A Siver Medallist visits Jesson's

On Monday you saw the staff learning about "Be the Best You Can Be".

Today was the children's turn... 

Mel Clark, archer, and silver medallist in London 2012 came to tell  her story to the children

Everyone was amazed by her story. She has 17 world records, and was the first disabled archer to compete on the British team against able-bodied atheletes

Here's her silver medal from Londodn 2012

Mrs George models the British team kit

Everyone wanted to try out what it felt like to have a silver medal 

In the staffroom Mr Welsh gets an autograph

Afterwards, Mel anwered questions from the children (and staff - we all wanted to know things) how she battled life-threatening illness, and how she kept going even after being told she would never be able to do archery again. The Paralympic silver medal in London 2012 proved the doctors wrong!  

We loved the Olympic torch

The children are starting dream books, and working out how to achieve their own dreams

Mel is a truly inspirational character. We were very proud to have her at Jesson's, and we have all learnt so much from her.

She told us that she first got interested in archery when a teacher told her if she could hit a chocolate bar with an arrow she could have it!