Pupils in the upper school have been working with Sarah Ross, Active Schools Co-ordinator over several sessions to develop their Young Leadership skills. The boys had to learn how to teach the Nursery pupils to use balance bikes and help them develop their skills in this area. On Tuesday 29th October, Sarah led an all day workshop at the hall with the Young Leadership skills in the morning and a variety of indoor games for the older pupils in the afternoon. The older boys showed fantastic skills in leading the session where they helped the Nursery pupils with their sense of balance. They started with the Nursery pupils sitting and shuffling along the beam and leaning to each side then moving on to holding the bike as they pushed it along before sitting on the bike and gradually balancing. The boys then developed the session by showing techniques of stopping safely and cornering.

After the balance bike training the older boys showed initiative in improvising a fun games session using some of the sports equipment. They kept the Nursery pupils engaged and involved at all times. Well done boys!

In the afternoon, Sarah took the opportunity to introduce some alternative indoor games which are suitable for small groups like ours such as: indoor curling, indoor golf and Boccia (this is a type of bowls game which is often used in para sports as it is inclusive and can be played sitting down).