Rotherham School Games - U8s Into Hockey Festival

On Friday 10th December, Rotherham Hockey Club hosted the School Games U8 Into Hockey Festival. This event was designed as an introduction to the sport, with the children participating learning the basic fundamentals and how to be safe with a hockey stick.

The event was run by the Y9 and Y10 Sports Leaders from Wickersley School & Sports College and Rawmarsh Community School who – over their last few sports leader sessions – have been learning how to deliver fun, safe and inclusive hockey sessions.

Over 80 children from six schools took part in the event, which was really well received by school staff who were extremely complimentary of the Sports Leaders running the different stations.

Mr Walker, School Games Organiser for Rotherham, said: “This was the first event our Sports Leaders have run independently and it was great to see them delivering to the Y3 children. All participants had a smile on their face throughout and we certainly have some PE teachers in the making on our leadership programme – well done to all involved”.

This event concludes our hockey programme after successful U11 Boys and U11 Girls pathway competitions.

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WPT Opens Newly Refurbished Swimming Pool

11 November, 2022

For many years now, we’ve been hosting swimming lessons for students across the Trust and the borough at our swimming pool at Aston Lodge Primary School.

This year, we decided it was time to give the pool area some TLC with a full refurbishment.

As part of the Trust’s plans to decarbonise all of our premises, we got Novus Mechanical in to complete the following works:

Replace the gas boilers that originally heated the pool and the building with an air source heat pump. This has removed the reliance on fossil fuels
Install solar panels to generate renewable energy to run the air source heat pump

We also had Pioneer Construction Services in to install:

New windows and doors to help reduce heat loss
New flooring throughout
Suspended ceiling
A new pool liner
Insulation above the suspended ceiling to help reduce heat loss

As well as this, all internal walls have been over cladded with hygienic PVC and the toilets have been refurbished.

Freya Smith, Swimming Coach at WPT, said: “It’s been great to have the swimming pool back open with a fresh new look. Over the last few weeks we’ve already had many children from the Trust through its doors and we can’t wait to continue providing swimming and water safety lessons for our students.”

A big thank you to Novus Mechanical and Pioneer Construction Services for their work on this project.