We have been very lucky to have Paul Sturgess, the world's tallest basketball player at 7ft 7, visit us at Bartons. He worked with each class and discussed his career and some of the fortunate things he been able to do since embracing his differences. He then spoke about the importance of living a healthy lifestyle, anti bullying, embracing our own differences and discovering our talents.
Following this, Paul ran fun, upbeat basketball sessions and then showed the children a few tricks which some even got to try for themselves.
Paul told us he has 2 Guinness World Records. One for being the tallest basketball player in the world and the second for being Britain's tallest professional actor!
"I loved Paul visiting! He was so good at basketball. My favourite bit was when he showed us his tricks." - Year 2 Pupil
"Paul told me how good I was and it made me feel really good too!" - Year 5 Pupil
"It is good to know that even if you are different you can still achieve great things." - year 6 Pupil
"It doesn't matter that we aren't the same as each other. We are special." - Year 1 Pupil