St Wilfrid's Students Gain Sainsbury's Active
Kids Get Talking Regional Consultation
A team of St
Wilfrid’s students celebrated gaining a National Consultant Status for
Sainsbury’s Active Kids Get Talking Campaign in
Birmingham last week. The four students put
forward an idea to the campaign on an Advanced Cycle Proficiency course which
comprised seven stages which concluded with learning to do jumps and tricks with
an additional maintenance course.
The team
travelled to Birmingham NEC on Friday 27th June along with 10 other
schools. They had to present their
concept to a panel of judges whilst being watched by other delegates. The students came up with the idea
and designed a PowerPoint presentation to show their ideas.
The judges
commented, “We were very impressed by the idea. We felt that your students
brought the idea alive really well - and potentially they have identified a gap
in provision, in a sport that is truly alternative. We felt that the idea was
scalable, and innovative, bringing people into the sport where previously there
may not have been a clear entry point. We also felt that the idea tackled social
issues as well, and could provide a positive alternative in young people's
lives, when there are so many negative issues such as gang & knife culture.”
There were
congratulated on a great idea with a good presentation that was innovative,
scaleable and that could form a part of Active Kids in the future.
The
successful students have now been invited to an exciting event on September 22nd
where they will pitch their ideas for a Biking Scheme at the Emirates Stadium in
London against 18 other regional
winners and meet celebrities such as Jamie Oliver and Kelly Holmes along with
Sainsbury’s representatives.
The ideas
that have been successful in the regional conferences will be put into an Active
Kids Manifesto and presented at the National Conference in the week of 15
September 2008.
The students
involved in the Active Kids Get Talking Conference are all Year 10 students as
follows, Josh Hunt, Kieran Hooper, Matt Gosling and Elliot Benton. They have also managed to earn St
Wilfrid’s 8,500 sports vouchers to provide PE Equipment for St Wilfrid’s.
ENDS
For futher information, please contact:
Sarah Gildea
Publicity Officer
St Wifrid’s Catholic
School
Tel 01293 421421 ext 238
Email: s.gildea@stwilfrids.com
