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• #Leighrocks

  Fri 20 Apr 2018

  This week all the children have been getting involved in the #Leighrocks project. Each child in school has painted their very own rock in a design of their choosing and the rocks have then been hidden in Lilford Park for others to find. The project is part of a wider movement to encourage children and their families to become more active and to spend quality time together. The rocks are then hidden around different locations in our home town such as Lilford Park, Pennington Flash, and even local school grounds; pretty much anywhere you can think of! Anyone who finds a rock is then encouraged to take a photograph of themselves with the rocks they have found and post the pictures along with a caption to the #Leighrocks Facebook page. Once pictures have been posted, they are then encouraged to re-hide the rocks in a different location around Leigh for others to find too! The children have loved getting involved and there has been a lot of hype and excitement amongst the children wanting to find rocks. 

  We hope all our families have lots of fun searching for new rocks to find! So keep an eye out for LSJ on the back of the rocks 😄

  Happy rock hunting!

  

• Importance of learning to swim assembly

  Fri 20 Apr 2018
  Steve, a swimming instructor from Leigh Leisure Centre and Howe Bridge Leisure Centre came to visit today to speak to the children about the importance of learning to swim. He explained to the children the four main reasons to learn how to swim. 
  4 reasons to learn
  1 Swimming can save your life 
  2 swimming can be fun and enjoyable when you learn how to swim properly
  3 swimming lasts a lifetime (good for fitness)
  4 Sports!
  Steve explained the dangers of not knowing how to swim and that in some unfortunate cases, people have lost their lives. He also told the children that when we learn to swim you are able to have fun in swimming pools, while on holiday and on slides. The children also watched videos, one showing the dangers of water and the other showing the types of water sports they can take part in and aspire to become future champions of such as  water polo, surfing, swimming, diving rowing, wake boarding, kayaking etc. Or even future Olympians! 
  Thank you to Steve for sharing the importance of learning how to swim!