Wednesday, May 02, 2007

kielder challenge


I spent a wonderful day at Ashton Court, Bristol yesterday in one of the Regional Heats of the Kielder Challenge – a national outdoor adventure competition for teams of 13 to 16 year old young people. Our eight students (from Norton Hill and Fosse Way Schools) competed in the category of teams which included four pupils with physical, sensory or learning disabilities. Our team won the regional competition and are now either in the Challenge Plate or the Cup Final itself in Northumberland (depending on other scores from around the country), but the biggest thrill was seeing the pupils working so well together as a team and just having a great time - laughing and joking with each other as they tried to solve problems in the sunshine (and making Rachel+James+me laugh too!).
A great day!
Photo: Rachel, James and the team

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

That sounds brilliant! What a gorgeous day and how nice to do well too! It's one challenge after another for you isn't it? It sounds like quite an inspiring event really.

xxx