Active kids take the gold award
Children at a city primary school have taken the gold when it comes to getting active.
St Paul’s Church of England Primary School is celebrating achieving the gold standard for the Great Active Sunderland Schools Charter.
The Great Active Sunderland School Charter has been developed to be a celebration of schools which are improving the health and wellbeing of pupils.
It is aimed at giving credit for creating sport and physical activity opportunities and being a great community school.
The charter has 18 elements with schools across Wearside working towards achieving enough components to gain either a bronze, silver or gold standard.
St Paul’s has worked hard to encourage its students to embrace a culture of exercise, physical activity and healthy eating and have been rewarded by achieving the top prize.
A spokesman for Sunderland City Council’s Children’s Services, which runs the charter, said: “The Great Active Sunderland School Charter is an innovative accreditation developed with the aim of ensuring schools work towards the city’s outcome of ‘All together an Active Sunderland’ and ensuring that schools are recognised for the important work that they do in physical education, sport, physical activity and in the community.”
Lisa Quinn-Briton, the acting headteacher of St Paul’s, which is based in Ryhope, is very proud of the school becoming one of the first schools in Sunderland to be awarded the gold standard for the Great Active Sunderland Schools Charter.
She said the charter has proved to be a great improvement tool for the Waterworks Road school and gives credit to the staff and students for their achievements in creating a culture of sport, exercise, physical activity and healthy eating.
Mrs Quinn-Briton said: “We recognise the importance of sporting activities and encourage all pupils to take part within school in the hope that they will take them further in their lives beyond school.
“We are over the moon to have achieved this gold standard.”
Andrea Wadge, the subject leader for PE at St Paul’s said a huge amount of effort had gone into achieving the award.
She said: “We have worked hard to develop sports leaders in the school and it is wonderful to see the children being recognised for their level of participation.”
“We are over the moon to have achieved this” LISA QUINN-BRITON