Lord Sebastian Coe The Assessor

On the 27^th of April, Izzy and I headed out with the other get set schools in the Borough for St Marys University. The day would involve meeting and talking to Lord Sebastian Coe himself.

Seb was on an exclusive visit to the University to assess the progress of the facilities that will be home to 100s of athletes from all over the world in 2012. In particular athletes from Ireland and China. While he walked around with his team which included Patrick Hickey (President of the European Olympic Committee), We decided to keep our distance  and stood watching intently from the running track.

After he had finished his inspection, he came over to see us and a few athletes remaining on the track. He was kind enough to have a chat with us about how we are promoting the Olympics in our school and what we are hoping to achieve in due course. We then went inside to listen to him give a great speech to an admiring crowd about what he thought of the facilities and personnel at St.Marys. Finally, he and Patrick kindly signed a few quick autographs and they even got in a few photos.

By Matt Gibson

PE Extra Curricular May-April 2011

                                                                                                                                                       

DAY	MORNING (8-8.30)	LUNCH (1.15-2)	AFTER SCHOOL (3 – 4)
			ASTRO 1	ASTRO 2	ASTRO 2/GRASS	SPORTS HALL	OTHER
MON		WEIGHT LIFTING Boys YEAR 10 FITNESS SUITE (JG)
TUES	FITNESS SUITE KS4 (KH)	ATHLETICS RELAY Boys & Girls ALL YEARS (LN)	CRICKET Boys YEARS 7&8 (SC)	ATHLETICS THROWING Boys & Girls ALL YEARS (PM)
WED	FITNESS SUITE KS4 (SC)		ROUNDERS Girls ALL YEARS (LN)	ATHLETICS Boys ALL YEARS (PM)		BOXERCISE Brentford FC YEARS 9,10&11
THURS	FITNESS SUITE KS4 (PM)		CRICKET Boys YEARS 9&10 (PM)	TENNIS Boys & Girls ALL YEARS (SC)	ROUNDERS Girls YEAR 7 & 8 (KH)
FRI		KARATE Boys KS4 OLD GYM			RUGBY – Girls YEARS 7,8&9 (JG) Grass Pitch	BADMINTON Boys & Girls ALL YEARS (ND)	Btec Improvement Sessions  (GD/LN/SC) 3–4pm

Worth a watch....

Manchester United . . . a team loved or hated.  Yet on Sunday 24^thApril,there was a documentary ‘United’ based on the famous Busby

Babes and Bobby Charlton in particular.

Many of you will be too young to know who these players were. I fortunately grew up hearing stories bout these amazing players and the tragedy that the club encountered as on 6th February 1958 an airliner carrying players and backroom staff of Manchester United, plus a number of journalists and supporters, crashed in a blizzard on its third attempt to take off from Munich airport. Twenty-three of the forty-four passengers on board the aircraft lost their lives including the captain Duncan Edwards (see below) to whom many say was the best footballer ever to wear the England shirt. 

For those who have been to Old Trafford and have seen the Munich clock and the Manchester United sign, it will make you realise the history that surrounds the club.

Miss Nuttall.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b010tb6z/United/