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Summary
Cross Country at Mount House Cross-country training takes place in the New Year and is led by Mr. Earl Newton Head of DT and ICT. We are so very lucky to have the most beautiful grounds comprising of over 50 acres. The rolling hills, woodlands and moorland courses, all of which, a pure delight to run and pose some very challenging training sessions for all age groups with runs as far as Mary Tavy.

The children develop stamina, teamwork, goals, achievement and a positive attitude towards general fitness. Over the years we have thoroughly enjoyed winning the cup at Inter School’s Cross-Country events and look forward to wins in the near future.

Children spend at least 20 minutes with warm up activities and games prior to a gentle jog up and out of the back gates towards the moors, before progressing into stamina training. No matter what the weather brings, we always wrap up ready for our training and thoroughly enjoy ourselves.

Puddles!! What puddles? We just keep running – Forest Gump style. Don’t worry we have a very good drying room, so we have dry footwear ready for the next days’ sporting events.

We try to make these lessons great fun yet at the same time we keep a well balanced strategic plan of children’s’ varying levels and abilities, ensuring that they reach their full potential.