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►SUMMARY
FACTFILE |
| Start Dates |
All year round - you choose your
start and finish dates! Placements may be subject to school terms
and sports seasons |
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Duration |
From 4
weeks to 1 year, subject to visa requirements.
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| Requirements |
No
qualifications or experience required, but you must have a very good
knowledge of your sport and lots of enthusiasm!. |
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Price |
From
£1,395 for 4 weeks, ranging to £2,395 for 12 weeks.
Full Price List |
| What's included |
►Accommodation
►Food (excluding
lunch)
►Meeting you at the Airport
►Transfer to your accommodation
►Full
pre-departure support
►Local in-country team support and backup
►24-hr emergency
support
►2 free T-shirts. |
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What's not included |
Flights, Insurance,
Cost of Visas (if a visa is required, but we'll provide necessary documents and
assistance), Transport to and from your
project, Return transfer to the airport. |
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Who can do this Project? |
All projects are
open to all nationalities. You need to be 18 or over to participate in this
project |
PROJECT OVERVIEW
This project
provides you with a diverse experience in that your activities will take
place in two locations and will also give you the opportunity to coach
other sports as well:
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You'll spend some of your afternoons and evenings coaching and/or training at a
Baseball Club in Auckland and there may also be games at the
weekends.
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During the day you will assist with sports sessions at a school in
one of Auckland's suburbs. You'll assist with a variety of sports
depending on the season with children from communities including Maori,
the South Pacific islands and children from many other countries. You
will also be assisting in the classroom and with school activities. Help
is very much needed at this busy school so your time will be very
appreciated by both students and teachers!
You'll
probably work
with a variety of ages at the club and during the weekend you will have
an opportunity to compete yourself and test your abilities against the
Kiwis!
The club we work with has a very lively social scene and you will
be welcomed with open arms.
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 baseball club located just a short bus ride away from your accommodation. The club we work
with is the top club in Auckland and has won numerous national
championships. The club has a large number of juniors that you will be able
to work with. The junior teams have both boys and girls who play together.
There are excellent facilities and you'll coach a number
of junior teams. You'll also have the opportunity to coach, train, and
possibly play for the senior men's team, if you get selected. The junior teams at the clubs fall under the following age
groups:
- 5- 8s T Ball,
- U 10s 4 teams,
- U12s 6 teams,
- U14s 2 teams,
- U16s
THE BASEBALL SEASON AND COACHING TIMES:
The baseball season runs from:
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October - Mid December
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Late January - mid March
Coaching and training times
are between 4:30pm - 7:30pm and take place one afternoon/evening a week during the week days for both the
seniors and juniors but if you wish to coach more then coaching sessions
will be arranged for you by the club as they are keen for the children to
receive extra coaching.
Games take place on the weekends during the season. The
juniors play one Saturday morning - you'll have the opportunity to coach the
junior team, putting everything you have taught them into practice on the
field. On Sunday it will be your opportunity to
play with the seniors. Out of season there will be no opportunity to play
baseball at the
club.
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. 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
last for 45 minutes and the school day runs from around 8:30 - 3:00 pm.
You'll assist the sports teacher for around 3 to 5 hours a day.
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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