Web viewIain Stanger (P), Tony McDade (VP), C.A. Arthur (GS), Martin Sangster (GT), Barry Wilson (SE), John Millar (WM), Karen McCubbin (ASM), Elinor Steel, Karen Erskine

Scottish Association of Teachers of Physical Education Minutes: 07-09-13

Annual General MeetingUniversity of Stirling1000

Present: Iain Stanger (P), Tony McDade (VP), C.A. Arthur (GS), Martin Sangster (GT), Barry Wilson (SE), John Millar (WM), Karen McCubbin (ASM), Elinor Steel, Karen Erskine, Roddy McPherson, Morag Simpson, Frank Levey, Chris Wood, Theresa Campbell.

Apologies: Gib McMillan (AS), Annette Alexander, Marion Barclay, Greg Coburn, Alan Craw, Caroline Duncan, Stuart Forsyth, Olwen Fraser, David Gardiner, Gary Giles, Karen Grossart, Carol Hawman, Andy Howat, Russell Imrie, Mike Jess, Will Kay, Bryan Kelly, Janette Leach, Tommy Lennox, Darren Leslie, Donnie Macleod, Linda McLean, Jen McWilliam, Gordon Menzies, Kareen Niven, Stephen Reid, Allan Thomson, Andrew Wilson, Morag Young.

1. Welcome & Introductions

Iain Stanger welcomed everyone to the meeting, thanked them for attending and introduced the executive members.

2. President’s Report

President gave a brief resume of the development of SATPE over the course of the past year, from its’ inception by Donnie Macleod in September/October 2012. This became an amalgamation of two groups of people working to develop an association.

Donnie Macleod put together a draft constitution in November 2012 and organised a meeting to constitute the association. Many thanks were given to Donnie Macleod.

Iain apologised for his lack of attendance at meetings due primarily to weather conditions in Scotland.

Iain thanked the Executive Members for their hard work so far and highlighted many areas that have been developed.

Funding opportunities sought in March as well as membership fees sought.

Constitution accepted in March with regional alterations. Website was also made live.

May saw the raising of the profile through the printing of flyers and posters that have been distributed at local and national events.


TESS article also in May, thanks to Elinor Steel and Karen Erskine for arranging that. This should be followed up soon.

Thanks to Education Scotland (ES) for giving start-up funding of £10,000 – vote of thanks to them.

Conference committee organised in June, along with outline of conference. Thanks to Karen Erskine for organising of this.

Presenters and venue organised for conference. Iain outlined who would be presenting. The exact running order of the conference has yet to be decided and will be done in the next few weeks. Iain has tried to get Chris Paterson to be Keynote speaker – he has declined, but Iain will try to get another high focus personality to promote PE.

Need to use media partners and reps to promote SATPE at LEA levels. Frustration at the profession not taking on membership.

3. General Secretary’s Report

The Secretary’s report highlighted issues regarding membership – with particular reference to encouraging more primary teachers to join.

Secondly, thanks were gven to all those on the Executive for their hard work and support. More members should consider taking on active roles in order to share the workload. There are still several posts to be filled – Subscription Secretary, Regional Reps for Highlands & Islands, Tayside, Borders and E. Renfrewshire.

Members need to consider putting articles forward for the journal and to contribute to the resource sharing section of the website.

4. Treasurer’s Report

Martin Sangster presented the balance sheet for SATPE’s first year. Bank account is with Santander. Income as from March is £11,314-53. £10,000 is from ES as start up grant. Member subscriptions at 1,307-79.

With the departure of the Subscription Secretary, Martin had received all of the necessary documentation including cheque book and bank card from John.

Expenditure is at 765-60. This is made up of lanyards for giving to membership, publicity posters and hire of venues. It was agreed that in future, we should look to use free venues.

Theresa Campbell offered the use of Glasgow University as a venue for free use. This will be accepted.


Student membership is currently free. Possibly look to increase this to a nominal fee of 5-00 after one year.

5. Website Report

In top 3,000,000 websites in the world! 280 hits a month, linked to 55 paid memberships. Must work on membership drive to increase membership.

John Millar & Karen McCubbin met with New Balance rep. We will be able to get discounts from this company for members.

We need to get the sharing good practice part of the website up and running. This will rely on members contributing work.

Need to get quality resources on to the site. John has put the N4/5 support documents on to the website, but this needs to be increased to be of any value.

John Millar outlined the resources section.

Karen McCubbin highlighted ES concerns of what the point of SATPE was. Theresa Campbell responded by stating that SATPE was the voice of the profession and ES was the voice of the Government. It was important to continually highlight the difference to ensure that the profession had a voice that was distinct from that of Government.

National events section was important and can be used to highlight important dates of sporting events, jobs etc.

20% discount on New Balance – online orders - through the members lounge. Possibility of TESS discounts.

The site is done, it now needs to be populated.

6. Advertising & Marketing Report

6.1 Companies

Discussion on Marketing & Advertising. Karen McCubbin found New Balance contact through Federation of Sport and Play Association (FSPA) and had a meeting with the company. This meeting was positive and they would not be looking for any legal agreement with SATPE. They were also keen to work with small companies. Karen & John have advertised this on the site as there were ‘no strings attached’. New Balance was accepted as a partner. SATPE profile can be raised through FSPA.

John Millar pointed out that NB were happy to not being a sole provider of merchandise, but would prefer to be the exclusive provider of footwear.


Iain Stanger asked if we could have branded clothing. John Millar said that this was a strong possibility with NB.They can also give us a breakdown of what is bought and by whom.

Discount code would be open to abuse. Member benefits would need to be built into the constitution. It is easy for companies to track bulk buys. There should be part of the constitution which outlines the responsible use of member discounts.

Roddie McPherson suggested a ‘one use’ discount code that could avoid this problem. Karen McCubbin will investigate this.

Companies that were approached – Cardinal (Anytime Leisure) who had offered training for fitness suites and design template service. Rather than deal with them as a partner, offer a stand at the conference for exposure.

Discussion of opportunity of part of a stand at SLF. Price would be high and it was suggested by members who had previous experience of this approach that its usefulness was limited. Also, suggested that it may be possible to approach TESS to put one of our flyers into the free samples that are handed out. Elinor Steel to approach Henry Hepburn.

Zoosport, an offshoot of Canturbury, were met by Karen McCubbin. Gib McMillan has been working with them. They provide a bespoke design service. They however wanted an exclusive legal agreement – the only company to do so – and would not give out prices until this had been signed. No legal agreements will be signed with any company. Link to Zoosport would be put on to website, but not as an exclusive partner.

Trespass were met by Karen as they are Scottish based and linked to Commonwealth Games kit providers. They would however see us as a low key partnership. This was agreed. They also wanted access to members email addresses. We will not give out members email addresses to companies.

Karen to investigate possibility of partnership for dance equipment with George Crawford in Kirkintilloch.

6.2 Commonwealth Games (CG)

Meeting with CG reps who felt that PE has been seen to ‘fall through the cracks’ in the CG build-up. We need to be promoting CG within schools. CG are looking for input from SATPE and we would be looking for them to have a stall at the conference. Discount on merchandise for CG for members would be sought by Karen.

Karen will approach CG rep for free/discounted posters, pictures of sporting role models, tickets for groups of teachers and children, inspirational videos, technical videos that could be used in teaching episodes.


Karen McCubbin proposed split of Advertising & Sponsorship role. Seconded by Barry Wilson. There were no objections.

7. Nomination & Election of Office Bearers

C.A. Arthur proposed that the Executive Members be proposed and seconded on block. Iain Stanger seconded this. There were no objections.

As President and VP are two year posts, these would not have to be re-filled.

Position Name Proposer SeconderPresident Iain Stanger - -

Vice-President Tony McDaid - -

General Secretary C.A. Arthur Iain Stanger Elinor Steel

General Treasurer Martin Sangster

Editor Barry Wilson

Subscription Secretary

Web Manager John Millar

Assistant Secretary Gib McMillan

Sponsorship Karen McCubbin

Advertising

Conference Convener

Karen Erskine


C.A. Arthur proposed that the RRs were proposed and seconded on block. Artin Sangster seconded this. There were no objections.

Position Name Proposer SeconderA: Highlands & Islands

Tony McDade Iain Stanger

B: Grampian Olwen Fraser

C: Aberdeen Gary Giles

D: Tayside

E: Fife

F: Falkirk Morag Young

G: Midlothian Andrew Wilson

H: Edinburgh Jan McIntyre


Kevin Brown

I: Borders

J: E. Lothian Marion Barclay

Darren Leslie

K: N. Lanarkshire David Gardiner

Elinor Steel

L: Renfrew Gordon Menzies

M: E. Dumbarton Russell Imrie

N: Ayr Tommy Lennox

P: Glasgow Stephen Capaldi

Thomas McMahon

Q: S. Lanarkshire

R: Dumfries & Galloway

Kareen Niven

S: W. Lothian

T: Central Karen Grossart

U: Students Meghan Plummer


V: E. Renfrewshire

W: Inverclyde Bryan Kelly

X: Outside Scotland

Y: W. Dumbarton Colin Chambers

8. AOCB

8.1 CA Arthur proposed that the Assistant Secretary (AS) was permanently attached to the conference committee in order to make the GS workload more manageable and to legitimise the role of AS. Martin Sangster seconded this. No opposition.

8.2 National voice for SATPE. Can we do this through survey monkey.

CA to investigate costing of survey monkey account.

8.3 With the departure of John McFarlane, it was necessary to have a new signatory on the bank account. Barry Wilson proposed Gib McMillan as Second signatory.Karen McCubbin seconded this. There were no objections.

Martin to arrange this with Gib.

President closed AGM and thanked everyone for their hard work.

SATPE minutes 8 th Oct 2013


Minutes of previous and AGM accepted

Present Iain Stanger (P), Tony McDade (VP), Martin Sangster (GT), John Miller (WM), Karen McCubbin (ASM), Karen Erskine, Darren Leslie, Marion Barclay, Elinor Steel, Stephen Capaldi.

Apologies Colin Arthur, Donnie MacLeod, Barry Wilson, Gib McMillan

Item 1 conference Presenters confirmed includeDonnie MacLeod (Inspection findings)Linda MacLean and Caroline Duncan (New Qualifications)Jan McIntyre and Marion Barclay (core learning experiences in early years -practical session)Gib McMillan (assessment and moderation of performance in BGE)Jackie Stevenson (early years project)Iain Stanger (ICT in PE)David Gardener (concept based PE in the Secondary School)Alan Craw (latest for Education Scotland and update on SAoL)

Keynote optionsEilidh Child cannot this time but is keen to be involved in the futureDave Smith has been asked and is in discussion with Iain Stanger)Emma Wiggs possibly for future

Conference planningKaren Erskine updated on how many attending, badges, sockets, marketplace, resources, workshop sign up.81 members so far, and interest increasing now that the conference presenters have been announced.21 conference sign ups. John Millar looking into best way to collate workshop selections.Discussion on space and facilities.Agreement on needing regional reps to increase promotions.Advert again in the TESS. Elinor Steel to contact Henry Agreed that Lynn Taylor admin assistant to be remunerated.

Marketplace at conferenceKaren McCubbin updated on confirmation of Cardinal (Anytime Leisure), Zoosport, New Balance, Tiso replace Trespass, Dance Apparel.Most offering a 10% discount using codes on websites.

New balance will make a visual presentation because they can't make it.They will offer 20% voucher, trainers, raffle, banners and posters to promote.

Wireless available, lunch and coffee there too.Half hour to hour set up time, room available from 2 pm on Friday.Anyone needing accommodation Friday see Karen Erskine

Journal Chris Wood, Barry Wilson, and Stuart Forsyth meeting on 16 Oct and planning a release before Christmas.

AOCB


Karen McCubbin discussed workload issues on behalf of some of the committee. Suggestion that we consider politically minded, high profile, knowledgeable and experienced people to support and advice. Names included Charlie Raeburn and Alan Byrne. Committee felt if they were to be contacted the position should be honorary consultant / co opted member.

Elinor Steel suggested North Lanarkshire also have a regional primary rep. Committee agreed this was a good idea.

Iain Stanger raised a concern about possible members not signing up because of using online payment methods. Martin will look into PO Box or school address for cheques.

Next Conference – how do we raise awareness, possibly offer conference free as a promotion.

Charitable Status? Martin Sangster will take forward.

Next Meeting Deans Community High Livingston, Tuesday 3 December

SATPE Committee MeetingTuesday, 3rd December 2013Deans Community High School1830hrs

Present: I. Stanger (P), T. McDaid (VP), C.A. Arthur (GS), J. Millar (WM), G. McMillan (AS), K. McCubbin (ASM), K. Erskine (CC), E. Steel (RR), M. Barclay (RR), K. Grossart (RR), D. Leslie (RR), D. Macleod.

Apologies: M. Sangster (GT), B. Wilson (SE), S. Forsythe, T. Lennox, C. Wood

1. Minutes of previous meeting were approved.a. The President had spoken to Charlie Raeburn (retired) regarding possible involvement and he

intimated that he did not want to be involved in administrative tasks, but would like to help out in consultancy and advocacy for SATPE. The President will have a formal meeting with him after the New Year.

b. Chris Wood (retired) is a member of the Journal Committee.

2. Conference Review 2013.a. The conference was deemed to be a success, with positive feedback regarding the general

buzz and atmosphere, content, venue, catering and keynote speaker. It was fed back that members would prefer 3 rather than 2 workshops at the next conference.

b. The TESS article had generated more interest in SATPE.c. John Mackay, Colin Agnew and Andy Howatt had intimated that they would be interested in

fulfilling the RR roles for Highland, Angus and W. Lothian. i. GS to contact new RRs

3. Conference Planning 2014a. Proposed conference date was set as the first Saturday in November 2014. This would become

the accepted weekend for the conference on an annual basis.b. To aid administration, the closing date for registering for the conference would be the first

Saturday in October.c. RRs should make a concerted effort to encourage more primary colleagues to become

members and attend the conference.


d. Tulliallan Police College would again be the venue.i. GS to contact Police College re. payment for conference 2013 and booking for

2014.e. We should survey the members to gather evidence of effectiveness of conference 2013 and to

see what they would like for the conference 2014. This could be done through Surveymonkey.i. WM to look into costing for Surveymonkey and report back.

ii. Karen Grossart will speak to Stirling University students regarding promotion of SATPE.

4. Fundinga. Currently, we still have a comparatively healthy bank balance due to 154 paid members and

funding from Education Scotland. However, more forms of revenue should be investigated in order to provide more opportunities for members.

i. Donnie Macleod to contact Pete Bilsbrough regarding possible funding from the defunct Scottish Physical Education Association (SPEA).

ii. Bill Scott Watson in the Scottish Government to be contacted to discuss the possibility of additional funding.

5. Websitea. ASM to have access to the website in order to upload and alter elements for marketing

purposes.b. All Executive members to have access to SATPE twitter in order to upload relevant

information.i. WM to effect these changes

6. Journala. It was reported, via email, by the SE that several articles had been presented for the inaugural

journal. This is encouraging and prompted further discussion.b. Possible sections included: ICT in PE, resource/book review, action research, student

placement experience, probationers, diary, opinion/reflective pieces in order to stimulate discussion.

i. Proposed by President and seconded by CC that an iPad Mini should be given to the article, deemed by the Journal Committee, to be best. Thereafter, this prize, or similar, would be awarded once per annum for the best article out of the two journals.

c. Eventually, the journal should be subjected to member review through the use of Surveymonkey.

d. It was again stated that the journal should be seen as a professional journal, and not an academic journal. SATPE is an association run by teachers, for teachers. However, it was pointed out that PE teachers operate as students, in Early Years, Primary, Secondary, Further & Higher Education. All members, teaching at all stages, should feel free to contribute articles.

7. AOCBa. The GS updated the Committee that he was having trouble with email due to a blanket ban on

accessing Local Government email out of the school. He is currently transferring all contacts to a separate email address which would, when completed, become the SATPE contact used by the GS & AS. The address is [email protected]. However, THIS IS NOT YET BEING USED AS THE MAIN CONTACT.

b. Next meeting will take place on Tuesday, 4th of February, in Graeme High School, Falkirk, FK1 1SY, at 1800hrs – 1930hrs.

SATPE Committee MeetingTuesday, 3rd December 2013Deans Community High School1830hrs

Present: I. Stanger (P), T. McDaid (VP), C.A. Arthur (GS), J. Millar (WM), G. McMillan (AS), K. McCubbin (ASM), K. Erskine (CC), E. Steel (RR), M. Barclay (RR), K. Grossart (RR), D. Leslie (RR), D. Macleod.

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Apologies: M. Sangster (GT), B. Wilson (SE), S. Forsythe, T. Lennox, C. Wood

1. Minutes of previous meeting were approved.a. The President had spoken to Charlie Raeburn (retired) regarding possible involvement and he

intimated that he did not want to be involved in administrative tasks, but would like to help out in consultancy and advocacy for SATPE. The President will have a formal meeting with him after the New Year.

b. Chris Wood (retired) is a member of the Journal Committee.

2. Conference Review 2013.a. The conference was deemed to be a success, with positive feedback regarding the general

buzz and atmosphere, content, venue, catering and keynote speaker. It was fed back that members would prefer 3 rather than 2 workshops at the next conference.

b. The TESS article had generated more interest in SATPE.c. John Mackay, Colin Agnew and Andy Howatt had intimated that they would be interested in

fulfilling the RR roles for Highland, Angus and W. Lothian. i. GS to contact new RRs

3. Conference Planning 2014a. Proposed conference date was set as the first Saturday in November 2014. This would become

the accepted weekend for the conference on an annual basis.b. To aid administration, the closing date for registering for the conference would be the first

Saturday in October.c. RRs should make a concerted effort to encourage more primary colleagues to become

members and attend the conference.d. Tulliallan Police College would again be the venue.

i. GS to contact Police College re. payment for conference 2013 and booking for 2014.

e. We should survey the members to gather evidence of effectiveness of conference 2013 and to see what they would like for the conference 2014. This could be done through Surveymonkey.

i. WM to look into costing for Surveymonkey and report back.ii. Karen Grossart will speak to Stirling University students regarding promotion

of SATPE.

4. Fundinga. Currently, we still have a comparatively healthy bank balance due to 154 paid members and

funding from Education Scotland. However, more forms of revenue should be investigated in order to provide more opportunities for members.

i. Donnie Macleod to contact Pete Bilsbrough regarding possible funding from the defunct Scottish Physical Education Association (SPEA).

ii. Bill Scott Watson in the Scottish Government to be contacted to discuss the possibility of additional funding.

5. Websitea. ASM to have access to the website in order to upload and alter elements for marketing

purposes.b. All Executive members to have access to SATPE twitter in order to upload relevant

information.i. WM to effect these changes

6. Journala. It was reported, via email, by the SE that several articles had been presented for the inaugural

journal. This is encouraging and prompted further discussion.b. Possible sections included: ICT in PE, resource/book review, action research, student

placement experience, probationers, diary, opinion/reflective pieces in order to stimulate discussion.


i. Proposed by President and seconded by CC that an iPad Mini should be given to the article, deemed by the Journal Committee, to be best. Thereafter, this prize, or similar, would be awarded once per annum for the best article out of the two journals.

c. Eventually, the journal should be subjected to member review through the use of Surveymonkey.

d. It was again stated that the journal should be seen as a professional journal, and not an academic journal. SATPE is an association run by teachers, for teachers. However, it was pointed out that PE teachers operate as students, in Early Years, Primary, Secondary, Further & Higher Education. All members, teaching at all stages, should feel free to contribute articles.

7. AOCBa. The GS updated the Committee that he was having trouble with email due to a blanket ban on

accessing Local Government email out of the school. He is currently transferring all contacts to a separate email address which would, when completed, become the SATPE contact used by the GS & AS. The address is [email protected]. However, THIS IS NOT YET BEING USED AS THE MAIN CONTACT.

b. Next meeting will take place on Tuesday, 4th of February, in Graeme High School, Falkirk, FK1 1SY, at 1800hrs – 1930hrs.

SATPE Committee Meeting1800hrs – 1930hrsGraeme High SchoolCallendar RoadFalkirkFK1 1SY

Present

Tony McDaid (VP), C.A. Arthur (GS), John Millar (WM), Karen McCubbin (MM), Gary Halcrow (ASM), Karen Erskine (CC), Morag Young (RR), Elinor Steel (RR), Paul Meehan (RR), Robbie Stewart (RR), Morag Simpson & Donnie Macleod.

Apologies

Ian Stanger (P), Martin Sangster (GT), Gib McMillan (AS), Darren Leslie (RR), Euan Lawson (RR), John Mackay (RR), Leigh Watson (RR), Kevin Brown (RR), Barry Petrie (RR), Tommy Lennox (RR), Andrew Wilson (RR), Daniel Stevenson (RR), Colin Agnew (RR) & Chris Wood,

1. Welcomea. VP welcomed everyone and introduced members.

2. Minutes of previous meeting were

Proposed by K. ErskineSeconded by M. Simpson

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With no alterations.

3. Finance Update a. GS announced that the conference had been paid @ £2100-60.b. Surveymonkey account paid @ £299-00c. Therefore, finance was currently sitting just above £10,000d. Donnie McLeod had been put in contact with Eddie Boyd and SPEA regarding money from

that body. GS will contact Eddie Boyd to discuss transfer of money to SATPE.

4. Survey Findings (J. Miller) a. Copy of surveymonkey findings attached.b. Discussion around class sizes with various points raised regarding pros and cons. At present,

we do not have the capacity for any great advocacy regarding reduction in class sizes. Currently, we have less than 200 members out of over 3,500 PE teachers. Positive upsurge, but we need to continue to build in order to generate professional capacity.

c. Follow-up survey could be used to generate a more focussed survey in order to set out targets for the association.

d. This will be distributed to the membership via email.WM to create new survey based upon findings of previous. GS to distribute.

5. Correspondence from Outward Bound Trust a. Put back to next meeting.

6. Journal a. Will be discussed at next meeting.

GS to discuss with Chris Wood via phone and Editor via email to find out details of the initial journal.

7. School Sport Awards (R. Stewart) a. These awards involve building of school sports in community, putting sport at heart of school,

evaluating and developing school sport development plan.b. They are not just about sport. c. Focus on school sport and core PE, areas to offer CLPL, recognition and awards for staff,

access to school estate.d. Online assessment tool piloted by W. Lothian, Argyle & Bute and N. Lanarkshire.e. Schools organise school sport committees.f. Awards gold, silver and bronze as in eco schools. g. Continuously over the course of years this is hoped to develop.h. Roll out August 2014.i. Tool for schools to self-assess.j. Raise awareness from mid-march and begin work in May.

GS to pass out information to executive. This should not be passed out to schools as yet.

8. Future Meetings (C.A. Arthur) a. April 22nd at Graeme High School, Falkirk. 1800.b. June 10th in Perth venue TBC at 1830c. AGM September 3rd at Deans Community High School at 1845: Light buffet to be provided

(proposed by K. McCubbin & seconded by K. Erskine).d. October 9th at Graeme High School, Falkirk at 1800.e. Conference 1st November.


9. AOCBa. K. McCubbin discussed Parkeur courses. Cost of courses is a problem and Karen has managed

to reduce cost to £120 per course, per person. Otherwise, £150. Lots of people interested, but unsure of the quality of the courses.

i. SATPE to look into organising a one day, indoor course nationally and run by Parkeur UK. K. McCubbin to look into.

ii. Problems regarding the general cost of NGB courses as these are particularly high. b. Stuart Forsyth is looking for someone from SATPE to speak to a group of Lithuanian students

regarding Scottish Physical Education on 20th Feb. It was felt that this was short notice, but Tony will check his diary to make sure.

Present: I. Stanger, C.A. Arthur, J. Millar, K. McCubbin, K. Erskine, G. McMillan, A. Wilson, S. Capaldi, M. Barclay, E. Steel, K. Grossart, W. Kay, Paul Meehan.

Apologies: G. Halcrow, Euan Lawson, Barry Petrie, Chris Wood, Darren Leslie, Morag Young, Tony McDaid, Robbie Stewart, Martin Sangster,

In the absence of the President, John Millar welcomed everyone and opened the meeting.

1. Minutes of previous meeting

Approved

2. Finance Update (M. Sangster & C.A. Arthur)

2.1 CA contacted Eddie Boyd re. funding from SPEA, who had stated that SPEA were keen to close their bank account and transfer funds to SATPE. They would like a meeting with members of SATPE Executive to arrange this. CA to organise.

2.2 In order to streamline the membership renewal process and therefore make this a less arduous task for administrative office bearers, it was proposed that membership renewal date was made September 1st for all members.Propose that September 1st membership renewal Elinor SteelSeconded Will Kay.Any problems, individuals will be dealt with individually.

3. Journal

3.1 John Millar has met with Chris Wood of the journal committee. There are 12 journal articles in total. There has been a computer bug which has slowed this publication.

Proposed 1st of May as publication date: John Millar.Seconded by Stephen Capaldi.

CA to advertise with blanket email.

3.2 Draft of journal has been approved by Chris Wood and Stuart Forsyth. This will become a bi-annual journal. There are some contributions for the November edition of the journal and members are encouraged to contribute.

3.3Will Kay asked about copyright of articles and John Millar confirmed that members will have access to all of them.

3.4Marion Barclay asked about sharing articles with non-SATPE members. It was felt that this would be acceptable in order to promote the association.


4. National PE App. (I. Stanger)

4.1 John McPhee is developing a mobile app for National level PE courses. He believes that he can do this for £100. Iain proposed that we fund this. Stephen Capaldi suggested that Greg Coburn at ES should be contacted as he had done some work with this. Gib McMillan suggested that John should present what he has done so far so that the committee could assess whether or not to fund this project as £100 seemed a very small price for such a large undertaking.Iain Stanger to contact John.

5. Conference (I. Stanger)

5.1 John has received feedback from the second survey, regarding the conference, put out by SATPE. 132 members responded. The vast majority of respondents intimated that they would be attending the conference in November. The results of this survey will be attached to the minutes.

There seems to be great confusion within the profession regarding the new Higher course.

Stephen Capaldi expressed the view that councils should not be making blanket decisions regarding the new Higher courses. He was under the impression that this had been decided by SQA.

Almost the same number of respondents felt that their ability to provide for the new Higher was good as those who felt that it was poor.

This information should be used to plan workshops at the conference.

5.2 Iain Stanger suggested several workshops including one on New Higher from Linda McLean, N5 from Caroline Duncan and Helen Flemming – Head Verifier for NQs. It may be possible for the same workshops to be run twice. Iain Stanger to contact.

Stephen Capaldi felt that it would be good to see examples of portfolios.

5.3 Elinor Steel felt that it would be useful to have some Early Years workshops to encourage primary colleagues. Stephen Capaldi suggested Andy Dalziell &Johnny Penman for a workshop that would underpin Better Movers, Better Thinkers. Stephen will investigate this. It was suggested that as this course was rather in-depth, this workshop should take up 2 or 3 workshop spaces.

5.4 Anne McEwan is keen to provide a dance workshop. John Millar will speak to her.

5.5 Karen Erskine proposed a workshop on concepts based PE. David Gardiner was suggested as a presenter for this. Elinor Steel will speak to David.

5.6 The committee was keen to extend the workshop opportunities to 3 for everyone.

5.7 Karen Grossart suggested a workshop that would develop practitioner confidence in delivering Mental, Emotional & Social Factors. This should be a practical workshop. Will Kay suggested Len Almond as a keynote speaker who would focus on MES Factors.

CA Arthur to email Len Almond to ask if he would be available to do this.

List of presenters to be completed by Summer.

Marion Barclay will investigate options related to Primary practitioners.

6. Executive 2014-15 (I. Stanger)


6.1 Iain Stanger will be coming to the end of his term of office. Office bearers will need to be found for next year.

6.2 C.A. Arthur will not be able to continue with the role of General Secretary and this will need to be filled.

7. Rowing Resource (K. McCubbin)

7.1 Although this resource is focussed on an activity that nearly all schools do not do, there are many elements of the resource that are useful for schools to adapt to their own needs.

Proposed by Karen Erskine Seconded by K. McCubbin

8. Malawi & Commonwealth Games (D. Macleod)

8.1 CA Arthur read a letter (attached) passed on to him by Donnie Macleod, asking for donations for a Malawian runner. It was felt by the committee that if we were to follow up on this, it should be through providing kit as this would allow us to ensure that the money was being spent appropriately.

Proposed by Iain StangerSeconded by Will Kay.

This information will be passed to Karen McCubbin to be dealt with.

9. Marketing (K. McCubbin)

9.1 Karen McCubbin suggested that member benefits need to be promoted. She will type up a list and pass on to C.A. Arthur and John Millar for the website and email distribution.

9.2 Karen is currently negotiating with Underarmour in order to get a set of kit for SATPE. She will get back to the committee regarding pricing.

10. NQ Uptake & 2 hours/periods of quality Physical Education (G. McMillan & C.A. Arthur)

a. To be discussed at next meeting.

The next meeting will take place on Tuesday, 10th of June, 2014 at , in Perth at 1830.

C.A. ArthurGeneral Secretary

SATPE Committee Meeting10th of June, 20141830hrs – 2000hrsSt John’s RC AcademyPerth


Present: I. Stanger, CA Arthur, J. Millar, K. McCubbin, K. Erskine, E. Steel, G. Giles, Andrew Wilson

Apologies: Morag Young, Gary Halcrow, Martin Sangster, Tony McDaid, Chris Wood, Karen Grossart, John Mackay, Andy Howat, Stephen Capaldi, Colin Agnew, Barry Petrie, Gib McMillan, Barry Wilson, Euan Lawson, Darren Leslie, Marion Barclay,

1. Minutes of previous meeting

1.1 Approved. 1.2 CA Arthur reported that there had been lots of positive feedback from the journal.1.3 I. Stanger has spoken to John McPhee re. the PEApp.

2. Conference

2.1 John Millar informed the committee that there would be a PGDE course in Dance, which would allow non-PE teachers to teach curricular dance and as an opportunity for PE teachers to up-skill. Anne McEwan, John’s PT was involved in the design of this course and would be keen to present this at the conference. This would be useful as a separate slot during the plenary.

2.2 I. Stanger has managed to get Caroline Duncan (N5 Principal Assessor), Linda McLean (Higher Principal Assessor) have agreed to present workshops.

2.3 Len Almond (keynote and workshops) has agreed to present with a focus on social and emotional elements related to PEPAS and workshops on better approaches to delivering games and on purposeful play in the early years. The cost will be transport, accommodation and a few hundred pounds as a fee. I. Stanger will discuss a more accurate fee with him.

2.4 I. Stanger has also approached Helen Fleming at SQA, who will get back to as to her availability.2.5 David Gardiner: concepts based approaches to PE.2.6 Andy Dalziel & Jonny Penman: workshop on bilateral integration and BMBT.2.7 The running order of the day will be:

WelcomeKeynoteWorkshop 1Workshop 2LunchWorkshop 3Plenary

2.8 K. Erskine to type up a setup and email to CA. Arthur for advertisement. 2.9 J. Millar to design a flyer to be emailed out.2.9.1 K. McCubbin discussed booking. J. Millar stated that this will be one using surveymonkey. In any

correspondence, it should be stated that we have a maximum capacity of 250 and that the surveymonkey booking will be open on the 3rd of September and close on the 3rd of October. We need to keep members updated regarding spaces.

2.9.2 M. Barclay is looking into possible workshops for primary stage.2.9.3 K. Erskine to check with accommodation.

3. Marketing

3.1 K. McCubbin suggested at another point in the year, SATPE offered workshops related to ICT in PE. This could be discussed by the next committee after the AGM.

3.2 G. Halcrow has spent some time speaking to Edinburgh University regarding students becoming members.

3.3 It would be possible to speak to representatives of each University to enquire about this. J. Millar to speak to Stuart Forsyth and Gary Halcrow to continue to speak with Andrew Horrell at Edinburgh University.


3.4 K. McCubbin spoke to representatives of the EIS to ask if they were aware of SATPE. They are supportive of the association and it may be possible to have some space in the SEJ or the Teaching Scotland Journal.

3.5 K. McCubbin reported on the financial support to the Malawian runner. She has made up some kit for the runner, all with SATPE logo. This has been sent out to the runner in 2 packages. Due to this, we may get access to the Athletes Village at the Commonwealth Games and an article in the TESS. K. McCubbin proposed that we increase the allowance to £250 to buy shoes. This was seconded by I. Stanger.

3.6 K. McCubbin is speaking to various companies regarding marketing of equipment.

4. AGM4.1 The location of this has been moved to Dunblane HS. Time will remain the same. J. Millar to arrange

venue and buffet. Wednesday, 3rd of September at 1845hrs.

5. Officers for next year

5.1 CA. Arthur to email T. McDaid to enquire as to his intentions to go forward in office.5.2 CA. Arthur to email the membership.5.3 G. Giles suggested that Regional Reps run meetings, with agendas passed down from the Executive.5.4 CA. Arthur to ask permission to send a note of regional reps to J. Millar so that these can be put on the

website.5.5 CA. Arthur to advertise to membership that there are various roles needing filled throughout the

Executive.

Documents

Web viewIain Stanger (P), Tony McDade (VP), C.A. Arthur (GS), Martin Sangster (GT), Barry Wilson (SE), John Millar (WM), Karen McCubbin (ASM), Elinor Steel, Karen Erskine