SUPER STARS ACADEMY:
Our “Superstars Academy” is currently engaging 60 children (males and females) between the ages of 9 and 13 in physical exercise (Football), in a safe place, with qualified Coaches and adequate football equipment to keep them fit, help boost their mood, reduce stress, and be a protective factor against crime, violence, drug and substances abuse and enhancing their overall physical and mental well-being through our Sports Methodology Model.
ACADEMY OBJECTIVES:
“The objective of the Superstars Academy is to create a community and sustainable academy, incorporating our Sports Methodology Model, which includes self and social competencies, and sport-specific interventions, with extracurricular activities, to boost academic achievement, develop confidence, and to empower them, with the desire to fulfil their potential with a personal commitment to sustainable positive change towards their development and wellbeing”.
ACADEMY ACTIVITIES:
Physical exercise (Football): Our Sports-Specific intervention provides regular sports activities that include physical exercise training with various other activities like practical football and resistance training, along with other cardio workouts, to improve fitness, motor skills, and agility, with other stretching exercises to help strengthen muscles, which is good for their overall well-being.
CAPACITY BUILDING/EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
Our classroom-based activities include 60 children (male and female) in extracurricular/classroom-based activities such as assisting with schoolwork/study skills, summer school, relevant workshops, providing ludic games and other participatory interaction to develop social interactive skills, and providing mentoring and volunteering opportunities, with a feeding program, incorporating a “Sports methodology” model, which includes: Self-competencies: These include self-confidence, motivation, responsibility, critical/conflict analysis, resilience, being goal-oriented, and adaptability. Social Competences: this includes creativity, open-mindedness, effective communication, solidarity, cooperation/teamwork, respect, fair play, and tolerance.
THE OPERATION TIME OF THE ACADEMY:
The Academy operates every Friday and Saturday from 10 am to 2 pm, with qualified Coaches, volunteers, teachers/ mentors, and a Welfare Officer to monitor compliance and work by our Child Protection Policies. Two hours are dedicated to physical exercise (football), and two hours are dedicated to extracurricular (classroom-based) activities.