CHILDREN at a Claines primary school enjoyed a visit from an Olympic pentathlete as part of an project to teach them how to lead a healthy lifestyle.
As part of Team Superschools, a project that challenges local children to get active and raise funds for sports equipment for their school, the 210 students from Claines Primary School took part in a series of fun exercises.
Heather Fell, who won the silver medal in the women’s pentathlon at the Olympics in 2008, cheered on the four to 11 year olds as they did star jumps, sit ups and press ups.
Sponsored by Brioche Pasquier, Team Superschools is run by Olympic gold medallists Darren Campbell MBE and Jason Gardener MBE who are committed to inspiring children to take up sport, and visit more than 35 schools each year to encourage a healthy lifestyle and raise money for local schools.
Jason Gardener MBE, Olympic Medallist and co-founder of Team Superschools, said: “Our aim at Team Superschools is to create a fun and exciting environment for children to raise money for their school through the power of sport.
“It is great that so many kids were involved in sport at Claines Primary school supported by Brioche Pasquier. It was a very fun and enjoyable day”.
France’s most loved family bakery since 1936, Brioche Pasquier, has collaborated with Team Superschools to help raise money for primary schools through the power of sport.
Olivier Ripoche, Commercial Director at Brioche Pasquier, said: “At Brioche Pasquier we encourage a healthy lifestyle, and sporting events like this show how much fun keeping active can be.
“We know how important it is to keep up energy throughout the day which is why we are refuelling all children taking part with a brioche roll from our PITCH range.
“We also provide every child who takes part in these events with a pedometer, so they can see how active they have been throughout the day,” he added.
