Highfields celebrated sporting talent during lockdown with a live-streamed virtual awards ceremony.
This year marked the 4th annual PE Legacy Awards, which are held to celebrate the efforts and achievements of the school’s sporty students over the past academic year. The virtual PE Legacy Awards took place from 7pm on Wednesday 15th July.
A total of 208 students were nominated in a range of categories linked to the school’s curriculum, including Captain/Leadership & Coaching, Effort & Attitude, Most Improved and Elite. Awards will also be given out for Sports Person of the Year in each year group, as well as Dancer of the Year (for KS3 and KS4), KS5 Contribution Award and Sports Team of the Year, which was won by the Year 10 Boys’ football team.
Head of PE, Mr C Brickwood, said: “We host the PE Legacy Awards annually to celebrate the sporting achievements of our students, and we did not want them to miss out this year because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“This has been a strange term, but our students had already achieved so much in a range of sporting disciplines before lockdown, and it is important that we celebrate this, even if we could not host the ceremony as we normally would.
“We are overwhelmed with superb commitment, strong leadership and outstanding personal performances at Highfields, and we are proud to honour the individuals and teams who help the school maintain such a successful sports record.”
Mr Brickwood and Mrs J Brickwood hand delivered trophies to all 35 winners.
Mr Brickwood added: “It was great to hear that so many families watched and celebrated their child's success together. The feedback for the evening was overwhelmingly positive after the apprehension we had over the prospect of a live feed going wrong!”
Watch the video from the awards ceremony below:
