Category: Sport
ISA London North Gymnastics
On Thursday 28th November, the Gymnastics squad competed in the ISA London North Regional Gymnastics Competition at St. Mary’s School, Gerrards Cross. Since before half term, the squad have been training hard every Thursday morning in the hall and it certainly paid off!! All four girls performed the compulsory floor routine and their 2 vaults with very…
Too Close to Call
The Year 3 / 4 Boys’ Inter-House Football competition had all the ingredients of a really exciting “Match of The Day” programme. Each house won, drew and lost a match in the group stage as everyone finished on 6 points. Goal difference meant Morris and Cavell battled for 3rd and 4th while Pankhurst and Churchill…
U9 Tag Rugby Festival
This week saw the culmination of the efforts of our Year 4 Tag Rugby squad. They have been training hard every Friday for the last 6 weeks in preparation for the U9 Tag Rugby Festival at Akeley Wood Junior School in Milton Keynes. The day would see the children compete against other schools within ISA…
Slam Dunk!
The Sports Council visited the Copper Box on Sunday afternoon to roar on the London Lions in their Premier League Basketball match. The Newcastle Eagles were no match for the Lions and their raucous home support as the Lions ran out winners by 10points in the end. After the match the players signed autographs and…
Sports Council Bowled Over at The Wells
As part of their “play every sport at the Wells tour” the Sports Council used a lunchtime to try their hand at short mat bowls. Under the watchful coaching of the Wells club captain they soon found out what a difficult and skillful game it was! Zariyan in Year 5 said “I did get better…
ISA London North Swimming Gala Winners
On Saturday 12th October, twelve pupils competed in the ISA London North Swimming Gala at the impressive Barnet Copthall Leisure Centre. All individual races were over 50m distances and sadly there was no time for relays as the late afternoon was devoted to secondary pupils. Two pupils narrowly missed out on medals, Seren coming 4th…
ISA London North Cross Country Winner
Our Year 5 / 6 Cross Country team performed very well on a challenging course at Hemel Hempstead on Wednesday at the ISA Championships. A hilly course at Abbotts Hill Prep School proved a stern test for our team who were all handpicked from our Inter-house results. Evie and Bobbi both put in good performances…
Swimming Gala at Chigwell School
Earlier today pupils from Years 4,5 & 6 participated in a fun Swimming Gala against pupils from Chigwell School. Races included Backstroke, Freestyle, Breaststroke, fly and several relay events. It was a great event and although we narrowly lost out on points all the children enjoyed taking part! Kyran, Swimming Captain (6HG) “I am proud…
Every Sport in the World!
Sports Council are in the midst of trying out “every sport in the world!” during their lunch break, and the vote this week was for racquetball. Donning the all important safely glasses and learning the rules of play, our younger councillors compared it to tennis before they started and were surprised at how fast the ball…
Sports Council Q&A With Mr Joy
The Sports Council were joined by a special guest on Monday, as Chris Joy, the manager of The Woodford Wells Cricket Club met with them for lunch followed by a Q & A session. The children asked some searching questions such as what Chris enjoys most about his job and even the profit margins of…
