So much to celebrate - Bishop Thomas Grant School

In memory of Emma
At the end of last term, a football contest
was held at the school in memory of
a teacher who died in 2007 in a tragic
accident. Six South London primary
schools took part.
Emma Wallace-O’Flaherty, an ex-student
of Bishop Thomas Grant School, was a
PE specialist who taught at St Andrew’s
School in Polworth Road, Streatham
Common.
Her friend Mr Grehan said: “It was
brilliant, a really good afternoon.
It epitomised Emma.
She would have loved it. It was a
high standard of sport with a warm
atmosphere.”
Emma’s father paid tribute to his
daughter at the event.
The tournament was played by girls’ and
boys’ teams from each school, and their
points were added up at the end. It was
won by St Mary’s school in Westgate
Road, Beckenham.
St James The Great school in Windsor
Road, Thornton Heath, were runners-up.
Other competing schools were
St Andrews, Corpus Christi, St Cyprian’s
and St Mary’s in Crescent Lane, Clapham.
Mr Myton was the main organiser of
the tournament, which will now take
place annually.
Winners St Mary’s
Primary Schools
This term saw Bishop Thomas Grant host
the Primary Schools Multi-Skills event as
part of the Lambeth SSCO program. The
event was excellently organised by our
SSCO Mr Cox, with four primary schools
bringing over a hundred pupils to take
part in the day.
The atmosphere was excellent. We are
looking forward to hosting another event
like this in the near future.
We will continue to make sure that all
students have the chance to experience
sporting activities outside the
curriculum. We would like to thank those
students who attend extra curricular
clubs and represent our teams and also
the teaching and non-teaching staff who
help and support us to ensure we can
attend our fixtures.
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