The Team

                                 

 

Di Baker, Partnership Development Manager

The PDM role is a diverse one with no two days being the same! It can involve me being in county strategic meetings to develop sport in Cambridgeshire, delivering training to school staff to helping out in festivals. My main role is to develop the 10strandsof PESSYP ( Physical Education, Sport Strategy for Young People) across my Partnership through managing my team of SSCo’s.   

 
 

Sarah Moulding, Sports Partnership Administrator

I have been working at Witchford Village College since September 2002 and my roles have been exam administrator and working for the Sports College at Witchford and the Sports Partnership for 4 years.  I now work solely for the Partnership and my role includes monitoring and processing all the Partnership finance and general administrative duties.

 
 

Ruth Russell, SSCO, Cromwell Community College

Hi, my name is Ruth Russell and I teach PE at Cromwell Community College in Chatteris.

I have been teaching PE for 26 years, during which I have taught in both rural and city schools holding a variety of roles including Head of Department and Head of Year.

I have been at Cromwell Community College since September 2001.

 
   
   
 

Hayley Cradock, SSCO, Sir Harry Smith Community College

Hello, my name is Hayley Cradock and I am the SSCo for Sir Harry Smith Community College. I was appointed in September 2006. I have been working as a PE teacher for 6 years. I enjoy teaching a variety of sporting activities, particularly netball and trampolining. I run various after-school clubs. I enjoy being in charge of the Year 7 and 8 netball teams and under 14/16 hockey teams, it makes me feel very proud when they win their fixtures against other schools.

 
 

 Jane Ward SSCO, Thomas Clarkson Community College

I work with Alan Dear for one day a week as an SSCo for the Thomas Clarkson Family and 2 days for the Soham Family covering maternity leave.  Here is a little information about what I have done in my life. 

After leaving school I trained in London as a Primary School teacher taking PE as my main subject. I have taught all ages of children in Key Stages 1 and 2 for the last 30 years both in England and abroad and have even run my own Day Nursery which catered for children from 6 months to 4 years old. I took a few years out of teaching when my own children were young. I was a PLT for four years in a school in the Comberton Sports Partnership in South Cambs  As well as working in the Thomas Clarkson Family a Soham family  work one day a week with the Witchford family developing links between sports clubs and its Primaries. 

 
 

Alan Dear, SSCO Thomas Clarkson Community College 

Job Title.   School Sport Co-Coordinator

 

I work with The Thomas Clarkson Community College family of schools.

 

Brief  background.  I was born in Winchester and educated mainly in Portsmouth before training to be a Teacher in London.  I taught PE in London for five years before moving to Wisbech where I continued to teach P.E. until I retired from my full time post in Aug 2007. I was Head of PE until I took up my present post in Sept. 2006.

 

Interests.  Sport, as you can imagine, has always played a very important part in my life. I have never tired of it. I have played numerous sports competitively including, football, tennis, table tennis, squash, golf, athletics, volleyball, and cross country as well as many other sports socially. I have seen so many examples of communities being brought together through sport and numerous individuals who have had their self confidence boosted by it.

Walking in the Countryside and enjoying it’s wildlife takes up quite a lot of my leisure time these days as well as Skiing and of course Golf.

 

My principle aim is to encourage and support the children attending our family of schools to participate enthusiastically in physical activities in and out of curriculum time, and to raise their awareness of the numerous sporting opportunities offered by clubs in the local community.  

I hope to do this by

  • Supporting the work done by Jane Ward, the Primary Link Teachers and the PE teachers at The Thomas Clarkson Community College, when planning and implementing the family plan.
  • Co-ordinating the Wisbech Family Plan with the Wichford Partnership Plan.
  • Encouraging schools to improve their PESSCL / PESSYP Survey results.