Great Athletes Paralympian Visit - 23rd September
We were delighted to welcome Paralympic and Invictus Games athlete Sean Gaffney to school on Monday 23rd September. He talked to the children about overcoming adversity, resilience and success after a life changing event and then everyone had great fun taking part in a sponsored circuit training session!
Sean had an accident preparing for the Royal Tournament in 1999 which left him with a leg amputation which has led to now 36 surgeries! Using his resilience and perseverance, Sean is still competing and breaking world records to this day.
The aim of the event was to improve levels of physical activity, wellbeing, and academic results in schools by inspiring the children with a real-life sporting role model and encouraging them to follow their dreams.
The very kind sponsorship from our families raised a truly amazing £1712 which means school receives £853 to spend on resources (the rest goes towards furthering the work of the Great Athletes charity).
Thank you again to all of our families, Mr Collins for organising and Sean Gaffney for being such a great visitor!