Last week, we had an exciting visit from Footballer and Author Seth Burkett. On Thursday, we had three separate assemblies for Years 7, 8, and 9. During these, Seth gave an overview of his career and background, including his time in Brazil and Sri Lanka. He also spoke about how he became an author. He ran some football skills sessions with Years 8 and 9 as well .
We then had Workshop with a small group of students. This session focused on reading, the joys of reading, along with some one to one discussion and questions.
The final session took place in the library with Years 8 and 9. This was a creative workshop where the boys worked in groups to write an advertisement for a Nike football boot. They were fantastic, showing great imagination, teamwork, and the ability to bounce ideas off each other. Mr Williams also joined this session and kindly donated three prizes for the group.
Seth was excellent throughout, very personable and approachable, and he answered all questions with good humour. The pupils were fully engaged and really benefited from his visit!
