Hampton Academy Olympic Learning Day

 

Tuesday 15^th March 2011

In a week that Lord Sebastian Coe and Mayor Boris Johnson led celebrations of 500 days until the London 2012 Olympics, Hampton Academy held their own celebrations to welcome this monumental landmark. On Tuesday 15^th March 2011, Hampton Academy marked 500 days to go with a whole school Olympic Learning Day!

Hampton Academy was one of the first schools in the Richmond Borough to join the Olympic Get Set network and again led the way with the Olympic celebrations. Students and staff were allowed to come to school in a sports themed uniform and took part in some sporting challenges to raise funds for their very own sports kits. Hampton Academy also invited two local GB athletes to challenge students and raise awareness of the academy’s link to the 2012 Olympics.

GB 400m athlete Ainsley Campbell and GB swimmer Felix Samuels met students, signed autographs and for one afternoon, turned to Netball shooting, Sprinting, Long Jump and Football penalty shootouts as Hampton Academy students aimed to beat a British Olympian.

It was not just the students that got in to the spirit to celebrate the 2012 Olympics, but the staff arrived in school wearing their favourite retro sportswear. Mr Finch and Mr Scruby wore their favourite football tops from yester-year, while Ms Nuttall and Ms Davidson led the fashion parade in some classic Rugby and Basketball gear. However, surely nothing could surpass Mr Mayfield in an old skool sprint suit. A fantastic effort from all staff, lets hope it’s at least another 500 days until we see the likes of this again.

The London 2012 Olympics will be the biggest ever sporting event in history and we really are lucky to have them right on our doorstep in less that 500 days time. Thank you to everyone who got involved and took part to help celebrate such an important landmark in British sporting history.