Mayflower Primary School about 6 days ago
Mayflower Team Smash the Half-Marathon
As you know, four members of staff tackled the heat and the wind on Sunday and ran the Harwich Half- Marathon, raising vital funds for St Helena Hospice. We are incredibly proud of them all. Two members of the team even managed to finish in the top 100!
As a school, we teach all of our pupils to display six key character virtues (Community, Honesty, Ambition, Independence, Respect, Resilience) and our staff modelled them all admirably. They all set themselves ambitious targets, bearing in mind that only one of our team had ever completed a competitive race before; they were resilient in the face of challenging weather conditions (it was rather warm and windy) and they showed a huge sense of community – raising over £600 pound for a worthy, local charity. A figure that is still rising!
A HUGE thank you to all the pupils and parents who came to support us. The banners that pupils were displaying around the course were fantastic, and the team lost count of the number of cheers and high-fives that they received - it really motivated the team to keep going.
Bubbles made it to the finish line to welcome all the runners in with a wave, toothy grin and a big cheer. Thank you Bubbles!
There is already talk about next year...
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