Does it make your boat go faster?

Chris Graves from Inspire+ visited us to talk about the importance of doing our best in work as well as sport.
He told us about his rowing team who were involved in a 2km race in Henley.He showed us the actual video from the coxes hat and talked us through the determination, effort and pain that the 8 man crew endured through the race.
Chris the asked us what values were used by his team.Children remembered the Olympic values of determination, team work, courage...and Chris linked this to school work.

Is it important to do your best, to show determination to give 100%?

In class does it help me to prepare or does it disrupt or make me miss out....questions to make us think about our actions in class and our learning.

Chris and his team worked hard before  their race, training, giving up weekend time to train, getting plenty of rest and sleep, thinking carefully about the effect their actions would have on their boat race.

Hence the phrase-does it help the boat go faster?

Another great assembly getting us all to think about our learning and our actions.