(Referred to locally as the Stafford and Stone School Sport Partnership)

Schools

1. Sir Graham Balfour High School
2. King Edward VI High
3. Rising Brook High Sports College
4. Weston Road High School

My mission for the day

To support the girls to get the whole partnership to understand the ethos of GirlsActive. The GirlsActive committees from six schools came together for an ‘Any questions?’ session which I chaired. The headteacher and chair of governors from each school attended along with two representatives for the local council and leisure services. I chaired a forum where the girls asked questions and discussed issues about what they want to change as well as enhance the profile of girls and women in sport, not only in their school but also their local community.

My time table for the day was:

8.30am Arrival

9.00am I did a welcome speech
‘Only girls can’ activities – basketball, climbing and trampolining
‘Only girls can’ is the title of the group of girls who meet to take part in a variety of activities which motivate them.

9.45am I travelled to KE school – had press interviews en route

10.30am Aerobics and Muay

11.00am I met with girls to discuss my career to date, the press and media where present, and I talked about what’s its like now that I have retired from competing

11.30am I travelled to Rising Brook – had press interviews en route

11.45am Fitness / dance session

12.00am I helped fixing mirrors to walls in the changing room

12.15pm I did a short speech
Holmes House Assembly – ‘Holmes House’ is the house they named after me
The new house system was introduced to students and they were told why I was chosen

12.30pm Lunch and press interviews

1.15pm Met GirlsActive Committee – I was chair to an ‘ANY QUESTIONS’ session for 30 minutes

1.45pm Travelled to Weston Road for press interviews

2.15pm I delivered a motivational speech

2.30pm I answered a Q&As

2.45pm Depart and press interviews