Brighstone Primary School were celebrating this half term with the arrival of their free Premier League kit bag.
As part of the Primary Stars scheme, Brighstone were awarded plenty of new equipment including Premier League footballs, hoops, beanbags, bibs, and much more from the Football Foundation.
The scheme is part of the Premier League Primary Stars education programme which uses the appeal of Premier League and professional football clubs to inspire children at primary schools across England and Wales to learn, be active and develop important life skills.
Sports coach Ash Goldsmith said:
“The scheme is going to have a massive impact on the school, the children have been really excited about getting the new kit and can’t wait to start using it in lessons, clubs and matches”.
The kit scheme is the icing on the cake for the school after an unprecedented year of sport at Brighstone. With just ten children in the whole of Year 6, the school have achieved remarkable results this year in a number of sports.
The school has finished 6th in the Island Netball finals, 4th in handball, 3rd in hockey, reached 2 football finals and won medals in 4 events at the inaugural PEACH Games. The children have also been taking part in inter-school competitions each half term in a range of activities.
Brighstone Primary also enjoyed a wonderful sports day, where every child took part in at least five events, and recently hosted their own cricket tournament with schools from all over the island competing to win the Brighstone Blast title, taking inspiration from their trip to the Hampshire Bowl for the Cricket World Cup contest between Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
However, the most impressive achievement surely goes to the Basketball team. After winning the West Wight cluster tournament by an aggregate score of 98-8, the team then finished runners-up at the Isle of Wight finals, meaning they were able to represent the Isle of Wight at the Hampshire Games in Aldershot last month.
