Pupils and staff at Lantern Community Primary School, part of Meridian Trust, are celebrating achieving the School Games Bronze Mark Award, for their commitment to physical and sporting activities.
Launched in 2012, the School Games Mark is a government-led award scheme, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward and recognise the school’s engagement (provision and uptake) in the School Games against a national benchmark and to celebrate keeping young people active.
In order to attain the Bronze Award, Lantern Community Primary School had to fulfil stringent criteria in the areas linked to the five School Games outcomes. This was achieved by demonstrating a range of physical activity and school sporting achievements during the 2021/22 academic year.
Achievements included setting up and implementing a successful playground leaders scheme with Year 5 and Year 6, competing in girl’s football competitions with local primary schools, working with specialist sports coaches to improve the provision, and attending the first Trust-wide swimming gala.
On receiving the award, Sioux Cooke, Headteacher at Lantern Community Primary School, said: “We are extremely proud of our pupils for their dedication to all aspects of physical activity and school sport, including those young volunteers, leaders and officials who made our events possible.
“Our school is committed to using the School Games to try and engage those young people who haven’t previously been active or represented our school. It is then hoped that these positive experiences encourage our pupils to try out new activities beyond school.
“This award is a true testament of the school’s strong ethos and the commitment of our staff to providing school sporting activities that educate our young people on the positive benefits of exercise and supporting their all-round development.
“Thank you to our school community and Witchford Schools Partnership for guiding us and providing our pupils with some fantastic opportunities. I would also like to say thank you to Miss Wyatt for all her hard work and contributions to this award – we look forward to continuing to grow with School Games Mark in the future.”
To find out more about Lantern Community Primary School, please visit: www.lanternprimary.org/
Press release from Lantern Community Primary School
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