January 6th 2026
Visit from an Extreme Sleeper
It was great to welcome our first ‘High Performance Lunchtimes’ speaker of 2026, the extreme sleeper and travel writer, Phoebe Smith (FRGS). As the author of 11 books, Phoebe has combined her love of adventure and storytelling and made it into a unique career. She amused pupils from Years 3 to 7 with her anecdotes of sleeping inside a glacier, not being “on the menu” for a puma, dangling from the roof of Sunderland’s Stadium of Light and waking up at the top of Ben Nevis on Christmas Day. She challenged pupils to start small and take on a micro adventure themselves in 2026. She also underlined the importance of being true to yourself and “holding your shape” in today’s world.
We have some great guests for the rest of the Spring term and are looking forward to welcoming:
13th January - Tom Giles
20th January - Doug Ayres
27th January - Georgie Dickins
3rd February - Bernard Jackman
10th February - Guest Number 100!
24th February - Archie Brooksbank
3rd March - Tim Baker
10th March - Tarquin McDonald
17th March - Sam Peters
24th March- Rick Cooper
