Pupils at two schools in Blackburn with Darwen got to take a picture with the Premier League trophy and learn about its history.
The trophy was showcased at St Silas Primary School in Blackburn and Darwen Aldridge Community Academy.
Rovers won the trophy when Sir Kenny Dalglish’s side became champions of England in 1994-95 and there was a buzz of excitement as the trophy came back to the town.
St Silas Primary had been picked out of thousands of applicants after their headteacher Michele Battersby had entered the draw following the school signing up to the Premier League Primary Stars programme, which is provided by Blackburn Rovers Community Trust.
The Premier League Primary Stars programme sees children aged five to 11 take part in a variety of activities based on the national curriculum, framed around the Premier League’s values of being ambitious, inspiring, connected and fair.
As one of the trust’s partner schools, it supports St Silas’ PE lessons as well as providing lunchtime and after-school clubs to help keep the students active.
The children all got the opportunity to have their photo taken with the trophy, as well as enjoying an assembly that was delivered by the Premier League Trophy ambassador team, before they were put to task in a game of bench ball and a Premier League values workshop.
The trophy was also take to one of the Blackburn Rovers Community Trust’s newest partner schools, Darwen Aldridge Community Academy where it will be running it sPremier League Inspires programme.
Premier League Inspires is a mentoring programme for secondary school students utilising one-to-one and group interventions to engage students at risk of not achieving their full potential.
The programme does this via the power of football to develop personal skills and positive attitudes and the students enjoyed getting a selfie and finding out all about the trophy.
Emma Jones, assistant principal for behaviour and culture at the school, said: “It has been really nice to see smiles on faces from young people who don’t get that opportunity in a high deprivation area.
“For them to see something so unique has been a real joy.”
Emma says she is excited to see how pupils benefit from Rovers’ programme.
She said: “I am most looking forward to seeing [how the programme] benefits young people.
“There are a lot of students with behavioural and mental health problems. It will be great for them to get a real opportunity to feel a sense of success in school.
“It will be amazing for students to see their potential outside of academic achievement and to see what they are capable of, inside and out of the classroom.
“They will see school as more of an opportunity instead of just a place to [learn] maths or English.”
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