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Visiting Speaker Assemblies

On Wednesday 12th February we were excited to welcome Anne with and Janice Burton MBE and her guide dog Peggy to represent the Guide dogs charity and talk about its work to the school.

 

Our school Council asked our children what charities they would like to support with the money that they raise from our school discos this year. Supporting an animal charity and health charity were both the winning categories.

 

As a result, the school council have researched different ideas and chose to invite representatives of the Guide Dogs charity into school to lead a whole school assembly, as their charity fitted with both of these themes.

 

Janice Burton MBE is a retired British Paralympic swimmer, who  competed in B1 events having completely lost sight in both of her eyes. She won a total of 23 Paralympic medals during a career that spanned four Games. She remains the most decorated British Paralympian in a single sport.

 

Burton was appointed a MBE in the 1999 New Year Honours list "for services to Sport, especially Swimming, for Visually Impaired People.” Since retiring from competitive swimming Janice undertakes public speaking for Guide Dogs and about her Paralympic career and we were blessed to have her visit us Today.

 

Here are some photos:

Assembly Photos with Anne, Janice & Peggy

After the assembly we voted as a school about which charities we wanted to support with money raised from our school discos, including options of RSPCA & WWF charities too.

 

For more information you can check out the links below:

Guide Dogs | The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association

Sponsor a Guide Dog Puppy | Guide Dogs UK

How guide dog Milo changed Scott’s life | Audio Described

Last year we had a visiting speaker from the RSPCA.

 

Follow the link to find out more:

 

School Council | New Ford Academy

Careers Visitors:

 

We have welcomed a number of visiting speakers to our school, sharing ideas about careers, our school values and celebrating links with the local community.

 

 

 

Please click below to view our visiting speakers fact files:

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