Active Kids
Cross Country Success WITHAM HALL’S CROSS COUNTRY senior teams - boys and girls - have recently been successful in the Fenland League with Eliza winning the U13 race and Alexandra coming third despite only being 11. Jack finished second in the boys U13 race, well done everyone.
Congratulations Tom Robert Smyth Academy celebrates their annual Open Evening STAFF AND STUDENTS at Robert Smyth Academy are celebrating after a record number of families visited the school during their recent annual Open Evening for year 6 children and their families. During the evening students visited different faculties where they were able to participate in activities including printing their name on a bag, laser cutting, turning water into wine, meeting an historic king, coding and trampolining as well as sampling the school restaurant’s food, listening to the school’s band ‘Soul Patrol’ and listening to the Principal, Mr Dan Cleary’s presentations. One parent said: ‘We were very impressed by the focus on a ‘rounded education.’ The school had excellent facilities and extremely welcoming staff and students who all showed a strong community feel.’
LEICESTER GRAMMAR PUPIL Tom Dixon who is in year 10 has recently been selected to represent Great Britain in the Biathle World Championships in Florida after finishing second in the UK Biathle Championships this summer. Biathle is part of the modern pentathlon Olympic programme and is closely linked to Tom’s favourite, the triathlon. Tom has now been invited to join the East Midlands Triathlon Academy which is the first step on the Performance Pathway Programme for elite athletes.
UCC are a sporty lot UPPINGHAM COMMUNITY COLLEGE is actively encouraging their latest intake of year 7s to join the many sports clubs and activities they have on offer. Last year they had 345 pupils playing competitive sports fixtures and hope to make it even higher this academic year. This sporty lot, 38% of them, played competitive sport as part of Team Leicestershire competitions, the highest statistics in the county.
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