Month: June 2022

WPT Residentials 2022

WPT Residentials 2022

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Over the last three weeks, Y5s and Y6s from all eight of our primary schools joined us for this year’s WPT Residential. 

Across three days and two nights, the students took part in a range of activities and sports, enjoyed external trips out and camped outside on the WPT fields.

This year – before the students took to the waters at Ulley – we were lucky to have the team at South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue deliver water safety talks. This was to ensure that the students are equipped with the knowledge of what to do if they find themselves or others in danger around water. 

During Aston Hall Junior & Infant School’s trip, the BBC Look North film crew joined the students during their water safety briefing to highlight the dangers of open water. 
read the bbc look north article here

All of the students had a wonderful time and they were a credit to their schools and the Trust. 

Take a look at some of the photos below. 

Rawmarsh Ashwood Primary School

Aston Hall Junior & Infant School

Aston Lodge Primary School

Brinsworth Whitehill Primary School

Monkwood Primary School

Rawmarsh Sandhill Primary School

Foljambe Primary School & Thrybergh Primary School

We’d also like to say a massive thank you to all of the staff who were involved in making the WPT Residential 2022 a huge success this year:

  • School staff
  • WPT PE Team
  • WPT Operations Team
  • WPT Transport Team

From the planning, camping out, transportation and everything in between, your hard work and time certainly has helped the WPT Residential 2022 become one to remember.
WPT Features on BBC Look North

WPT Features on BBC Look North

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We’re now well underway with the 2022 WPT Residentials. Across three weeks, each Y5 and Y6 student from WPT’s primary schools will take part in a three day and two night residential, which includes water activities at Ulley Country Park. 

This year we’re lucky to have the team at South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue deliver water safety talks and workshops prior to the students starting the fun watersports on the reservoir. This is to ensure that the students are equipped with the knowledge of what to do if they find themselves or others in danger around water. 

This morning, the BBC Look North film crew joined the students from Aston Hall Junior & Infant School during their water safety briefing to highlight the dangers of open water. 

David Walker, Sports Development Manager, said: “This year it’s been great to link the Y5/Y6 residentials with the workshops from South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue. 

“The main aim of the sessions is to get the message out there that there’s a difference between safe and controlled water sessions compared to real life scenarios without safety equipment and qualified teachers. 

“Thank you to the team at South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue for taking the time to educate our students and ultimately enhance the safety of our outdoor provision at Ulley.”

Fleur Holland, Community Safety Manager at South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue, commented: “We’ve always gone into schools to deliver talks on road, fire and water safety but due to the pandemic, a lot of students missed out. 

“We knew that Wickersley Partnership Trust had an outdoor provision in place at Ulley so we jumped at the opportunity to get involved and educate over 600 of its students over the three weeks of residentials. 

“When it comes to water safety, not many people know what to do. There’s a procedure in place so it’s important for us to get the message out there, especially to students who are moving on to secondary school, where they may start to find themselves under peer pressure. Hopefully they’ll remember the key messages and procedures from these sessions if they ever got into a situation where they have to help themselves or others around water.”

One of the volunteers from South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue, Simon Haycock, has been a key part of the water safety sessions. Simon’s son, Sam, unfortunately lost his life at Ulley last year due to the dangers of open water. 

He added: “It’s important for me to do this work because I don’t want what happened to Sam to happen to anyone else’s child. 

“I’m proud to be just a small part of the WPT Residentials and share the key messages to its young people about how they can keep themselves and others safe around water.

“I hope the things they have learned through these sessions stick with them if they ever need it.”

Watch the short lunchtime interview – featuring our Sports Development Manager, David Walker, here – https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0018d05

Keep an eye out on BBC Look North at 6.30pm this evening for the main programme. 

Well done to all of the students from Aston Hall – they were a credit to their school and the Trust during the day and while the cameras were rolling!
Rawmarsh Student Wins Y10 School Physicist of the Year

Rawmarsh Student Wins Y10 School Physicist of the Year

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On Wednesday 18th May – during an Awards Evening at The University of Sheffield – Rawmarsh Y10 student, Brooke, received the Y10 School Physicist of the Year Award from The Ogden Trust. 

She earned this award for her outstanding attitude and natural ability in Physics.

Daniel Stanley, Teacher at Rawmarsh Community School, said: “Brooke’s commitment is infectious to all around her and she is a true credit to her teachers, Rawmarsh Community School and Physics as a subject.”

Well done on your amazing achievement, Brooke!

Sandhill's Barbara Hudson Prepares for The Wall Ultramarathon

Sandhill's Barbara Hudson Prepares for The Wall Ultramarathon

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Barbara Hudson, a staff member from Rawmarsh Sandhill Primary School, has stepped up to the challenge and is currently training for Rat Race event ‘The Wall’. 

The Wall Ultramarathon is 70 miles – starting from Carlisle on the 18th June and ending in Newcastle within 24 hours. 

Barbara and her running club ‘Rawmarsh Runners’ are taking on the race to raise money for the following charities and causes:

  • Rawmarsh Foodbank
  • Social Eyes
  • Bluebell Wood
  • Rotherham Hospice
  • Rawmarsh Allotment Project
  • Rawmarsh Headway

The team are currently well over the £1000 mark but are increasing their fundraising efforts during the run up to the race.

If you would like to support Rawmarsh Runners and donate, click the button below to their JustGiving page. 

Donate Here

Since January, Barbara and the Rawmarsh Runners’ weekends have been taken up to to prepare for the event. Training has been strict with swimming, core work, tough hill sessions and long runs up to 30 miles wearing the full kit, which weighs around 12lbs.

The commitment doesn’t stop there though… As Barbara gets married on Tuesday 7th June, she has even planned a run on the morning of the wedding! At the Rotherham Parkrun on the 11th, supporters and guests will be dressed in wedding-related attire too.

Barbara Hudson said: “I have done this race before bank in 2017 just three years into my running career. I swore I would never do it again but I set up my own running club three years ago called the ‘Rawmarsh Runners’ and encouraged some of the other runners to join me for this year and do it for local charities and causes.”

Great work, Rawmarsh Runners – we can’t wait to hear how you all get on on the 18th/19th June!