House Cup Reports
Brierley House System
Every child from Year 1 through to Year 6 is randomly allocated into a house, which they will represent during their time here at Brierley. In order to help with the organisation of the houses, House Captains have been appointed from Year 6. The house names were chosen as they are all names of famous Cheshire landmarks: Anderton, Jodrell, Tatton and Delamere.
The four houses compete over the school year in various sporting and academic activities, with the house earning the most Dojos being crowned as winners for each term. Dojos are also awarded for positive behaviour, excellent attendance and class work.
About the House System
The idea of introducing a house system stemmed from wanting to address some objectives to improve our whole school:
- To offer ALL children the chance to take part in extra-curricular activity (some are unable to stay after school).
- To bring a sense of pride in belonging to a house and to enjoy the friendly competition between houses.
- To create more opportunity for pupils to experience both winning and losing (life skills!).
- To be used as a positive behaviour tool - individuals can collect Dojos from teachers.
- To reward excellent attendance with Dojos.
- To offer more leadership and organisational opportunities to Year 5/6 pupils.
The house names were also offer class teachers the opportunity to produce work based on the houses. The cross-curricular links could include: History, Geography, Art, Design / Technology, English and ICT.
In addition to the appointed house captains, we have assigned each member of staff to a house.
We organise house events for all years, with competitions taking place in PE lessons and at lunchtimes. For KS2, the House Captains (with guidance!) are responsible for selecting and encouraging pupils to participate in the house events.
House points for each event / activity are awarded as follows:
1st = 4 points 2nd = 3 points 3rd = 2 points 4th = 1 point
Mr Foulkes collates and keeps the scores updated throughout the school year. The children love our house system and the opportunities that it provides.
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House Captains and Vice Captains 2025/2026
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The new academic year 2025/2026 started with our new house captains and vice-captains being announced. As in previous years, there were 12 pupils from Year 6 who were chosen to lead their house and contribute to leading house activity in their final year at Brierley:
House Captains 2025/26
Tatton: Daniel Fiszer-Skuratowicz and Evie Burke (Captains). Bianka Farkasova-Xhekaj (Vice Captain)
Anderton: Eduard Ciocoi and Ellie Mai Entwistle (Captains). Kushal Gadde (Vice Captain)
Jodrell: Reuben Tasker and Sienna Boon (Captains). Jacob Burke-Hurley (Vice Captain)
Delamere: Jacob Shephard and Ella Wood (Captains). Davood Azadmehr (Vice Captain)
Summer Term 2025 - Final Standings:
The Summer Term kicked off with Year 6 taking part in a Table Tennis Rally Challenge on Wednesday 24th April. This challenge was all about the pupil's achieving their personal best score- they had to play Table Tennis with the wall and perform as many consecutive hits as they could. Our overall individual winners were Ibuken Fajemilo and Marcel Godlewski who both scored 7, ahead of Diego Lisboa on 5. We used the mean average to work out the team event winners and it was DELAMERE who took away the first 4pts of the new term, ahead of Anderton (3pts) and joint-third place for Jodrell and Tatton (2pts each).
Tuesday 29th April saw a new event on the calendar- The Connect 4 Relay! Our teams took it in turns to try to win a game of connect 4 in the quickest time possible, without having to take turns with their opponent. This meant our teams had to mix up speed with tactics in order to win the game. In round one Anderton beat Jodrell 2-1 and it took a decider for Tatton to beat Delamere 2-1. Round two saw Delamere win 2-1 vs Jodrell and Tatton recorded a full-house with a 3-0 win against Anderton. The final round saw Anderton beat Delamere 2-1 and Jodrell beat Tatton 2-1. Overall it was TATTON who were our winners on games won (6) ahead of Anderton (4), with Jodrell and Delamere sharing 3rd place on identical records. Well done to Lewis Malam, Leo Johnson and Keeley Cooper who formed our winning team.
On Tuesday 6th May, Year 5 took on the Hurdles Competition. Each athlete had to clear 8 hurdles in the fastest time possible, with the fastest two scores taken for each house and then averaged to find our team winners. Individually, it was Jacob Shephard who recorded our fastest time (14.59s), just ahead of Bence Hideg (14.76s). Our fastest girl was Ella Wood on 16.1s. Overall it was DELAMERE who were our winners (4pts), ahead of Jodrell (3pts), Tatton (2pts) and Anderton (1pt). Well done to the winning Delamere team: Jacob Shephard, Ella Wood, Davood Azadmehr and Junior Khumone.
Year 4 were in action on Thursday 15th May and they were testing their throwing accuracy. Each player has to get as many of their 5 beanbags into a hoop that was placed 3m away in the early stages and then increased to 5m towards the end. Our individual top scorer was Olaf Zajkowski who scored the majority of Tatton's points over both distances. His performance helped TATTON to a winning score of 20, ahead of Anderton on 13, Jodrell 11 and Delamere 7. Well done to Olaf Zajkowski and Raisha Barua who led Tatton to victory and the 4pts.
Friday 23rd May saw the BIG sporting event of the year as our houses took part in Sports Day 2025. All of the children in Years 4-6 took part in a number of different events- Sprints, Relays, Beanbag, Javelin, Long Jump and Marathon- and there were points awarded for every person finishing in the top 3 of the heats and finals. Our overall winners were ANDERTON who finished with 112pts, ahead of Jodrell on 101pts, Tatton on 77pts and Delamere on 40pts. To convert these into scoring points for our termly league table, each total was rounded to the nearest 5pts and then divided by 5 to give Anderton 22pts, Jodrell 20pts, Tatton 15pts and Delamere 8pts. Well done to everyone in Anderton for their sports day victory!
The final half term of the school year began with Y5/6 Cricket Bowling on Wednesday 4th June. Each house had to hit the stumps using overarm bowling from 3 increasing distances to win the round. In the first round it was Tatton who stormed to victory, ahead of Delamere, then Anderton and Jodrell. Round two saw Jodrell get their eye in and they were excellent on their way to winning the round, ahead of Delamere who were 2nd placed again. A bowl-off decided 3rd place and it was Anderton who edged past Tatton 3-1. Overall it was DELAMERE who take home the 4pts, ahead of Tatton & Jodrell (both 3pts) and Anderton the single point. Well done to the winning Delamere team: Marcel Godlewski, David Chivu, Leon Entwistle Hill, Davood Azadmehr and Ella Wood.
Our Year 4s went on their 1-night residential to Tattenhall and Beeston Castle on Thursday 12th June. Whilst they were away, we held our traditional residential quiz in which the 4 house teams were tasked with answering questions on several very random topics!! The quiz was good fun and very competitive- there was even a staring contest between Rowan Needham and Mr Taziker (which Rowan won) and also a Rock, Paper, Scissors contest between Mollie-Mae Taylor and Mrs Roberts (which Mollie-Mae won). The scores were very close at the end, but it was DELAMERE who were our winners with 11pts, ahead of Tatton on 10pts and 3rd place was shared between Jodrell and Anderton on 9pts each. Well done to Lindon Walker, Elissa Greenway, Hayden Wong and Tamara Umwiza who were our winning team.
On Wednesday 18th June we had Year 4/5 taking part in a Catching Challenge. Each player had to catch a ball hit high up into the air to stay in the competition, with there being 4 rounds in each game. Individually, there were excellent performances from Jacob Shephard and Davood Azadmehr (Delamere) and also Eduard Ciocoi (Anderton) and Kelvin Nicol (Tatton). Our overall winners were ANDERTON and DELAMERE who tied on 5pts each, ahead of Tatton and Jodrell who tied for 3rd place too, on 2pts each. Well done to those from the winning teams: Ellie Mai Entwistle, Bence Hideg, Kushal Gadde, Eduard Ciocoi, Davood Azadmehr, Ella Wood, Jacob Shephard and Junior Khumone.
Year 5/6 took part in a Frisbee competition on Tuesday 24th June and we had 20 children taking part. In this challenge, a player from each house had to throw the frisbee towards a target area- 1 point was awarded for landing in the area and a bonus point went to the frisbee that was closest to the middle of the target. After 15 minutes of play, it was JODRELL that ran out winners with 18pts, closely followed by Tatton and Delamere on 16pts each. Anderton came 4th on 13pts. Well done to the winning team: Misha Kupenko, Diego Lisboa, Ibukun Olumuyiwa, Jacob Burke Hurley and Mitchell Mason.
Year 4/5 tested their Dodgeball throwing skills on Wednesday 2nd July. Each team had one minute to try to knock as many cones off the bench from 5m away as they could, with the winning team after two rounds taking the 4pts. In the end we had joint-winners with both JODRELL and DELAMERE on 10pts each. We also had a tie for 3rd place, meaning both Anderton and Tatton (both 9pts) scored 2pts each. Well done to everyone who took part in a really competitive event!
On Tuesday 8th July, Year 3 took part in a Cricket bowling competition, which was the final sports event of the year. Each house had to hit the wickets as many times as possible from a distance of 5m, with only one bounce allowed. Our top individuals were Milo Czornyj and Oliver Entwistle from Anderton- they bowled really well and were clear top scorers. Overall their scores helped ANDERTON to 4pts with a total of 50, ahead of Delamere (3pts) on 40, Tatton (2pts) scored 37 and Jodrell took the single point for a score of 34. Well done to the winning Anderton team: Milo Czornyj, Oliver Entwistle, Grace Gale, Freddie Marchant, Lauriel Mavhura, Ethan Mueller, Skye Smith and Ollie Weall.
Week commencing Mon 21st April: ANDERTON (4pts), Delamere (3pts), Tatton (2pts) and Jodrell (1pt).
Week commencing Mon 28th April: ANDERTON (4pts), Delamere (3pts), Jodrell (2pts) and Tatton (1pt).
Week commencing Mon 5th May: JODRELL (4pts), Tatton (3pts), Delamere (2pts) and Anderton (1pt).
Week commencing Mon 12th May: DELAMERE (4pts), Jodrell (3pts), Tatton (2pts) and Anderton (1pt).
Week commencing Mon 19th May: TATTON (4pts), Jodrell (3pts), Anderton (2pts) and Delamere (1pt).
Week commencing Mon 2nd June: JODRELL (4pts), Anderton (3pts), Tatton (2pts) and Delamere (1pt).
Week commencing Mon 9th June: ANDERTON (4pts) Delamere (3pts), Tatton (2pts) and Jodrell (1pt).
Week commencing Mon 16th June: JODRELL (4pts), Anderton (3pts), Tatton (2pts) and Delamere (1pt).
Week commencing Mon 23rd June: TATTON (4pts), Jodrell (3pts), Delamere (2pts) and Anderton (1pt).
Week commencing Mon 30th June: ANDERTON (4pts), Jodrell (3pts), Delamere (2pts) and Tatton (1pt).
Week commencing Mon 7th July: TATTON (4pts), Delamere (3pts), Jodrell (2pts) and Anderton (1pt).
Summer Term House Cup - Final Standings:
CHAMPIONS: JODRELL (77pts)
Runner-Up: Anderton (76pts)
3rd Place: Tatton (73pts)
4th Place: Delamere (69pts)
CONGRATULATIONS to everyone in JODRELL for clinching the win in exciting fashion- by just a single point ahead of Anderton. It has been a really close finish and a great way to end our 2024/2025 academic year. The house cup now stands proudly draped in the yellow ribbons of Jodrell. Thank you to the Year 6 house captains who have served their houses so well this year and thank you to all of the pupils who have represented their houses in competitions.
We go again in September!
Autumn Term 2025/2026
After a thrilling Summer Term in which Jodrell were crowned as our House Cup Winners, we started the new academic year with the annual appointments of our House Captains and Vice-Captains. This is a great honour to lead your house and to join a legacy of previous House Captains since its inception in 2014.
CONGRATULATIONS to the following Year 6 pupils who have been chosen to lead their houses:
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Tatton: Evie Burke, Daniel Fiszer-Skuratowicz and Bianka Farkasova-Xhekaj (VC)
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Anderton: Ellie Mai Entwistle, Eduard Ciocoi and Kushal Gadde (VC)
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Jodrell: Sienna Boon, Reuben Tasker and Jacob Burke-Hurley (VC)
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Delamere: Jacob Shephard, Ella Wood and Davood Azadmehr (VC)
Our first event of the new year was the Year 5 Speedy Stacking Cups competition on Tuesday 9th September. The challenge was simply to complete a 15 cup tower in the fastest time possible. For Tatton our fastest player and overall individual winner was Olaf Zajkowski (12s), for Anderton it was Pranav Gadde (15s), for Jodrell is was Darius Aldea (22s) and for Delamere it was Lindon Walker (14s). To find the house placings we averaged out the scores for each house to find our winner. DELAMERE were our winners with an average of 16.33 seconds and take 4pts, ahead of Anderton (3pts), Tatton (2pts) and Jodrell (1pt). Well done to the winning Delamere team: Calvin Pintye, Lindon Walker, Hayden Wong, Ola Skorek and Tamara Umwiza.
Year 6 took part in their first activity of the new year as they tested their Hockey skills in a dribbling challenge on Monday 15th September. They had to negotiate their way through a number of obstacles before scoring into the goal, repeating this 3 times in the fastest time possible. Our individual winner was Davood Azadmehr (Delamere) with an unbelievably fast time of 3 goals in 30 seconds. Runner-up was Ellie Mai Entwistle (Anderton) who was just 1 second slower! Overall it was DELAMERE who took the 4pts with the fastest average time, ahead of Tatton (3pts), Anderton (2pts) and Jodrell (1pt).
Year 4 took part in their first house activity on Friday 19th September, as they took on a Balance Challenge, based around completing a trick obstacle course in the fastest time. There were 5 second penalties for losing balance, so to record a good score, a clean round was needed. Our fastest time of 10 seconds was recorded by 3 pupils- Richard Adebanjo (Delamere), Archie Blackshaw (Jodrell) and Dhruv Kalekar (Delamere). Overall when the times were averaged out, it was JODRELL who took the 4pts, ahead of Delamere (3pts), Anderton (2pts) and Tatton (1pt). Well done to Jack Proudman, Mason Goodwin, Archie Blackshaw, Aleah-Jade Barrow and Darcy Lindsay who formed the winning team.
Our first team event of the year was the Year 6 3v3 Hockey Competition on Tuesday 23rd September. All of the games were very entertaining, with lots of goalmouth scrambles and each game was fairly close in terms of scoreline. In round one, Anderton and Jodrell began with a 0-0 draw, whilst Delamere beat Tatton 2-1. Round two saw Jodrell and Delamere end 1-1 with Anderton scoring a late winner to beat Tatton 1-0. The final round saw Jodrell pick up a 2-0 win and ANDERTON won 2-0 vs Delamere to finish unbeaten and win the competition (4pts). Jodrell claimed runner up (3pts), Delamere 2pts for 3rd place and Tatton 1pt for 4th place. Well done to the winning Anderton team: Eduard Ciocoi, Ellie Mai Entwistle and Kushal Gadde.
Friday 26th September saw Year 4/5 showing off their basketball dribbling and shooting skills at lunchtime. Players had to navigate their way through the cones before shooting, with 1 point awarded for hitting the hoop and 2pts for a successful shot into the hoop. We played a 10-minute continuous game with the winning house being the one that scored the most points in that time. Our winners were JODRELL with 42pts, ahead of Tatton (35pts), Delamere (33pts) and Anderton (30pts). Well done to the winning team: Archie Blackshaw, Devander Lisboa, Luke Yeates and Nuray Fatima.
Year 5/6 were in action on Tuesday 30th September as they were playing in a Netball Competition. We had 16 pupils taking part and there was some excellent Netball on show and their teamwork and work rate was fantastic. We had lots of entertaining, end-to-end games with very little between the 4 houses. Round one sae Jodrell beat Delamere 1-0 and Anderton edge out Tatton 2-1. Round two saw Anderton and Jodrell play out a draw and Tatton beat Delamere 1-0. The final round of games saw Anderton beat Delamere 2-0 and Jodrell drew 1-1 with Tatton. Overall it was ANDERTON who took the 4pts, with Jodrell collecting 3pts, Tatton 2pts and Jodrell 1pt. Well done to the winning Anderton team: Eduard Ciocoi, Kushal Gadde, Bence Hideg and Pranav Gadde.
On Thursday 2nd October we had the Year 4/5/6 Girls Football Competition at lunchtime and there were 16 girls taking part. In round one, both games (Jodrell v Anderton and Delamere v Tatton) ended in draws. Round two saw wins for Anderton and Delamere, who then played out a 0-0 draw in the final round to finish as JOINT WINNERS. In the other game, Jodrell beat Tatton 3-0 to take 3rd place and 2pts overall. Well done to the winning ANDERTON and DELAMERE teams: Ellie Mai Entwistle, Lyla Kosefobamu, Skye Smith and Lauriel Mavhura for Anderton and Ella Wood, Tamara Umwiza, Junior Khumone and Arwen Cybulska-Edwards for Delamere.
Year 5/6 took part in a Crossbar Challenge on Friday 10th October and we had 20 pupils taking part. It was a tense competition and there were plenty of near misses which may have swung the competition towards a different result on another day. Individually, it was Kelvin Nicol (Tatton) who stole the show with an incredible 3 successful hits, ahead of Davood Azadmehr (Delamere) with 2 hits. Overall, it was TATTON who won with 5 successful hits, ahead of Delamere on 3, Anderton 2 and Jodrell somehow didnt score a hit, despite being close on at least 10 occasions!! Well done to the winning TATTON team: Olaf Zajkowski, Kelvin Nicol, Daniel Fiszer-Skuratowicz, Miki Slusarczyk and Iaan Sanu.
On Wednesday 15th October we had Year 5/6 take part in a Speedbounce race. Each child had to complete a course which meant negotiating 8 speedbounce hurdles in the fastest time possible and the team with the lowest average time would be our winner. Individually, it was Ansley Wong (Jodrell) who went fastest, in 17 seconds, ahead of Evie Burke (Tatton) who completed it in 18 seconds. Overall it was TATTON who went fastest and collect 4pts, with Anderton taking 3pts, Delamere 2pts and Jodrell 1pt. Well done to the winning team: Kelvin Nicol, Evie Burke, Daniel Fiszer-Skuratowicz, Olaf Zajkowksi and Marni Huskisson.
Friday 17th October saw Year 4 take part in a Speedbounce competition- each child had 30 seconds to complete as many bounces as possible. Our individual high scorers were Archie Blackshaw 44 and Darcy Lindsay 43 (both Jodrell), Dhruv Kalekar (Delamere) 42 and Carter Readdin and Willow Haughton 38 (both Delamere). Overall when the average scores for each house were calculated, it was JODRELL who were our winners (4pts), ahead of Delamere (3pts), Tatton (2pts) and Anderton (1pt). Well done to the winning Jodrell team: Archie Blackshaw, Jack Proudman, Mason Goodwin and Darcy Lindsay.
Our Year 6s took part in a Residential Quiz on their recent trip to Condover Hall at the end of October. As always, the quiz tested their random general knowledge, geography, maths, languages and even facts about the teachers on the trip. There was even a rock, paper, scissors competition between Junior Khumone and Miss Dunn, as well as a stare-off between Benjamin Kubala and Mr Coombs. Great fun was had and our eventual winners were JODRELL (4pts), ahead of Delamere (3pts), Tatton (2pts) and Anderton (1pt). Well done to the winning Jodrell team: Ollie Wood, Sienna Boon, Ansley Wong, Reuben Tasker, Mitchell Mason and Jacob Burke-Hurley.
Class Dojo Points:
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Week commencing Mon 8th Sept: ANDERTON (4pts), Delamere (3pts), Tatton (2pts) and Jodrell (1pt).
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Week commencing Mon 15th Sept: DELAMERE (4pts), Anderton (2pts), Tatton (2pts) and Jodrell (1pt).
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Week commencing Mon 22nd Sept: TATTON (4pts), Delamere (3pts), Anderton (2pts) and Jodrell (1pt).
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Week commencing Mon 29th Sept: TATTON (4pts), Jodrell (3pts), Delamere (2pts) and Tatton (1pt).
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Week commencing Mon 6th Oct: TATTON (4pts), Jodrell (3pts), Anderton (2pts) and Tatton (1pt).
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Week commencing Mon 13th Oct: ANDERTON (4pts), Jodrell (3pts), Delamere (2pts) and Tatton (1pt).
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Week commencing Mon 20th Oct: JODRELL (4pts), Anderton (3pts), Delamere (2pts) and Tatton (1pt).
House Cup Standings (correct as of October half term):
1st Place: DELAMERE (48pts)
2nd Place: Anderton (46pts)
3rd Place: Jodrell (44pts)
4th Place: Tatton (43pts)
Well done to everyone in DELAMERE for leading the way at the halfway stage, but with just 5 points between the 4 houses, it is very tight and there is plenty to play for!
On Friday 7th November we ran two competitions- the Y5/6 Boys and Y5/6 Girls Standing Long Jump Competitions. Each child had 3 attempts to record their biggest jump and points were awarded for the first 5 in each group. In the boys competition, our overall winner was Kacper Pakiela (Anderton) with a huge jump of 1.90m. Reuben Tasker (1.82m), Natty Ncube (1.70m), Bence Hideg (1.68m) and Daniel Fiszer-Skuratowicz (1.66m) made up the rest of the top 5. Overall it was ANDERTON who were our winners and take 4pts, ahead of Jodrell (3pts), Tatton (2pts) and Delamere (1pt). In the girls section our overall winner was Ellie Mai Entwistle with a huge jump of 1.80m. Evie Burke (1.72m), Lyla Kosefobamu (1.72m), Ella Wood (1.52m) and Ola Skorek (1.42m) made up the top 5. Overall it was ANDERTON who take 4pts, ahead of Tatton (3pts), Delamere (2pts) and Jodrell (1pt).
Tuesday 11th November saw Year 5/6 in action again, this time in a Target Competition. The aim was to pass the football through a small target placed 5m away, with 5pts scored for every shot that went through the centre of the target and 1pt for hitting the target. Each child had 5 attempts to reach their highest score. Our individual winners were Pranav Gadde and Daniel Fiszer-Skuratowicz who both scored 9pts, with Miki Slusarczyk scoring 8pts in third place. Overall it was TATTON who were our winners with 24pts, ahead of Jodrell (20pts), Delamere (19pts) and Anderton (16pts). Well done to Daniel Fiszer-Skuratowicz, Miki Slusarczyk, Kelvin Nicol and Iaan Sanu who formed the winning team!
On Friday 14th November, Year 4 took part in a Golf Putting Competition at lunchtime and we had 23 pupils take part in what was a challenging and tense competition. Each child had 3 putts from 1m and 3 putts from 2m away from the flag. Our individual winner was Richard Adebanjo who scored 3, ahead of Grace Gale, Lauriel Mavhura, Milo Czornyj and Niamh Palin who all scored 2pts. Our overall winners were ANDERTON who had the highest average and took home 4pts. Delamere scooped 3pts for 2nd place, with Tatton 2pts and Jodrell 1pt. Well done to the winning team: Ethan Mueller, Grace Gale, Ollie Weall, Skye Smith, Lauriel Mavhura, Freddie Marchant, Milo Czornyj and Oliver Entwistle.
Year 5/6 took part in a new competition on Friday 21st November- the Speedstack Agility Competition. The children were tasked with completing a course that required speed, balance and agility, whilst also having to complete 2 stacking cup towers along the way! There were time penalties for every cup / object knocked off too. Our individual winners were Ansley Wong (Jodrell ) in just 23 seconds for Year 6 and Freya Lofkin (Anderton) in 26 seconds for Year 5. Our overall winners with the best average time were ANDERTON with a time of 32s, ahead of Jodrell (38s), Tatton (41s) and Delamere (45s). Well done to the winning Anderton team: Lyla Kosefobamu, Kushal Gadde, Freya Lofkin, Eduard Ciocoi and Ellie Mai Entwistle. Thank you to Davood Azadmehr for his help in organising the competition too.
Year 5/6 took part in a Basketball Paired Shooting Competition on Thursday 27th November and we had 18 pairs take part. The aim was for each pair to score as many shots as possible with their 2 basketballs in 30 seconds. Our highest scorers were Davood Azadmehr and Hayden Wong (Delamere) who scored 8, with Maria Craciun and Lyla Kosefobamu (Anderton) scoring 7pts. Overall it was ANDERTON who clinched first place with an average score of 5.33, ahead of Delamere (5.0), Jodrell (3.16) and Tatton (2.8). Well done to Eduard Ciocoi, Kushal Gadde, Bence Hideg, Pranav Gadde, Maria Craciun and Lyla Kosefobamu who represented Anderton.
Year 4/5 took on the Hockey Shooting Challenge on Wednesday 3rd December. We had 36 pupils take part in this competition- a really good number willing to give it a go. There were two main target areas- the larger area scored 1 point for each goal scored and it was 3pts for the more difficult center target. Our winning individual score was 13 and this was achieved by Nuray Fatima (Jodrell) and Charlie Bradley (Tatton). The house with the highest average score was JODRELL (4pts), ahead of Delamere (3pts), Tatton (2pts) and Anderton (1pt). Well done to the winning Jodrell team: Aleah Jade Barrow. Luke Yeates, Darius Aldea, Nuray Fatima, Mollie Mae Taylor and Devander Lisboa.
Year 6 were involved in a Wordsearch Challenge on Monday 8th December. We had 15 pupils taking part and they had 10 minutes to find as many words associated to the sport of Football. Our individual winner was Jacob Burke-Hurley with 20 correct answers, ahead of Bianka Farkosova-Xhekaj on 19 and Ansley Wong on 14. Our winning house was TATTON with an average score of 11 correct answers, ahead of Jodrell and Delamere (10 correct) and Anderton (8.33 correct). Well done to the winning Tatton team- Evie Burke, Bianka Farkasova-Xhekaj and Marni Huskisson.
Our final house competition of 2025 was the Year 5 Just Dance Competition on Tuesday 16th December. Every Year 5 took part in a festive Just Dance, with the houses ranked for their effort, timing, team cohesion and overall performance. Our individual best dancer was Raisha Barua (Tatton) and she helped her Tatton team to overall 1st place and 4pts. Delamere picked up 3pts, with nothing between Anderton and Jodrell who were awarded joint-third place and 2pts each. Well done to the winning Tatton team: Raisha Barua, Hollie Cooke, Oliver Copeland, Diana Kasparova, Rowan Needham, Adrianna Nistorova, Iaan Sanu and Olaf Zajkowski.
Class Dojo Points:
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Week commencing Mon 3rd Nov: JODRELL (4pts), Delamere (3pts), Anderton (2pts), Tatton (1pt).
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Week commencing Mon 10th Nov: JODRELL (4pts), Anderton (3pts), Tatton (2pts), Delamere (1pt).
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Week commencing Mon 17th Nov: DELAMERE (4pts), Anderton (3pts), Jodrell (2pts), Tatton (1pt).
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Week commencing Mon 24th Nov: JODRELL (4pts), Delamere (3pts), Tatton (2pts), Anderton (1pt).
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Week commencing Mon 1st Dec: TATTON (4pts), Delamere (3pts), Jodrell (2pts), Anderton (1pt).
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Week commencing Mon 8th Dec: TATTON (4pts), Delamere (3pts), Jodrell (2pts), Anderton (1pt).
On Friday 7th November we ran two competitions- the Y5/6 Boys and Y5/6 Girls Standing Long Jump Competitions. Each child had 3 attempts to record their biggest jump and points were awarded for the first 5 in each group. In the boys competition, our overall winner was Kacper Pakiela (Anderton) with a huge jump of 1.90m. Reuben Tasker (1.82m), Natty Ncube (1.70m), Bence Hideg (1.68m) and Daniel Fiszer-Skuratowicz (1.66m) made up the rest of the top 5. Overall it was ANDERTON who were our winners and take 4pts, ahead of Jodrell (3pts), Tatton (2pts) and Delamere (1pt). In the girls section our overall winner was Ellie Mai Entwistle with a huge jump of 1.80m. Evie Burke (1.72m), Lyla Kosefobamu (1.72m), Ella Wood (1.52m) and Ola Skorek (1.42m) made up the top 5. Overall it was ANDERTON who take 4pts, ahead of Tatton (3pts), Delamere (2pts) and Jodrell (1pt).
Tuesday 11th November saw Year 5/6 in action again, this time in a Target Competition. The aim was to pass the football through a small target placed 5m away, with 5pts scored for every shot that went through the centre of the target and 1pt for hitting the target. Each child had 5 attempts to reach their highest score. Our individual winners were Pranav Gadde and Daniel Fiszer-Skuratowicz who both scored 9pts, with Miki Slusarczyk scoring 8pts in third place. Overall it was TATTON who were our winners with 24pts, ahead of Jodrell (20pts), Delamere (19pts) and Anderton (16pts). Well done to Daniel Fiszer-Skuratowicz, Miki Slusarczyk, Kelvin Nicol and Iaan Sanu who formed the winning team!
On Friday 14th November, Year 4 took part in a Golf Putting Competition at lunchtime and we had 23 pupils take part in what was a challenging and tense competition. Each child had 3 putts from 1m and 3 putts from 2m away from the flag. Our individual winner was Richard Adebanjo who scored 3, ahead of Grace Gale, Lauriel Mavhura, Milo Czornyj and Niamh Palin who all scored 2pts. Our overall winners were ANDERTON who had the highest average and took home 4pts. Delamere scooped 3pts for 2nd place, with Tatton 2pts and Jodrell 1pt. Well done to the winning team: Ethan Mueller, Grace Gale, Ollie Weall, Skye Smith, Lauriel Mavhura, Freddie Marchant, Milo Czornyj and Oliver Entwistle.
Year 5/6 took part in a new competition on Friday 21st November- the Speedstack Agility Competition. The children were tasked with completing a course that required speed, balance and agility, whilst also having to complete 2 stacking cup towers along the way! There were time penalties for every cup / object knocked off too. Our individual winners were Ansley Wong (Jodrell ) in just 23 seconds for Year 6 and Freya Lofkin (Anderton) in 26 seconds for Year 5. Our overall winners with the best average time were ANDERTON with a time of 32s, ahead of Jodrell (38s), Tatton (41s) and Delamere (45s). Well done to the winning Anderton team: Lyla Kosefobamu, Kushal Gadde, Freya Lofkin, Eduard Ciocoi and Ellie Mai Entwistle. Thank you to Davood Azadmehr for his help in organising the competition too.
Year 5/6 took part in a Basketball Paired Shooting Competition on Thursday 27th November and we had 18 pairs take part. The aim was for each pair to score as many shots as possible with their 2 basketballs in 30 seconds. Our highest scorers were Davood Azadmehr and Hayden Wong (Delamere) who scored 8, with Maria Craciun and Lyla Kosefobamu (Anderton) scoring 7pts. Overall it was ANDERTON who clinched first place with an average score of 5.33, ahead of Delamere (5.0), Jodrell (3.16) and Tatton (2.8). Well done to Eduard Ciocoi, Kushal Gadde, Bence Hideg, Pranav Gadde, Maria Craciun and Lyla Kosefobamu who represented Anderton.
Year 4/5 took on the Hockey Shooting Challenge on Wednesday 3rd December. We had 36 pupils take part in this competition- a really good number willing to give it a go. There were two main target areas- the larger area scored 1 point for each goal scored and it was 3pts for the more difficult center target. Our winning individual score was 13 and this was achieved by Nuray Fatima (Jodrell) and Charlie Bradley (Tatton). The house with the highest average score was JODRELL (4pts), ahead of Delamere (3pts), Tatton (2pts) and Anderton (1pt). Well done to the winning Jodrell team: Aleah Jade Barrow. Luke Yeates, Darius Aldea, Nuray Fatima, Mollie Mae Taylor and Devander Lisboa.
Year 6 were involved in a Wordsearch Challenge on Monday 8th December. We had 15 pupils taking part and they had 10 minutes to find as many words associated to the sport of Football. Our individual winner was Jacob Burke-Hurley with 20 correct answers, ahead of Bianka Farkosova-Xhekaj on 19 and Ansley Wong on 14. Our winning house was TATTON with an average score of 11 correct answers, ahead of Jodrell and Delamere (10 correct) and Anderton (8.33 correct). Well done to the winning Tatton team- Evie Burke, Bianka Farkasova-Xhekaj and Marni Huskisson.
Our final house competition of 2025 was the Year 5 Just Dance Competition on Tuesday 16th December. Every Year 5 took part in a festive Just Dance, with the houses ranked for their effort, timing, team cohesion and overall performance. Our individual best dancer was Raisha Barua (Tatton) and she helped her Tatton team to overall 1st place and 4pts. Delamere picked up 3pts, with nothing between Anderton and Jodrell who were awarded joint-third place and 2pts each. Well done to the winning Tatton team: Raisha Barua, Hollie Cooke, Oliver Copeland, Diana Kasparova, Rowan Needham, Adrianna Nistorova, Iaan Sanu and Olaf Zajkowski.
Class Dojo Points:
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Week commencing Mon 3rd Nov: JODRELL (4pts), Delamere (3pts), Anderton (2pts), Tatton (1pt).
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Week commencing Mon 10th Nov: JODRELL (4pts), Anderton (3pts), Tatton (2pts), Delamere (1pt).
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Week commencing Mon 17th Nov: DELAMERE (4pts), Anderton (3pts), Jodrell (2pts), Tatton (1pt).
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Week commencing Mon 24th Nov: JODRELL (4pts), Delamere (3pts), Tatton (2pts), Anderton (1pt).
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Week commencing Mon 1st Dec: TATTON (4pts), Delamere (3pts), Jodrell (2pts), Anderton (1pt).
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Week commencing Mon 8th Dec: TATTON (4pts), Delamere (3pts), Jodrell (2pts), Anderton (1pt).
Final House Cup Standings: Autumn Term 2025:
WINNERS: DELAMERE (80pts)
Runners Up: Anderton (79pts)
3rd Place: Tatton (78pts)
4th Place: Jodrell (76pts)
A HUGE WELL DONE to everyone in Delamere, who win the House Cup for the Autumn Term!!! It was an extremely close finish, with Delamere and Anderton having been neck and neck for most of the term and then a late surge by Tatton, who nearly made up the ground, despite being 12pts behind only a few weeks ago. This was the first win for Delamere since the Spring Term of 2023, so it has been a while coming! We now restart the competition for the Spring Term and hopefully we get another term as close and as exciting as this one was!
House Cup Update - Spring Term 1- 2026
Year 6 started off the Spring Term with a Golf Putting Competition on Monday 19th January. We had 22 pupils take part in what turned out to be a tense competition. As this was Year 6, they had to contend with a little uneven terrain, meaning only the perfect putts were rewarded with a point. Each child had 6 attempts to record their highest score and it was Jacob Burke-Hurley (Jodrell) who won with 6/6, with Bianka Farkasova-Xhekaj (Tatton) scoring 5/6 and a number of pupils who scored 4/6. Overall we used the mean average to decide the winning house and it was TATTON who take 4pts, ahead of Delamere (3pts), Anderton (2pts) and Jodrell (1pt). Well done to the winning Tatton team: Daniel Fiszer-Skuratowicz, Kelvin Nicol, Miki Slusarczyk, Bianka Farkasova-Xhekaj, Evie Burke and Marni Huskisson.
Year 5 were in action on Tuesday 27th January, as they took part in a Benchball competition. Each house played eachother in a league format and this showcased their Netball skills they have been learning in their PE lessons. In round 1, Tatton took the lead but then fell to a 4-1 loss against Anderton and Jodrell ran out 4-1 winners against Delamere. Round two saw Tatton and Delamere play out a thrilling 2-2 draw and Jodrell put in a sensational performance to win 6-2 vs Anderton. The final round saw Anderton and Delamere play out the game of the day, as they drew 4-4 and in the other game, JODRELL made it a clean sweep of wins, beating Tatton 3-0. Well done to the winning Jodrell team: Darius Aldea, Nuray Fatima, Devander Lisboa, Luke Yeates and Malaya Mellor. Anderton clinched 3pts as runners-up, Delamere 2pts and Tatton 1pt.
Thursday 29th January saw Year 5s turn to take on the Speedy Wordsearch Challenge. Each pupil had a maximum of 10 minutes to try to complete the 15-word challenge. There were 6 people who completed the challenge- Iaan Sanu, Hollie Cooke, Luke Yeates, Phoebe Kavanagh, Lyla Kosefobamu and Pranav Gadde- our individual winner was Hollie Cooke who completed it in a super-speedy time of 5 minutes! Our overall winners were Anderton with 61 correct answers, ahead of Tatton (52), Jodrell (39) and Delamere (37). Well done to the winning Anderton team: Pranav Gadde, Lyla Kosefobamu, Phoebe Kavanagh, Freya Lofkin and Maria Craciun.
On Wednesday 4th February our Year 4s took part in a Netball Shooting Challenge. Each house had 5 minutes to score as many goals as possible, using the full sized Netball posts for extra challenge! There were some excellent shooters, with the Year 4s also using their quick passing skills to help them get more shots in the time allowed. Our winning house was DELAMERE (7 goals), ahead of Jodrell and Tatton (4 goals each) and Anderton (2 goals). Well done to the winning Delamere team: Richard Adebanjo, Ralph Clay, Willow Haughton, Niamh Palin and Carter Readdin.
On Wednesday 11th February Year 4 took part in a Hoopla Competition. Each child had 6 attempts to score from a distance of 3m. Our individual winners were Oliver Entwistle and Freddie Marchant (both Anderton) who scored 5/6 each. 3rd place went to Niamh Palin and Ethan Mueller who both scored 3/6. Our overall winners with the highest average score were ANDERTON (4pts), ahead of Delamere (3pts), Jodrell (2pts) and Tatton (1pt). Well done to the winning Anderton team: Ethan Mueller, Milo Czornyj, Freddie Marchant, Grace Gale, Lauriel Mavhura, Oliver Entwistle and Ollie Weall.
Class Dojo Points:
W/C Monday 12th Jan: JODRELL (4pts), Anderton (3pts), Delamere (2pts) and Tatton (1pt).
W/C Monday 19th Jan: ANDERTON (4pts), Jodrell (3pts), Tatton (2pts) and Delamere (1pt).
W/C Monday 26th Jan: ANDERTON (4pts), Tatton (3pts), Jodrell (2pts) and Delamere (1pt).
W/c Monday 2nd Feb: TATTON (4pts), Anderton (3pts), Jodrell (2pts) and Delamere (1pt).
W/c Monday 9th Feb: DELAMERE (4pts), Anderton (3pts), Jodrell (2pts) and Tatton (1pt).
HOUSE CUP STANDINGS (as of February halfterm):
1st Place: Anderton 28pts
2nd Place: Jodrell 23pts
3rd Place: Delamere 21pts
4th Place: Tatton 19pts.
Well done to Anderton for leading the way at the halfway stage, but there is plenty to play for on the run up to the Easter holidays and we will see who is crowned Spring Term Champions for 2026!
Anderton were our early leaders as we entered the second half of the Spring Term, but with only a 9 point gap between all 4 houses, there was still lots to play for! Our first activity of the new halfterm was Year 6 Connect 4 on Friday 27th February. We had teams of 3 players who had to play in a relay- so there was lots of running and speed required, as well as the tactical placement of the counters. In a random semifinal draw, Delamere faced Jodrell and Tatton played Anderton. Delamere beat Jodrell in record time (a lack of blocking skills maybe!) and then we had a great semifinal between Anderton and Tatton, with Anderton coming out victorious. The 3rd place battle between Tatton and Delamere was a cracker, but it was Delamere who won, despite Tatton missing the opportunity to win the game seconds before! The final was equally as entertaining as the Connect 4 frame was nearly full when Michell Mason secured the win for JODRELL and his team-mates Ollie Wood and Jacob Burke-Hurley.
On Thursday 5th March Year 5 took part in a new challenge- 'Cross the River.' This challenge saw each individual use two mats to cross the hall in the fastest time possible, combining speed and strength to move the mats quickly. We took the best 3 times for each house and then these were averaged to find our overall winner. Individually, our fastest times came from Devander Lisboa (Jodrell) and Hollie Cooke (Tatton) who completed the course in 17 seconds, with Luke Yeates (Jodrell) in 3rd place, just one second slower. Overall, it was JODRELL who were our winners, ahead of Tatton (3pts), Delamere (2pts) and Anderton (1pt). Well done to the winning Jodrell team: Nuray Fatima, Darius Aldea, Luke Yeates, Malaya Mellor and Devander Lisboa.
Year 4 took part in a Residential Quiz on their trip to Tattenhall on Thursday 12th March. This is always a traditional part of the trip and the Year 4s had to use their general knowledge as well as some educated guesses to answer questions on Geography, Maths, languages and on the 3 members of staff that made the trip with them. In the end it was DELAMERE who were our winners with a score of 25, ahead of Anderton on 18, Jodrell on 16 and Tatton on 14. Well done to the winning team: Arwen Cybulska-Edwards, Ralph Clay, Carter Readdin, Richard Adebanjo, Niamh Palin and Willow Haughton.
Year 5/6 took part in a Table Tennis Team Challenge on Friday 20th March. We had 20 pupils take part in a fast-paced and highly skillful competition. The pupils had to score as many shots as they could into a small bucket within 90 seconds to beat their opponents. In Round 1, Tatton and Jodrell both recorded 3-2 wins. Round 2 saw Jodrell beat Tatton 4-3 and Anderton score 2 late shots to beat Delamere 3-2. The final round saw Tatton edge Delamere 3-2 and the game of the day came in a 5-5 draw between Anderton and Jodrell. Overall it was JODRELL who were our winners (4pts), ahead of Tatton (3pts), Anderton (2pts) and Delamere (1pt). Well done to the winning Jodrell team: Reuben Tasker, Ansley Wong, Jacob Burke-Hurley, Luke Yeates and Devander Lisboa.
Year 4 were in action on Wednesday 25th March, as they rounded off their unit of Basketball with a house competition. The competition focused on all of the different skills they have learned in their PE lessons, putting them into practice under a little bit of pressure! We held lots of different races, testing their dribbling skills, passing and teamwork. Our overall winners were DELAMERE with 31pts, ahead of Tatton (25pts), Anderton (21pts) and Jodrell (19pts). Well done to the winning Delamere team: Iwan Clark, Richard Adebanjo, Ralph Clay, Arwen Cybulska-Edwards, Willow Haughton, Niamh Palin and Carter Readdin.
Our final competition of the Spring Term saw Year 1 compete in their first event. In recent PE lessons they have been practising their throwing and catching skills. They also had to work in small teams of 3 and 4 people, which they did really well! They took part in a range of fun games and challenges, ending up with them trying to catch a table tennis ball!!! Our winning house was JODRELL with 26pts, ahead of Anderton & Delamere (24pts each) and Tatton on 16pts. Well done to the winning Jodrell team: Jackson Oakley, Preston Powell, Aurah Parrin and Evie Wong.
W/c Monday 23rd Feb: DELAMERE (4pts), Jodrell (3pts), Anderton (2pts) and Tatton (1pt).
W/c Monday 2nd Mar: TATTON (4pts), Anderton (3pts), Delamere (2pts) and Jodrell (1pt).
W/c Monday 9th Mar: TATTON (4pts), Anderton (3pts, Jodrell (2pts) and Delamere (1pt).
W/c Monday 16th Mar: DELAMERE (4pts), Jodrell (3pts), Anderton (2pts) and Tatton (1pt)
W/c Monday 23rd Mar: TATTON (4pts), Anderton (3pts), Jodrell (2pts) and Delamere (1pt)
SPRING TERM FINAL STANDINGS:
CHAMPIONS: JODRELL (53pts)
Runner Up: Anderton (51pts)
3rd Place: Delamere (47pts)
4th Place: Tatton (41pts)
A HUGE well done to JODRELL who claim the house cup for the Spring Term and it is now proudly draped in their yellow ribbons. It has been an exciting term of house activities, with just 2 points making the difference. We reset the points and look forward to the Summer Term, the better weather and the big one.... SPORTS DAY 2026!!!
Mr K Foulkes
PE Subject Leader
