Year 5 Football Tournament Finals

On Saturday the team of year 5 and year 4 boys played in the final of the year 5 football tournament.  The first part of the tournament was the group stages during which the boys had to play 5 short games against other St Albans teams.  The boys played really well and grew with confidence for each game.  They won 2 games and drew 3 which was a very impressive run.  At the end of the group stage we drew on points with Bowmans Green in second place, however they went through on goal difference.
I think the boys should be very proud of themselves, well done.

Year 6 Football Tournament

On Wednesday the Year 6 football team took part in the Year 6 Football Tournament, preliminary round at Colney Heath Primary School.  There were 3 schools in that heat; Abbey, Colney Heath and ourselves.  We played Colney Heath first, getting off to a good start with an early goal.  We managed to hold on to that lead, winning 1-0.  Our second game was against Abbey.  We came out strongly and although they were a good team we were able to score twice, winning that game 2-0.
This means we are through to the finals on Saturday.
Well done boys.

Year 4 Hockey day

On Wednesday year 4 took part in the first of our Hockey days. (Each year group will have one)  They were lucky to have a hockey coach from St Albans Hockey Club.  In the morning each class  had a session with the coach teaching them the basic skills of playing hockey. Then in the afternoon all the children took part in a Level 1 hockey tournament playing for their house group.  Each team played at least 8 short games and it was great to see them using some of the skills they had learnt earlier in the day.   At the end of the tournament Ruby had won with the most points...well done Ruby!

Run a mile

We have recently introduced the 'Run a mile' into our fitness lessons.  Most year groups now run a mile once or twice a week.  The children can run, run and walk or walk the distance.  They all seem to be really enjoying taking part and challenge themselves to run further each session.  Certainly year 4 complain if they don't think we have given them long enough.
Running regularly is a great way to keep fit  and exercise helps children learn.
We will continue to do this over the summer term, the aim for the children is complete a half marathon distance (13.1 miles) and then a marathon distance (26.2 miles) over the coming weeks.

Football: Wix Cup semi final and final

On Tuesday the boys' A  team took part in the semi -final of the Wix Cup at St Albans City Football Club ground in Clarence Park.  
We were drawn against Fleetville in the semi -final an extremely good team.  For the first ten minutes we were able to hold them off and despite several attacks they didn't score.  Eventually the pressure was too much and at the end of the first half Fleetville were 3 goals up.  In the second half we didn't give up and kept battling, but unfortunately despite our best efforts they scored another 2 goals, final score 5-0 to Fleetville.
The boys should be proud of themselves as this is a district wide cup competition and the boys had done really well to get this far.

Year 5 Football Tournament

On Wednesday some of the boy's took part in the first round of the Year 5 Football Tournament at Oakwood School. They had to play 3 short matches against Cunninghamhill, Oakwood and Mount Pleasant Lane.  They boys played extremely well against some tough opposition, winning 2 games and drawing the third. This meant we went through to finals as group winners.
Well done to all the boys.

Quicksticks Hockey Competition

On Thursday 3 teams of year 6 took part in the Quicksticks Hockey Tournament.  Each team played 4 or 5 games in their pool.  Each team had 6 players with any 4 on the pitch at one time.  The children took charge of where they would play and when to swap their players.  I was really proud of how they managed the teams and the support they gave each other.  When they could they went to support the other teams in their games.  All the teams did brilliantly in their pools with 2 teams going through to the last 16 and the other team coming third in their pool.
Unfortunately, or fortunately, our teams were drawn against each other.  It was a very tight match, but obviously there could only be one winner to go through to the quarter finals.   In the quarter finals after a hard fought match our team lost 2-1.
The children were a credit the school playing quite a few friendly games in the afternoon which they organised themselves.
Thanks to Mr Boswell and Mrs Pearce for helping on the day.