This week, we used our Oracy session to discuss a 10 year old girl in Wales who is being restricted from playing sports as she is ‘too good’ for her team and other teams. We discussed how we could find a solution to this with suggestions such as “move her up an age level” and “ask her to score less and assist more” being terrific contributions. We then moved on to discuss the decision made by her coach to limit her to playing one half of each match – this was an unpopular decision amongst the children and statements such as “scoring goals is who she is”, “they should be glad and just have fun” and “it’s unfair that her parents pay and come to watch her and she doesn’t get to play a whole match” showcasing these opinions.

Well done Year 3 and 4!