Dancing on Ice champion Beth Tweddle will officially open a primary school's new building next week.
The Olympic bronze medallist will unveil a plaque to open the building at Ellingham Primary School on Monday morning.
Teachers, staff and pupils at the popular Chessington-based school have been very excited ahead of the visit of Britain's greatest ever-female gymnast, who has a class named after her at school.
The state-of-the-art building at the school, on Ellingham Road, close to Chessington World of Adventures, boasts light and airy classrooms, lots of outdoor learning space, including balconies for the older children, and a spacious ICT suite and library.
The school's ethos strongly reflects the Olympic and Paralympic values so it is particularly fitting that the new building will be opened by the gymnast.
A triple World Champion, Beth is also a six-time European Champion, a Commonwealth Champion and seven-times consecutive National Champion.
Along with her unrivalled success Beth has also competed at three Olympics Games; Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012 - where she won bronze in the Uneven Bars.
Since starting out at the age of seven, the South African-born gymnast has helped to reinvent British gymnastics and her achievements place her in the 'greatest of all time' category within her sport.
Her medals haul started at the 2002 Commonwealth Games where she collected gold and two silvers.
Over the next decade she would go on to win more than 20 more gold medals, competing all over the world in major championships.
More success would follow in 2010 as she was included in the Queen's New Years Honours List. Beth was awarded an MBE for her success, commitment and dedication to gymnastics.
Although Beth has not retired, she has ruled out competing at Rio 2016.
↧