Students get kids active and learn more about leadership

STUDENTS in Notts organised a series of sports challenges for schoolchildren during the half-term holiday.

A group of 18 students on West Nottinghamshire College's activity leadership course led the sessions which included benchball, mini football, cricket and sports hall activities.

The 4 Sports Challenge event was held at the Manor School, Mansfield Woodhouse, with pupils at Oak Tree Lane, St Philip Neri and Birklands primary schools also competing.

NVQ activity leadership student Emily Hammond, 16, from Clipstone, said the day had involved arranging different teams, timekeeping and refereeing.

She said: "It was great to see the children getting connected with different sports and we helped them understand the essential rules of each game."

College sports tutor Rachael Evans said events like the sports challenges helped activity leadership students to learn how to work in a professional way.

She said: "It gave them a real sense of responsibility and helped them to understand some of the processes required to run sporting events involving young participants."

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