Over the past few weeks Year 2 have been practising their rugby skills ahead of their Rugby festival which took place this week. The class learnt how to pass the ball to each other using two hands, as well as learning different techniques to help them play the game. Everyone…
This year through our school membership of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) we entered the schools ballot for Wimbledon tickets. The school was offered a precious eight tickets for Court 1. Mr Tuvey and Mrs Taylor accompanied the selected pupils to the event. The scheduled matches that day were a…
On Saturday 30 June Bahar took part in the London Cup International Gymnastics competition. She competed in the under 8s 2011’s group, against 100 others gymnasts. Bahar completed a beautiful floor routine which included split roll, back bend and a ring jump. She worked incredibly hard for months perfecting this routine…
Year 3 took part in their first ever cricket match against Norfolk House this term. They played very well, and although they didn’t win their matches, they learnt lots of new skills, including how to field and how to bowl effectively! We are very proud of how well they played!
On Tuesday 19 June, some very talented pupils took a trip to Birmingham to take part in the ISA Athletics finals. Each and every pupil gave it their all on the day, and we managed to bring home a healthy collection of medals. Well done everyone!
Take a look at some of the highlights from Sports Day this year!
We had a great afternoon yesterday for Junior Sports Day! The sun was shining over Lee Valley Athletics Centre and there were many excited pupils ready to race and support their House. There were a huge array of events taking place all afternoon, from relays, hurdles, egg and spoon races and…
What a fantastic morning yesterday. Every single pupil got into the spirit of Sports Day, giving the races and events their all and supporting their classmates when they weren’t taking part. Events included several relays, track events such as the 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m, high jump, shot put, long…
Normanhurst had another very successful day at the ISA Regional Athletics meeting at Bedford. 16 pupils won gold medals and there were many excellent performances and lots of new school records set. Congratulations to everyone who took part. A full report will follow in next month’s newsletter, when we get…
Year 3 to 6 recently took part in a miniature Sport Day in preparation for the main event which takes place in a couple of weeks. The races were held in the playground and included hurdles, an obstacle course, bean bag throw and egg and spoon race. All of the…
