"If you have a dream, don't ever give up"



We had a very inspirational visitor in school today, Welsh Paraolympic cyclist, Mark Colbourne. He gave an assembly to the children sharing his story about how he became a Paraolympic medalist. The children were shocked to hear that Mark was a keen paraglider before breaking his back 3 years ago in an accident, but he never gave up. During the London 2012 Paraolympics Mark won 2 silver medals and 1 gold medal breaking the world record in both his trial and the final. Mark even brought his medals to school for all the children to see and some lucky children even got to hold one of his medals!!

Mark Colbourne is a member of the Jamie Baulch Academy and the children had the opportunity to join in with circuit activities. They had great fun showing off their skills!!