{"id":279,"date":"2014-04-22T15:54:16","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T15:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aquinaseducation.co.uk\/blog\/?p=279"},"modified":"2022-11-11T07:38:46","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T07:38:46","slug":"gb-swimming-project-was-a-splashing-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aquinaseducation.co.uk\/main\/gb-swimming-project-was-a-splashing-success\/","title":{"rendered":"GB Swimming Project Was A Splashing Success"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in September, The Aquinas Foundation <\/a>launched its GB swimming project as an incentive for children in schools both primary and secondary to aim high and to work harder to achieve their goals within the school. The project included 10 schools from Nottinghamshire which took place on Fri 31st Jan and was a fantastic day proving to be a huge success for all involved.<\/p>\n

We wanted this project to focus on aspirations and motivating the children to be the best they can possibly be!<\/p>\n

The swimming lesson would be used as a reward for the 2 children who have shown an improvement in the school’s chosen area and for the children who have had a significant turnaround showing a clear focus and determination towards a goal.<\/p>\n

Both myself and my colleague Ryan from Aquinas paid visits to some of the schools involved to take part in intervention sessions with targeted groups within the school, we have learned that this has had a very positive effect on the students and has given them a sense of drive and motivation in class.<\/p>\n

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I would like to thank Sasha Matthews who we are very happy to have on board supporting the Aquinas Foundation and what we stand for. Sasha has been swimming since the age of 7, becoming professional at the age of 13. Amongst many international event successes Sasha is a European junior Gold, silver and bronze medallist and\u00a0the 2010 commonwealth games Bronze medalist\u00a0we were very fortunate to have her there to help the children with the lesson.<\/p>\n

Thankyou to Jamie Main. Jamie is the GB international coach and has held that title since 2009. He has coached swimmers who competed at the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 Olympic Games. He is the current Nottingham Swimming Director of Coaching.<\/p>\n

It was absolutely fantastic to have both Sasha and Jamie there with Sasha in the pool supporting the children and demonstrating the swimming and Jamie running the session.<\/p>\n

One huge success story from our project on Friday was one year 8 student who has been suffering from severe anxiety which has made it almost impossible for them to attend school each day, giving them a very low attendance score. Since the project was launched and\u00a0myself and Ryan attended the intervention session, the student\u00a0has improved their attendance and the attendance score has soared to the highest it has been in a long time… this is something that makes us very proud at Aquinas and these are the reasons\u00a0why we do what we do as a foundation.<\/p>\n

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School swimming lessons with\u00a0\u00a0 a difference: an\u00a0 Olympic coach<\/h1>\n
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By Nottingham Post<\/a> \u00a0|\u00a0 Posted:\u00a0 February 01, 2014<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

By Marcus Boocock<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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