The sun shone brightly yesterday as pupils from our Year 3 and 4 classes took to the field for the district football tournaments.  The day offers both the opportunity for pupils to compete against other schools and for those who have not taken part in this type of experience before to play a some matches and get a feel of what sporting competition is like.

All of the pupils performed brilliantly and we were really impressed with their conduct, focus and manners throughout.  Some of the other schools noted how well our teams played alongside others, which was lovely to hear.  Well done to all who took part!

A special mention to our 'A' team, who did not lose a match all morning during the league phase of the competition and only conceded 2 goals!  This meant that they went through to the finals and came away with silver medals after a very close-fought final in which they lost 1-0.  An excellent effort!  Well done!

The children have come back from the Easter holidays to a few changes around school, including the introduction of our fantastic new play equipment.  

It has been brilliant to see it already getting so much use; from the start of breakfast club at 7am right through to when Mr Winter locks up the school at 6pm, it feels like the equipment has almost constantly been in use this week!  Both the play trails and the gym equipment have been specially designed to improve the physical skill of all pupils, focusing on different areas of strength and agility.  We hope that this will be here for the benefit of pupils for many years to come.

As you will appreciate, any project such as this comes at significant cost and would not have been possible without generous donations from our PTA and the local parish council.  A huge thank you to both for their support.