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Olympic Torch
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On Tuesday 12th June a wet, cloudy day at school was lit up by a visit from the very special 2012 Great British Olympic torch. The chance for this once in a lifetime event came about through the kindness of Mr Mahoney, father of two current Robert May’s students. Mr Mahoney works for Lloyds TSB bank who is the official sponsor of the torch relay who managed to pull many strings to enable students at our school to see, hold and run with the torch on Tuesday morning! Students from years 7, 8, 9 and 10 all had the unique opportunity to see the torch up close and personal and were treated to an informative talk and Q&A session with Mr Mahoney. All tutor groups from years 7, 8 and 9 then had their tutor group photo taken with the torch as centre stage. After this two students were nominated from each tutor group to carry the torch and lead their tutor group on a lap of honour around the 3G artificial pitch. The morning was a great success and thoroughly enjoyed by all students and staff alike. The staff room was a hive of excitement and photo taking first thing in the morning and was very busy with everyone daydreaming of sporting glory, past and present! The timing of the event was perfect for the PE department as in a few weeks’ time students in year 7 and 8 will be taking part in Olympic day, which for the second year running, is an inter-form competition which gives students a chance to take part in some different sports; cycle racing and handball to name a couple! In addition <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">to this all of our feeder schools are visiting during the summer term to take part in an Olympic themed <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">competition. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The visit of the torch also complemented our other initiatives at Robert May's School which include our Olympic <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Gold Awards. Each student gets the chance once a term to nominate a peer to be awarded with a special <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Olympic values certificate. They can choose from Friendship, Respect, Excellence, Determination, Inspiration, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Courage and Equality. Awards then get presented in end of term celebration assemblies and they are <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">recognised in a celebration event which this year will be on Thursday 12th July. More information will follow <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">about this shortly. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Huge thanks again to Mr Mahoney and the students and staff who made the morning such a success. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">M.Grigg (Head of Boys PE)