Parents' Information

Sport - Outside Organisations

Tennis

Russell Woods from Tennis England has now been working with Stanley Junior School for the past four years and has built a successful coaching programme at the school. This year we are coming to the school to run our ‘Tennis England Roadshow’ where we coach all the children in the school for free. These sessions are giving a taste to the children of what we do and for us to find those with special talent.

Our classes incorporate our games-based approach to learning, which enables the students to master all tennis strokes technique, whilst having fun. Our low coach to student ratio of 1:8 ensures optimal learning. Smaller groups enhance learning and enable us to give your child individual attention.

Our coaching programme that we run at the school is:

Yrs 5&6

Thursday

4:30 – 5:30pm

Yrs 3&4

Friday

3:20 – 4:20pm

All Yrs

Friday

4:20 – 5:20pm

We also run term time tennis classes, holiday tennis camps and multi-sports camps that run throughout the year.

Karate

Stanley Infant & Junior School offers style based Funakoshi Karate (F.S.K.A.) for boys & girls from 7 years old and above.

Funakoshi Karate is an international Shotokan style of karate that is practised all over the world. The Founder & Head of F.S.K.A. is Shihan Kenneth Funakoshi, 9th Dan, an internationally recognised Japanese Master based in California : www.fska.com

  • We won 52 medals at the Funakoshi Shotokan World Tournament in October 2007, many from our Stanley Dojo.
  • Why not enrol your child into Funakoshi Karate? This is a healthy & challenging activity conducted by experienced instructors in a safe environment and with hard work your child could achieve their BLACK BELT.
  • The classes are for all abilities and your child can start at any time. Please read through this leaflet to learn more about how fantastic
  • Karate is for youngsters.

Skills Taught

Etiquette
Discipline
Body Conditioning Exercises
Full Karate Grading Syllabus
Positive channelling of aggression Concentration - teaches children to focus on the task at hand
Respect – learning to respect parents, authority figures, & peers
Leadership skills - children given more responsibility as they progress in rank
Building confidence/self-esteem - helps children to realise their intrinsic worth

Senior Instructor of Funakoshi Karate: Sensei Debi Steven (3rd Dan)
Represented South Africa in Japan World Tournament 1997
All instructors are police checked and insured