1. YOUR PROJECT AT THE CLUB:
This element of your programme will take place in the late afternoons
and evenings. You'll work at a cricket club located on the beautiful Swan River, overlooking the skyline of
Perth. The club has had players such as Dennis Lillie, Marcus Trescothick
and Ben Hollioke. The club is also very conveniently located close to your
accommodation.
There are excellent facilities and you'll coach the boys
and girls junior teams. You'll also have the opportunity to coach, train, and
possibly play for the senior men's and women's teams, if you get selected.
The junior teams at the clubs fall under the following age
groups:
- Under 9s
- Under 10s
- Under 12s - Under 17s
If you also like to play cricket on this project, you
can do this with a number of senior teams. There is a good
mixture of standards at the clubs so there is something for everyone.
As
well as training and playing for one of these teams, you may also be able to
coach them if you're considered good enough. there are a number of senior teams
that you can train with and play for:
- 4 senior men's teams
- 2 senior women's teams
- 8 social men's teams
THE CRICKET SEASON AND COACHING TIMES: The cricket season runs from:
Coaching and training times are as follows
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Juniors: 3:30 – 6 - Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday
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Women & Men: 4:30 - 7 - Monday, Tuesday
and Thursday
Games take place on the weekends during the season. The
juniors play there game in the morning where you will have the opportunity
to coach a team putting everything you have taught them into practice on the
field. In the afternoon as a senior player it will be your opportunity to
play. Out of season there will be no opportunity to play cricket as the
club.
2. YOUR PROJECT AT THE REFUGEE CENTRE:
The Refugee Sports Project will take place during the day. For this element
of your programme, you will be working
at a school located in Perth. The school you will be working with have an
Intensive English Centre (IEC) which has children from war-torn countries
such as Sudan, Somalia and Afghanistan who have come to Australia as
refugees with the United Nations. The IEC was set up to enable children on
the program to learn English and enable them to adapt to the Australian
education system before moving into main stream schooling.
As part of the IEC program, the children learn to play
sports at the school. As a volunteer on this project, you will be coaching a
number of sports to the IEC children as well as main stream children at the
school. Coaching takes place for around 4-5 hours a day. The schools have good sports facilities
and you'll work as an assistant to the current sports
teacher.
This project is very beneficial to the IEC
children because, through sports, you can improve their English skills as well as
teaching them new sports. Many of the IEC children are very talented at
sports and with your help they will get the opportunity to improve their skills and
sporting abilities.
There are a wide number of sports available to coach on
this project and you will be involved in a wide range of sporting activities,
giving you great diversity on the project. The sports are generally coached
by season, but if you wanted to coach a sport that was not in season, or if
you wanted to introduce a new sport to the children, the school would welcome
it as long as it was of benefit to the children.
The sports are as follows:
Term 1: Volleyball, Basketball & Tennis
Term 2: Aussie Rules, Soccer, Netball
& Basketball
Term 3: AFL (Aussie Rules Football),
Athletics, Netball, Soccer, Cross Country
Term 4: Tennis, Swimming, Volleyball,
Cricket & Soccer
This element of the project runs during the school terms. The school terms for 2008 are as follows:
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Term 1: 4th Feb - 11 April
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Term 2: 28th April - 4th July
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Term 3: 21st July - 26th September
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Term 4: 13th October - 16th
December
The school terms for 2009 are as follows:
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Term 1: 2nd Feb - 9th April
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Term 2: 28th April - 3rd July
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Term 3: 20th July - 25th September
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Term 4: 12th October - 17th
December
The lessons you will be coaching in will
last for 40 minutes and the school day runs from around 8:45 - 2:45 pm. As
a volunteer you will be assisting the existing sports teacher at the
school coaching the children. You'll spend about 4 to 5 hours a day
helping the children at the school.
FREE COACHING MANUALS AND FREE
SUBSCRIPTION TO A COACHING WEBSITE
As a volunteer sports coach with Travellers, you
have access to a large number of coaching manuals for each sport - these
manuals have been produced in-house by our Sports Manager. These manuals are
very useful and will help you to plan coaching sessions for your students.
As well
as coaching manuals you also have a year’s free subscription to
a Coaching website:
www.grassrootscoaching.com. With
this membership (which normally comes with a
price tag of £39.99), you automatically become a member of the
International Coaches Association (ICA) and join a community of coaches from
over 65 countries.
REQUIREMENTS: WORKING WITH CHILDREN'S CHECKS & POLICE CHECKS:
The law in Western Australia required all volunteers who work with children to undergo a Working With
Children's Check (WCC). It is also compulsory for volunteers who
work in schools to undergo a police check. These checks are done to ensure the safety of children in
Western Australia.
The checks are a simple process and we will provide you
with all the details of what identity you need to take with you.
On your arrival in Perth, our Australia manager will complete the checks
with you and take you through the process. As soon as you have
registered, you'll be allowed to start working with children. The fees
for is A$53 (about £25).
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