School staff enjoy end of 100% Challenge meal at YO! Sushi
Staff from St Willibrord’s RC Primary School in Clayton, Manchester last night enjoyed a special banquet at YO! Sushi at Selfridges, Exchange Square as a part of The MOTIV 100% Challenge, supported by Manchester City Council.
The banquet was an acknowledgement of the hard work the school staff had put it on over the academic year at St Willibrord’s and through their successful running of The 100% Challenge. St Willibroads saw a rise in overall attendance of nearly 2% across the duration of The 100% Challenge compared to figures from last year. 100% attendance at the school has risen an impressive 20% year on year.
Acting St Willibrord’s headteacher Carl McIver said “The 100% Challenge has been successful within our school. The children have enjoyed receiving the prizes that have been offered and this has helped our attendance to increase and it has also spurred us on to look at other attendance issues. The staff at the school very much appreciate that their hard work has been acknowledged by MOTIV and YO! Sushi and will continue to highlight the importance of attendance to all of our pupils”
YO! Sushi manager Dave Taylor commented that “YO! Sushi are proud to support The 100% Challenge in Greater Manchester and to acknowledge that as well as the hard work pupils put in to attend school every day, there’s a team of people at every school who work incredibly hard year round in providing an excellent environment to learn in”
MOTIV director Rose Marley said “We’re very aware that the staff at each school participating in The 100% Challenge have worked extra hard to raise attendance for all their pupils and we’re glad they had this opportunity to celebrate their hard work. We look forward to continuing our work with schools in Greater Manchester in the new academic year”
Over 200 primary and secondary schools, containing more than 150,000 pupils across Greater Manchester took part in The 100% Challenge 2010, Pupils were rewarded with exclusively designed badges at each half term and for completing a whole term with full attendance or significantly improved attendance they received a special reward tailored to their year group and their school.
YO! Sushi supported The 100% Challenge in Greater Manchester in providing the exclusive staff banquet for the school, as well as providing a number of family meals at the Exchange Square restaurant for pupils that completed The Challenge by either achieving 100 per cent attendance or 100 per cent effort for attendance. Other supporting partners of this year’s 100% Challenge include Crayola, Ben Sherman, ODEON Cinema, Tenpin Bowling, FC United, Nando’s, Hollywood Bowl, Snapfish and eMusic.
