On Wednesday afternoon, 18 girls all the way from the Thirds to Upper Sixth took part in a sprint masterclass on Paddington Rec with Desirèe Henry, who won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100m relay at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and a silver medal in the 4 × 100m relay at the 2017 World Athletics Championships.

She took us through her bespoke training warm up, then introduced us to some really fun drills which brought all the year groups together. We learnt about block starts to improve our starting technique and finished off with some intensely competitive shuttle relays which everyone took part in, including Desirèe, Ms Westwood and Miss Herrera.

Desirèe, alongside Commonwealth Games and European Championships medal winning hockey player Sarah Evans, was also a special guest presenter at our Sports Awards yesterday evening. As well as commenting on how much she enjoyed her day with FHS yesterday, she extended a very special thank you to Ms Westwood, who we found out used to be her PE teacher!

Thank you so much to Desirèe and Sarah for presenting our Awards, to Desirèe for giving up her valuable time to coach us and making the session so much fun, and to the PE Department and particularly Ms Westwood for orchestrating this amazing opportunity. What a day for FHS Sport!

Ella Newell, Lower Sixth