230 Year-4 children attended the Tavistock area dance festival on 14th January. Split across two venues – King’s Community Church and Tavistock Scout Hall, the morning session had 134 attending, with 96 attending the afternoon session, including one surprise wheel chair user for whom the instructors altered their routines slightly to ensure everyone had a good time.
Continue reading Stepping Out for Tavi Schools Dance Festival
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OCRA Clubs Spring 2019
Fun activities for children, young people and adults
VOLLEYBALL (14+ yrs)
Exciting and fast-moving game, all abilities welcome.
Fridays, 7.15-8.30pm, £3, Parklands sports hall
BASKETBALL (15+ yrs)
Shoot some hoops! Great social club.
Wednesdays, 7-9pm, £3.50, Parklands sports hall
ADULT/YOUTH BADMINTON (11+ yrs)
Fun, social club. All abilities welcome.
Mondays, 7-9pm, £3.50, Parklands sports hall
PILATES (14+ yrs)
Flowing movement that aids fitness and well-being.
Tuesdays, 6-7pm, £4, Pavilion in the Park
ADULT GYMNASTICS (14-70 yrs)
Have fun learning floor, vault, beam, bar, trampolining, DMT, tumbling and Free-G!
Fridays, 8.30-9.30pm, £4, Oke College gym
OKEY COKEY MINI GYM (3-4 yrs)
Learn skills on floor, beam and springboard! Mondays, 2-2.40pm & Fridays, 11-11.40am, Okey Cokey
FREE-G (11+ yrs)
Learn parkour, freerunning and tricking skills!
Mondays, 3.45-4.25pm, £3.50, Oke College gym
SNAP (6+ yrs)
A fun social and activity club for young people with special needs. Thursdays, 6.45-8.15pm, £5, Pavilion
GYMNASTICS CLUB (5+ yrs)
Tumbling and artistic classes, led by SW squad coach: gymandtrampolineclub.ocrasport.org.uk.
TRAMPOLINE & DMT (5+ yrs)
Beginner and squad classes in trampoline and double mini-trampoline, led by South West squad coach. See gymandtrampolineclub.ocrasport.org.uk for details.
Call 01837 318010 or email vicki@ocrasport.org.uk
News: Thank You from SNAP
SNAP is a social, creative and active club for young people with special needs that is run by recreation charity OCRA.
The group were receiving T Shirts ,music, activity and drama equipment from fundraising by a local group of young people who had come together over the summer as part of a National Citizen Service (NCS) course run by Argyle Community Trust. Continue reading News: Thank You from SNAP
Join us at Pavilion Café’s Community Christmas Party!
~ Festive Fork Buffet
~ Music
~ Relaxed Party Atmosphere
~ Music
~ Relaxed Party Atmosphere
Saturday 15th December 7.30pm – late
A Community Christmas Party for small businesses, groups of friends, local clubs, families, couples and individuals.
Come and celebrate the festive season with other local organisations in a relaxed atmosphere with good food, good music and a licenced bar. Continue reading Join us at Pavilion Café’s Community Christmas Party!
Family gymnastics at OCRA
Parents had great fun at OCRA Gym, Trampoline & DMT Club’s ‘Bring a Parent to Gym’ week. The annual event encourages parents to join in with their child’s weekly session, and gives children the chance to teach their parents some skills! Continue reading Family gymnastics at OCRA
Walking Football for October – Come Along
Great to see 10 people at last night walking football session all having a good time
ALL WELCOME – Please come along and promote next week’s session.
Tuesday 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd October.
Okehampton College All-weather pitch
6.30-7.15
Turn up and play or for more info email stuart@ocrasport.org.uk.
Taking aim at family fun
Our kick-off activity for this year’s Summer Holiday activities proved a popular draw; for the first time, OCRA and West Devon Swords staged a Family Fencing and Archery session, with parents and children side-by-side and face-to-face in a test of martial prowess. Continue reading Taking aim at family fun
How well do you follow the 10 principles to make your activities more inclusive?
How well do you follow the 10 principles to make your activities more inclusive?
Activity Alliance (formerly EFDS) has developed 10 principles that can help sport providers to deliver more appealing and inclusive opportunities for disabled people. The principles are based on research published in their ‘Talk to Me’ report in October 2014. Find out more about the 10 Principles and their work at www.activityalliance.org.uk.
Watch the video below: Continue reading How well do you follow the 10 principles to make your activities more inclusive?
Gallery: South West Rotary Youth Games 2018
More from the day.
See our news post: A Great Day Of Fun & Sport For OCRA Team West Devon – Finishing 2nd overall at the South West Rotary Youth Games. Continue reading Gallery: South West Rotary Youth Games 2018
SNAP (Special Needs in the Park)
SNAP is a fun, social club for children and young people with special needs to make friends and learn new skills.
Led by Melissa Coyle, Elaine Lightfoot and Vicki Pritchard, children and young people meet every Thursday, 6.45-8.15pm, to enjoy music, dance, gymnastics, trampolining, and develop throwing, catching and other fundamental movement skills through games and other sports. Continue reading SNAP (Special Needs in the Park)
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