Students at Frances Bardsley Academy will be attempting white water rafting on the rapids at Lee Valley White Water Centre in the schools festival next month.
The Romford-based Academy has been selected to represent Havering in the third annual schools festival on July 8 and 9.
The students will be rafting alongside hundreds of other young people from London, Essex and Hertfordshire at the event, organised by Lee Valley Regional Park Authority.
Lee Valley White Water Centre hosted the six day canoe slalom event and provides opportunities for participants of all abilities to follow in the wake of Team GB’s successful Olympians.
Lee Valley’s chief executive, Shaun Dawson, said: “We’re expecting this festival to be just as successful as the previous ones which have involved over 2,500 pupils not least because the participants will have been inspired by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympics.”
Canoe England and Tottenham Hotspur Foundation will be running activities at the festival.
Information: visit gowhitewater.co.uk or call 08456 770 606.
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here