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Welcome to our Spring term Sports Newsletter The Spring term can often be a challenge for our sports clubs and teams with dark evenings and cold weather. This term has been no different, with the Beast from the Eastwiping out up to 10 days of sport from our calendar, including several football, netball and cross country events. Then came the rain! This played havoc with more cross country dates and made parts of our school course extremely muddy…..nonetheless we have had more than our fair share of success stories. You will read about individual brilliance in cross country, team success in indoor athletics and a winning pair of orienteers! We have also had inter house swimming, cross country and a steady flow of football and netball fixtures – many things to be proud of from our young sports men and women. Once again, a huge thank you from the PE department for all pupils, parents and colleagues who have helped facilitate a busy schedule and we look forward to improved weather, athletics, cricket, rounders and of course SPORTS DAY!! Mr Downes Volume 7 Issue 2 April 2018 Brewood CE (C) Middle School Cross Country reports 2 & 3 Netball & Football 4 & 5 Orienteering 11 Sportshall Athletics 11 Swimming Gala 12 & 15 Sporting Heroes 13 & 17 New PE Facilities 16 Inside this issue: Special points of Interest Cross Country Successes Sporting Hero Write ups Swimming Gala Wolgarston Dance Competition Sports facilities Improvements Amazing feat! Matthew won both of the races in this Cross Country series which is the first time this has ever been done by a Brewood Middle School pupil. Both races were run in very difficult conditions and running against more than 100 competitors . Coming first in both races is an amazing achievement, and you can see Matthew receiving his individual award . Well done Matthew, what a fantastic effort!

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Welcome to our Spring term Sports Newsletter The Spring term can often be a challenge for our sports clubs and teams

with dark evenings and cold weather. This term has been no different, with the

‘Beast from the East’ wiping out up to 10 days of sport from our calendar,

including several football, netball and cross country events.

Then came the rain! This played havoc with more cross country dates and

made parts of our school course extremely muddy…..nonetheless we have had

more than our fair share of success stories. You will read about individual

brilliance in cross country, team success in indoor athletics and a winning pair of

orienteers! We have also had inter house swimming, cross country and a steady

flow of football and netball fixtures – many things to be proud of from our young

sports men and women.

Once again, a huge thank you from the PE department for all pupils,

parents and colleagues who have helped facilitate a busy schedule and we look

forward to improved weather, athletics, cricket, rounders and of course

SPORTS DAY!! Mr Downes

Volume 7 Issue 2

April 2018

Brewood CE (C) Middle School

Cross Country reports 2 & 3

Netball & Football 4 & 5

Orienteering 11

Sportshall Athletics 11

Swimming Gala 12 & 15

Sporting Heroes 13 & 17

New PE Facilities 16

Inside this issue:

Special points

of Interest

Cross Country

Successes

Sporting Hero

Write ups

Swimming Gala

Wolgarston Dance

Competition

Sports facilities

Improvements

Amazing feat!

Matthew won both of the races in this

Cross Country series which is the first

time this has ever been done by a

Brewood Middle School pupil. Both races

were run in very difficult conditions and

running against more than

100 competitors . Coming first in both

races is an amazing achievement, and you

can see Matthew receiving his individual

award .

Well done Matthew, what a fantastic

effort!

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Cross Country Successes Representing Staffordshire at Rodbaston College On Saturday 3rd February we

had 5 of our leading cross

country runners in Year 7 & 8

represent Staffordshire at

Rodbaston College; Dominic,

Freya and Isabelle in Year 8 and

Eliza Rae and Angel in Year 7.

To even reach this standard is

an amazing achievement and

they all should be very proud

of themselves.

Dominic however, running

against Year 8 and 9 boys in his

category finished an

unbelievable 6th overall and as

a result has been invited to run

in the English School Cross

Country Championships in Leeds

on March 17th!

Dominic runs for Wolverhampton

& Bilston Athletics club and

they will no doubt be as proud

as Brewood Middle School and his parents and friends are of his amazing achievement.

We are all really proud of

Dominic’s achievements

with his Cross Country

running in the English

Schools Championships this

year.

Against competitors over

12 months older than him,

he did amazingly well.

Huge congratulations.

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P A G E 3 V O L U M E 7 I S S U E 2

GIRLS BOYS

Wk2 Wk4 Total Wk2 Wk4 Total 1 Oakridge (O) 63 71 134 1 Berkswich (BE) 32 41 73 2 Penkridge Middle (PMS) 74 99 173 2= Barnfields (B) 78 89 167 3 Christchurch Acad (CCA) 102 94 196 2= Oakridge (O) 92 75 167 4 St. Dominics (STD) 105 97 202 4 Brewood (BWM) 91 78 169 5 Cooper Perry (CP) 140 81 221 5 Castlechurch (C) 69 114 183

6 Brewood (BWM) 131 92 223 6 Christchurch Acade-my (CCA) 144 146 290

7 Stafford Prep. (SP) 125 99 224 7 Leasowes (L) 188 112 300

8 Castlechurch (C) 109 140 249 8 Tillington Manor (TM) 179 129 308

9 Leasowes (L) 120 132 252 9 Stafford Prep. (SP) 217 162 379 10 St. Leonards (STL) 122 151 273 10 John Wheeldon (JW) 184 254 438

10 St. Andrews (STA) 162 163 325 11 Bishop Londsdale (BL) 246 199 445

12 Tillington Manor (TM) 159 185 344 12 St. Dominics (STD) 269 242 511

13 Bishop Londsdale (BL) 219 207 426 dnc Penkridge Middle (PMS) 154

dnc John Wheeldon (JW) 330 dnc St. Leonards (STL) 214

dnc All Saints, Bednall (ASB)

All Saints Bednall (ASB)

dnc Anson (A) Anson (A)

dnc Berkswich (BE) Cooper Perry (CP)

dnc Barnfields (B) Parkside (P)

dnc Parkside (P) St. Andrews (STA)

Remember, to count in the league you must attend all races and have 4 finishers at least

On the 17th of March, I qualified

for and competed in the English

Schools Cross Country

Championships at Temple Newsam

Park in Leeds.

The best runners of my age group

and the year above in England

competed in my race. The

competitors were from Cornwall,

London, Newcastle, Manchester

and many more. There was well

over 50 teams at the event. At 1

o’clock all 546 of the competitors

went over to the start line. We

were all put into pens. I was 6th

from the front in my pen when I

qualified I came 6th. We were

running a 4100 metre course.

The start was chaos. The gun

went off and hundreds of us all

sprinted off. All around people

were falling over, tripping up due

to the close gap between each

person. It was hardcore cross

country. At parts we were in knee

deep mud. We were running in -6

degrees and the wind really

affected me when running.

After 2 laps, there was

100 metres left. Even being as

tired as I was I still managed a

sprint finish and went past

quite a few competitors. I came

275th. At the time I was

disappointed with myself. Going

from 6th to 275th is a big

difference, but looking back at

it, I did really well coming up

against the best in England in

my year and the year above, it’s

a really big achievement for me

to have competed.

Dominic 8MC

English Schools Cross Country Championships 17th March 2018

School League after race 2 and 4

(race 1 and 3 cancelled)

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Year 7 & 8 netball ‘v’ St Dominics Tuesday 9th January

In the first fixture of the New Year, we made the short journey to St Dominic’s Sports Hall for a friendly

evening of netball.

The teachers decided to

make the Year 8 game a

‘coaching game’ and mix the

girls from the two schools

up. This worked very well

and allowed the Brewood

girls to play with players

they had not met before

and made for a very even

game where the skill level

improved rapidly during the

session.

The Year 7 game was more

of a competitive fixture as

these two teams have been

very evenly matched in the

past. The game again was very close with both teams passing the ball well and creating plenty of scoring

opportunities. At the half time break St Dominic’s were in the lead 3-2 although Brewood had perhaps more

shots at goal so had plenty of reason to be optimistic.

The second half display was again fairly even, although Brewood managed to grab 3 goals through Mia(1)

who found her shooting range and she was very well supported by Mia (2) in attack. The remainder of the

team, captained by Bella, managed to not concede a second half goal and secured a brilliant 5-3 victory.

Well done to all participants and once again to St Dominic’s for being super hosts.

Cross Country at Pingle Slade

On a cold Tuesday evening, year 5 and Year 6 Cross Country runners competed at Pingle Slade,

Cannock Chase. Conditions were extremely difficult due to poor weather making the course very wet in

places. All of our pupils performed well but Matthew ran an exceptional race and won overall. All pupils

can be really proud of their efforts. Well done.

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Year 6 Cross Country at

Wolverhampton Grammar School. Thursday 11th January

In an invitational cross country event, the first ever at Wolverhampton Grammar School, our top

runners took on pupils from Perton Middle, Codsall Middle, The Royal School, St Bartholomews and the

hosts, Wolverhampton Grammar.

Running over a 2km course, mostly on sodden grass, this was a challenging race for all competitors,

with a tough climb near the end of the route. Our leading boy was Matthew, finishing in a very

impressive 4th. He was followed home by the trio, Ricky(14th), Freddie(15th) and Thomas(16th) closely

followed by Gene(19th).

In the girls category Amelia was Brewood’s leading runner in a brilliant 2nd place — an outstanding

achievement! The remainder of the girls team also ran their heart out and finished in

the following positions; Kaia(11th), Maisie (12th) , Madi(20th), Jodie (21st) and Shruti

(23rd).

When both sets of scores were combined, Perton Middle were overall winners,

P A G E 5 V O L U M E 7 I S S U E 2

On the 25th January 2018,

Two year 6 teams travelled to Codsall High School to play football against

Perton Middle School. Both schools brought two teams so each team played

three fixtures on the 3G surface, including a game against their peers.

Perton Middle proved to be strong opposition with one of our teams

registering a win and a loss and the other team unfortunately losing both

games. The match between the two Brewood sides proved to be a close

encounter with team one going ahead early on only for William to score a

well-executed volley to earn a draw.

Team 1: Thomas, Noah, Jacob, George, Matthew and Reece ( GK)

Team 2: Samuel, Jadon, William, Ricky, Harrison, Isaac and William.

Well done to all those who took part.

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Year 5 and 6 netball ‘v’ Perton Middle School

Playing at a Codsall High School against Perton on a

very cold evening, we had a very successful time

where both teams won handsomely.

On the Year 5 court, playing High 5’s and getting

plenty of coaching within the game, Brewood won

4-1. Libby and Tia shared the scoring but they

were very well supported by her teammates.

It was more convincing on the Year 6 court where

Brewood dominated the early exchanges with Tegan

and Lucy combined superbly in attack with Lucy

scoring the majority of the goals in 14-0 victory!

The Year 6 Girls, including some who we rested for

this fixture, are a very promising team who, with

continued hardwork and practice, could be a

formidable team in the coming years at Brewood!

Well done to our KS2 netballers!

Eliza-Rae with some of her swimming medals from this year.

Huge congratulations for doing so well.

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P A G E 7 V O L U M E 7 I S S U E 2

On Thursday 18th January, we took 24 year 5’s who

were keen to play football, over to Codsall High

School to play on their 3G football pitch against

Codsall Middle School. We played a variety of different six a

side games, in very tough weather conditions.

Brewood played very well on each pitch and gave Codsall

some tough competition throughout the evening and managed to

win some of the games that they played. This was the first of

many football fixtures that the year 5’s had taken part and

they showed that there is plenty of potential there to build a

strong team.

Following last weeks introduction to school football for

the Year 5’s, we took 12 year 5’s over to Codsall High

School again however to play against Perton Middle

School this time. We played against two teams from

Perton and competed very well against a very strong

Perton squad. Again, there was some very promising

performances which is very good to see for the years to

come. Year 5 and 6 Cross Country at Nine Gates,

Cannock.

A group of 12 runners from Year 5 and 6

travelled to Nine Gates in Cannock to take part

in the final Cross Country race. Unfortunately,

due to the bad weather recently, this was only

the second race to be run out of four. Despite

the cold weather, all of our runners put in a

good performance, with most improving on their

placings from the previous race.

However, there must be a special

mention for Matthew in year 6 who managed to

win both of his races again!

Well done Matthew, huge congratulations!

Our Year 5 football players, most having been to both fixtures

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Year 5 football ‘v’ Wolverhampton Grammar Junior School In the first competitive fixture against

Wolverhampton Grammar, our Year 5

footballers played in 3 small sided games

on our home pitches.

On pitch 1, the ‘Green team’ captained by

Myles had comfortable 7-0 victory.

Everyone contributed to the win:

goalkeeper Harry who kept a clean sheet

and directed his defenders well, Joseph

who was solid in defence and the

attacking trio of Ewan , Ewan and captain

Myles. The ‘Green team’ were mentored

by Kian from the sidelines who did a

sterling job.

On pitch 2, the ‘Blue team’ managed to win

9-0 and also played some of the best

football that I have seen from them so

far.

Our goals were scored by: Morgan,

Parker, Thomas, Will and Lewis.

During the second half in particular it was

nice to see the lads play some ‘proper’

football and get the ball on the floor to

pass it around; this resulted in 3 goals

where every outfield player touched the

ball before they went and scored.

A special mention must go to Parker and

Lewis who each played a half in goal

despite being outfield players normally.

Liam helped Mr Whitcut organise this

team.

Our ‘Gold team’ also had a convincing 7-1

victory with a similar tale to pitches 1 and

2 with real team work and an improved

level of passing from all involved. This

team were mentored and refereed by Will

and Harry who did an excellent job. They

nominated William as player of the match

but were impressed with every player’s

contribution.

It turned out to be a very

successful evening for our Year 5

footballers. Congratulations to them all.

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The year 8 competition was just as fierce as the

year 7. The standard was extremely high in both

track and field events. Shot putt, vertical high jump,

standing long jump, triple jump etc. Dempsey and

Connor did particularly well in the Shot putt with

combined scores to come first scoring vital points

for the team. Dominic came first in the 6 lap adding

to the many points we achieved. Oliver, Will and

Harry added to our totals in the relay to give the

year 8’s a third place finish!

Well done to all involved—the school is very proud!

Sports Hall Athletics

On a very cold and snowy Wednesday some year 7

and 8 boy athletes travelled to Fenton in Stoke-

on-Trent to compete in the West Midlands Indoor

Athletics championships.

This was divided into two separate competitions

year 7 and year 8. All of the boys represented the

School in outstanding fashion, competing in their

races against a very high level of opposition. The

year 7 boys started strongly with Nathan showing

his stamina and pace. The year 7 boys worked

together as a team in the relay races and the field

events to produce some outstanding performances

well done to Regan, Ethan, Alasdair, Nathan, Josh,

Hayden and Owen.

Year 7 & 8 orienteering Championships Hanley Forest Park, Stoke-On-Trent

The annual Staffordshire orienteering Championships took place on a bitterly cold morning at Hanley Forest

Park. Early morning snow made the conditions the muddiest that the organisers had ever seen the course

and coupled with a biting wind, this was certainly a challenge for our pupils, The boys had to run a 2.4km

course (if they go the right way) pupils had to navigate using their map reading skills and locate 17 controls,

each time using their electronic dibber to register that they had visited that location in the correct order.

The girls had a different course, finding 16 controls over 2.3km.

Our leading 2 pairs from each cate-

gory were;

Year 8 boys

James and Sam 19.41 mins

Will and Harry 21.55 mins

Year 8 Girls

Evie and Grace 31.25 mins

Freya and Isabelle 33.37 mins

Year 7 boys

Owen and Alasdair 28.07 mins

Rohan and Peter 36.23 mins

Year 7 Girls

Bella and Faith 34.21 mins

Angel and Eliza Rae 39.07 mins

Despite the cold and the mud, the

pupils all enjoyed the experience and

being able to test their orienteering skills in a new setting.

Congratulations on such a successful orienteering venture.

P A G E 9 V O L U M E 7 I S S U E 2

Huge congratu la t i o ns to James and Sam who won the ent i re Year8 compet i t i o n ! Th i s i s a no ther 1s t for Brewood M idd le Schoo l Wel l done a l so to Owen and A la sda i r i n the year7 ca tego ry who ended up o vera l l 2nd p l a ce !

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On Monday 29th January,

Brewood took 3 girls’ football teams over

to Codsall High to take on Perton Middle

in 3 girls football games. We took a year

5 and 6 mixed girls’ team, a year 7 team

and a year 8 team. For many of the girls

it was their first experience of a

football match, however all 3 teams

were very competitive throughout the

games.

Our Year 5 and 6 team won their match.

And you can see the victorious team

here;

Lucy, Aoife, Kira, Georgieanne, Brooke,

Maddie, Kayleigh and Tia.

Year 7 football ‘v’ Penkridge

Tuesday 30th January

Playing on the 3G pitch at Wolgarston High School,

Brewood Year 7 took on their Penkridge

counterparts. This fixture was originally planned to

be 2 x 9 a-side matches but Penkridge had

availability issues and only had 11 players in total.

Adapting to the situation, Brewood made some last

minute team changes and made a solid start with

Braydee making a few early saves. The deadlock was broken when Penkridge pounced on a

ball breaking free in the penalty area and it was slotted home. Penkridge soon added two more goals and

Brewood found it hard to make any clear chances with the opposition goalkeeper sweeping up any potential

attacks. At half time, Brewood switched the entire team which wasn’t ideal in terms of continuity but ideal

in terms of keeping the boys warm! The game took a very similar pattern to the first half with Penkridge

providing much of the attacking football and Brewood looking to counter attack. In the end, this second game

also finished 3-0 to Penkridge. It was encouraging to see 22 boys from Brewood all keen to play and although

they were disappointed not to win they should be commended for their enthusiasm.

Our year 7 girls’ team performed very

well and despite going a goal behind, managed to pull it back and ended up going onto win 2-1 with goals

from Eliza-Rae . In the second half especially, Brewood dominated the game with strong performances

from all of the girls. This was very pleasing to see, considering many of these girls’ football experiences

were limited, even before the game had kicked off.

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V O L U M E 7 I S S U E 2

Tuesday 16th January

The Y6 Girls’ High 5 netball team competed

in the Level 2 South Staffs finals at Cheslyn

Hay, after winning the Level 1 event in the

Autumn term.

The girls’ played very well throughout the

tournament, and finished in 3rd place out of

the 6 schools competing.

The girls’ won two matches, drew two

matches and lost one match out of the five

games played.

Well done girls’ on a

great team effort.

Year 7 futsal Level 3 finals on 13th February

As a result of winning the previous round at Codsall High School, our Year 7 footballers played in the Level 3

finals at Cheslyn Hay.

In the first game, we played eventual winners Codsall A and we matched them in every department and were

unlucky to go a goal behind. With the last kick of the game, Ethan grabbed an equaliser.

The second game was against Cheslyn Hay A and an early goal through Ethan looked like being enough

to secure the win but once again a last second equaliser was scored, this time against us. The third match

was a little more comfortable with a 2-0 victory over Cheslyn Hay B with Monty pulling off some remarkable

saves. The final game was vital: a win against Codsall B would mean that Brewood would qualify for the

County finals but Codsall did their A team a favour by defeating us 2-0.

Brewood finished 2nd overall, which is a

fantastic achievement nonetheless.

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Year 6 Inter House Swimming Gala

This was the second year of this event and this time around it was just as

successful: 95% participation from Year 6 and a great deal of fun and some

healthy competition too!

The gala began with some races across the width of the pool aimed at

recreational swimmers and those who are not hugely confident in the deeper water.

Each and every pupil who swam, earned points for their House team.

Later on in the gala, there were some 1 length and 2 length races for our more competitive swimmers and

there were some fantastic times achieved.

The finale was the 4 x 1 length relay race.

It was fantastic to see so many parents and grandparents supporting from the spectator gallery, which

made the morning all the more enjoyable.

Below is a list of the individual winners in each race and the overall winners although a huge well done to

every pupil who took part and swam their best for their team.

EVENT Boys’ winner Girls winner’

1 width front with woggle Tayla

1 width back with woggle Brooke

1 width front crawl Noah Charlie

1 width back crawl Noah Amelia

2 widths front crawl/breast stroke Gene Esme

2 widths back crawl Asa Madison

1 length front crawl Jack Isobel

1 length back stroke Christopher Isobel

1 length breast stroke Jack Isabelle

1 length butterfly Quinlan Ellie

2 lengths front crawl Christopher Isobel

2 lengths back stroke Quinlan Jodie

2 lengths breast stroke Charlie Ellie

1 length freestyle relay SOMERFORD CHILLINGTON

Overall points and positions;

BOYS GIRLS

Chillington 157 Somerford 181

Stretton 125 Stretton 148

Weston 123 Weston 143

Somerford 118 Chillington 120

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Thank you once again to everyone for taking part and for the English team for giving their guidance to the children in producing such wonderful work.

P A G E 1 3 V O L U M E 7 I S S U E 2

My Sports Hero

The PE department have recently launched a writing competition for Year 5, which involved creating a

piece of writing about their sports hero. The children were given the task as a homework project and the

results have been absolutely incredible.

We had a wide range of writing, such as biographies, fact files and posters. The PE department and Year 5

form tutors would like to congratulate all children on their effort and enthusiasm for this task, as it was

very difficult to narrow it down to one winner.

In the end, 4 pieces were selected per class and these were handed to Mr Downes,

who acted as the final judge.

After much consideration, it was decided that the winner of the competition is;

IZZAK of 5CG for his lovely fact file on the stunt BMX rider called Joe Maher.

Mr Downes liked the originality of the sport involved, the handwritten facts about

the sport and the rider himself and the project also included actual photographs of

Joe Maher in action at a BMX stunt show.

The standard of the short list was exceptional and the

following entrants also deserve a special mention;

Name of pupil Topic of written piece;

Ember Charlotte Dujardin

Myles Hayley Miller-Christie

Tia Dwayne Johnson

Luke Cristiano Ronaldo

Allistair Lionel Messi

Scarlett Paul Pogba

Thomas Lionel Messi

Billy Danny Batth

Lewis Lewis Hamilton

Beth Mo Farah

Hannah Jayne Torvill

Adam Billy Morgan

Rohan Sergio Aguero

Ava Ellie Simmons

Carrie Sue Barker

Abbie Gabrielle Douglas

Rebecca Justine Dufour

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Year 5 Inter House Swimming Gala

In an identical format to the Year 6 gala the week prior, the Year 5 pupils

had their turn to impress in the pool.

They did not disappoint with some outstanding swimming and excellent

sportsmanship shown by all.

Below is a list of the individual winners in each race and the overall winners

although a huge well done to every pupil who took part and swam their best

for their team.

EVENT Boys’ winner Girls winner’

1 width front with woggle Taran

1 width back with woggle Izzak

1 width front crawl Ethan Tia

1 width back crawl Owen Sally

2 widths front crawl/breast stroke

Wilfe Scarlett

2 widths back crawl Beth

1 length front crawl Thomas Lottie

1 length back stroke Lewis Lottie

1 length breast stroke George Matilda

1 length butterfly Joseph

2 lengths front crawl Will Eadie

2 lengths back stroke Lewis Eadie

2 lengths breast stroke Tyler Eadie

1 length freestyle relay SOMERFORD WESTON

Overall points and positions;

BOYS GIRLS

Chillington 157 Somerford 181

Stretton 125 Stretton 148

Weston 123 Weston 143

Somerford 118 Chillington 120

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Improvement to PE facilities

The Sports Premium funding continues to

be spent on improving the facilities for teaching and

learning:

Currently underway is an overhaul of the

jumping area for athletics. We have a triple width

pit being constructed with double run ups at one

end.

Next year we plan to add double run ups at the

opposite end of the pit too!

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We have also made improvements to the outdoor

gym area by adding a 2nd raised surface for ground

exercises and linking this we have steps to be used

for steps ups, squatt jumps, tricep dips etc during

fitness lessons and 30:60 active minutes.

Winter Olympics writing task on Sports

Year 8 have also had a writing competition this term. This has involved creating a piece of writing about their

sports heroes.

The children were given the task as a homework project and the results have been fantastic. They were given

a choice as to the style of writing, which was completed as homework over a span of two weeks.

After much consideration, it was decided that the winner of the competition is:

JAMES from 8 TC for his piece on Nico Porteous with his half pipe challenge, Mr Downes liked the originality

of the writing given.

The standard of the short list was exceptional and the following entrants also deserve a special mention:

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Name of pupil Topic of written piece;

Daisy Winter Olympic Adventure

Henry Personal story of Pyeongchang

Kaitlyn Elise Christie

Carrie Diary of Pyeongchang

Beatrice Ice Hockey

James 8TC

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Dance Show - March 2018 at Wolgarston High School

DANCE THROUGH THE DECADES

On Wednesday 28th March, 49 Brewood Middle School pupils represented the school, and Dene Dance, at

the 10th Wolgarston High School dance festival.

The theme was ‘Dance through the decades’ and the show was spectacular.

There was a variety of dance genres from street, tap, ballet, modern, contemporary and everything in

between! The Brewood Middle School groups did 2 routines each and all 4 pieces were slick, professional

and very entertaining. Some of KS3 pupils danced in the Dene Dance School ensemble and wowed the

packed audience with their moves.

A huge congratulations to Mrs Stanton of Wolgarston High School for organising and coordinating

such a wonderful show and for the 10th year this has been a highlight of the calendar for 100s of pupils.

Also a massive thank you to Katy Bagguely who has worked tirelessly with the groups in preparation for the

show and to all of the parents who supported the girls throughout.

The last word must got to the Wolgarston staff who closed the show with a staff dance to the delight of

the crowd and I am sure it will be all across social media already!

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Y5 Girls Points Y6 Girls Points Y7 Girls Points Y8 Girls Points

Weston 4 Somerford 4 Stretton 4 Weston 4

Somerford 3 Stretton 3 Somerford 3 Somerford 3

Chillington 2 Chillington 2 Weston 2 Chillington 2

Stretton 1 Weston 1 Chillington 1 Stretton 1

Y5 Boys Points Y6 Boys Points Y7 Boys Points Y8 Boys Points

Weston 4 Stretton 4 Stretton 4 Chillington 4

Stretton 3 Weston 3 Chillington 3 Weston 3

Somerford 2 Somerford 2 Weston 2 Stretton 2

Chillington 1 Chillington 1 Somerford 1 Somerford 1

Y5 Indv winners Y6 Indv winners Y7 Indv winners Y8 Indv winners

Eadie 10 mins

05 Amelia 8 mins

30 Angel 8 mins

30 Freya 8 mins

12

Joe 7 mins

59 Matty 7 mins

27 Joshua 8 mins

11 Dominic 6 mins

42

Overall

Key Stage 2 1st Weston 12 points

2nd Somerford 11 points

2nd Stretton 11 points

4th Chillington 6 points

Key Stage 3 1st Weston 12 points

2nd Stretton 11 points

2nd Chillington 11 points

4th Somerford 8 points

Inter House Cross Country Combining our House races with Sports Relief was a huge success this year with lots of money

raised, higher participation and a lot less stress getting so many pupils changed into kit!

We were also blessed with excellent conditions with a much drier course and sunny skies overhead.

You will see the overall results below but every child who gave a full and determined effort should be

congratulated. Many of the individual accolades went to runners who have excelled in cross country for

school this year but it was great to see mass participation and pupils cheering each other on and enjoying

running. Inter House Cross Country 2018 results

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