Spring 2016 PESS Newsletter - Ravenscote Community Junior School

Ravenscote PE and School Sport
Newsletter Spring 2016
Welcome to our spring PE & Sports newsletter. The children have been working on a range of skills in the curriculum PE and more pupils than ever have been engaged in our Level 1 & 2 sports competitions. Pupils have developed teambuilding in our outdoor learning topic which has included bouldering, orienteering, problem solving and
blind fold trust games. We have also tried some new games, tri golf in year 3&4 and pop lacrosse in year 5&6. As
we move into the summer term we will be focussing on developing the skills required for athletics and striking &
fielding games. We are also looking forward to our annual Sports Day & School Sports Week.
Ravenscote Intra Sports Events (School Games Leve1 1 competitions)
Our Level 1 competition programme has continued this term with tag rugby for year 3&4, hockey for year 5&6
and handball for year 4. These intra school events have proved exceptionally popular and we have had to add accommodate additional teams at all the events. While the games are competitive there are no outright team winners. Players are encouraged to compete fairly and honestly and be respectful in both victory and defeat.
Intra Cross Country Results:
Spring 1
Girls 3&4
Boys 3&4
Girls 5&6
Boys 5&6
1st
Lauren Taylor
Alex Chohan
Finity Myall
Mikey Forrest
2nd
Kiera Snelling
Rhys Evans
Caitlin Jones
Daniel Barratt
3rd
Zara Hogston
Fulton Ashworth
Callum Campion
Surrey Heath Sports Events (School Games Level 2 competitions)
Football & Netball Friendlies: This term saw the conclusion of the year 5&6 Surrey Heath friendly fixtures
with games against Lakeside, St Augustine’s and The Grove. Miss Bell and I have really enjoyed watching the children test their skills in these competitive inter school matches.
SHPSSA Change 4 Life Festival: With the support of Active Surrey Ravenscote hosted the first Surrey Heath
Change 4 Life celebration event. Three schools participated and we were delighted that the Ravenscote Sports
Crew were able to lead the activity sessions. Participants enjoyed working with our young leaders on a range of
physical challenges and our sports crew were outstanding sporting ambassadors for the school.
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SHPSSA & Chelsea Community FC Futsal Festival: Continuing our partnership with Chelsea Community
FC we were delighted to participate in this event @ the Surrey Sports Park. We took 22 year 5 boys to the event
where coaches delivered high quality coaching sessions in a range of futsal skill stations & matches.
SHPSSA Yr5&6 Girls Football County Finals: The Ravenscote girl’s football team continued their run of
form at the Surrey County finals in Woking winning their group and progressing through the QF & SF to face
Bishop Gilpin In the final. A very close game saw Ravenscote defeated 1-0 from a direct free kick. Ravenscote secured our first ever girls’ football county finals silver medal.
SHPSSA Yr5&6 Quicksticks Hockey Festival: Ravenscote entered two teams into this year’s hockey festival
which took place at Kings International. The teams put in a tremendous effort and played some exciting attacking
hockey. The Ravenscote A team lost 1-0 to Hammond in the final. Congratulations to both teams.
SHPSSA Yr5&6 Tag Rugby Festival: A last minute change of venue saw this year’s event move to Ravenscote. The event was managed brilliantly by the Sports Leaders from Collingwood. 10 teams challenged for a
place in the final. The Ravenscote B team narrowly missed a semi-final spot finishing third in their group. Ravenscote A team progressed as runner up and went on to win the final against Bisley 8-8 and 6-4 AET. Both Bisley
& Ravenscote will participate in the Surrey County Finals.
SHPSSA Yr6 High 5 Netball Festival: This year’s netball festival took place at South Camberley Junior School
on what turned out to be a very cold and wet afternoon making the playing conditions less than ideal. The netball
squad fell victim to Holy Trinity in their opening game who would remain unbeaten and go onto win the competition. Ravenscote won their remaining two games to finish second in the group but missing out on a semi final spot
by a single goal. A great effort from the team and thank you to Miss Bell.
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Surrey Primary School’s County Swimming Championship: Our year 5&6 swimming team were in action
at Guilford in this County swimming competition. We were delighted with the pupils effort and team spirit in
what is a very tough competition. The Boys finished 4th & 6th and the girls 9th & 12th.
County Finals Swim Team: Paige Austin-Burrows, Lara Pearson, Joslyn Knaap, Neve San Emeterio, Ollie Mellor, Callum Jones, Zack Turner & William Reid.
Surrey Primary School’s Cross Country Championship: On Saturday 12th March we took a team of runners to compete in the Surrey Schools Open Cross Country Event. There were 8 races and we had 7 boys competing in 3 of the age groups. James Winship finished 3rd in the year 6 Lions event with just 3secs between the
top 3.Hayden Ashworth finished 6th in the Year 5 Lions race and Ollie Mellor 9th in the year 5 Tigers race. It was
great to see such commitment from all our athletes.
County Cross Country Team: James Winship, Zack Turner, Ewan Forster, Hayden Ashworth, Ollie Mellor,
Mikey Forrest & Oliver Connor.
Lunchtime Play Crews
Over the last two weeks we have been providing training for pupils in years 4&6 to act as play crews during lunch
times. Each day 8 pupils from year 4 & 6 will organise and lead games in the NEST. Pupils can choose to join the
fun by speaking to the play crew members in charge of the four zones: skipping, ball, team & movement. The aim
is to encourage more active play and provide a range of positive social opportunities for all pupils to build friendships as well as developing leadership skills in our crew members.
Sporting Spotlight — Ollie Mellor Year5 British Schools Biathlon Finals
A huge congratulations to Ollie Mellor who last week competed in the British Schools Biathlon final having previously qualified earlier in the year representing Ravenscote. He came second overall and won both his swim and
run heat. It was held at the National Sports Centre in Crystal Palace. 96 athletes had qualified to compete in the
finals and he was close to being National Champion and will no doubt do his best to go one better next year !
Ravenscote School Sports Clubs—Summer Term
During the summer term we will be running a year 5&6 cricket club, year 5&6 Athletics club, year 3&4 Athletics
club, year 4 Netball club, year 3-6 Dance club and Change 4 Life Activity Club. Please ensure your child has an
appropriate sports kit for these sessions. In addition we have an extensive range of Sports coaching & clubs provided by outside agencies.
Further Sports Information
For further information on Sports Clubs, Competitions, PESS premium funding and all our Sports newsletters
please visit the school website: http://www.ravenscote.surrey.sch.uk
To Find out more about Surrey Heath Primary School’s Sports Association please visit: http://shpssa.com/