Top Tips from Marion Richardson Primary School

14th April 2022

Earlier in the year, Marion Richardson Primary School, Tower Hamlets, held a Count on Us training session with Year 4 and 5 staff, who were ‘engrossed in every activity and thoroughly enjoyed them’. Check out some of the photographs from the session below! Marion Richardson have recently held their own in-school tournament and had great feedback from their pupils: ‘The children loved the experience and asked if they could do more activities like it’.

Don’t forget that schools who send in their activity logs and photographs will get 20 BONUS POINTS towards their Heats score! You’ve still got lots of time to send your logs and photos to us at cou@mayorsfundforlondon.org.uk.

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