Welcome to our GUPS FA page where we will detail how the children have led changes to make football in the school safer, fairer and more fun.
28.6.22
We had our last meeting of the year today and reflected on our achievements and next steps.
What we have achieved?
- Fairer games
- Children taking the lead in refereeing
- New footballs and whistles
- Friday competitions
- Responsibility for taking ideas forward
- Two pitches
- Working together to agree rules
Next steps?
- Set the rules for next year and record these for referees to look at (penalties and fouls)
- Agree how competitions will work and what we can work towards e.g. cup
- Decide how often the association will meet
- Set up chance for playground leaders (Mrs Laird to discuss with Storm)
- Agree pitch boundaries and mark out where possible
20.6.22
Going well?
- Referees
- Getting to score more goals
- Team captains are better
- Clear on when the ball goes out
Issues?
- Agreed there should be no shoulder barging
- No handballs – play on if in pitch
- Discussed fouls and using red/yellow cards instead
- If this is close to the box the referee will decide
30.5.22
Going well?
- Grass now cut
- New goals up and two separate areas
- Games continue to be fairer
- Referees are heling and others are learning from this ~ new referees decided for this week (clarified these will last until the next meeting)
- Not as many fouls
- Friday was fun – quite nice for some children to watch
- 2 pitches are working well although some footballs have gone into the other pitch/over the fence
Issues?
- Discussed teams – same teams for Friday match
- Too many people playing on Friday – to have this every third week and separate infant and upper matches in the other 2 weeks, with Mrs Laird supporting referees.
- Balls hurting – Mrs Laird has new balls in her office and will arrange for these to be inflated – to use these only.
23.5.22
Going well?
- Goal shooting improved with practice
- Not as many injuries
- Fairer teams – 2 team captains choosing 1 person each at a time
- No more hand balls – only goalies
Issues and solutions?
- Passing – give more people a chance
- Grass to long for football – Mrs Laird to see if it can be cut
- Other people on the field – cones – went out and agreed boundaries
- Matches – infant/upper – to trial whole school on Friday
- Football – Mrs Laird to provide school ones
- Referees – agreed and these will change weekly – whistle and cards supplied by Mrs Laird
16.5.22
We had a brief meeting today to discuss what is going well and what were the current challenges…
Well?
- Full matches
- Lots of interest
- Helpful teams
- Learning from each other – sportsmanship, skills, teamwork
- Liked by most children playing
- Fair teams
Issues and solutions to trial?
- Older vs younger children – to trial separate pitches (Mrs Laird to set up at lunch time)
- Too rough causing injuries and upset – every match to designate a referee with a red and yellow card causing timeouts – Mrs Laird to support
- Too competitive – Mrs Laird to start matches on a Friday at break times and referees this to model for the children.
- Cheating – people picking up the ball – agreed that you are not allowed to pick the ball up but, if it touches accidentally you just carry on
- Fair teams – sometimes it is just P7 verses everyone – Children to think about how to do this fairly and will decide on Friday and help model.