Our Lady’s Catholic Primary School in Prescot featured on BBC’s Match of the Day on Sunday 19February.  Over the last two years the school has been part of the ‘Game On’ programme run by the LFC Foundation and Nike to provide all children across Merseyside with free sport opportunities, including sports such as netball, tennis, athletics and many more.

The feature covered a visit to the school by Liverpool players Fabio Carvalho and Rylee Foster who spoke with the pupils and took part in training in a number of sports.  Fabio said of the pupils, ‘I just hope that they have fun and that they cherish this moment.  I hope that they learn something so that they come to school each day and enjoy taking part in football, basketball and different activities to improve both mentally and physically’.

Rylee Foster enjoyed the visit and said, ‘It’s really amazing to me just to be able to do something that I never really had growing up.  I like how I can come in and talk about different things and excite them all a bit – that is what means the most to me.’

Head teacher, Haydn Boyle, praised the benefits of the scheme saying, ‘all children really want to be something and do something with their lives. Coming out of the years of the pandemic mental health has really been affected for children in schools and now they’ve got a chance to be inspired by someone coming in and working with them showing what they can do and what they can be’.

Previous visitors to the school under the ‘Game On’ programme include World and Commonwealth games heptathlon champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson.

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