Field of dreams.

Astley Secondary School in Manchester raised over half a million pounds to install an all-weather playing pitch. Headteacher John Mayes and his staff reveal how and where they got the funding, and why they decided to invest most of it in this one facility. The pitch provided a springboard for the sc...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Skills 4 Sport (Producer)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	This edition in English.
Published:	[England] : Teachers TV/UK Dept. of Education, 2005.
Series:	Education in video Secondary sport ; 1
Subjects:	School sports. Physical and outdoor education > Great Britain. Community and school > Great Britain. Sports scolaires. Relations école-collectivité > Grande-Bretagne. Community and school. Great Britain. Alexander Street Video. Instructional television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction. Émissions pédagogiques télévisées.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	Astley Secondary School in Manchester raised over half a million pounds to install an all-weather playing pitch. Headteacher John Mayes and his staff reveal how and where they got the funding, and why they decided to invest most of it in this one facility. The pitch provided a springboard for the school to acquire Sports College status and from there to launch a diverse and imaginative programme of sporting and physical activities, offered to the whole community. The programme is a guide to the funding opportunities available to schools in similar positions and illustrates how a dedicated and determined approach to fund-raising can provide long-term benefits for both staff and students.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 5, 2012).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (14 min.).