A learner’s academic development is of utmost importance at school but it is easy for there to be a shortfall with regards to a student’s physical development. Schools must be aware not to neglect the importance of PE lessons for this development. Thanks to a technology platform called Amaven, a students’ physical development can now easily be addressed during PE lessons. SchoolAdvisor finds out more.
Liam Mott of Fielding Dreams is an Amaven expert with plenty of experience using their lessons at schools around South Africa. He says: “There is a distinct lack of emphasis on physical development in PE lessons in a large portion of schools. There is obviously a larger focus on a learner’s academic development but a shortfall with regards to their physical development. This can easily be better addressed during PE lessons.”
Liam continues to say that “Schools use PE lessons for different things. Some schools have a greater emphasis on PE lessons and other schools treat these classes as an opportunity to develop their school sports. Generally, a class will start with some sort of warm-up and a coach will commence a lesson as they have planned for the day with the class. This is where technology can help teachers plan these lessons around a learner’s physical needs and address any weaknesses they might have.”
The technology product Liam uses is called Amaven. He says that “Amaven allows us to fully assist in each learner’s physical development, no matter their needs. The system allows us to carry out comprehensive assessments, create objective reports on each learner, provide structured lesson plans and upskill coaches and teachers. It also provides coaches, teachers, and parents with reports on where their child is in their physical development and provides them with a platform to better their children all round.
By introducing technology (the Amaven solution), there is now the ability to better monitor learner development and further assist coaches and teachers with planning lessons around their learner’s needs. They can use Amaven to highlight learners’ weaknesses. These weaknesses are then addressed with the help of the system and students are, ultimately, better developed through very specific lessons. We, as Fielding Dreams, allow for interesting lessons but ensure, more importantly, the learners are engaged and have fun.”
To find out how the Amaven platform actually works in schools, we chatted to Yugeshan Govender, Head of Co-Curricular at Pinnacle College, Founders Hill. Here’s what he told us.
Q1: How does Amaven help with sports coaching at your school?
Amaven provides the necessary data for each child and with that information, helps shape our coaching plans and lessons during PE. The information gathered by the system identifies our strong and weak points and adjusts training to improve overall performance.
Q2: What does Amaven provide?
- The necessary information for us to develop kids
- Lesson plans
- Training videos
- An online training platform for parents to track and monitor how their own children are progressing
Q3: Why is Amaven such a unique product for schools?
Amaven assesses each student, provides results, and then recommends the best exercises available to fix areas of concern. All this information helps shape any school program and training; thus, improving each individual’s performance. From what I’ve heard and seen, there is no other app that can do this.
Q4: How do you implement Amaven in a school?
Fielding Dreams helps the school with the whole onboarding process. They help build a portal suitable for the schools’ needs. They then educate the teachers on how to use Amaven while running the whole school through their initial assessment.
Q5: How can other schools find out more about Amaven?
If you would like some more info about how you can implement Amaven in your school, simply complete the form below and a friendly member from the Fielding Dreams team will get back to you asap.
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