Active Schools Virtual Awards: Young Leader of the Year

Adaobi Obika

Adaobi is the Vice Captain for Holyrood High School, Captain of the Sports Council, part of the Career Ready and ELATE Programme. She has participated in the Girls PEPAS training, Coaching Academy and Active School’s Developing Young Workforce programme. Adaobi has been involved with coaching many different sports within the high school programme throughout her senior years.  Her focus this year has been as lead coach for the girls basketball team. She shows real pride and joy in developing this team of girls and works them hard.

Adaobi supports the organisation of the Sports Council meetings, table officiates at home basketball matches, helps at sports days and delivers at assemblies and events. She provides a pupil voice for sport within the School.  Adaobi is a very kind and helpful Young Ambassador who is full of ideas and has a great passion for sport.

Luke Davis

Since becoming a Young Ambassador at Holyrood HS in S4 and being part of the School Sports Council, Luke has taken every opportunity offered to him from starting with assisting the lead coach at the cricket cluster club to now delivering his own sessions.

Luke attended the Coaching Academy and is really positive about what he has gained from this experience.

Luke is delivering and supporting many clubs within the High School. Luke explored whether he could complete a work placement in place of one of his school subjects. This was to further develop his knowledge of PE teaching and as a result is now shadowing the PE teacher at St John’s PS.