
New instructor Lois Hough has joined Ysgol Treffynnon
Submitted by Carolyn Poole
A newly certified PE and meals and diet instructor who has joined a highschool desires to share her ardour for sport and encourage college students to undertake a wholesome, lively life-style.
Lois Hough began her new place at Ysgol Treffynnon in Holywell, Flintshire earlier this month and says she is trying ahead to drawing upon the cross-curricular hyperlinks between instructing college students about consuming a wholesome balanced food regimen and the significance of being bodily lively, whereas growing essential abilities resembling teamwork, communication and management.
After finding out a level in Bodily Training & Training Research at Liverpool John Moores College, Lois did her PGCE at Bangor College. After a profitable 12 months as a Newly Certified Instructor (NQT), instructing PE as a maternity cowl submit at Rhosnesni Excessive College, Lois handed with flying colors in July.
In addition to encouraging college students to get pleasure from all kinds of sports activities actions, Lois’s personal sporting ardour is for netball. Her most notable achievement is representing Wales within the u17,u19 and u21 age teams on the European Championships.
From the age of sixteen, she has labored as a membership coach at Deeside Netball Membership and, for the previous two years, she has been a North East Wales faculty netball coach.
Lois mentioned: “As the brand new PE and meals and diet instructor at Ysgol Treffynnon, my goal is to supply top quality studying for all college students and encourage them to take satisfaction in their very own achievements, each out and in of college. I like the alternatives PE creates for college kids to be bodily lively inside a variety of sports activities that are aggressive, inventive and deal with well-being.
“I’ve had my coronary heart set on being a PE instructor for so long as I can bear in mind. I used to be impressed to show by my very own optimistic expertise of college life and alternatives to discover a variety of sporting actions inside Connah’s Quay Excessive College.
“I used to be additionally impressed by Merle Hamilton the President of Welsh Netball who has been my mentor and pal for over ten years. Having such an influential function mannequin that encourages, helps, and evokes you is one thing I goal to realize as a instructor myself.
“I already really feel at house in such a implausible faculty and work atmosphere. Each employees and learners have given me such a heat welcome and I’m trying ahead to my future right here at Ysgol Treffynnon.”
Siobhan Henry, head of humanities and PE, mentioned: “We’re delighted to welcome Lois to our school. She has made a really spectacular and enthusiastic begin to her profession at Ysgol Treffynnon. Lois will make a wonderful addition to our PE instructing employees and I do know the scholars are very excited to work together with her.”
John Weir, headteacher, added: “Lois has made a superb begin, proving herself to be a pure instructor who simply positive aspects the belief and respect of her college students. I’m assured Lois may have a very optimistic affect on the success of our college students throughout the age vary and show to be a useful function mannequin for all.”