Welcome...

Welcome to the fourth newsletter for our 'athlete friendly' schools network including our AFEC schools and those with an interest in this area of work. 2018 has proved to be a poignant year for the project with the welcome news that the IB Sport pilot was approved to move from pilot to steady state as well as completion of research surveys with AFEC schools,the launch of the AFEC website, reaccreditation of pilot schools and new schools joining the AFEC network. The team at WAoS wishes you and your school communities, a wonderful festive season. See you in 2019!

News: IB Sport Pilot - Out of Pilot

In October, during the IB AEM Conference in Vienna, WAoS and the IB announced the approval to move the IB Sport Pilot out of  pilot phase to steady state. What does this mean? Essentially in providing student-athletes with the option to extend the IB DP to 3 years, this is now possible without any deadlines with the assurance that schools and student-athletes who fulfil the respective criteria will be provided access.

Re-accreditation Visits

Since August 2018, the WAoS team have conducted AFEC reaccreditation visits to five schools which have included Ikast Brande Gymnasium (Denmark), Ellesmere College (UK), Amman Baccalaureate School (Jordan), Singapore Sports School (Singapore) and Trinity Grammar School (Australia). All schools continue to demonstrate  impressive efforts in providing opportunities and support to student-athletes within their respective school communities ensuring that high academic standards are maintained and athletes can also continue their commitments to their chosen sporting endeavours. Schools also showed continued improvement in communication both internally and externally.

Some images from some of the school visits including Amman Baccalaureate School, Ellesmere College and Ikast Brande Gymnasium featuring Olympian AFEC assessors Shirley Addison and Joslyn Hoyte-Smith

New AFEC School: Diocesan Boys School, Hong Kong

The AFEC team welcomes another Hong Kong school to the AFEC network. Currently now 8 AFEC schools are from Hong Kong with the other 7 schools from the English Schools Foundation. Diocesan Boys School (DBS) has a proud history of promoting athletes within the school and the team is looking forward to work with them.

AFEC Research 

At the recent IB AEM Conference in Vienna, we shared an info graphic  containing some of the results from the surveys conducted at the beginning of the year. A more detailed research report is currently being finalised and will be distributed to AFEC schools in the new year.

AFEC PD, Hong Kong

In  early November 2018, WAoS held the second AFEC Professional Development workshop for accredited AFEC schools. The workshop held in Hong Kong was hosted by Hong Kong Sports Institute. Participants from 9 schools had the opportunity to participate in sessions around implementing an extended programme for IB DP students, mapping student athletic and academic workload and creating school plans as well as to tour the institute. On the final day a panel session was organised for the participants to hear from the Hong Kong Rugby Union, HKSI staff and a HKSI student-athlete.

What the student-athletes have to say...

Hear from three students at Ikast Brande Gymnasium in Denmark about their experiences at the school as an athlete.

For any feedback or comments, please contact, Anne Louise Williams, AFEC Marketing & Licensing Manager 

Email: awilliams@worldacademysport.com