A select few Year 6 children have been invited on a school trip to the National Cycling Centre in Manchester. The National Cycling Centre is used by professional athletes 7 days a week, even Team GB train there. The centre has an Olympic sized velodrome cycling track, and an international standard BMX arena. All around the arena were ex-professionals bikes – they looked extremely expensive! After exploring the centre, we headed on over to the BMX arena where there was a 5 metre hill – how on earth would we get down this? Fortunately, our instructor started us off on the basics as we sped up and down the ramps around the tracks: I think we were almost getting the hang of this. After a few practice laps, we journeyed up the starting ramp and began our race round the track. What a thrill! The children flew round the track looking absolutely fearless. A great day out with St Patrick’s and Christ the King children.