A multi award-winning inline skating champion who was appointed as Patron of Girls at Ysgol Treffynnon is delivering her second mentoring programme for Year 7 students.

Jenna Downing's 'Get Inspired' programme is built on the '5 Ways to Wellbeing' (Connect, Be Active, Take Notice, Learn, and Give) and it aims to improve the students' wellbeing, build confidence, and improve social skills.

By 21, Jenna had achieved an impressive haul of medals including 10 times British Champion, LG Action Sports World Champion, and X-Games silver medallist. She was the youngest female skater in the world to turn professional at just 12 years of age, despite being told it was a sport for boys.

Her reputation in the sporting world is renowned and Jenna now works as a national education, physical activity, and health and wellbeing consultant, specialising in motivational speaking, tutoring, coaching and mentoring. Jenna delivers thought-provoking inspirational keynotes, bespoke mentoring programmes, and workshops, to help individuals of all ages to achieve their full potential.

This year's programme has been opened up to include boys as well as girls. Sixteen students are taking part and the sessions cover topics such as team work, eating a healthy balanced diet, mindfulness and relaxation strategies, and the importance of physical activity, in a bid to help the students make healthier lifestyle choices to improve their wellbeing.

In the last session before Christmas, Jenna organised a fun and practical scootering activity knowing that this is something many of the students in the group enjoy doing at the local skatepark.

She said: "It is wonderful to be back at Ysgol Treffynnon and to be working with a new group of students. The programme is going really well and it is great to see the students engaging with the different activities and techniques."

Jenna began the programme by talking about her own life experiences, from being brought up by a single parent in a deprived area of Barnsley in Yorkshire, to finding the one thing she loved to do, rollerblading. She spoke about the fight she has had to get to where she wanted to be and to where she is today and the lessons she has learnt from sport, including the importance of a good education.

Alongside her sporting career, Jenna achieved excellent results at school, went on to study a law degree and has just obtained her Masters in Psychology from Liverpool Hope University.

She added: "If I can use my own experiences to help young people to develop some positive coping strategies to feel good about themselves, that is the most rewarding thing I can do.

John Weir, headteacher, said: "It is fantastic for our students to have such a high-profile role model to work with.

"Jenna's background and experiences are very relatable and the programme she has created will be of huge benefit to our students as they progress through school and into the wider world."

After Christmas, the students will be using the knowledge they have gained to plan a sports based session to support their peers to become more physically active, and to help them understand why being active is so important to their overall wellbeing.