Active Schools Newsletter
On 1 October 2024, Active Schools service will fully transfer to be managed by Scottish Borders Council.
There is no change to any activity, and all sessions will run as normal with the same staff members.
Scottish Borders Council have a new web page for the service, and it can be found here.
Keep an eye out for our monthly newsletter, which will keep you updated on all things Active Schools and how the team is working alongside the rest of the business to help communities become healthier, happier and stronger!
June 2024
How can we possibly be at the end of another school term and another school year?! Where on earth has the time gone?! Like everyone else, the Active Schools Team is very much looking forward to some time off over summer but before we go, we bring you our final instalment of the year, as we focus on the past three month’s SportScotland themes: Sport Around Scotland, Moving for Mental Health and Volunteering in Sport.
March 2024
That’s it – another term that has gone by in a flash, as we roll in to our 2024 Easter holidays! It has been a fast, furious and, as always, fun, couple of months! The Active Schools team has been non-stop from the word ‘go’ in January and is very much looking forward to a couple of weeks rest before we enter the final term of the year! As always, our newsletter will focus on the monthly SportScotland themes of the past three months; this time including: Being Active, Try Something New and Women and Girls in Sport. Read on to find out what has been keeping us so busy since the New Year!
December 2023
And just like that, we are at the Christmas holidays! Yet another whirlwind of a term full of events, clubs, upskilling, successes, celebrations and most importantly, fun! It has had its challenges, but as always, the Active Schools team has adapted, improvised and overcome, ensuring pupils across the Scottish Borders have the opportunity to become healthier, happier and stronger, both in their schools and their communities. Our run down for this term focuses on the SportScotland themes of Inclusion, Celebrating Sport and A Year in Sport.
October 2023
How the first eight weeks of term have gone by so quickly is anyone’s guess! But here we are, already at the October break! It certainly hasn’t been a quite few weeks for the Active Schools Team! Click the link to find out what has been keeping us so busy!
Summer Term 2023
And so we’ve made it to the end of another school year! Check out what we have been up to during our final term of the year and what plans we have in store for over the summer!
March 2023
And so we find ourselves at the Easter holidays already! It has been a busy old term two for the Active Schools Team! Find out what we’ve been up to since January – our non-stop events calendar, how our fabulous volunteers have been helping us and our new girls only programmes, which have proved a huge success!
December 2022
And just like that, we are at the end of another term! It has certainly been a busy few months for the Active Schools Team. Take a look at what we have been up to since the October break and what we are looking forward to in 2023! As we finish up for Christmas, Active Schools would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year. We cannot wait to come back with a bang in January!
September 2022
The Active Schools Team is back! After a busy summer holiday running our Get into Summer Holiday Camps, the team has hit the ground running in what is looking like another busy term! Check out what we have been up to so far and what we have in the pipeline for the year ahead!
Summer Term 2022
School’s Out! Wow, what a term that was! Our first ‘normal’ summer term in three years – we’d forgotten just how busy it can be! Here’s to rounding up another great term, full of so many highs, so many successes and most importantly, so much fun! Wishing all staff, pupils, parents, volunteers, clubs and coaches a very happy and safe summer break. We cannot wait to see you all again in August once schools return!
April 2022
Inter-school sport is back, Easter camps were buzzing and summer term looks jam packed! Active Schools is delighted to be so busy again! Catch up on our term 2 news and what we’ve got in store for the coming weeks!
March 2022
‘Inclusion’ – a key priority of Active Schools, to help ensure sport and physical activity is accessible to all. Take a look at the programmes we have been involved with this term, to ensure everyone has the opportunity to be active within their school and community.
February 2022
‘Being Active’ – something at the very heart of Active Schools. Find out what the team has been up to so far in 2022 and how you could get involved in your local community, be it participating or volunteering!
December 2021
December…A time for us to reflect upon term one being back at it, a time to be thankful for what sport has brought us this year and a time to highlight the fantastic work that has gone on in and round our schools and communities during this period of uncertainty. Here we take a look at what the Team have been up to since returning in August!
In November the Active Schools Team celebrates SportScotland’s monthly theme of ‘Community Champions’ and the re-launch of our Young Leader Academy. We are also on the look out for new volunteers – could this be you?!
Celebrating ‘Active Girls Day’ and ‘Scottish Women & Girls in Sport Week’, we look to celebrate some of the fantastic targeted work currently happening in the Borders and the inspirational people leading these opportunities and inspiring girls to be physically active.
Find out what we got up to during our summer holidays and how we played our part in the ‘Get in to Summer’ holiday programme!
Active Schools is back! Find out what we’ve been up to and how we are looking ahead to hopefully a more normal 2021-22 term!
Our December newsletter focuses on volunteering! Volunteers have never been so important to the Active Schools team – find out where and how you can volunteer with us and the benefits you can reap.
Our November newsletter will fill you in on what we’ve been up to behind the scenes while the team wait on the go-ahead for the restart of our extra-curricular programmes. Find out what we already have up and running to keep you active and what exciting plans we have to kick off the new year!
Get up to speed on how our facilities and services are now operating so we can welcome you back safely and how we can keep you and your families entertained throughout the winter months! Click the link above to see the newsletter.
