Walter Tull themed Barclaycard Day with West Haddon
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On Friday 16th October, eight Barclaycard employees and twenty-six Year 3 pupils from West Haddon Primary School were invited to take part in a Barclaycard day at the Cobblers Study Centre. The late Northampton Town star Walter Tull provided an historical theme for the day.
Walter Tull made 110 appearances for Northampton Town between 1911 and 1914 after becoming the club’s first black player. He was signed up to the Army in 1914 as a private and rose to the rank of officer. The Cobblers legend was killed in action on the Western Front in 1918.
The first activity of the day was a Walter Tull themed stadium tour. The young learners got to explore the Sixfields Stadium whilst looking for facts, which had been hidden in and around the stadium in the ‘Walter Tull Trail’. In the afternoon, the Walter Tull theme continued with a comparison task, which saw the pupils compare a photograph of Walter Tull in 1909 to a picture of current Cobblers player Andy Holt. The youngsters commented on the differences in kits, football boots, logos, sponsors and stadium facilities. The young learners also got to visit the Walter Tull Memorial at the end of the day
Other activities included our popular Stadium Orienteering challenge and a football practical session, which was led on the Cobblers training pitch by the NTFC Community Programme.
All the pupils and staff had lots of fun and hopefully the day added an extra dimension to the historical investigations that have been taking place in school. We would like to thank to all the Barclaycard staff for their support and enthusiasm to get involved as mentors for the day.
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