Special Olympics 
In September 2016 we had a Gold medallist visit our school. His name is Alex Thompson and he won a Gold medal in the 2016 Special Olympics for playing Basketball. Alex talked to us about how much he enjoys all kinds of sport from basketball to swimming and even 10 pin bowling. The children really enjoyed listening to Alex talking about persevering and never giving up. We even got to hold the medal and check that it wasn’t made out of chocolate! One child commented when they got back into class that listening to Alex made them think ‘that they should never give up with their learning. ‘ Another child is feeling inspired to work hard in their diving lessons and listen to their coach as Alex advised them to do. Watch this space….we may have a budding Olympian right here at Stannington Infant School!