11 of our YR10 Sport Leaders had a huge impact on Christchurch primary school Sportsday on Thursday 19th June. With have helped lead this day from a number of years now and to keep being invited back shows how well our pupils do. Thursday was an extremely hot day so difficult conditions for everyone involved but for our students to keep the primary school children motivated and engaged throughout the day is a huge credit to them, their enthusiasm was noted by all of the staff and congratulated.
It was split into two separate competitions with the younger year groups in the morning and older ones in the afternoon but with the same format of a number of different stations first of all that looked at many different skills that our pupils demonstrated and then managed, these included football shooting, hockey dribbling and a series of sprints over hurdles and through an obstacle course. The primary school children then went onto competitive races on the track which our pupils managed fantastically well with quick transitions to keep the day moving but also congratulating and rewarding the students as they finished their participation with stickers and kind words.
A note from the Christchurch headteacher who addressed our pupils at the end of the day; “This day wouldn’t run without you, the way you are with our children and engaging them throughout is appreciated. You are fantastic pupils and Smestow should be very proud!”
The pupils withheld many of our Smestow values throughout the day and were a credit to themselves and the academy. Well done all.


