Tennis Inclusive Skills Festival KS2

Event Information

Booking

• This is a Inclusive Festival level event.
• If an event reaches capacity, schools will be placed on a waiting list and advised accordingly. MSSP will contact schools if places become available in the lead up to the event.

Event Eligibility

• This is an Inclusive Festival event with an emphasis on fun, participation and getting active.
• This event will be held indoors on a hard court surface.
• We endeavour to design our Festivals to be accessible and enjoyable for SEND participants. Please let us know if you plan to bring children with either communication and interaction needs, cognition and learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health difficulties or sensory and physical needs. We will be mindful when shaping our festivals to amend activities to suit any participants with these needs and impairments.
• Specific SEND inclusivity details on how we approach each of our inclusive festivals and competitions can be found via our Inclusion page on this site.

Team Eligibility

• Age: KS2
• Mixed gender event.   
• Squad Size: Maximum of 6 players in a squad.  
• Pupils with SEND or those identified as the least active should be prioritised by schools when selecting a squad.

Kit & Equipment

• No jewellery.  
• Suitable trainers to be worn.
• All other sport specific equipment will be provided on the day.
• No food or drink to be consumed within the AELTC Domes.

Rules 

• Teams to rotate around 10 stations throughout the session.
• Teams will meet other schools at each station and play alongside, against or with that school to complete the tennis tasks.
• When waiting for a turn, players must remain behind the safety lines, giving space to the current player and reducing risk of tennis racket injury.  

Competition Format 

• There will be no competitive results recorded for this event. 
• There will be 10 stations.
• Each team will play all stations.
• The following games will be played (not necessarily in this order): 

1. Ten Pin Tennis 
2. The Wall  
3. Generation Game  
4. Connect  
5. Target Tennis 
6. Slalom Tennis 
7. Snakes and Ladders 
8. Sitting Volleyball
9. Tic-Tac-Toe Tennis
10. Rally Challenge

Draw Format

• Schools will be drawn as either an inner or outer school and will be told what direction to travel around the carousel on the day.   

Awards

• REFSPECT winners – Certificate.
• Participation certificates will be presented to all participants. 

Results 

• Results and event report will be available on the news webpage within 24 hours of the event ending. 

Progression Pathway 

There is currently no planned pathway for this event.

Staffing and Spectators 

Spectators will not be permitted entry to private sports facilities. Primary schools must inform parents in advance when inviting students to take part.  All staff attending the event must have enhanced DBS clearance and have been fully vetted by their primary school. DBS numbers, full name and school will be required in advance by the host school.

MSSP Duty of Care

At Merton School Sport Partnership, the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of every participant is our highest priority. Our Duty of Care framework outlines the measures we take to ensure all events are safe, enjoyable and accessible, covering key areas including safeguarding, health and safety, equality, diversity and inclusion, risk assessments, medical provision, codes of conduct, photography and data protection.

We ask all schools, staff, volunteers and participants to familiarise themselves with these expectations before attending MSSP events.

For full details, please download the MSSP Duty of Care document or visit the relevant section of our website HERE for further guidance, policies and event information.