10.6 – KS2 Kwik Cricket festival at Ponteland

14.6 – Area athletics at Monkton Stadium

Area athletics at Monkton Stadium – a fantastic effort from our pupils at this event which involved 20 Y6s, 35 Y7s and 25 Y8s. We had representatives in all athletics disciplines on the track and in the field. Huge congratulations to all participants as they helped Newminster win the overall school title in all three year groups. Particular mention goes to the pupils listed below who took top 3 places individually in their events and therefore qualify for the County event on 25th.

1st – Tom Wales, Ollie Bruce, Josh Grenfell, Matty Walton, Harvey Gillie, Lola Jackson, Lucy McConnell, Orla Callaghan, Charlie Lane, Ben Walker, Ben Waterfield, James Herron, Dan Lloyd, Theo Brown, Dan Dowd, Ellie Dandie, Fay Smith, Eloise Walker Barras, Izzy Hull Tommy Cunningham, Lily Heaton, Anna Thompson, Elena Saunders

2nd – Fran Takher, Hannah Bishop Fergus Barclay, Dylan Gooding, Eoin Bowman, Laura Stevenson, Eloise Walker Barras, Izzy Hull Katie Dandie, Nicole Teasdale, Angus Stout, Josh Nelson

3rd – Joe Oliver, Giorgio La Rosa, James McConnell, Josh Armsworth, James Herron, Ben Waterfield Will Milburn, Lily Heaton, Nicole Teasdale, Libby Barber

That’s 15 Y6s, 16 Y7s and 10 Y8s. Well done!

County event held at Hexham

The county event, held at Hexham, pitted our athletes against the best from across Northumberland and Newcastle, so a huge ‘well done’ goes to all those just for getting there.

Sports Days 2016

During the week commencing 20th June we saw our busiest sporting week with both our Sports Days and the Summer Games.

The Field Events Sports Day saw all of our pupils take part in various throwing and jumping events in order to gain points for their House. Well done to everyone! After all the scores were in, the standings were:

Dacre – 483pts

Howard – 466 pts

Collingwood – 447pts

Mitford – 423pts

Track Events

On a baking hot Thursday, we held our Track Events. Despite the searing temperatures the pupils gave it their all and the results were:

Collingwood – 456pts

Dacre – 430pts

Mitford – 388pts

Howard –  384pts

So overall the Athletics overall scores were:

Dacre – 913pts

Collingwood – 903pts

Howard – 850pts

Mitford – 811pts

A superb effort from everyone involved, especially those who pushed themselves to the maximum and gained vital points for their house.

Special mention goes to the following pupils who throughout this season have broken school records:

Summer Games 2016

As listed in previous newsletters we had 5 teams that qualified for the Summer Games this year. The event is a very prestigious occasion with special guests taking part in the Opening Ceremony and each day involving over 1000 participants. It was thought that over 10000 pupils from around the county had taken part in Level 2 events that preceded this.

Day 1 saw the event opened by Craig Heap, Olympic gymnast and Glen McCrory, World Champion boxer. After the parade to Cramlington Sporting Club for the actual tournaments the teams got down to the business at hand and competed against the best from the other areas of Northumberland. On this day we had teams in the Y5/6 netball, Y5/6 Girls’ Football and Y7/8 Girls’ Football.

The Y7/8 girls’ football team had some tough games against teams they have already come up against this year. However, with some experimental line-ups, the girls played some great football to bring this fanatstic fun-filled season to a close with a very respectable 3 wins and 2 losses, earning the bronze medal finishing position.

The Y5/6 football and netball teams seemed to mirror each other perfectly as the tournament went on.

There was an early scare for the football team when the first game went to a penalty shoot out decider, which we eventually won on the seventh penalty when Rugby Gerrard smashed the ball into the roof of the net. After that the games were more straight forward with consecutive wins for both the football and the netball teams meaning they both went into the final game of their respective tournament knowing whoever won it, would be crowned County Champions.

Both teams had a hard game against arguably the hardest opposition they were due to face on the day. And with fantastic team spirit (as always!), superb determination and excellent play our teams dominated and took the victory comfortably. Well done to the latest County Champions!

Day 2 saw the event opened by Tamara Taylor, England Rugby World Cup Winner, whom as well as giving a very inspirational speech, introduced Ellen Fenwick, our Sports Ambassador and Flag Bearer for the day.

Our teams today representing the Area were Y6 Quadkids (as well as our Y8 Leaders for the event) and Y5/6 Tag rugby.

The rugby team started slow in the tournament, but despite having a much changed squad, they played some impressive rugby and recorded a few good results. As there were two other events on at the same time involving players who helped to get them to this stage, it was great to give some other of our pupils the opportunity to play at this prestigious event.

The Y6 Quadkids hopes were high after such fantastic results at the Partnership stage of this event and with so many qualifying for individual events at the Area Athletics. One of the most interesting aspects of this event in which all 10 members of the team must do a 75m sprint, 600m run, howler throw and standing long jump is that as they compete at different times there is no way of knowing the team results until they are announced. So after all the results were in, it was finally announced that this wonderfully talented team were declared County Champions.

KS2 performed brilliantly in the High 5 Netball section of the tournament.  Both girls and boys played valiantly to win all their games.  As a team, we were prepared with strategic rotations which enabled the players to be in their best positions for each game.  The second half of the last game was particularly tense as there was only one point between winning and drawing.  The players pulled it out the bag to win for Morpeth and Ponteland.  A brilliant competition with courageous players and well organised management!

All teams listed below:

Y5/6 Netball			Y5/6 Football			Y7/8 Football
6F	Josh	Armsworth	5T	Erin	Johnstone	7C	Ellie	Dandie
6F	Kiera	Cowan	6M	Izzy	Bird	7U	Alysia	Donnison
6F	Ellen	Davidson	6M	Lucy	McConnell	8A	lucy	Coulson
6F	Bella	Deacon	6M	Fran	Takher	8A	Alex	Carr
6F	Maisie	Nelson	6P	Eadie	Barakat	8B	Elena	Saunders
6P	Ollie	Bruce	6P	Esme	Scott	8B	Anna	Thompson
6P	Emma	Gerrard	6P	Orla	Callaghan	8M	Katie	Dandie
			6P	Lola	Jackson	8R	Ellen	Fenwick
			6P	Ruby	Gerrard

Y5/6 Rugby			Y6 Quadkids			Y8 Quadkids Leaders
5T	Harry	Brown	5W	Olivia	Gent	8A	Fergus	Evans
6F	Josh	Grenfell	6F	Tom	Wales	8A	Lily	Heaton
6J	Finlay	Coulson	6M	Lucy	McConnell	8B	Louisa	O’Neill
6J	Ollie	Crooks	6M	Matty	Walton	8B	Elena	Saunders
6J	Dan	McConnell	6P	Eadie	Barakat	8B	Anna	Thompson
6M	Joe	Hardy	6P	Ollie	Bruce	8B	Grace	Bathgate
6M	Danny	O’Shea	6P	Orla	Callaghan	8N	Craig	Fairburn
6M	Sam	Parker	6P	Emma	Gerrard	8N	Jake	Bishop
6M	Fran	Takher	6P	Harvey	Gillie	8N	Ben	Owen
6P	Ruby	Gerrard	6P	James	McConnell	8R	Libby	Barber
						8R	Tommy	Cunningham
						8R	Ellen	Fenwick

Very well done to the following pupils who were double County Champions over the two days:

Orla Callaghan, Lucy McConnell, Ollie Bruce, Eadie Barakat and Emma Gerrard.

15.6 – Day of Rugby

We took the Year 8s to Manchester to experience the World U20 rugby championship. Despite the traffic meaning that we missed the competition that the pupils were to play in. We arrived at the AJ Bell Stadium for the first of the international games. The pupils seemed to really enjoy the games and it was a great experience for them to see some future international talent.

Archery

7 Newminster students entered the tournament and the winner of the tournament was Luke Thorns closely followed in second place by Kate Richmond.

Certificates were given to the winner and to all participants of the tournament.

Students said they really enjoyed and it was great fun and they all feel they improved their shooting skills.

Luis Perales of Active Northumberland said: “Once again it has been a pleasure to deliver this courses for the students of your schools and i look forward to start delivering again archery on the New academic year.”  There are opportunities to take part on paddlesports every Friday and Tuesday after school and throughout the summer holidays.