Norton in Hales School and Nursery

09/09/2024

08/07/2024

Friday, 5th July 2024- Olympics

We enjoyed a fantastic morning at the very first Norton-in-Hales Olympics. Not only did the sun shine, but our four teams (Bulgaria, Spain, Ireland and Poland) performed their activities heroically. The morning saw amazing javelin throwing, expert hurdling, brilliant long jumping and lots of very soggy sleeves due to the ever-popular water bucket challenge!

One of the highlights of the event was our guest of honour, former Olympian and 2x European Gold medallist, James Dasaolu. James led a wonderfully inspiring assembly, showing his medals, talking about his career (including what it was like racing against Usain Bolt) and his achievements.

James remained with us for Sports Day, leading a warm up, before joining in the with the activities, offering lots of encouragement before participating in the sprint races with the children too!

At the end of a super morning of sporting action, Spain were declared the winners with 887 points, pipping Ireland in second place by just five points!

Well done to everyone for taking part so brilliantly, and thank you to everyone who came along to cheer on our children.