The Year 8 Challenge aims to encourage students to be the best students that they can be, by setting high expectations of their work and behaviour at school and challenging them to learn skills that will help them through their lifelong learning journey.

'The St John Rigby Challenge' will take place in Term 1. Students who complete the challenge successfully will visit St John Rigby College in order to gain an insight into life at college and the wide range of opportunities available to them! 

Student Comments 

The St John Rigby Challenge made me want to work harder to get to the top. I wanted a place on the trip because I feel that it will be a good opportunity and will be a useful insight to college life. By setting a challenge I think it made people want to work harder and get past the boundaries to experience the trip. It made me want to get the most achievement points I could and get 100% attendance. I think quite a few people share the same opinion as me and feel the same way. The St John Rigby Challenge gave me something to work for and aim for and I think it was really useful!

Niamh 8C

The Wigan Athletic Programme made me think about how a football club is actually run and that there is a lot of behind the scenes work that occurs to make a football club the best it could possibly be. Also, when I am older I would like to be involved in the sport industry so the programme was really useful to me and now I feel I could confidently speak about how a club is run. Also it has helped me develop my confidence skills even further as I had to do a ‘pretend manager’ press conference. As well as this, it made me communicate more with people that I wouldn’t usually speak to. This was a great opportunity and it was really useful!

Nathan 8M

A second challenge will take place in Term 2 in order to motivate students in all aspects of their school life; attendance, punctuality, achievement/behaviour points, form time participation and contributions to the wider community of St Edmund Arrowsmith. Students are rewarded for their efforts accordingly. 

Students also have the opportunity to work on a sports programme in conjunction with Wigan Athletic in order to motivate, enthuse and inspire other students in the year group.

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