Play On The Pitch – Royton Hall
This week we welcomed Oldham Athletic Community Trust (OACT) school partner Royton Hall Primary to Boundary Park, as part of the popular `Play On The Pitch initiative`, with selected year six pupils enjoying a memorable afternoon with the OACT team.
Royton Hall have been a proud OACT school partner for several years now, with this academic year seeing OACT working with the school on a full-time basis. This will ensure that a wider range of opportunities will be provided to the schools community.
Royton Hall Primary School
The Royton Hall motto is "Enjoying Learning: Achieving Success".
Royton Hall is a fully inclusive Community Primary and Nursery School, who welcome all families and value the rich diversity of different cultures, faiths, abilities and family groups.The school aim to create the very best learning environment for our children as they want pupils to grow into thoughtful, independent and confident young adults who will make a valuable contribution to their local and wider community.
You can find out more information about Royton Hall HERE
Play On The Pitch
On arrival at Boundary Park the Royton Hall pupils were greeted by Oldham Athletic midfielder Ouss Cisse, who joined the class for the afternoon.
Before the game Ouss Cisse spoke to the children about a range of different topics, including his current injury, the importance of a how to keep a positive mindset when facing setbacks, the importance of education and the need to work hard to achieve your dreams.
After the Q&A session it was then time for the children to take to the field, with Ouss Cisse on hand to provide some first-hand insight to the class. It was an action packed games with a plethora of goals being scored at both ends for each team.
Emily Ashworth, OACT schools engagement lead, added: “It was a privilege to welcome Royton Hall Primary School to Boundary Park, for what we hope will be the first of many play on the pitch opportunities for our OACT school partners.
Our vision for the forthcoming 12 months is to ensure that we provide as many unique and positive opportunities that we can to create memories that will last a lifetime. Events such as this play a key part in achieving this."
Thank you to Oldham Athletic and Ouss Cisse for their support in providing this event.