Dear Secondary School

RE: Secondary School Games: District Athletics for years 7, 8, 9, and 10/11

I am writing to invite your school to participate in the SSG District Athletics competition to be held at Medway Park, Gillingham on Thursday 23rd June 2022 from 9am – 5pm approx. Please note that the times may vary depending on the amount of schools that enter.

The competition will be aimed at pupils in years 7, 8, 9, and 10. There will be two separate events running on the day, one for boys and one for girls.

Medals will be awarded on the day to the winning school teams (1 st /2 nd /3 rd individuals in each event) and points will be awarded and submitted to the overall Medway Secondary School Games results. Each school needs to complete a tick box entry form by the closing date: Friday 10th June 2022, to give organisers an idea of the number of entries. Plus on the day of the event each school team manager must complete an entry form for both girls and boys including pupil’s names.

If you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact me on moorec@thehowardschool.co.uk

Kind Regards, Claire Moore (Partnership Development Manager)

TERMS & CONDITIONS

By registering for the event, you accept that the Howard School Sports Partnership and Greenacre Sports Partnership and any other schools, sports clubs, coaches or leaders present at the competition, shall not be responsible for any loss, damage or injury which may be incurred to a person(s) who takes part in any of the activities stated above. You also accept that you are fully responsible for the pupils from your school throughout the competition. This includes gaining parental consent, photographic consent and medical information about each of the pupils prior to the competition. If you wish to take photos at the competition please register your camera on arrival. There may be an official photographer present at the event and photographs from the day may be used for publicity purposes, including use on social media and websites. If any of your pupils cannot be photographed please ensure the event organisers are aware of this at the start of the event and these children will be asked to wear a green wristband. I agree to adhere to the most up to date government, GSP & HSSP COVID19 guidelines and control measures set out for this event. I accept that I have entered a team/s knowing of the possible risks associated and have read the SSG risk assessment. I take responsibility to inform the relevant GSP/HSSP event organiser of any positive lateral flow/PCR tests that arise with participants shortly after the event (within 48hours) so GSP & HSSP can inform other schools and follow relevant health and safety procedures.

We are unsure at this stage if we will allow spectators or not, due to space, health and safety and security of the site.