Achieving Milestones

Achieving Milestones


Another fantastic week for the ‘I’d Rather be Reading’ Team. Everyone is staying motivated (somehow!) despite the horrendous weather and the busyness of this time of year. 


The miles are coming in for our runners and the milestones are being met. 


First off, Mrs Pope did brilliantly by achieving her first full 5k without stopping this week whilst out after school with Miss Bradley, Mr Brown and Mrs Rees! Make sure you check for us running on a Thursday evening around Wymondham as there’ll always be a few of us out!








Mr Higgins is also one of our most frequent runners and is showing-off with his fast pace. Mr Paice and Mrs Palmer are hitting runs a few times a week too. 








Then this weekend, Mrs Lubbock set a new PB for a 5k run,

Mrs Rees and Mrs Pope hit some nice runs with their gorgeous pooches and Miss Bradley got her husband-to-be out for his first 5k run in months. 










In other news, Mrs Warner treated herself to a brand new pair of trainers and is breaking these in. We also launched our appeal to the children and parents this week through a special assembly and newsletter announcement, sharing what we are up to and the importance of this steep challenge. The Just Giving Page is finally open and we are on the way with some lovely donations coming in. Thank you for these and please keep them coming. Share with everyone you know as we are only a couple of months away till race day!


Check out next week's blog for all our running updates!


The ‘I’d Rather be Reading’ Team.

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