WHAT YOU'LL GAIN FROM DOING THIS PROJECT:
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An exciting, never-to-be-forgotten adventure into
New Zealand and you'll learn about the Maori culture that makes
this country so fascinating!-
The enormous satisfaction of also helping disadvantaged children and
knowing that you made a difference to them.
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New skills, more confidence, a greater understanding
of a different culture, invaluable personal and professional
development.
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An entry on your CV or résumé that will put you head
and shoulders above most others in the job market
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And best of all ... an unforgettable experience!
WORK CONTENT:
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 athletics club located in the suburbs of Auckland and a
short bus ride away from the city centre where your accommodation is located.
The club has excellent facilities, including a weights gym, athletics track and top class cross
country running park. At the club you will have the opportunity to coach a
variety of different ages in a variety of different events. You'll also have
the opportunity to train and possibly compete for the club, if you get selected.
The club has a large variety of athletics events
available for volunteers to coach and compete in as follows:
During the summer months (October - March) the club
holds its track and field training. The cross country and middle
distance training takes place all year round. The children you will be coaching vary from
7
- 18 year olds. If you would also like to compete yourself on this project, you
can do this as a representative of the athletics club or as a
representative from your own club.
The athletics season runs from:
Coaching and training times are as follows
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Track & Field: 5:30 - 7:00 Wednesday
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Cross country, road running and long
distance: 5:00 - 6:30 - 7:00 Monday - Friday
Athletics meetings take place from October - December and
February - March and cross country events run throughout the winter period.
You can coach athletics all year around, regardless of the school holidays.
If you are a long distance/cross country coach you will be
expected to coach for 2 days a week, where as if you are a track/field coach
you will coach for one day a week. You will have the opportunity to coach
more than this, should you wish.
Please Note: As a volunteer with
Travellers you will receive free club membership but if you wish to compete
you will have to pay around NZ$5 - NZ$7 per meeting.
2. YOUR SPORTS PROJECT AT THE SCHOOL
The School Sports Project will take place during the day. For this element
of your programme, you will be working at a school located in Auckland. You
will be working at a school located in Auckland. The school has children
from a variety of backgrounds and countries such as Maori children and
children from Sudan and Somalia who are refugees, as well as children
from other lower economic countries such as Samoa and Tonga. The school
has good facilities that will enable you to coach a variety of different
sports.
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. 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. Each school offers
different sports so if there was a particular sport that you were interested
in coaching please let us know and we will make
arrangements for this.
The sports vary with each term, as follows:
Term 1: Swimming, Tennis, Cricket, Athletics
Term 2: Rugby Union & League, Football, Hockey,
Netball
Term 3: Rugby League, Football, Netball
Term 4: Athletics, Cricket, Cross Country & Football.
The school dates for 2010 are:
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Term 1:
5th Feb - 1st April
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Term 2:
19th April – 2nd July
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Term 3:
19th July - 24th Sept
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Term 4:
11th Oct - 17th Dec
The lessons you will be coaching in will
last for 45 minutes and the school day runs from around 8:30 - 3:00 pm.
You'll assist the sports teacher to coach the
children and you'll spend about 3 to 5 hours a day
helping the children.
FREE COACHING MANUALS:
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.
REQUIREMENTS: POLICE CHECKS:
As part of the law in New Zealand, it is compulsory
for all volunteers who work with children to undergo a police check.
These checks are done to ensure the safety of children in New Zealand.
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 Auckland, our New Zealand 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. We will ensure that you have all the
relevant information before you come to New Zealand.
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