No.67

25^th June, 2010

SPORTS REPORT

Monday 21^st June u11 Cricket 'v' Sunninghill Prep

Our boys were on fire from the start with wickets falling almost immediately.  With the sizzling heat reflecting from the Astroturf, the interval saw much needed refreshments eagerly devoured.  Team captain Callum Harvey encouraged his squad well and our batting started strongly with James Tomsett attacking everything the bowlers had.  In the future we now need everyone to look for the quick singles to up our score rate.  Player of the match – James Tomsett

Tuesday 22^nd June - Primary Schools Area Athletics competition.

What a fabulous sight this was; all of our junior pupils competing for the school in one afternoon.  With 18 schools in the competition everyone tried their best for The Park School and we gained some good results.

Year 5&6 Girls Hurdles – Emma Denham 1^st

Year 5&6 Girls Hammer – Kamakshi Singh 1^st

Year 5&6 Girls Javelin – Kitty Kampf 1^st

Year 4 Girls 60m – Hannah Humphreys 3^rd

Year 4 Boys Ball Throw – Oliver West 4^th

Wednesday 23^rd June National ISA Athletics Championships

As ever, the competition at a National Finals is of an extremely high standard.  James Bridge was our first competitor and he jumped very well for a fine 4^th place.  A couple of hours later he was in action again in the 600m and once more placed 4^th.  Brother Philip found himself up against boys who were of larger physical stature and ran really well for 5^th in the 400m.   Both James and Emma Denham helped their relay teams to 5^th place, before at 5.45pm after a 4 and a half hour mini bus journey and another 6 hours sitting in the extreme heat Bella Foot ran the 3^rd leg in the 100m relay.  She received the baton with her team in 6^th place and absolutely flew around the bend to hand over in 3^rd.  The next girl hung on and the bronze medal for the South West region was secured, so a rewarding end to our athletes very long day.

SPORTS REPORT continued  …………

Thursday 24^th June Junior Swimming Gala

This was a fabulous event with everyone swimming in breaststroke, backstroke and freestyle races.  This was followed by two quality invitation butterfly races and the day was completed with the inter house relays.  These were all won by Shaftesbury and so they are this year's junior school swimming Champions.

Fixtures for next week are:-

Saturday, 26^th June South West Schools Athletics

Wednesday, 30^th June School Sports Day

Thursday, 1^st July Senior Swimming Gala

Thursday, 1^st July u11 Rounders

Team lists are on the sports notice board and will be available on the school website under events after 7am Saturday.

All pupils selected for representative matches must travel in a school tracksuit and wear the correct match strip; long trousers and white shirts are compulsory for cricket.  Black shorts for boys continue to be available from the uniform shop, as do black skirts for girls and the latter item has the school sports logo on it.

Any queries regarding fixtures should be directed to Mr Tulett – PE Office 01963 414613 or by email to larry.tulett@parkschool.com

YEAR 10 BTEC SPORT

Students studying in the subject were issued with their cardio respiratory systems assignment on Tuesday 8^th June.  The following deadlines apply.

Draft 1 due Tuesday 22^nd June

Draft 2 due Tuesday 14^th July

Draft 3 due Friday 10^th September

Assignment closes Friday 24^th September regardless of Level attained at that time.

ADAVANCED NOTICE

School Sports Day Wednesday 30 June – Yeovil Athletics Arena – 10.0am-12.15pm and 1.40pm – 3.30pm.

First events all starting at 10.00am – Year 3 55m hurdles, Year 7&8 high jump, Year 9&10 Javelin

SPECTATORS are most welcome, full programme of events available on the day or from PE department from Monday 28^th June.

RECEPTION FOR NEW HEAD TEACHER

The Headmaster, Paul Bate, and the Governors invite all staff and parents to a cheese and wine reception being held for Mrs Jane Huntington on Tuesday, 13^th July at 6pm in the main school building.  The reception will be held in the Headmaster's office and the Redwood Room next door.  This will be a first opportunity to meet our new Headteacher.

P W BATE  -  Headmaster

JUNIOR JOURNAL

KS1 STAR CHARTS

Congratulations to Abbie Jo White for completing her KS1 Star chart this week.

U11 CRICKET

The team played against Sunninghill Prep at home. It was a close fought game and our team eventually lost by 22 runs. Well done to all those who took part and thank you to the parents who came to watch – your support was much appreciated.

YEOVIL AREA PRIMARY SCHOOLS GAMES ASSOCIATION

The annual athletics competition of the Yeovil Area Primary Schools Games Association was held on Tuesday 22^nd June at Yeovil Arena. Children from years 3, 4, 5 and 6 represented The Park School in a range of field and track events. The final results have not yet been released, though Mr. Tulett hopes to post them on the School Website on Saturday.

WHAT'S A-GROWING

The Early Years Garden is bursting into life. Pumpkins, runner beans and potatoes are all growing well, the potatoes now having flowers on them. Buds have also appeared on the 'butterfly mix'. The children have now had their first harvest of radishes and had the opportunity to sample what they have grown. The radishes were a unanimous hit!

SWIMMING GALA

The Junior Swimming Gala was held on Thursday in glorious weather. The results were Ashley 7 points, Livingstone 9 points, Slessor 10 points and Shaftesbury 12 points. Well done swimmers and thank you to the parents who came to cheer them on.

JUNIOR JOURNAL continued …………

ART WEEK

The Junior Department have been taking part in Art Week based on the painting 'Tobias and the Angel' by Andrea del Verrochio. The school now has a model castle, a whole shoal of model fish, various collages as well as paintings done with acrylics, pigment and egg yolks. Watch this space for news of our exhibition.

FAMILY SERVICE - JUNIORS

A reminder that our next Family Service will be in the Hall at 9-00 on Wednesday 30^th June. Simon Corner will be our speaker – Simon is the Youth Pastor for Saint John's Church, Yeovil.

JUNIOR DEPARTMENT DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

30^th June – Family Service in Hall. All parents welcome to attend

30^th June – School Sports Day

1^st July  - Infant Sports Day

2^nd July – In Service day

15^th July – Junior Prizegiving

SENIOR DEPARTMENT DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Wednesday, 30^th June – School Sports Day.  All families and supporters welcome.

Thursday, 1^st July – Senior Swimming Gala

Friday, 2^nd July – In  Service Day

Friday, 16^th July – End of Term.

RETURN OF CUPS

Would all those pupils who were awarded cups in last year's speech day, please return them to the office before the end of term.

Thank you.

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