have
been integrating organisations which
previously had not worked together to move
forward for the common good. Establishing
a constitution took months and was perhaps
the most tangible challenge which was
overcome. Meeting with clubs on a one to
one basis outside of normal Hub meetings
to establish a positive working dynamic and
strengthen working relationships was very
time consuming but productive.
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New Projects for 2013/14
Commonwealth Passport Active Midlothian website
To celebrate the Glasgow 2014 The activemidlothian website was developed
Commonwealth Games, the Commonwealth in partnership with NHS Lothian and launched
Passport aims to encourage our young on the 1st June 2013. The website was
people to get active and enjoy a range of developed following feedback from the
Commonwealth sports. The Passport is open Physical Activity and Health Alliance (PAHA)
to pupils in P4 to P7. In partnership with local stakeholder event held in 2012. Although
sports clubs and leisure centres young people participants at the event agreed that there
will have a number of opportunities to try was a wealth of physical activity and sporting
out a Commonwealth Sport between 1st July opportunities available in Midlothian they
2013 and 6th April 2014. felt that information on the activities was not
easily accessed.
In addition to Commonwealth Sports, we
have provided the opportunity to get some Post event, the PAHA members discussed
points for sports and activities that don’t a number of options for improving public
feature in the Commonwealth or Olympic knowledge on sport and physical activity
Games but are popular in Midlothian. opportunities in Midlothian and agreed that a
dedicated web site was the best solution. The
All sports have been awarded points based website provides a wealth of information on
on accessibility and certificates and medals how to get active in Midlothian whether you
will be distributed in May /June 2014 and prefer independent activities such as walking
pupils who earn a Gold Medal will be entered or cycling through our beautiful country
into a prize draw and get the opportunity to parks and glens or want to join a club or take
take part in the Queen’s Baton Relay when it part in structured classes in sports centres.
travels through Midlothian. From Active Schools to Ageing Well there is
something from everyone on our website.
10 10 Provost Joe Wallace
launches Commonwealth
Passport at Primary
Athletics event
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Sports Events and Festivals
Each year the Active Schools and Sports Cross Country Festival Hockey Festival
Development teams plan and deliver an Eighteen Primary Schools took part in this Schools are offered a block of hockey
exciting programme of curricular sports year’s Cross Country Festival at Vogrie coaching prior to the festival in May and the
festivals and inter school events, some Country Park. The Country Park is a new 3rd and 4th placed school teams go on to
leading to regional and national competition. venue for the event and provides a more represent Midlothian at the National Primaries
Pupils take part in curricular and extracurricular challenging course for the 270 runners taking Hockey Festival at Peffermill. The top two
training before coming together to part Jog Scottie and MAC Bear took part too teams on the day take part in a Regional
compete in the hugely enjoyable basketball, and were a great hit with all the boys and girls. Festival which each participating authority
hockey, athletics, sportshall athletics, giant takes a turn at organising and hosting. Eskvale
heptathlon, football, rugby and cross country Primary Sportshall Athletics Festival Hockey Club supports the event providing
events and festivals. In partnership with Twenty five primary schools took part in this a pathway via satellite community clubs
schools and the new Community Sport Hubs year’s event which comprises six field and five for pupils.
being developed in Midlothian, it is hoped track disciplines. Five heats were held during
to expand the programme in 2013/14 January with each school entering a team of Primary Athletics event
to include new sports such as petanque 20 pupils made up of ten boys and ten girls. The Primary Athletics event takes place
and swimming. The overall winning team receives a shield to annually on the first Tuesday in June at
display for a year and this year’s top two teams Dalkeith Campus athletics facility and is
Basketball Festival Paradykes and Mauricewood, represented open to P5-P7 pupils. Schools prepare
More than 150 pupils representing 12 Midlothian at the East of Scotland finals their teams for the event with the support of
schools took part in this year’s Basketball organised by Scottish Athletics and held at school staff and PE specialists. This year 13
Festival. The festival had two small court Meadowbank in March 2013. schools took part in the large school event
round robin tournaments followed by held in the morning and nine in the small
some full court games. Player of the Festival The Midlothian event is delivered in schools event in the afternoon. The pupils
trophies goes to the best boy and girl partnership with Lasswade Athletics Club participate in a variety of both track and
player on the day. The event is supported providing a clear development pathway for field disciplines including the shot put, 80m
by Basketball Scotland. all pupils taking part. Lasswade Athletics invite sprint and long jump. The winners of each
all pupils to join the community satellite clubs event receive a medal and the two winning
regardless of ability. schools are each awarded a trophy which
they keep for a year. The overall winners of
the Armstrong Cup and the Headmasters
Trophy in 2013 were Woodburn (morning)
and Tynewater (afternoon).
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Secondary Athletics Championship 15
The Secondary Athletics Championship
open to S2 and S3 pupils and all six
secondary schools in Midlothian take part.
The competition held at the Dalkeith Campus
includes 12 athletic disciplines.
This year’s winning team was Dalkeith High at
the event supported by High School PE staff
and coach volunteers from Lasswade Athletics
Club. The winner of each event receives a
medal and in the past the best performers in
each discipline have been invited to form a
team to represent Midlothian at the Inter Area
Event at Grangemouth. The Midlothian teams
have not performed as well at the Inter Area
events compared to larger local authorities
and rather than have pupils demoralised we
hope to develop a regional event with our
neighbouring authorities.
Giant Heptathlon
Giant Heptathlon is a new athletics
competition format for S1 and S2 pupils 16
introduced by Scottish Athletics in 2012.
Teams of 14 (7 boys and 7 girls compete in
every event including 60m, 60m hurdles,
Endurance Challenge, Step Up Challenge,
Shot Putt, Long Jump and Standing Triple
Jump. In February 2013 all 6 High Schools
competed at Lasswade HS and Beeslack and
Newbattle represented Midlothian at the East
Regional Finals.
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14 18 11 Midlothian Basketball 15 MAC Bear, Jog Scotty and
Festival 2012 Provost with Tynewater PS
12 Jog Scotty visits 16 Primary Athletics 2013
the 2012 Midlothian held at Dalkeith Campus
Cross Country Primary 17 Javelin event at the
Championships Secondary Athletics 2013
13 Sport Hall Athletics 18 Beeslack pupils
14 P4 & P5 pupils celebrate winning the
competing at Primary Giant Heptathlon 2013
Cross Country at Vogrie 19 High Jump at the
Country Park Secondary Athletics 2013
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Penicuik Area Report
Penicuik High School 2012 Highlights Plans for 2013/14
Penicuik High School is situated in the town Penicuik High is significantly involved in The focus for the new academic year will
of Penicuik in the west of Midlothian. The many of the Active Schools’ initiatives and be to continue to increase the number
school currently has approx 640 pupils and programmes. They are consistently improving of extracurricular clubs and the variety of
is situated opposite Penicuik Park and next to opportunities for pupils in projects such as sports activities to be experienced in order
Penicuik Centre which pupils have access Young Ambassador, Lead 2014 and Sky to maintain the upward trend in activity
to in curriculum time for PE classes and for Sports Living for Sport projects with an aim to and participant sessions. Positive links
extracurricular clubs. The school has four main encourage a positive leadership culture within will be maintained with the 2012 Young
feeder primary schools: Cornbank, Cuiken, the school. Ambassadors and links established with
Strathesk and Sacred Heart. the newly elected Young Ambassadors for
The extracurricular programme is growing 2013/14 to ensure the success achieved
from year to year and provides opportunities this year is maintained.
for pupils to join extracurricular clubs and join
school teams. Working in partnership with the
Penicuik Sport Hub ensures that exit routes
are in place for our pupils to sustain lifelong
involvement in their chosen sports and
physical activities.
Kate Murray
Active Schools Active Schools – Adding Value
Coordinator The Young Ambassadors have had a very
successful year promoting the extracurricular
programme in the primaries and secondary
school and have created a recognition
scheme to celebrate sport in Penicuik HS.
With a focus on improving leadership,
a group of eight S3 pupils attended the
Kate Murray joined the Midlothian Active LEAD 2014 conference in Edinburgh and
Schools Team in January 2005 when the then planned and delivered a successful
programme was launched in Midlothian Commonwealth Games themed event for 20
and has worked hard to promote and P7 pupils from all the feeder primary schools.
deliver Active Schools in the Penicuik area. A positive link has been created with the
Kate has a BA Hons. Degree in Sport sports leaders who gained coaching awards
and Leisure from Edinburgh University and qualifications as part of their course.
and previous posts prior to joining They then were given the opportunity to
Active Schools, were with Fitness deliver lunchtime clubs in the feeder primary
Scotland and also Fife Council working schools to gain further coaching experience
on their New Opportunities (Lottery) Fund and to provide increased opportunities for
Sports Programmes. Active Schools is a primary pupils to be active. Several pupils
fantastic programme to be involved in have also had the opportunity to be involved
and has continued to grow and have a in the Champions in Schools initiative and
positive impact in the Penicuik area and the Sky Sports Living for Sport project,
wider community. which has been inspiring and motivating
to those involved.
18Active Schools Midlothian Annual Review 2012–13
Beeslack High School Active Schools – Adding Value Plans for 2013/14
Beeslack Community High School is situated Complementing the increasing extracurricular Beeslack will be focussing on increasing
in the south-west of the region and is one of programme, Beeslack CHS, within the the number of volunteers involved in the
two secondary schools based in the Penicuik last year, has been involved in several new extracurricular programme to ensure a greater
area. Beeslack CHS has three main ASG feeder initiatives. The introduction of the Young variety of activities are available. The new
primary schools: Roslin PS, Glencorse PS and Ambassadors Programme has proven to be Young Ambassadors will be encouraging
Mauricewood PS, with also a vast number of successful after a slow start, with the Young fellow pupils to try new sports and will be
pupils travelling from wider vicinities. Ambassadors most noticeably being involved working on the development of inter-house
in the Penicuik area launch of the Midlothian participation to increase whole school activity
2012 Highlights Commonwealth Passport. A group of S1 levels. A key focus will be aimed at S1 pupils
Beeslack Community High School is based in pupils have been involved in the Champions to try to maintain participation levels and
the beautiful grounds of a spacious 17.5 acre in Schools project aimed at encouraging reduce drop-out figures.
site, formerly part of the estate of Beeslack pupils to alter their lifestyle through changes
House. This fantastic outdoor space lends to their diet and physical activity levels by Increased effort will be made to encourage
itself to a variety of outdoor sports on offer inspiring them to work hard and set small improved festival and event participation and
at Beeslack including; rugby, football, hockey goals to achieve targets. special focus will be made in aiming to retain
and cricket with cycling becoming more the Giant Heptathlon champion’s title.
and more accessible. Indoor activities Annually a group of senior Sports Leaders
currently on offer consist of an excellent are trained to lead Junior Jog Scotland
dance programme, fitness sessions, sessions and also complete the Rugby
dodge ball and more. YCC and are then set a task of delivering
rugby taster sessions in the local primary
schools concluding with a small festival
in conjunction with the Midlothian Rugby
Development Officer.
Jenna
McCandlish
Active Schools
Coordinator
20 Lead 2014 pupils from
Penicuik High
21 NASUWT National
Primary Hockey Festival
Jenna completed a degree in Sport and 2013
Exercise Science in 2006 having spent many
years as a multi-sports coach and manager 21
of an Out of School Care Provision. During
this time Jenna also played football at the
highest level, travelling to various countries
representing Hibernian Ladies and indeed
Scotland during two European campaigns
in the UEFA women’s cup before retiring due
to injury. After completing her degree Jenna
worked briefly as part of the East Lothian
Active Schools Team after graduating
from University and soon moved to Active
Schools Midlothian in January 2007 to
cover a maternity post. Changes in the
Active Schools programme led to the
continuation of Jenna’s employment with
Midlothian Council.
19Active Schools Midlothian Annual Review 2012–13
Penicuik & Beeslack Feeder Primaries Plans for 2013/14
Penicuik benefits from two secondary schools For 2013-14, the focus will be on developing
and both work closely with the seven feeder and promoting opportunities aimed at raising
primary schools – Cornbank, Cuiken, Sacred awareness of the Commonwealth Games for
Heart, Strathesk, Roslin, Glencorse and example Midlothian Commonwealth Passport
Mauricewood– on a number of different for pupils in P4-P7. Using the excitement
projects throughout the year. generated in the run up to the games we will
encourage more pupils to try new sports
2012 Highlights and activities. A key focus will also be on
We offer a cluster based extracurricular raising awareness of the 2014 Ryder Cup
programme which is open to pupils from all via a cluster ClubGolf festival. We also plan
seven primary schools in Penicuik. Developed to re-visit transition opportunities within
over a number of years to maximise after our primary schools to ensure health and
school club attendance this allows the pupils wellbeing, and in particular Active Schools,
from all schools to access a greater variety of is highlighted as a key priority in both Penicuik
activities. Efforts to establish more formal links and Beeslack High Schools and their feeder
with Penicuik sports clubs are ongoing and primary schools.
have been enhanced with the development
of the Penicuik Community Sport Hub thus
ensuring that more pupils can enjoy a more
positive pathway from school sports club to 22 Susan Egelstaff
local community sport clubs with ease. delivering a Champion
in Schools theory session
at Beeslack
Katie Stocks is an example of how good 23 Katie Stocks at the
school/club links benefits our pupils. After Karate Scottish Open
trying out Karate at the after school club
Katie became an enthusiast. She joined 22
the Meadowbank Karate Club and after a
couple of years training went on to represent
them at the Scottish Open and the British
Championships winning bronze and silver
medals galore in individual and team events.
Active Schools – Adding Value
Collectively, all of the primary schools have
embraced the Active Schools programme
from the outset and their continued support
and enthusiasm has been tantamount to the
success of Active Schools in the Penicuik Area.
A new Active Schools Programme is offered
each term and numbers attending these
clubs continue to increase year on year. The 23
enthusiasm of pupils, the support of parents
and the dedication of teachers, volunteers,
young leaders, parents and coaches all add to
the success of the programme in the area. As
well as extracurricular clubs, schools have also
embraced taster sessions delivered by clubs
in curriculum time, attending Active Schools
events and festivals, delivering both ClubGolf
and Bikeability Cycle Training.
ASMO Stats 2012/13
Penicuik Cluster
Activity Sessions 998
Participant Sessions 12171
Volunteers 46
Qualified Volunteers 20
Qualified Senior Pupil Volunteers 19
School to Club Links 14
20Active Schools Midlothian Annual Review 2012–13
21Active Schools Midlothian Annual Review 2012–13
Lasswade Area Report
Lasswade High School 2012 Highlights Active Schools – Adding Value
The Lasswade cluster comprises Lasswade There are a wide variety of extracurricular There have been many success stories
High School a non denominational secondary clubs running within the school. During from Lasswade High School from National
school in Bonnyrigg and 10 feeder primary the academic year 2012 Active Schools Initiatives to pupil attainment. Over the
schools from the towns and villages of introduced Boccia, Netball and Freestyle last few years Active Schools have been
Bonnyrigg, Lasswade, Loanhead and Gymnastics Clubs. On-going extracurricular working to promote physical activity for girls.
Rosewell. Home to 1287 pupils the school clubs include Dance and Movement, Rugby, Lasswade High School received funding
takes pride in both its academic and sporting Football, Hockey, Snowboarding, Skiing, from Fit for Girls; a joint initiative between the
achievements, in particular the title Fittest Fitness, Badminton, Cheerleading, Table Youth Sport Trust and sportscotland, aimed
School in Britain awarded in 2009. Tennis and Basketball. Clubs are run by a at increasing physical activity participation
mixture of teacher volunteers, volunteer among Scottish secondary school girls aged
coaches, senior pupils and paid coaches; 11-16 years. At Lasswade High we aim to reach
which allows us to continue running the girls who are disengaged with sport and
clubs free of charge. physical activity. I offer personal support to the
girls, providing one to one personal training
Football has been extremely popular at sessions in a gym setting. Each participant has
Lasswade High School this year; and all the a personal training plan and I hope to expand
football club transition sessions were fully the programme in 2013 using those girls who
Denise subscribed. In June 2013 Lasswade High have completed as positive role models and
Whitehead School U15s Girls Football Team reached the mentors for new recruits.
Active Schools finals of the Girls Scottish Shield. Through
Coordinator linking with the local clubs Active Schools Vaila Chapman, currently ranked number
aims to provide a solid pathway from one on the UK women’s snowboarding
participation at primary through secondary freestyle circuit, first in the 16-plus age
to community club level and beyond. category and prized for Best Overall Female in
Scotland, takes part in extracurricular Fitness
at Lasswade HS. In the run up to the Winter
Olympics 2014 I will work closely with Vaila
Denise is the newest addition to the providing support and sport specific training.
Midlothian Active Schools team, having
started in October 2012. After graduating
in Sport and Exercise Science, Denise
started work with Midlothian Council as a
Youth Worker in Community Learning and
Development. With over 10 years coaching
and fitness instructor experience Denise
hopes to promote the benefits of being
physically active for health.
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Plans for 2013/14 27
This year I am increasing my hours to full time
working and in addition to Lasswade High
I will be working with six feeder primary
schools in the Lasswade cluster. I am looking
forward to further strengthening the transition
links between the high school and its feeder
primary schools. Building on the success of
this year’s transition event, I aim to offer more
clubs at primary level that will feed into the
existing high school clubs as well as cluster
clubs at the High School to encourage the
P7s to link into their High School during their
transition year. I also want to ensure that all
year groups in primary can take part in sport
and activities that link directly with either High
School or Community clubs.
Lasswade High School is in a brand new
building and I want to take advantage of
the amazing sports facilities to increase the
programme of activities; swimming will be a
new and welcome addition and an excellent
opportunity for the development of the
Lasswade High School Swim Team.
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24 2013 Giant Heptathlon
event hosted by Lasswade
High School
25 Scottish Snowboarding
Champion Vaila Chapman
26 After school Club
football session in the
Lasswade Cluster
27 Lasswade primaries
take part in the Midlothian
Basketball Festival
23Active Schools Midlothian Annual Review 2012–13
Lasswade Feeder Primaries 28
The Lasswade Primary cluster is spread
across three towns and is comprised of ten
primary schools in total. Three schools in the
town of Loanhead (Paradykes, Loanhead and
St Margaret’s) two schools in the village of
Rosewell (St Matthews and Rosewell) and
five in the conurbation of Bonnyrigg &
Lasswade (Burnbrae, Hawthornden,
St Marys, Bonnyrigg and Lasswade).
The non denominational schools directly
feed the new Lasswade High School with
the remaining three faith schools of St Marys,
St Matthews and St Margaret’s connected
to St David’s High School in Dalkeith.
28 Paradykes girls
compete in the Tug- O’War
at the Primary Athletics
29 Primary Athletics
relay race
30 Endurance challenge
at the Midlothian Giant
Heptathlon
31 Mini Olympics in
Lasswade Cluster
Scott Bobby Mooney 2012 Highlights
Montgomery Active Schools A wide range of activities have been offered
Active Schools Coordinator across all the schools in the cluster this year.
Coordinator (Loanhead, Paradykes The activities offered have ranged from
(Bonnyrigg, & St. Margaret’s taekwondo and rugby to hip hop dance and
Hawthornden, Primary Schools) athletics. Many of the clubs rotate around the
Hopefield, Lasswade, schools and ages to give as many children the
Rosewell, St Mary’s chance to try the activities as possible.
and St Matthews We have also started some before school
Primary Schools) clubs in two schools which have proved
Bobby graduated with an MSc in Sport successful and provide an opportunity to get
After leaving Penicuik High School Scott & Exercise Science from the University the pupils active first thing in the morning.
studied Sports Coaching with Development of Glasgow in 1998. In his youth, he Many of the clubs in the schools are delivered
at Edinburgh’s Telford College before represented Scotland on the track and at by coaches who run clubs in the local
spending five years in the USA on a soccer cross country as well as winning medals at community which provides an exit route
scholarship where he received a degree county and national level while competing for continued participation.
in Communications. He then returned to for Greenock Glenpark Harriers. He is now
work as a Youth Sports Development Officer a Level 2 Athletics Coach and coaches Run,
with Midlothian Council before leaving for Jump and Throw at Law & District AAC. He
Scottish Borders Council to take up a post as has also worked with the GB Squad at the
an Active Schools Coordinator. Scott then World Cross Country Championships for
returned to Midlothian Council to continue athletics with a learning disability. Apart
working in Active Schools and has been from coaching athletics, Bobby who joined
the coordinator for the Lasswade Area the team in 2005, is qualified to coach
for almost four years. Scott played junior basketball, football, tennis, badminton,
football for ten years with Penicuik Athletic cycling and ClubGolf.
and Edinburgh United until he was forced to
retire through injury. As a result he has taken
up cycling both as a form of exercise and a
way to commute in all weathers.
24Active Schools Midlothian Annual Review 2012–13
Active Schools – Adding Value 29
One of the most successful links we have is
with the local golf clubs; all P5 pupils received
a block of ClubGolf during school time and
were given the opportunity to take a block
of golf at a local club. Broomieknowe and
Melville being the two closest clubs benefited
the most with a mixture of pupils attending
from the cluster primaries.
The number of schools delivering Bikeability
Level 2 on the road has also increased.
Due to a successful funding bid to Cycling
Scotland we were able to provide mentors
to support schools to deliver cycle training
on the road as opposed to it taking place
in the playground. The training on the road
is far more realistic and provides a training 30
environment and prepares the child more
appropriately.
ASMO Stats 2012/13
Lasswade Cluster
Activity Sessions 1156
Participant Sessions 15033
Volunteers 17
Qualified Volunteers 12
Qualified Senior Pupil Volunteers 1
School to Club Links 18
Plans for 2013/14
This year Scott will retain responsibility for
Bonnyrigg, Hawthornden, Lasswade and
Burnbrae, and take over responsibility for ASN
Midlothian and Saltersgate ASN School. As 31
a result St Marys, St Matthews and Rosewell
will be covered by Denise Whitehead who
is also taking responsibility for the remaining
three primaries in Loanhead from Bobby
Mooney who is moving his responsibility
from Lasswade to work with schools in the
Newbattle Cluster.
The aim is to build on the successes of last
year and ensure that the percentage of
different pupils attending continues to grow
along with the number of activity sessions.
Scott will work with colleagues in Saltersgate,
Lothian Disability Sport and Scottish Disability
Sport to ensure that Midlothian’s ASN pupils
get the same opportunities to participate.
I also want to increase the number of
volunteers and improve the links between
the primaries and the high school. As we
move towards the end of the school year
we anticipate using the Commonwealth
Games and Ryder cup as a way to increase
activity levels.
25Active Schools Midlothian Annual Review 2012–13
Dalkeith Area Report
Dalkeith Schools Community Campus Mark Gaffney Active Schools – Adding Value
which opened in 2003 is a unique three Active Schools Last year saw Midlothian Active Schools
school campus (non-denominational, Coordinator implement the first full roll-out of the Young
denominational and a special school) situated Ambassador (YA) programme within
in the east of Midlothian, where common Midlothian secondary schools and the
facilities extend educational, community and St David’s YAs have made a significant
leisure opportunities for pupils and the wider difference to the school already. One of these
Midlothian population. Woodburn Primary projects has seen has seen the YAs introduce
one of the feeder primary schools for Dalkeith the ‘St David’s HS Sports Personality of
High school located to the Campus in the Year’ award whereby six pupils were
August 2009. Mark has been Active Schools Coordinator nominated for their performances within
with special responsibility for ASN pupils sport in their schools, communities, regionally
St David’s High for nine years. A graduate of Edinburgh and nationally and the other pupils within
St David’s RC High School is one of the four University, Mark is a keen tennis player the school voted for who they thought was
schools on the Dalkeith Schools Campus. and his claim to fame is being part of most deserving. A trophy was purchased and
St David’s High School draws it’s 900 pupils one of the few teams to take on and beat presented at an awards ceremony and this
from all areas of Midlothian and several parts ITV’s Eggheads! Mark became involved will now be an annual event to help celebrate
of East Lothian and works very closely with all in disability sport as a volunteer and achievement of the school’s pupils in an
feeder primary schools. became very passionate about ensuring extracurricular environment.
that pupils with special needs were given
every opportunity to participate in all our Plans for 2013/14
programmes and activities. Although he has At the moment we are happy that our
moved to a new post with SDS he leaves a extracurricular programme offers a wide and
solid programme of inclusion that will be varied opportunity for pupils to be involved in
built upon in the years to come. Mark is also sport and physical activity and we have strong
the coordinator for Dalkeith and St David’s links with local clubs so a major target for us
secondary schools. would be to drive up participation numbers
32 and encourage non-participants to partake.
2012 Highlights We will also re-visit transition opportunities
St David’s High School are significantly within our primary schools to re-establish
involved in many of the Active Schools’ relationships to ensure continuity between
initiatives and programmes. They are the St David’s High School and our feeder
consistently leading from the front in projects primary schools.
such as the Young Ambassador, Lead 2014
and Sky Sports Living for Sport projects which We have recently established the first School
encourages a positive leadership culture Sports Council in over a decade at St David’s
within the school. HS and will work hard to ensure that it makes
a real and tangible contribution to sport
We have worked hard to develop school and physical activity in the school and
club pathways within our extracurricular the community.
programme. This involves encouraging pupils
who show enthusiasm within curricular sport
to attend extracurricular after school clubs
delivered by coaches from local community
clubs. This means we can provide exit routes
for our pupils to sustain lifelong involvement
in their chosen sports and physical activities.
26Active Schools Midlothian Annual Review 2012–13
Dalkeith High Active Schools – Adding Value Plans for 2013/14
Dalkeith High School is the non During 2012 Active Schools has supported Dalkeith will be focussing on further
denominational High School on the Dalkeith various leadership projects within the High developing the leadership programme
Schools Campus. Dalkeith High School has School. One was selected to inform good and introducing more non-traditional
four main feeder primary schools: Danderhall, practice for the newly developed recruiting opportunities for volunteers to engage in the
King’s Park, Tynewater and Woodburn which and managing volunteers training course extracurricular and leadership programme
is also situated on the Campus. to be rolled to new Active Schools through involvement in promotion, social
Coordinators this year by sportscotland. media, website updating and newsletter
2012 Highlights This project involved the Sports Leader production. We will also work on transitioning
Dalkeith HS has created a strong leadership Group who, having previously trained in more pupils from the school-club structure
culture within the school with a strategic event management, co-ordinated a number into community clubs.
volunteer structure which involves an of sporting festivals for the feeder primaries
extremely committed group of senior pupils, and the associated ASN School. The sports Dalkeith HS aims to maintain their success
teachers and other school staff assuming leaders tutored a class of P7 pupils in how to in the Active Schools inter school events
responsibility for clubs and initiatives within deliver a clubgolf event. The P7 group then calendar and aim to keep the title in the
the school and its feeder primary schools. delivered an excellent clubgolf festival to Secondary Athletics Championship.
This is supported by a targeted coach 64 P4 pupils. This project had a positive
and volunteer education syllabus which effect on over 100 pupils across the school.
aids in sustaining a wide and varied
extracurricular programme. A large number of extracurricular clubs
have also been opened up to the feeder
Active Schools facilitate partnership schools P7 groups as part of the transition
working between school staff and local programme. This enables the pupils to make
community clubs to deliver their transition new friends within the school, experience
and extracurricular programmes to ensure the facilities and staff as well as providing
that pupils can pursue life-long participation continuity within sport and physical activity
in their chosen physical activity. after their transition from primary school.
32 St David’s Young
Ambassadors with GB
hockey player Laura Bartlett
33 Sky Sports Living
Project visit St David’s
High School
34 Pupils form Saltersgate
take part in Disability Sports
Hall Athletics
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