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The School Sport Survey is now live and every school in Wales with pupils aged 7 years and over is being urged to take part.

We caught up with Owen Hathway from the NEU who explains why the survey and giving pupils a voice is crucial in an era where a new curriculum is being designed.

A theme that has developed in recent years within our education sector is the importance of pupil voice.  We know that the schools that perform the best are those that have community buy in.  Teachers who feel supported by their staff structures, by parents and by the wider community excel because they know that teaching and learning do not start and end at the school gate.  A crucial component of building those relationships is the notion of putting the child at the centre of everything we do and valuing their input.  It is this approach which makes the School Sport Survey such an important and informative piece of research for education professionals in Wales.

The last time the survey was conducted Sport Wales worked with teachers and schools to canvass the opinions of 116,000 pupils.  That data capture is an invaluable resource for those seeking to understand how better to promote physical activity within schools, and how best to utilise that aspect of education as a way of driving attainment across a host of other areas.  From developing those crucial team working, communications and leadership skills to building a more confident and healthy nation, we know the impact physical activity can have.  The benefits of the 2015 survey are clear to see with practical changes to policies at school and local authority levels emanating directly from the views that were gathered.

This years survey offers a new opportunity to speak to pupils, and more importantly, to hear from them.  In an era where we are designing a new curriculum for Wales it has never been a better time to actively seek the input of those it aims to serve.  Sport Wales have worked to make the survey even easier and quicker for pupils to fill out in 2018. Lets ensure that the take up from schools and pupils this year reaches record numbers and helps once again build the arguments around a wider, more inclusive and more creative curriculum.

For more information about the School Sport Survey visit www.schoolsportsurvey.org.uk

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