Friday 30th December

We took a team of eight children to Netherwood School to participate in a year 5/6 Sportshall Athletics competition. There were nine teams taking part including ourselves.

There were nine events in which we took part in, including Shuttle Runs, Hurdles, Javelin Throw and Speed Bounce. At the end of the nine events all the teams scores were combined to give an overall team score.

The top three teams in the competition would progress to the regional finals on Thursday 13th December. We managed to secure 3rd place.

A huge well done to Matty, Ethan, Hayden, Archie, Megan, Natasha, Georgia and Lauren on progressing to the finals.

Friday 16th November

We took a team of six children to the Year 3/4 football at West Meadows. We were drawn in a group with Birdwell, Holland Common and West Meadows. We struggled in the first game against Birdwell, losing 4-0.

In the next game we beat West Meadows 2-1 with both Josh Berry and Warren Greensmith scoring the goals. With a win in the final game  against Holland Common we would qualify for the semi finals.

A great start to the game saw Josh burst through one on one with their keeper who managed to save a certain goal. Common went straight up the other end and scored. Common ran out 3-1 winners with a Josh scoring our goal direct from a corner.

Friday 9th November

We took part in the year 5/6 football tournament at West Meadows. All eight schools in the Kirk Balk Partnership took part and we were placed in a group with Birdwell, Holland Common and West Meadows.

Hayden, Matty, Elouise, Charlie, Archie and Josh performed brilliantly for the school and each match they were better and better. I was very proud of how they performed and represented the school. They were able to compete against the other schools despite being made up of year 5’s when all the other schools were year 6 children.

Unfortunately we didn’t manage to qualify for the semi finals with West Meadows and Hoyland Common progressing.

Friday 5th October

Eight children took part in the Year 3/4 Cross Country at Birdwell Primary School.  All the children ran a tough two lap course and performed really well.

The girls team was made up of Amelia Riley and Maisy Fenton from Year 4 and Ola Pieczonka and Tulisa Galfsky from Year 3. The girls finished 5th place overall out of nine schools.

The boys team was made up of Josh Berry and Chase Chipchase from Year 4 and Riley Wigley and Ewan Ibbotson from Year 3 and the boys finished 6th place overall.

Well done to all the children.

The next Sports Event will be the Year 3/4 Hockey held at Springwood on Friday 19th October.

Wednesday 3rd October

We took six children to Locke Park for the KS2 Barnsley Cross Country qualifying event. There were over 100 children in each race. To qualify for the Barnsley Cross Country Finals children needed to finish in the top ten. 

All of the children performed brilliantly on the date despite their nerves and finished in the following positions:

Riley Wigley 12th

Ewan Ibbotson 56th

Josh Berry 14th

Amelia Riley 1st

Hayden Oliver 8th

Elouise Hunt 2nd

Amelia , Elouise and Hayden have now qualified for the Barnsley Finals which will take place in November.

Friday 29th September

We welcomed six schools from the Kirk Balk Sports Partnership to take part in the KS1 Cross Country at Hoyland Springwood. The schools that attended were, Birdwell, Ward Green, Tankersley, Greenfield, West Meadows and Jump.

This year the children were pushed that little bit harder as we asked them to run two laps of the course (1/2 a mile). The course was really challenging with a couple of steep, tricky hills including running through the forest.

Our children were brilliant, tried really hard and enjoyed themselves. Overall the girls  finished 4th and the boys 5th in their competitions.

Individually their results were as follows:

Poppy Needham 11th

Edie Moss 10th

Georgie Merritt 14th

Lily Oliver 4th

Jenson Boocock 12th

Blake Copnell 14th

Harrison Wigley 7th

Deaken Jubb 11th

Lucas Prest 12th

The whole school had a great time running around the KS1 cross county track!

Well done to those who did four laps. Today you’ve walked, jogged or ran a MILE!

Can you do the same tomorrow?

Friday 14th September 

Year 5/6 Cross Country

We took a team of eight children to the year 5/6 Cross Country at Birdwell Primary School. Six schools took part in the event, Birdwell, Tankersley, West Meadows, Greenfield, Ward Green and ourselves.

All of our children ran brilliantly and overall we finished 3rd in the Girls competitions and 4th in the Boys. The individual results were as follows:

Year 5

Elouise Hunt 1st

Megan Hastie 11th

Hayden Oliver 6th

Archie Riley 8th

Year 6

Georgia Bailey 11th

Lauren Shipp 12th

Kayden Hastie 8th

Ethan Liversidge 14th

Monday 11th June

We took separate boys and girls teams to Darfield cricket club. The girls team took part in the morning tournament and were drawn in a group with Churchfield, Park Street and High View. 

In the first match the girls comfortably beat Chruchfield and followed this up with a closely fought victory against High View. The final group game was against Park Street and we narrowly got beaten. This was enough for us to qualify for the Barnsley finals which are taking place on Tuesday 19th June. 

The boys played in the afternoon and were drawn in a group with Churchfield, The Ellis and High View. Again we beat Churchfield and then The Ellis and a win in the last game against High View would see us win the group. After bowling first we managed to keep High View down to their lowest  batting total so far. However, High View fielded superbly and managed to beat us. We finished as runners up in our group and this was enough to qualify for the Barnsley Finals later in the month.

Wednesday 6th June – Friday 8th June

What a fantastic couple of days spent at Edale YHA. The children enjoyed plenty of challenging activities over the course of the few days including, canoeing, crate stacking, archery and abseiling off a 70ft bridge.

It was amazing to see the way everyone supported and reassured each other during the activities. Children were happy to challenge themselves and push themselves outside of their comfort zone and the way they helped each other was fantastic.

They were an absolute credit to the school and it was an absolute pleasure to be part of such a special time in which they have strengthened friendships, bonds and made memories for life.