The first Playing for Success Centre to join the network receives a special visit from 2012 hopeful, Sale Harriers' Andy Robertson, the London 2012 Education team and Director General of the Government Olympic Executive, Jeremy Beeton!
The GreenZone joins the network!
3 Feb 2010
The GreenZone in Wythenshawe, Manchester has become a member of the Get Set network and received its plaque and certificate to mark its achievements at a special event last week .
Students took part in an Olympic sports fitness session led by professional coaches, Numeracy and Science work using the Get Set for the Winter Games resources and poetry based on the Olympic and Paralympic Value of Determination and concluded with a forum with Mr Beeton in which he answered pupils’ questions about the London 2012 Games.
The children also took part in a fun ‘Challenge the Athlete’ event in which Olympic prospect Sale Harriers Andy Robertson was put through his paces on GreenZone’s SportWall, a feature which tests the reflexes and aims to engage both body and brain.
Students from The Willows Primary, St Anthony’s RC Primary and Manchester Health Academy, are currently participating in a 10-week Playing for Success after school programme which aims to use sport and computer technology to help raise children’s confidence and aspirations so that they are motivated to learn and achieve their full potential.
PfS is running a 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games national legacy programme called ‘Pass it On’. The project has received the London 2012 Inspire Mark and aims to maximise the educational benefits and sporting opportunities available to young people through London 2012 and Get Set.
