Youngsters receive awards for school sport achievements

YOUNGSTERS from 29 Warrington primary schools and Priestley College have received their National School Games Mark for their achievements in school sport and PE.
The awards were presented by Warrington School Sport Partnership at the Halliwell Jones Stadium.
The School Games Mark was in its sixth year at the end of the academic year and has continued to reward schools and other educational establishments for their commitment to and development of competition, school sport and physical education.
Awards were as follows: Bronze – Bradshaw Primary, Chapelford Village Primary, High Legh Primary, St Ann’s CE Primary, St Margaret’s CE Primary and Winwick CE Primary.
Silver Award – Burtonwood Primary, Callands Community Primary, Gorse Covert Primary, Grappenhall Heys Community Primary, Grappenhall St Wilfrid’s CE Primary, Great Sankey Primary, Little Bollington CE Primary, Sacred Heart Roman RC Primary, St Andrew’s CE, St Barnabas CE Primary, St Paul of the Cross Catholic Primary, Stockton Heath Primary and Thelwall Junior School
Priestley College was the only college to be externally validated for this year by SIRC. Only 11 colleges across the whole country applied for the award, two colleges gained bronze and eight, including Priestley College achieved silver but were very close to being awarded Gold.
Gold Award- Christ Church CE Primary, Culcheth Primary, Oakwood Avenue Primary, Oughtrington Primary, Ravenbank Primary, St Elphin’s CE Primary, St Peter’s RC Primary, Statham Primary, Woolston CE Primary and Westbrook Old Hall Primary.
New for 2016/17 was the Platinum award. This is open to those schools that had achieved School Games Mark gold for the past five consecutive years and achieved gold as well as demonstrating their school’s achievements through case study evidence around involving their pupils in planning and delivering their competition offer.
Platinum – Westbrook Old Hall Primary.
They also receive a special plaque to commemorate their achievement and will be entered into a draw to win a surprise presentation visit from a celebrity guest later this academic year.
There was also acknowledgement for six apprentices from last year who were employed by Warrington Primary Schools and tutored at Priestley College on behalf of Asset Training and who have successfully passed their NVQ Level 3 in PE and School Sport.
They were Katie Hackney – Meadowside , Amber Leyland – Thelwall Infants, Michael Farrell – St Paul of the Cross, Burtonwood, Matthew McIntyre – Westbrook Old Hall, Lewis Perrin – Winwick, and Nathan Taylor – St Lewis’s