Academy National Award

As you know I work as a Teaching Assistant at All Saints Academy Plymouth and this week I was pleased to help the school celebrate a top national award presented from the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.

The values of friendship, respect and excellence has helped our Academy to be the first school in the country to achieve a top national GET SET Award.

The scheme gives children and young people the opportunity to promote the core values of the Games, which also include courage, determination and equality.

The Olympic message was shown by the school through a special sports day which was created when we launched the academy last summer. The activity day includes a variety of sports and is aimed at boosting team building skills throughout the student population. I received the plaque on behalf of the school from Plymouth Leander coach Jon Rudd.

Principal of the Academy Pete Grainger and the whole school are honoured to be chosen for this award and the All Saint Academy Programme is an excellent example of how London 2012 is helping to spark young people's imagination and inspiring them to get involved and make a difference.........

WELL DONE ALL SAINTS ACADEMY

It's Bobsleigh Time

So a while back I said that I may have some more news to share with you and now I can.

A while ago I travelled to Bath University to try out for the GB Bobsleigh Team and as a result of this I passed all the physical attributes that they where looking for to become a breakswoman and use my speed and strength to help push the Bob and I can now reveal that I am now part of the GB Bobsleigh Team and will be travelling to the USA on the 19th of March to train with the GB Team and you never know maybe compete in their last race of the season.

I am very excited and grateful to be given this chance and start a new chapter in my life and hopefully make it to the 2014 Winter Olympics. The good thing for me is that I can still carry on with my athletics during the Summer, but I will not be competing again in the indoors as I will be busy doing my thing with Bobsleigh and I can't wait. Who knows I could join the names of elite athletes who have competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympics, imagine that ;o)

The thing with me is I love a challenge and I give it my all to try and succeed. I am confident this is going to another amazing adventure as part of development I have some great things coming up and I plan to grasp it with both hands and make the best of it and come out on top and who knows maybe an Olympic Champion! How sweet would that be?!