New Gym Equipment!

We are delighted with the feedback about the new outdoor gym equipment. We believe that this resource will inspire the children to be more active at break and lunchtimes. Frighteningly, when our pupils start the school in Nursery only 3-5% are classified as obese. This rises dramatically to as high as 40% of our pupils being severely over weight by the time they leave Year 6. Pupils who are obese at this age are very unlikely to live healthy lives as adults!

Providing physical challenges (the trail, boxing equipment, outdoor gyms, sand pits, climbing opportunities and specialist sports staff) will contribute towards our efforts – with your help – to reverse this statistic.

A huge thank you to the Awards for All Lottery Fund and Veolia Landfill Trust who have donated funds to help us install the equipment on the playground. The cost of the machines, the installation and the surface/base was approximately £15,000! Without their generous help it would not have been possible.