The management and staff at Stephenson Way Community Primary School would like to acknowledge the sporting achievements of our children for the year so far.
Year 5/6 netball team competed in a league at Greenfield. The team trained weekly in preparation for the league and their hard work was rewarded when they finished 3rd overall and returned to school with hard earned bronze medals.
A range of pupils competed for the school in the area cross country event hosted by the Oak Leaf Sports Complex. The children were brilliantly behaved and ran bravely in cold, muddy conditions and our results showed a fantastic improvement from the same event the previous year.
Our football team has had further success by finishing third in the football league held at Greenfield and winning the year 5 football competition at Woodham Academy. The team trained hard for the events, staying after school for coaching and the results were noticeable, with the team provoking remarks from onlookers who complimented the team on their style of play.
The children who attend our after school Dance Club wowed the audience at a Dance Festival held at Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centre with their well rehearsed routine performed to the song ‘Sway’.
The children spent weeks perfecting the performance and their teacher and watching parents were immensely proud. The group are now working on their performance for our end of year talent show.
A group of gymnasts competed at Spennymoor Leisure Centre, the school provided extra after school tuition in preparation for the event and we were rewarded with some superb, disciplined performances from the children who were very close to medalling.
We sent two Year 5 basketball teams to compete in a tournament held, once again, at NALC. Both teams competed well, with one side getting all the way to the final, only to be pipped by one basket by St Johns. However, a silver medal is an excellent result for a burgeoning sport at the school.
Not all events are about competition; during the past term a group of children attended a ‘Sportsability’ event in Spennymoor to participate in a number of fun activites ranging from football to Zumba dancing!
We hope to continue our sporting successes by developing, and adding to, our own sporting programmes whilst continuing to access support from the Sedgefield School Sports Partnership. We also wish the best of luck to our Boccia team and our athletes who have made it through to the School Games County Finals.
