In less than 24 hours, two young ambassadors from Bedford Academy will be winging their way to Kenya to visit their World Class partner school, Bishop Okiring, for the very first time!
Bedford Academy's Boxing star, Ermal, first met his Kenyan partner school in January when they attended 'Olympic Dreams Live in London'.
The Kenyan contingent then spent a fascinating 3 days being shown around Bedford Academy by headgirl Emma and other students. Now the Kenyans are looking forward to welcoming Emma and Ermal to their school in Mount Elgon. It's a region known for its rain, so Emma and Ermal have packed waterproofs, aswell as a few goodies to pass onto their partners.
Naboth Okadie, headteacher at Bishop Okiring, has planned an exciting programme to welcome his guests, including tree planting, cooking traditional food and learning the local lingo - Kiswahili. Bishop Okiring students are BIG on athletics, so Emma and Ermal will join in athletics training out on the field, aswell as learning about issues affecting young people growing up in this region such as the lengthy distances travelled by students to get to school, and obstacles facing girls trying to get an education.
Ermal has also packed his boxing gloves, and hopes to give the Kenyan students an insight into his own sporting passion!
Watch this space for more news on Emma & Ermal's journey to Kenya.
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We have been following Team GB's youngest athlete competing at the Special Olympics World Games.
13 year old gymnast Jemma from Wales flew out to Athens with the rest of the squad to compete in the worlds largest multi-sport competition for people with learning disabilties. After success at the European competition in Luxembourg earlier this year, Jemma was on the hunt for her first world gold, but her hopes were dashed after catching a bug in Greece which spread around the team and hospitalised some of the coaches.
Jemma fought her way back from illness to compete at the finals, but as she had been too unwell to take part in the qualifiers, the judges deducted 25% of her final mark.
Jemma sharing a joke with her sisters at their home in Wales
The slogan of the Special Olympics is: 'Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt'... words epitomized by Jemma's courageous journey to the Special Olympics.
Keep an eye on the BBC World Class site for Jemma's full journey to Athens coming very soon.
