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A Day at Wimbledon!

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…

Bahar’s Gymnastic Success!

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’s First Cricket Match

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!

ISA Athletics Finals

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!

Junior Sports Day 2018

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…

Senior Sports Day 2018

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…

ISA Regional Athletics Competition

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…

Years 3 to 6 Miniature Sports Day

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…

Mini London Marathon Champion

Hamza took part in the Mini London Marathon last weekend as part of the Waltham Forest team. In order to qualify he had to attend his local Parkrun, and those with the best times were selected for the Waltham Forest team. The course was three miles long, stretching from London’s Old…