'PfS on the Road' aims to take the work of the Cobblers Study Centre into schools. The sports-based literacy, numeracy and ICT lessons are a great way to motivate children and engage them in their learning.

Year 5 children in House Martins class used teams in the European Champions League to do their geography recently. In ICT, they put together factsheets about various teams and cities like Barcelona, Munich, Liverpool, Manchester, Inter Milan, Roma, Juventus, PSV Eindhoven and PSG Paris.

They had to research facts on the internet and create a powerpoint factsheet covering famous buildings, famous events/festivals, club logo, city motto, language and so on. Back in the classroom, students used atlas' to find the locations of the European teams on a map. They used indexes and grid co-ordinates to estimate where to place the teams' logos. Their geography and research skills were impressive and many pupils commented that doing geography this way made them more interested in the subject.

In an ICT lesson, the group created their own version of 'Room 101′. They used persuasive language to explain why they wanted to banish certain items/people into Room 101. These included everything from boys, to dogs, swans, bendy buses, school, jellyfish, homework and teachers! The children were very good at putting in excellent adjectives to sway Northants Study centres' staff when it came to voting 'yay or nay' about what went in. About half of the pairs got their way and after each person read their work out, lively discussions were held.

On Saturday 7th March, students from House Martins' class (and a few 'returners' from Wrens and Ravens) attended a Cobblers match with their parents/relatives as a reward for their hard work during this project. The game was against Tranmere Rovers, ending in a 1-1 draw.

The children really enjoyed watching a game and seeing the players they have been learning about. The class also enjoyed a football coaching session when Cobblers in the community coach Lee Garlic came to the school.