The Cobblers Study Centre are very pleased to be working with two groups of secondary school students who are working toward their FA Junior Football Organiser qualification.  The two groups from Kingsthorpe College and The Northampton School for Girls have been working with us and the NTFC Community Programme to gain skills and experience required from the course.  Last week the students from Kingsthorpe College delivered a coaching session at Upton Meadows Primary School, it was a daunting task for all involved but there was lots of positive feedback from the teachers and pupils at the school.  In a few weeks time the KC students will complete their course by organising and running a Futsal tournament at Upton Meadows.  The students from NSG have only just started their course but we have been impressed by the hard work and enthusiasm that has gone into planning sessions.  We are positive that all the students taking part in the course will make excellent role models as coaches.

This evening, students from Sir William Parker School in Daventry have been continuing our theme of healthy eating week by designing match day menus for the Cobblers first team.  All match day menus consisted of a healthy balance of carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins and minerals and fats. The students also designed and created some fabulous smoothie recipes which can be seen below:

Masons Smoothie Recipe: The Stewart Little!

• 100 grams of strawberries
• 100 grams of pineapple
• 100 grams of pear
• Half a small cup of apple juice  

My recipe tasted like a dream, it was sweet and I could taste the strawberries the most.  I would make it again!

Joels Recipe: Tropical

• 125g pineapple
• 100g banana
• 1/2 cup of orange and mango juice

I liked my recipe, it tasted nice and reminded me of being somewhere tropical!

Charlotte:  Summer Surprise!

• 75g strawberries
• 75g raspberries
• 125g pineapple
• 1/2 cup of orange and mango juice

I thought my smoothie was sweet and I really liked it!

This week at the Study Centre we are focussing on healthy eating! 

Youngsters at the Study Centre have been finding out about what food groups make up a balanced diet and what a Northampton Town football player would eat on a match day.  Students from Southbrook Junior School used their knowledge to design match day menus for the Cobblers upcoming league match against Leeds United and then went on to design, create and sample their own smoothie recipes.

Budding chefs from The Gateway, Sir William Parker and Ashby Fields will be creating their menus later in the week. Check back here to see a selection of their recipes!

We are on our sixth week at the Cobblers. It has been really good we have had such a good time, we have made smoothies and we made a tower out of pasta and marshmallows and me and Katie won .It has been really good at the Cobblers we have enjoyed it.  We have done some football skills with Russell and we went into a game where we learnt some new skills and we have watched some clips of what it’s like. Football is a really good sport, its my favourite sport ,it’s really good and we are going to train younger people like year six and five.It will be really good to train and get younger people than us involved in football.I really have enjoyed it at the Cobblers it has been really good. Jean and the others are really nice and helpful.

Rebecca

This evening eleven Year Five pupils from Southbrook Junior School came to the Study Centre to start their six week Playing for Success programme.  After filling themselves up on toast and a ’getting to know you’ chat with the study centre staff the young learners were thrown into team games led by Margaret.  The Southbrook pupils then demonstrated fantastic ICT skills to make colourful name badges.  We are looking forward to working with the Southbrook pupils in the coming weeks for some more exciting PfS sessions

If you are from Southbrook please leave a comment telling us what you thought of your first session!