Hanley Swan Sports Journalism

Children in year 5 at Hanley Swan School took part in the Warriors Sports Journalism project in the Autumn Term. The children worked on aspects of radio reporting, designing a matchday magazine and designing matchday posters for Warriors matches. Some examples of their work will be shown here shortly.

Chawson Learn With The Warriors

Year 4 children at Chawson First School have been taking part in the Learning With The Warriors programme. The have already created a tally chart and graph to find out which team had won the 6 Nations Championship the most since 1960, used a map to locate European clubs and have performed the Haka like the New Zealand All Blacks. They have 2 more sessions remaining before half-term.

Warriors Rugby Camp

More than 70 young rugby players took part in the Warriors Rugby Camp at Kings Hawford School last week. As well as taking part in a variety of different rugby activities the players got the chance to meet Warriors players Aleki Lutui, Tom Arscott and Neil Best over the course of the three days. Simon Lane, Community Rugby Coach at Warriors, said; "The 3 day camp was a fantastic success, all the young players really enjoyed it and were delighted to meet Aleki, Tom and Neil. We now have rugby camps at Woodrush RFC and Ledbury RFC later this month to look forward to." For details of dates and how to book places please look here: http://www.warriors.co.uk/community/community.php

Neil Best Visits Perrywood School

Irish international Neil Best paid a visit to children in Year 3 at Perrywood Primary School, to talk to them about Diet and Nutrition. The children have completed 5 weeks work on the Something To Chew On project, where they have taken part in various different lessons based around their diet, as well as having practical rugby sessions.

Welland African Masks

Children in Year 3 and 4 at Welland Primary School have been taking part in a project based around the 2011 Rugby World Cup. The children wrote Haiku poetry to represent Asia, made up a number system based around Aztec and Inca codex to represent the Americas, completed a war dance like the nations from Oceania and made African masks. The children here are showing off their African masks.

Northwick Manor v Oldbury Park

Children from Northwick Manor and Oldbury Park Schools played an exciting game of Tag Rugby at Sixways on Saturday. The game was a showpiece event for the Something To Chew On project that 14 schools have taken part in this year. The game was played in an excellent spirit, with some really good skills on show for the capacity crowd, but in the end Northwick Manor won by 5 tries to 2. Northwick Manor will now represent Worcester Warriors at the Guinness Premiership Final and will get the opportunity to play at Twickenham!

George Crook Visits Lickey End School

It's been a busy week for Something To Chew On Ambassador George Crook, as today he visited Year 3 at Lickey End First School in Bromsgrove. George helped the children learn about the 5 food groups, using the eatwell plate and some rubber food! The children then went outside and had a practical rugby session, where they learnt how to pass a rugby ball effectively. The children in Year 3 have 4 more Something To Chew On sessions this term.