Parkes East students were thrilled to host a special visitor last Friday - former NSW Swifts captain Abbey McCulloch.
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As an ambassador from the Premier's Sporting Challenge, the now retired netball player addressed a whole school assembly.
Sports Coordinator Angela Fitzpatrick said Abbey spoke about her experiences as a professional athlete and the importance of resilience and never giving up on following her dreams.
"Not only did Abbey play netball professionally, she is also a qualified High School teacher, a sports commentator and works for the NSW Department of Education in sport," Angela said.
While on her visit Abbey presented class representatives with their sporting challenge certificates.
Every student enrolled at Parkes East during the challenge period completed the challenge and earned a certificate.
Angela said Parkes East has been involved in the Premier's Sports Challenge for a number of years.
"We are happy to be involved as it encourages children to be physically active and more conscious of the healthy foods they should be eating to maintain a healthy lifestyle," Angela said.
Certificates are awarded based on how many hours of physical activity that participants do each week with Diamond being the highest level.
"The staff also take part in the challenge with most children and staff finishing in the Gold and Diamond levels," Angela said.
The NSW Premier's Sporting Challenge encourages both primary and secondary students to participate and record their levels of physical activity over a 10 week period.
Teachers are also encouraged to be role models of a healthy lifestyle as they can participate in the PSC Staff Challenge.
In 2018 over 400,000 students from more than 1,500 NSW government schools took part in the Challenge.
The NSW Premier's Sporting Challenge aims to get more students, more active, more often.
