This half term brings a change in activities in PE lessons and students need to make sure they have the correct kit for all activities. An email has been sent home to all parents of boys in KS3 regarding the need for a protective mouthguard for rugby. In addition there are a number of new sports clubs starting including rugby and table tennis. Full details can be found in the calendar section of the school website.

It was great to see so many KS3 students actively involved in Inter House Cross-Country events before half term. There are many benefits both physically and mentally to be gained from taking part in competitive sport and the IH events offer the opportunity for large numbers of students to get involved. It was particularly pleasing to see the supportive nature of the students with some great evidence of team spirit amongst CDC groups. We are looking to really build on the success of this event with lots more Inter House sports competitions in the months ahead.

KS3 INTER-HOUSE CROSS-COUNTRY

Well done ASH House – Champions !!

This years Inter House Cross-Country races saw the event take place in really challenging conditions given the volume of rain in the build up to the races. However the effort levels in nearly all cases were really high with students were really working hard for their houses. After 6 races ASH House came out on top with a massive 1684 points beating ELM house by just 4 points in the closest results for many years. For those who find the event difficult we continue to reinforce the healthy lifestyles message and remind students they should be doing 7 hours of physical activity a week to maintain a normal level of fitness. The top performers in each race are entered into the District Championships and we look forward to hearing how they got on next week.

The top 3 finishers in each race were as follows :

YEAR 7

	Yr 7 Boys (F)	Yr 7 Girls (F)	Yr 7 Boys (S)	Yr 7 Girls (S)
1st	H Mcmanus ASH	V Melero ASH	J Cunningham ASH	H Gascoigne MAPLE
2nd	K Gibson OAK	N Edirisuriya ASH	L Bird MAPLE	L Brown OAK
3rd	J Hiett ELM	L Smyth OAK	R Cooper SYCAMORE	C Williams WILLOW

 

YEAR 8

	Yr 8 Boys (1)	Yr 8 Girls (1)	Yr 8 Boys (2)	Yr 8 Girls (2)
1st	D Mahmud WILLOW	S Wells WILLOW	N Ashworth MAPLE	G Gladdy ELM
2nd	G Guainiere BEECH	E Rogerson ASH	N Guernouti ELM	L Winslett SYCAMORE
3rd	B Okeke ASH	E Bird MAPLE	G Baker SYCAMORE	R Mohammed Neel MAPLE

 

YEAR 9

	Yr 9 Boys (F)	Yr 9 Girls (F)	Yr 9 Boys (S)	Yr 9 Girls (S)
1st	A Gates ASH	R Savjani ELM	G Eldridge SYCAMORE	E Beaven OAK
2nd	J Kijewski ASH	M Cozens ASH	C Tegzes MAPLE	N Donald ELM
3rd	M McManus ASH	C Rauch ELM	K Tinriover WILLOW	C Browne OAK

 

 The overall Cross-Country results for each year group were as follows :

Position	YEAR 7	YEAR 8	YEAR 9	OVERALL
1st	ELM	ASH	ELM	ASH
2nd	ASH	WILLOW	ASH	ELM
3rd	OAK	MAPLE	OAK	WILLOW
4th	BEECH	SYCAMORE	SYCAMORE	OAK
5th	WILLOW	ELM	WILLOW	MAPLE
6th	MAPLE	BEECH	MAPLE	SYCAMORE
7th	SYCAMORE	OAK	BEECH	BEECH

House Netball 2021

The House netball competitions for year 8-11 took place before half term.  Yr 8/9 competitions were held after school and the KS5 competitions during the students’ lessons.  There was lots of high quality netball on show with a highlight being the thrilling match between 9 Elm and Ash on Wednesday 20th October.  All students in winning teams are awarded with R points and the winning houses receive certificates for their house boards as well as points towards the overall year house champions.

The year group winners were as follows:

Year 8	Beech, Elm and Sycamore
Year 9	Elm
Year 10	Sycamore
Year 11	Sycamore

With the year 7 competition to take place in the later stages of this Half Term the current points are:

Ash – 19

Beech – 19

Elm – 29

Maple – 17

Oak – 21

Sycamore – 30

Willow – 13

It’s very tight at the top for the title of House Netball Champions 2021/22… tbc in the next few weeks!

 BMSPEandHealth