Year 5 Midsummer Night's Dream Performances

Well done to Year 5 who performed fantastically with a modern retake on "A Midsummer Night's Dream" on the first week back after Easter.  Each class did a great job of learning some very challenging shakespearean lines and acting with enthusiasm too!  Well done to our Y5 team for putting together the script, costumes, lighting and sound to create a polished performance!

Year 3 girls football report- Mrs Sweatman

Year three girls had a terrific afternoon playing against 9 other local teams.  They won more than half of the matches and  only lost one.  Vaani was the star player scoring more than 10 goals - Manchester City and Erling Haaland better watch out with that type of scoring record! 

Year 4 girls football report-  Mrs Tisshaw

The team had only 7 girls and no reserves - so no time off! Some girls already play in clubs but for others, it was their first time in a festival, but you would never have known. St Piran's had A,B and C teams, Clare's court, A and B teams and Holy Trinity Cookham had one team - so FP played 6 matches in total. We opened with a 4-0 win against St Pirans C, followed by 1-0 against their B's, and 2-0 against Clare's Court B's. Lucy's tenacity with a ball meant scored most of the goals in the early matches supported by Sky, Bea, Omogen and Selin but there were goals from some of these players too. Bea, Selin and Greta also defended very well and Bea played in goal as well!  After this, it became a bit tougher and we lost 1-2 to Holy T - our hardest and most exciting match of the day. Katie became our official goalkeeper and was (unexpectedly to her) excellent in this position - a real natural. We finished up 1-0 against St Piran's A and 0-1 to Clare's Court A.  A huge well done to all players for your teamwork and winning spirit. I never realised how good year 4 girls football can be! 

Year 5 girls football report by Mr Crean

Both Year 5 teams performed exceptionally well. Furze Platt A had 7 players and Furze Platt B had 6 players. 

Betsy in Furze Platt A worked very hard defensively to stop all opposition teams scoring and Libby scored a number of wonderful goals including a long range strike!

In Furze Platt Team B, Immy proved to be a fantastic shot stopper saving her team against a number of shots on goal. Mattie, Ella and Aadhira combined brilliantly to score a great team goal in the 2nd game of their group stage. 

Both teams won 4 out of 5 matches, which was eventually halted due to heavy rain. The girls did fantastically well and played as a real team. Future footballing stars in the making! Well done!

Year 6 girls football report by Mr Sawle

Furze Platt had the opportunity to play at a St Pirans Girls Football Festival, and once again the Y6 Girls football team represented the school incredibly.  Since we started the Y6 Girls football team both I and Mrs Tisshaw have seen so much interest, determination and growth from the players.  This festival of football really showed how far the team has come along with how many more Y6 girls are interested and participating not only in the schools team but outside of school as well.

 The girls played 6 matches at the tournament, against four St Pirans Team and two Upton House teams.  Our first match was a nervous one, with neither team knowing the true ability but after a few hard challenges and possible chances at both ends, both teams started to play improved free flowing football. Unfortunately, Furze Platt lost the first game but from then on, the girls’ confidence grew and grew. Both St Pirans and Upton House had very strong teams, but Furze Platt matched them in every game, not shying away from any challenge and really tested all the teams they played.

Two results the stood out for me was the excellent win against St Pirans and a well-deserved draw against Upton House. I pick out these two results because it really showed how far the team had come from the beginning, the communication, understanding and confidence shone through. All nine players had their excellent moments that they should all be proud. Well played all of them they deserve the success they have achieved this season.

Thank you to all who have supported the children this season

Y3/4 Dynamos Cricket Competition

On Thursday 27th a mixed team of year 3 and 4 children went to the Dynamos Cricket Festival at Pinkneys Green Cricket Club. This is part of England Cricket's 'Chance to Shine' initiative to encourage a love of the sport. First they played games, practising the striking, throwing, catching and agility skills and this was followed by matches against another school. It was perfect weather for cricket and the teams played with great fun and enthusiasm. They won most matches against St Edmund Campion and one of our teams, self-named 'Furze Place', actually came first place! Well done to all of you who represented our school so well and were hopefully encouraged to play cricket in the future.  The team have now been invited to attend the Berkshire County Final at Braywick Leisure Centre in June.  

Find the local Dynamos Cricket at clubs on this link:

https://ecb.clubspark.uk/Dynamos/SearchResults?location=Sl67nn  

Cross Country festival

St Piran's Annual Cross Country Festival 2023

On Thursday May 4th, 25 year 3 and 4 pupils walked to St Piran's School for the Annual Cross Country Festival. It is always a fantastic event which presents the competitors with a huge challenge. The course is 2 laps up and down fields and through woods, totalling 1 mile. Getting to the end is an impressive achievement. It was wonderful to see everyone put in their maximum effort, either racing other schools on the finish line or pushing on when they felt they had no more to give. Medalists in year 3 were Megan B 2nd, Cleo J 3rd, and Fred S 2nd. In year 4, Lucy E and Jamie P were both very comfortably 1st!!. Team scores were combined to rank the 6 schools who attended. Year 3 girls 2nd, year 3 boys 1st, year 4 girls 2nd and year 4 boys 3rd. A big thank you goes to Mike Smith at St Pirans who has been inviting us all since 2015 and the parents who volunteered to walk the teams with me. Well done all!             

Mrs Tisshaw