Alton College is providing students with extracurricular activities to enrich their learning.

Ten students on the extended diploma in sport course recently volunteered to organise a football tournament at a local primary school, showing the college’s commitment to helping its students beyond the classroom.

The Butts Primary School hosted the tournament for schools in the area to attend, providing hours of fun football for all the pupils involved.

Each Alton student was given a different school to look after during the day, as well as assisting with the refereeing of the games.

Alongside their refereeing duties, the Alton students were also coaches and managers of their respective schools, and thoroughly enjoyed their time at the tournament.

Each student involved demonstrated the college’s commitment to its community, and it was truly inspiring to see them get involved in the tournament with such passion.

Sports lecturer Dean Gillatt said: “The sports students were fantastic in organising and leading pupils from a mixture of local schools.

“They showed a great attitude and gave up their free time to put the skills they have to good use. The Key Stage 1 children really enjoyed playing in the tournament and developing their footballing skills.”

Alton’s sports department is one of the many standout faculties at the college, and is planning to continue these enriching activities long into the future.

Dean said: “We are hoping to now add it as an annual event. The sports students will get plenty more chances to lead, coach and officiate in future events planned.”

This means sports students will be able to benefit from real-world sports management experience while also helping local schools enrich the learning of their pupils.

For more information about the extended diploma in sports at Alton visit https://www.hsdc.ac.uk/courses/alton-campus/vocational/sport-ocr-level-3-alton/