Celebrate, Issue 21 - March 2013 - King Edward VI School

Celebrating sport
Celebrating sport
Celebrating
international links
Emma Holloway Sports
Project helps Iraq develop
The Emma Holloway project took a new tack recently with
resources, developed through Emma Holloway Festivals
Celebrating our students
being shared with our teacher colleagues in Iraq. The plan is
to expand this approach to Rwanda and China. Dara, our
main contact out there is the equivalent to an advisory
teacher here in the UK. He sent this message of thanks
recently by email (please be aware that he has never had
any formal English teaching)
No Limits Graduates
Sports Spotlight
Finnish fun
by Alex Dobbyn, Year 11
The Comenius Leadership Project is a
European exchange between students from
England, Finland, Poland, Spain and Germany.
It is designed to promote leadership skills and
allow students to immerse themselves in the
life and culture of students from other nations.
The project has been running since students
from each of country visited our school in
October 2011 and is now heading towards the
final visit to Spain in May.
In February, four year 11 students, Emma
Jones, Lizzie Dickinson, Toby Penford and
Alex Dobbyn, accompanied by Mr Rees and
Ms Shelly, visited Jarvenpera Koulu, in Espoo,
Finland. From day one we were dropped
headfirst into the Finnish way of life; from
reindeer on toast for breakfast (rather that than
horsemeat lasagne) to lunch at 11:15am, we
were practically natives by the end of the
week. Through staying with Finnish families
and spending the week with students from the
school we learnt all about Finnish culture and
school life.
“To King Edward VI. Almost formed idea for festival,
and I hope to get help more, especially in games. I
apologize deeply because I take your time. I apologize
because I really bother you. I many many many Sorry.
Thanks to offer me”
The Emma Holloway Project continued to gather momentum
with two mini-festivals involving Priory and Riverwalk
Special Schools. A series of multi-sport activities was led by
our “No Limits Academy Mentors” and Mrs Taylor's Sports
Leadership group. All students involved were given an
insight into Emma Holloway's successes as a sports
performer and leader, and her family's desire to see Emma's
legacy continue by giving quality opportunities to children
who need it most. James Sturgeon, Project co-ordinator
said “All the students and sports leaders were fantastic. This
project continues to pay tribute to Emma's skills and passion
for sport”.
King Edward VI sports
leaders host the Suffolk
Young Ambassador's
Conference
Aspiring young leaders from across Suffolk honed their skills
through a series of sports-themed activities with the help of
Anthony Clark, international badminton player. About 60
students from 10 schools took part in three workshops.
Suffolk Sport gave advice on delivering cultural events such
as festivals and assemblies based on the Olympic legacy,
and our own Young Ambassadors delivered a workshop on
advanced leadership skills. The groups then developed their
badminton technique with player Anthony Clark, who
competed in the last two Olympics.
19 Year 8 students from Middle Schools across
Bury St Edmunds (Westley, Hardwick, St Louis
and St James) graduated from the “No Limits
Sports Academy”, set up to provide support for
promising young people showing commitment in
a range of sports. Five Yr 9 students from King
Edward VI also graduated, and ten students in
Yr10 acted as mentors. Matt Eddison, former
student at King Edward VI, and Bury Rugby
Club First Team Captain, presented the awards
and offered some words of wisdom as an elite
sportsman, having played Rugby for the USA
National Team and as a professional here in the
UK.
Project co-ordinator, James
Sturgeon: “We're taking our “School
of the Year” Awards, and “Youth Sport
Trust Gold Partner Status” very
seriously. We're very much in tune
these days about what young people
need to be successful in sport, and in
life”
Jess Daniels, No Limits Student
Mentor since 2011: “I feel really lucky to
be given the opportunity to develop my
leadership and communication skills by
mentoring these guys. I've always loved
sport and dance, but it's programmes like
this which help me to develop more
confidence”
The programme promotes concepts such as
hydration, flexibility, reactions, performance
profiling and target-setting and we are now
preparing to run the first Primary School No
Limits Academy in the summer. If you have a
child in Year 3 or 4 who is sport mad, and thinks
he or she might benefit, please get in touch with
James Sturgeon at the school to find out more.
Club: Mildenhall Cycle Club
Jake Towler
Favourite subject: PE and Product Design
Favourite food: Steak
How do you like your steak cooked Errr….mediumrare…I
think!
Pets: A wolf-crossed German Shepherd dog called
Storm. It's a pretty rare breed!
Siblings: 3 brothers and 1 sister
How long have you been riding for About a year
Bike: Marin Nail Trail 29er
How did you get into cycling My family did it 10
years ago and then stopped. When I showed an interest,
my Dad took me to the club to meet some people and it
just kind of went from there. I also have 2 older brothers
who race.
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Greatest moment so far: Definitely coming 3 in the
regionals. That felt amazing as it was such a close race,
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nd
so I wasn't too far off the 1 and 2 place spots.
When have you shown most character On my very
first race, I fell off my bike and bent the handlebars. I
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was in 1 place for two laps so I was gutted! I ran to the
start line to get it fixed, did 5 fast laps which took me
th nd
from 11 to 2 where I finished the race.
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Latest results: 3 in the regional championships, 2 offroad
championship wins and a cyclo-cross win.
Dream: to get into the World Championships!
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