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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The final halfterm of the 2022/23 academic year was shaping up to be a good one, as the better weather brings out the Summer sporting events. We opened up with the Year 4/5 Egg and Spoon Competition on Wednesday 7th June. This is always a favourite event, particularly for the old ones! They had to negotiate a tricky obstacle course with their egg and spoon, however unlike a normal egg and spoon race, they were disqualified if they dropped the egg! This made it the ultimate test of balance and speed. Our winners were ANDERTON (11pts), ahead of Tatton (10pts), Jodrell (9pts) and Delamere (4pts). Well done to Junior Groves, Greta Gregorova, Millie Jennings, Sasha Gregory, Micah Kosefobamu and Bovern Tazvinzwa who represented Anderton in this competition!
Wednesday 14th June saw Year 6 test their Cricket Bowling skills at lunchtime. They had to bowl overarm, which can be quite a difficult skill to perfect and on the whole they all bowled really well. A point was awarded for each hit of the wickets and our individual winners were Jake Coombs (Tatton), Igor Fiszer (Tatton) and Joshua Blackshaw (Jodrell) who all had 2 hits each. Overall our winners were TATTON with 5 hits, Jodrell and Anderton shared runners up with 4 hits each and Delamere claim the single point with 2 hits. Well done to Jake Coombs, Igor Fiszer and Natan Czuczalow who formed the winning Tatton team!
On Thursday 15th June our next event came from the Year 4 Residential to Tattenhall! They took part in a general knowledge quiz whilst they were away, but the quiz did have a few twists, as there were questions on the teachers, school and some rock, paper, scissors competitions thrown in! Our overall winners were DELAMERE and JODRELL who shared the win and score 4pts each. Tatton came in 3rd place and Anderton scored the single point for 4th place.
Year 6 were in action on Wednesday 21st June as they took on a throwing challenge. They had to get 5 beanbags into 5 different sized hoops that were various distances away from the thrower. The fastest team to get all 5 beanbags in the hoops would be the winner. We had three rounds of competition- round one saw Jodrell take 4pts, Tatton 3pts, Delamere 2pts and Anderton 1pt. Tatton went one better in round two as they took the 4pts, ahead of Anderton 3pts, Delamere were 3rd again to get 2pts and Jodrell took 1pt. The final round saw everything to play for and it was our 3rd different winner, as Anderton took 4pts, Jodrell 3pts, Tatton 2pts and Delamere 1pt. This meant overall our winners were TATTON (9pts), ahead of Anderton & Jodrell (8pts) and Delamere (6pts). Well done to the winning Tatton team: Lilly Tough, Harry Poynton, Igor Fiszer and Jake Coombs.
We had 19 Year 4/5s challenge their throwing accuracy on Friday 23rd June. This challenge required them to throw either underarm or overarm and hit a set of wickets. However, each time they hit the wickets, they were moved back 1m until they were at their final position of 10m away. The winning team would be the team that pushed their wickets back and hit them at 10m. After the early flurry of successful hits, the game evened out as there was more distance between thrower and wicket. It was TATTON that struck the winning blow to score 4pts and then there was such a tight finish between the other 3 houses. All 3 ended up on the 10m line and it was a case of whoever struck first to decide 2nd/3rd/4th place. Anderton did just so and score 3pts overall, then it was Delamere who struck to take 2pts ahead of Jodrell 1pt. Well done to the winning Tatton team: Melvin Nicol, Franek Slusarczyk and Lewis Malam.
Thursday 29th June saw Year 6 test their Geography skills. Topics ranged from South American countries, to capital cities and working out which city was furthest North / South of another city. The standard was very high and all 4 teams came out with decent scores. Our overall winners were TATTON who collect 4pts, ahead of Delamere 3pts, Jodrell 2pts and Anderton 1pt. Well done to the winning Tatton team: Harry Poynton, Jake Coombs and Lilly Tough.
On Thursday 6th July we had Year 4/5 Boys taking part in a Dodgeball competition. As always, we had a full house for each team and the competition was another cracker! What was most pleasing to see was the level of sportsmanship from all of the teams and they were very honest about when they were hit. We had 3 teams level on points at the end and we had to count the number of players left in each game to decide the final placings. JODRELL came out as winners (4pts), ahead of Delamere (3pts), Tatton (2pts) and Anderton (1pt). Well done to Lucas Scott Taylor, Varric Guevarra, Misha Kupenko, Yokshith Kuruba, Diego Lisboa, Junior Woodward, Malaki Mellor and Jensen Lindsay who formed the winning team.
Friday 7th July was the turn of the girls, as year 4/5/6 girls took part in a Dodgeball competition. Again, this event saw lots of pupils getting involved and there was some excellent throwing and catching on show... some of the catches were unbelievable! We had clear winners in this competition, as DELAMERE won all 3 games to claim 4pts. The other 3 houses were tied on one win each so it went down to who had the most players left in after their 3 games... and it was Tatton who score 3pts, ahead of Jodrell 2pts and Anderton 1pt. Well done to our winning Delamere team: Soraya Azadmehr, Samanvitha Pothuganti, Lilly May Mellor, Vichy Gabriel and Purvvi Molleti.
Year 6 took part in an Orienteering Challenge, following on from their PE lessons, in which they tested their speed and map reading skills on the course around school. We had both a team and individual challenge on the day, with the aim being to try to complete the most maps in 20 minutes. Our individual winner with 10 maps was Natan Czuczalow (Tatton), with Joshua Blackshaw (Jodrell) in 2nd place with 9 maps and Jake Coombs (Tatton) in 3rd place on 8 maps. In the team event our winning house was worked out by finding the mean average number of maps for each house. Our winners were JODRELL (4pts), ahead of Tatton (3pts), Anderton (2pts) and Delamere (1pt). Well done to the winning Jodrell team: Harry Tasker, Joshua Blackshaw, Molly Wharton, Amiee Taylor, Deacon Taylor, Joshua Entwistle and Jackyboy Woodward.
It was Year 6 who were involved again on Tuesday 18th July, this time in team building games. They had to work in teams of 4 using large poles to transport a ball from one cone to another, without touching the ball with anything other than the poles. Round 1 was a straight-forward move the netball from one to the other. Round 2 saw a couple of obstacles introduced for the teams to negotiate and Round 3 saw us switch from a netball to a tennis ball... which made things much harder!! In the end it was JODRELL who were our winners and take 4pts, ahead of Anderton (3pts), Tatton (2pts) and Delamere (1pt). Well done to Molly Wharton, Amiee Taylor, Harry Tasker and Joshua Blackshaw who made up our winning team.
Week Commencing Mon 19th June: DELAMERE (4pts), Anderton (3pts), Jodrell (2pts), Tatton (1pt).
Week Commencing Mon 26th June: DELAMERE (4pts), Tatton (3pts), Anderton (2pts), Jodrell (1pt).
Week Commencing Mon 3rd July: TATTON (4pts), Delamere (3pts), Anderton (2pts), Jodrell (1pt).
Week Commencing Mon 10th July: TATTON (4pts), Anderton (3pts), Delamere (2pts), Jodrell (1pt).
Week Commencing Mon 17th July: TATTON (4pts), Delamere (3pts), Anderton (2pts), Jodrell (1pt).
FINAL HOUSE CUP TOTALS - SUMMER TERM 2023:
Winners: TATTON (92pts)
Runners-Up: JODRELL (91pts)
3rd Place: Anderton (90pts)
4th Place: Delamere (84pts)
A huge congratulations to Tatton who finish the academic year with the red ribbons of Tatton flying high on the House Cup. Well done to everyone for taking part this year and a big thank you to my house captains and vice-captains for all of their efforts.
Mr Foulkes
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After the tightest finish we had ever had in the previous term, the Summer Term was shaping up to be an absolute cracker! The Summer Term also brings the better weather (hopefully!) and some fantastic house activities including the big one... SPORTS DAY!!!
Our first event was the Year 6 Tennis Skills Competition on Wednesday 19th April and we had just over two thirds of the year group take part. For this competition, they had to 'rally' with the wall, hitting over the net each time and with the ball only allowed to bounce once between hits. It was a tricky competition, but not for our individual winner Harry Tasker (Jodrell) who looked like a future Andy Murray, as he was our clear winner. For the girls, Rubi Masser (Anderton) led the way. Overall, it was JODRELL who were our winners (4pts), ahead of Anderton (3pts), Tatton (2pts) and Delamere (1pt).
Friday 21st April saw Year 5 take part in Beanbag Golf, a game which tested their throwing power and accuracy. The aim was to get the beanbag into a bucket placed 30m away in the fewest number of throws. We had 4 pupils who scored 2s: well done to Junior Groves (Anderton), Harvey Allen (Tatton, Jensen Lindsay (Jodrell) and Coby Utting (Tatton). Overall it was ANDERTON who collected the 4pts with a score of 34, ahead of Jodrell on 35, Tatton on 36 and Delamere on 44. Well done to the winning Anderton team: Junior Groves, Micah Kosefobamu and Daniel Hideg.
On Tuesday 25th April it was Year 6 who took on Beanbag Golf at lunchtime. We had 16 players and we nearly got our first hole in one, as Joshua Entwistle (Anderton) hit the bucket on his first shot. We had 6 pupils score 2 shots; Jake Coombs (Tatton), Joshua Entwistle and Augustin Balaz (Anderton), Joshua Blackshaw, Amiee Taylor and Jackyboy Woodward (Jodrell). JODRELL were our overall winners on 34pts, ahead of Tatton & Anderton (38pts) and Delamere (41pts). Well done to Joshua Blackshaw, Amiee Taylor, Molly Wharton and Jackyboy Woodward who formed the winning team.
Wednesday 3rd May saw Year 6 start off the Athletics season with Sprints and Relay Races. Each team was made up of two girls and two boys and they took part in lots of different sprint races followed by two relays. We did 2pts for the winner of each race and 1pt for 2nd place, then tallied them up to find a winner. The competition was dominated by ANDERTON who stormed to the win with a score of 14. The other three houses were evenly matched and it was Tatton who were runners up with 6, ahead of both Jodrell & Delamere on 5. Well done to Rubi Masser, Tommy Tomkinson, Ava Lofkin and Augustin Balaz who made up the winning team.
Year 4/5 Boys were next in action on Thursday 4th May and they took part in a Hurdles Competition. We had 20 boys taking part and the standard was really high- only one hurdle was knocked over in 15 races and there were some quick times! It was 2pts fdor a win and 1pt for 2nd place in each race. Our overall winners were JODRELL (17), just ahead of Anderton (14), Tatton (8) and Delamere (5). Well done to the winning Jodrell team: Jensen Lindsay, Diego Lisboa, Lucas Scott Taylor, Junior Woodward and Joseph Proudman.
Wednesday 10th May saw Year 4 take on the Rounders Bat Challenge. In this challenge they had to do as many consecutive hits of the ball with a Rounders bat as they could- not an easy one to do! Our individual winner was James Edwards (Anderton) with 10, ahead of Junior Woodward (Jodrell) on 6 and Joseh Hughes (Delamere) & Diego Lisboa (Jodrell) on 5 each. Overall we used the mean average to decide the winning house and it was ANDERTON who collect 4pts, ahead of Jodrell (3pts), Delamere (2pts) and Tatton (1pt). Well done to James Edwards, Loki Masser, Ibuku Fajemilo and Bovern Tazvinzwa who made up the winning team!
The Year 4/5 Girls took on the hurdles on Tuesday 16th May and we had 16 girls taking part in what was a close, exciting competition right up to the end. The standard was really high and we have some excellent hurdlers in the group! There were a number of wins from Samanvitha Pothuganti (Delamere), Amelia Banks-Scott (Jodrell), Greta Gregorova (Anderton) and Charlotte Wright (Jodrell). Our overall winners were DELAMERE on 16pts, ahead of Jodrell on 15pts, Anderton on 5pts and Tatton on 4pts. Well done to the winning Delamere team: Summer Ivey, Samanvitha Pothuganti, Lilly May Mellor and Iris Carvalho.
Year 6 were on the hurdles on Thursday 18th May and there were 12 extremely quick runners taking part! It was a great competition in which only 2 points separated 1st place and 3rd place!! Individual race winners were Harry Poynton (Tatton), Tommy Tomkinson (Anderton), Rubi Masser (Anderton) and Michelle Isiama Mba (Tatton) and then Jodrell won the hurdles relay race at the end. Overall it was TATTON who claimed the 4pts by scoring 9pts in the competition, one ahead of Anderton, who were then one point ahead of Jodrell who came 3rd. Delamere collected the single point for 4th place. Our winning team was made up of Harry Poynton, Igor Fiszer and Michelle Isiama Mba. Well done to the Tatton team!
With cricket season nearly upon us, we had Year 4/5 take part in a Catching Challenge on Tuesday 23rd May. A full house of 20 pupils took part and the standard of catching was tremendous! We started off with low, simple catches and built up to catching some really high balls- each player scored a point for every successful catch made. Our overall winners were JODRELL with 11 catches, ahead of Tatton (10), Anderton (9) and Delamere (4). Well done to Jensen Lindsay, Diego Lisboa, Lucas Scott Taylor, Amelia Banks Scott and Paige Haynes for being part of the winning team. To end the competition, we had a high catching knock out challenge, with the last person standing being the individual winner and that award went to the safe hands of Harvey Allen- well done!
Our final house event of this halfterm was the Year 4/5/6 Sports Day 2023. We were blessed with a beautiful morning for Athletics and our pupils put on a fantastic show at the Cumberland Arena. Each child took part in 6 different events- sprint, relay, 400m, javelin, long jump and the beanbag race. It was an amazing celebration of school sport and there were some tremendous individual performances. As well as individual accolades, their was also a bounty of house points on offer in every event. For each event the pupils took part in, there was 3pts to the winner, 2pts for 2nd place and 1pt for third place. The overall scores for each house were then divided by 4 to give them a score for sports day. Our overall winners of Sports Day 2023 were ANDERTON and they came away with 21pts. Runners-up were Jodrell who scored 18pts, ahead of Tatton (13pts) and Delamere (11pts). Well done to everyone in ANDERTON for a deserved and well-earned victory on Sports Day.
Class Dojo Points:
Week commencing Mon 17th April: DELAMERE (4pts), Tatton (3pts), Jodrell (2pts) & Anderton (1pt).
Week commencing Mon 24th April: DELAMERE (4pts), Anderton (3pts), Tatton (2pts) & Jodrell (1pt).
Week commencing Mon 1st May: JODRELL (4pts), Delamere (3pts), Anderton (2pts) & Tatton (1pt).
Week commencing Mon 8th May: DELAMERE (4pts), Tatton (3pts), Jodrell (2pts) & Anderton (1pt).
Week commencing Mon 15th May: JODRELL (4pts), Delamere (3pts), Tatton (2pts) & Anderton (1pt).
Week commencing Mon 22nd May: TATTON (4pts), Delamere (3pts), Anderton (2pts) & Jodrell (1pt).
Well done to everyone who represented their house this halfterm and we look forward to our final halfterm of competitions!
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The new halfterm got underway with Year 6 taking part in a 'Grab the Bib Competition' on Tuesday 28th February. We had 12 pupils taking part in a game that tested their running speed, their reactions and their tactics. In the first round of games, Tatton and Jodrell drew 3-3 and Anderton started well with a 4-2 win vs Delamere. Round two saw two one-sided games, as Tatton beat Delamere 6-1 and Anderton beat Jodrell 5-2. The final round Saw Jodrell recover to beat Delamere 6-0 and ANDERTON clinched the overall win by beating Tatton 4-2. Well done to Rubi Masser, Holly Bloor and Maya Anghel who formed our winning team! Tatton and Jodrell finished level and take 3pts each and Delamere the single point.
On Thursday 2nd March Year 4/5 Boys took part in a Ten-Pin Bowling competition at lunchtime. We had 16 boys showing off their power and accuracy in the challenge. Our top bowlers were Melvin Nicol (Tatton) and Malaki Mellor (Jodrell) who both scored 2 strikes each. Overall it was JODRELL who came out winners with a score of 24, ahead of Tatton on 15, Anderton on 3 and Delamere on 2. Well done to Malaki Mellor, Jensen Lindsay, Richard Radu and Joseph Proudman who were part of the winning team!
The Year 4/5 Girls took on the Ten-Pin Bowling competition on Wednesday 8th March. We had full teams taking part again and it was a very even competition that was decided in the final few seconds! Individually we had strikes from Soraya Azadmehr (Delamere) and Keeley Cooper (Tatton) and our highest points scorer was Charlotte Wright (Jodrell). Our winners were DELAMERE on a score of 12, ahead of Tatton & Jodrell who tied for second on 10 and Anderton in 4th place on 9. Well done to Soraya Azadmehr, Iris Carvalho, Samanvitha Pothuganti and Lilly May Mellor who formed the winning team!
Year 4 were involved in a Football Skills Challenge on Monday 13th March and we had 12 pupils showing off their silky skills. The pupils had 3 goes each to negotiate a tricky course with the ball in the fastest time. Our individual fastest times were Loki Masser (Anderton) in 9.82s, Junior Woodward (Jodrell) in 9.87s and James Edwards (Anderton) in 10.12s. Our overall winners with the lowest average time were ANDERTON- well done to Loki, James and Noah Boulton who made up the winning team and collect 4pts for their house. Jodrell collect 3pts, Tatton 2pts and Delamere 1pt.
Year 6 went Ten-Pin Bowling on Tuesday 14th March and we had 17 pupils taking part. The standard of the competition was excellent- our individual best bowler was Jackyboy Woodward who scored two strikes and there were strikes from Natan Czuczalow, Jake Coombs and Augustin Balaz. JODRELL were our runaway winners in this with a score of 27, ahead of Anderton on 21, Tatton on 20 and Delamere on 11. Well done to the winning Jodrell team of Joshua Blackshaw, Molly Wharton, Jackyboy Woodward and Harry Tasker.
On Monday 20th March our Year 6 were in action again, this time showing off their fantastic Netball skills. The games were fast-paced and had goals galore, with all 4 teams working well together. In round one Anderton and Jodrell played out a 1-1 draw and Tatton were strong in their 2-0 win against Delamere. Round two saw Tatton edge past Anderton 2-1 and Jodrell chalked up their first win with a 3-0 win against Delamere. The final round saw Jodrell beat Tatton 2-0 and Anderton beat Delamere by the same scoreline. Overall, our winners were JODRELL, ahead of Tatton, Anderton and Delamere. Well done to the winning Jodrell team: Molly Wharton, Joshua Blackshaw, Harry Tasker and Jackyboy Woodward.
On a blustery Wednesday 22nd March we had Years 5 and 6 take part in a Dodgeball Competition. Each team was made up of 3 Year 5s and 3 Year 6s and each house played each other in a round robin. In the first round of games Jodrell beat Delamere 6-0 and Anderton sneaked past Tatton 3-2. Round two saw Tatton seal an impressive 4-0 win against Jodrell and Anderton made it two wins from two in beating Delamere. The final round saw Jodrell beat Anderton 3-1 and Tatton beat Delamere 3-0. This meant Tatton, Anderton and Jodrell all finished level on 2 wins and a loss. Points difference was needed to separate the three houses and it was TATTON who came out winners, ahead of Jodrell (3pts) and Anderton (2pts). Delamere pick up the single point for 4th place. Well done to the winning Tatton team: Harry Poynton, Igor Fiszer, Michelle Isiama Mba, Melvin Nicol, Harvey Allen and Coby Utting.
Monday 27th March saw our Year 4s show off their Hockey skills at lunchtime. We had a number of races and different nest games to collect as many points as they could. After the first round of races, it was Jodrell just ahead, however they were overtaken by Tatton and Delamere in the nest games- TATTON and DELAMERE both finished on 8pts and were joint winners, ahead of Jodrell on 7pts and Anderton on 2pts. Well done to the winning Tatton team (Lewis Malam & Finley Allen) and winning Delamere team (Leon Entwistle-Hill & Finley Palin).
Tuesday 28th March saw Year 2 and Year 3 continue the hockey theme with House Competitions in their PE lessons. They played different skill games in order to collect the most points. For Year 2, it was DELAMERE who were our clear winners, ahead of Jodrell (3pts), Anderton (2pts) and Tatton (1pt). The Year 3 Competition saw ANDERTON collect the 4pts, ahead of Tatton (3pts), Jodrell (2pts) and Delamere (1pt).
On Wednesday 29th March our Year 6 took part in a Handball Competition in their morning PE lesson. They have worked hard on their Handball skills and rules over the past 6 weeks and they produced a great tournament. Our overall winners were ANDERTON (4pts), ahead of Tatton (3pts), Jodrell (2pts) and Delamere (1pt).
The busy week was rounded off with Year 4/5 playing Hockey Competitions in their PE lessons. Mr Taziker's class were up first and it was DELAMERE who took away 4pts, with Tatton just clinching the 3pts ahead of Anderton and Jodrell who tied for 3rd place and get 2pts each. Miss Eglin's class were up next and they produced an equally exciting and tense competition. JODRELL were our winners (4pts) ahead of both Tatton and Delamere who collect 3pts each. Anderton collect the single point for 4th place.
Class Dojo Points:
- Week commencing Mon 27th Feb: JODRELL (4pts), Delamere (3pts), Tatton (2pts) & Anderton (1pt).
- Week commencing Mon 6th March: DELAMERE (4pts), Jodrell (3pts), Anderton (2pts) & Tatton (1pt).
- Week commencing Mon 13th March: DELAMERE (4pts), Jodrell (3pts), Tatton (2pts) & Anderton (1pt).
- Week commencing Mon 20th March: DELAMERE (4pts), Tatton (3pts), Anderton (2pts) & Jodrell (1pt).
- Week commencing Mon 27th March: DELAMERE (4pts), Anderton (3pts), Tatton (2pts), Jodrell (1pt).
SPRING TERM HOUSE CUP RESULTS:
WINNERS: Delamere & Jodrell (91pts)
3rd Place: Tatton (87pts)
4th Place: Anderton (86pts)
For the first time in the history of the house cup we have JOINT WINNERS!! Delamere staged a great comeback to take a share of the trophy with Jodrell and for Delamere it was their first win since the Summer Term of 2017!
Well done to everyone who has taken part in activities this halfterm and helped to produce one of the tightest terms of competition we have ever had!
Mr Foulkes
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After the tightest finish we had ever had in the previous term, the Summer Term was shaping up to be an absolute cracker! The Summer Term also brings the better weather (hopefully!) and some fantastic house activities including the big one... SPORTS DAY!!!
Our first event was the Year 6 Tennis Skills Competition on Wednesday 19th April and we had just over two thirds of the year group take part. For this competition, they had to 'rally' with the wall, hitting over the net each time and with the ball only allowed to bounce once between hits. It was a tricky competition, but not for our individual winner Harry Tasker (Jodrell) who looked like a future Andy Murray, as he was our clear winner. For the girls, Rubi Masser (Anderton) led the way. Overall, it was JODRELL who were our winners (4pts), ahead of Anderton (3pts), Tatton (2pts) and Delamere (1pt).
Friday 21st April saw Year 5 take part in Beanbag Golf, a game which tested their throwing power and accuracy. The aim was to get the beanbag into a bucket placed 30m away in the fewest number of throws. We had 4 pupils who scored 2s: well done to Junior Groves (Anderton), Harvey Allen (Tatton, Jensen Lindsay (Jodrell) and Coby Utting (Tatton). Overall it was ANDERTON who collected the 4pts with a score of 34, ahead of Jodrell on 35, Tatton on 36 and Delamere on 44. Well done to the winning Anderton team: Junior Groves, Micah Kosefobamu and Daniel Hideg.
On Tuesday 25th April it was Year 6 who took on Beanbag Golf at lunchtime. We had 16 players and we nearly got our first hole in one, as Joshua Entwistle (Anderton) hit the bucket on his first shot. We had 6 pupils score 2 shots; Jake Coombs (Tatton), Joshua Entwistle and Augustin Balaz (Anderton), Joshua Blackshaw, Amiee Taylor and Jackyboy Woodward (Jodrell). JODRELL were our overall winners on 34pts, ahead of Tatton & Anderton (38pts) and Delamere (41pts). Well done to Joshua Blackshaw, Amiee Taylor, Molly Wharton and Jackyboy Woodward who formed the winning team.
Wednesday 3rd May saw Year 6 start off the Athletics season with Sprints and Relay Races. Each team was made up of two girls and two boys and they took part in lots of different sprint races followed by two relays. We did 2pts for the winner of each race and 1pt for 2nd place, then tallied them up to find a winner. The competition was dominated by ANDERTON who stormed to the win with a score of 14. The other three houses were evenly matched and it was Tatton who were runners up with 6, ahead of both Jodrell & Delamere on 5. Well done to Rubi Masser, Tommy Tomkinson, Ava Lofkin and Augustin Balaz who made up the winning team.
Year 4/5 Boys were next in action on Thursday 4th May and they took part in a Hurdles Competition. We had 20 boys taking part and the standard was really high- only one hurdle was knocked over in 15 races and there were some quick times! It was 2pts fdor a win and 1pt for 2nd place in each race. Our overall winners were JODRELL (17), just ahead of Anderton (14), Tatton (8) and Delamere (5). Well done to the winning Jodrell team: Jensen Lindsay, Diego Lisboa, Lucas Scott Taylor, Junior Woodward and Joseph Proudman.
Wednesday 10th May saw Year 4 take on the Rounders Bat Challenge. In this challenge they had to do as many consecutive hits of the ball with a Rounders bat as they could- not an easy one to do! Our individual winner was James Edwards (Anderton) with 10, ahead of Junior Woodward (Jodrell) on 6 and Joseh Hughes (Delamere) & Diego Lisboa (Jodrell) on 5 each. Overall we used the mean average to decide the winning house and it was ANDERTON who collect 4pts, ahead of Jodrell (3pts), Delamere (2pts) and Tatton (1pt). Well done to James Edwards, Loki Masser, Ibuku Fajemilo and Bovern Tazvinzwa who made up the winning team!
The Year 4/5 Girls took on the hurdles on Tuesday 16th May and we had 16 girls taking part in what was a close, exciting competition right up to the end. The standard was really high and we have some excellent hurdlers in the group! There were a number of wins from Samanvitha Pothuganti (Delamere), Amelia Banks-Scott (Jodrell), Greta Gregorova (Anderton) and Charlotte Wright (Jodrell). Our overall winners were DELAMERE on 16pts, ahead of Jodrell on 15pts, Anderton on 5pts and Tatton on 4pts. Well done to the winning Delamere team: Summer Ivey, Samanvitha Pothuganti, Lilly May Mellor and Iris Carvalho.
Year 6 were on the hurdles on Thursday 18th May and there were 12 extremely quick runners taking part! It was a great competition in which only 2 points separated 1st place and 3rd place!! Individual race winners were Harry Poynton (Tatton), Tommy Tomkinson (Anderton), Rubi Masser (Anderton) and Michelle Isiama Mba (Tatton) and then Jodrell won the hurdles relay race at the end. Overall it was TATTON who claimed the 4pts by scoring 9pts in the competition, one ahead of Anderton, who were then one point ahead of Jodrell who came 3rd. Delamere collected the single point for 4th place. Our winning team was made up of Harry Poynton, Igor Fiszer and Michelle Isiama Mba. Well done to the Tatton team!
With cricket season nearly upon us, we had Year 4/5 take part in a Catching Challenge on Tuesday 23rd May. A full house of 20 pupils took part and the standard of catching was tremendous! We started off with low, simple catches and built up to catching some really high balls- each player scored a point for every successful catch made. Our overall winners were JODRELL with 11 catches, ahead of Tatton (10), Anderton (9) and Delamere (4). Well done to Jensen Lindsay, Diego Lisboa, Lucas Scott Taylor, Amelia Banks Scott and Paige Haynes for being part of the winning team. To end the competition, we had a high catching knock out challenge, with the last person standing being the individual winner and that award went to the safe hands of Harvey Allen- well done!
Our final house event of this halfterm was the Year 4/5/6 Sports Day 2023. We were blessed with a beautiful morning for Athletics and our pupils put on a fantastic show at the Cumberland Arena. Each child took part in 6 different events- sprint, relay, 400m, javelin, long jump and the beanbag race. It was an amazing celebration of school sport and there were some tremendous individual performances. As well as individual accolades, their was also a bounty of house points on offer in every event. For each event the pupils took part in, there was 3pts to the winner, 2pts for 2nd place and 1pt for third place. The overall scores for each house were then divided by 4 to give them a score for sports day. Our overall winners of Sports Day 2023 were ANDERTON and they came away with 21pts. Runners-up were Jodrell who scored 18pts, ahead of Tatton (13pts) and Delamere (11pts). Well done to everyone in ANDERTON for a deserved and well-earned victory on Sports Day.
Class Dojo Points:
Week commencing Mon 17th April: DELAMERE (4pts), Tatton (3pts), Jodrell (2pts) & Anderton (1pt).
Week commencing Mon 24th April: DELAMERE (4pts), Anderton (3pts), Tatton (2pts) & Jodrell (1pt).
Week commencing Mon 1st May: JODRELL (4pts), Delamere (3pts), Anderton (2pts) & Tatton (1pt).
Week commencing Mon 8th May: DELAMERE (4pts), Tatton (3pts), Jodrell (2pts) & Anderton (1pt).
Week commencing Mon 15th May: JODRELL (4pts), Delamere (3pts), Tatton (2pts) & Anderton (1pt).
Week commencing Mon 22nd May: TATTON (4pts), Delamere (3pts), Anderton (2pts) & Jodrell (1pt).
Well done to everyone who represented their house this halfterm and we look forward to our final halfterm of competitions!
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We started 2023 with Jodrell as our reigning champions and we had a packed and varied schedule to kick off January. We opened up with the Year 6 Parkour Challenge on Tuesday 10
th January. Parkour is a mixture of running and climbing, with elements of gymnastics and the Year 6s had to negotiate a tricky course as part of a relay team, with the winning house being the one that had their 4 players complete it in the fastest time. Our individual top times for the boys were Harry Poynton for Tatton (8 seconds) and Mason Owen (10 seconds) for Delamere. For the girls we had Natalia Majdanik (Delamere) and Maya Anghel (Anderton) who both completed the course in 14 seconds. Our overall team relay winners were JODRELL who did it in 52s, one second ahead of Tatton, with Anderton (57s) and Delamere (58s) really close behind them. Well done to Joshua Blackshaw, Harry Tasker, Jackyboy Woodward and Deacon Taylor who formed the winning team.
On Friday 13th January Year 4/5 were testing their basketball skills at lunchtime. After a quick warm up we started with a speedy dribbling competition, with 2pts for the fastest dribbler and 1pt for 2nd place in each race. After this section it was Jodrell leading the way, but the second section offered the chance of a comeback for the other houses. In this challenge they had to dribble through a set course and be the first person to score in the hoop to take 3pts. A stunning run of scoring saw TATTON overtake Jodrell and claim the overall 4pts. Anderton picked up 3rd place and Delamere 4th place. Well done to Sophia Beal, Franek Slusarczyk, Lewis Malam, Logan Hayes and Melvin Nicol who formed our winning team!
Year 4/5/6 took on the Speedy Wordsearch Challenge on Tuesday 17th January. Each pupil taking part had 8 minutes to find as many words as they could, with each house getting an average score to decide placings. Tatton scored 68 words with an average of 5.66, Anderton scored 58 words at an average of 7.25. Jodrell scored 65 words at an average of 5.41 and Delamere scored 73 words at an average of 6.08. This meant ANDERTON take 4pts, with Delamere scoring 3pts, Tatton 2pts and Jodrell 1pt. Well done to our winning Anderton team: Tommy Tomkinson, Rubi Masser, Augustin Balaz, Noah Boulton, James Edwards and Lexi Mai Ashbrook. Well done also to Samanvitha Pothuganti and Mason Owen (both Delamere) who completed the wordsearches in the fastest times!
On Friday 20th January 21 Year 6 pupils took part in a Netball Shooting Competition at lunchtime. Each house had 5 minutes to score as many times as they could from 2m away from the post. Our high scorers for the boys were Harry Poynton (Tatton) and Augustin Balaz (Anderton), who both scored 7 goals. Molly Wharton (Jodrell) and Holly Bloor (Anderton) were our high scorers for the girls with 5 goals each. Overall, there was a single goal that separated our winners ANDERTON (22 goals) from Jodrell (21 goals) who came in 2nd place. Tatton came 3rd with 17 goals and Delamere were 4th with 11 goals. Well done to the winning Anderton team: Rubi Masser, Holly Bloor, Augustin Balaz, Joshua Entwistle and Tommy Tomkinson.
Tuesday 24th January and Wednesday 25th January saw Year 4/5 take part in a 4v4 Netball League. We had 2 games of half court Netball going on, so each house got a good 10 minutes per game in. In the first round of fixtures, Anderton beat Delamere in a tight affair. Anderton took the lead through James Edwards before they were pegged back by a goal from Soraya Azadmehr. A late goal from James Edwards made it 2-1 and Anderton started off with a win and 3pts. On the other pitch, Jodrell faced off against Tatton and this was a game of real quality. There was some excellent fast passing and defensively both teams looked strong. Jodrell inched ahead through Jensen Lindsay and it looked like being enough until Finley Allen equalised for Tatton late on. A draw was a fair result and both teams collected a point. Round two saw both games end up as draws- Delamere were on top against Tatton, but couldn't find a winner. Anderton and Jodrell was a more even affair and both teams had chances, but neither could break the deadlock. The final saw Anderton and Tatton play out another 0-0 but Jodrell went goal crazy in a 3-1 win against Delamere thanks to goals from Richard Radu (2) and Jensen Lindsay. Delamere's goal came from Soraya Azadmehr. Our overall winners were JODRELL on goal difference, just ahead of Anderton who collect 3pts, Tatton 2pts and Delamere 1pt. Well done to Paige Haynes, Jensen Lindsay, Diego Lisboa and Richard Radu who formed the winning team.
On Thursday 2nd February our Year 4/5s showed off their Hockey skills in a series of races and shooting games. Round 1 saw the pupils have to score 4/4 hockey balls in the fastest time, round two tested their dribbling skills as they had to navigate around cones before scoring and round 3 was a nest game against the clock. Our overall winners were JODRELL (4pts) who showed some silky skills and sharp shooting on their way to victory. Delamere claimed 3pts for runners-up, Tatton 2pts and Anderton get the single point. Well done to Jensen Lindsay, Richard Radu, Diego Lisboa and Junior Woodward who were our winning squad.
Friday 3rd February saw Year 4/5/6 Girls take part in a Dodgeball Competition. We had 20 girls take part in what was a fantastic, fun competition! In the first round of games, Tatton and Anderton played out a 2-2 draw and Delamere were too strong for Jodrell, winning 4-2. Round two saw Jodrell bounce back to win 5-0 against Tatton and Anderton got the better of Delamere in a 2-0 win. The final games featured a frantic 4-3 win for Delamere against Tatton and Anderton took some impressive catches on their way to beating Jodrell 4-1. Well done to ANDERTON who were our overall winners (4pts), ahead of Delamere (3pts), Jodrell (2pts) and Tatton (1pt). Well done to the winning team: Holly Bloor, Rubi Masser, Maya Anghel and Ava Lofkin.
On Wednesday 8th February our Year 6 took part in Hockey Races. There were 22 pupils who took part in slaloming their way through a course in the fastest time possible. Individually, our fastest boy was Harry Tasker (6.07s) and our fastest girl was Rubi Masser (7.01s). When the individual times were added up and averaged, it was ANDERTON who came out as winners and take 4pts, ahead of Delamere (3pts), Tatton (2pts) and Jodrell (1pt). Well done to Rubi Masser, Holly Bloor, Joshua Entwistle, Maya Anghel and Tommy Tomkinson who represented Anderton.
The final week of the halfterm was dominated by Year 4,5 and 6 taking part in a Climbing Challenge of the bars in the hall. Year 6 went first on Monday 13th February and our individual winners were Harry Tasker of Jodrell (14.92s) and Maya Anghel of Anderton (18.89s). After averaging out the times for each house it was JODRELL who emerged as winners (4pts), ahead of Anderton (3pts), Tatton (2pts) and Delamere (1pt).
Year 4 were next up on Wednesday 15th February and they were full of enthusiasm after watching the Year 6s efforts on the Monday. Our individual winners were Junior Woodward from Jodrell (11.75s) and Tayah Huskisson from Tatton (25.64s). After averaging out the times for each house it was JODRELL who claimed another win and 4pts, with Anderton getting 3pts, Tatton 2pts and Delamere 1pt.
Our final Climbing Challenge was on Thursday 16th February with Year 5 taking part. We had 17 pupils taking part in a fiercely competitive competition. Our individual winners were Jensen Lindsay for Jodrell (10.22s) and Samanvitha Pothuganti for Delamere (17.87s). Overall it was Tatton that took home 4pts, ahead of Delamere (3pts), Anderton (2pts) and Jodrell (1pt).
Class Dojo Points:
- Week commencing Mon 2nd Jan: DELAMERE (4pts), Jodrell (3pts), Tatton (2pts) & Anderton (1pt).
- Week commencing Mon 9th Jan: ANDERTON (4pts), Jodrell (3pts), Delamere (2pts) & Tatton (1pt).
- Week commencing Mon 16th Jan: DELAMERE (4pts), Tatton (3pts), Anderton (2pts) & Jodrell (1pt).
- Week commencing Mon 23rd Jan: TATTON (4pts), Delamere (3pts), Jodrell (2pts) & Anderton (1pt).
- Week commencing Mon 30th Jan: JODRELL (4pts), Delamere (3pts), Anderton (2pts) & Tatton (1pt).
- Week commencing Mon 6th Feb: DELAMERE (4pts), Jodrell (3pts), Anderton & Tatton (2pts).
- Week commencing Mon 13th Feb: JODRELL (4pts), Delamere (3pts), Anderton (2pts) & Tatton (1pt).
House Cup Totals (Correct as of February Halfterm):
1st Place: JODRELL 48pts
2nd Place: Anderton 47pts
3rd Place: Delamere 46pts
4th Place: Tatton 40pts
Well done to JODRELL who have just edged their way into the lead at the half term break- it has been such a tight, entertaining half term of activities and all 4 houses have a good chance of lifting the trophy before Easter.
Well done to everyone who has taken part in activities this halfterm.
Mr Foulkes
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November started with Year 4/5 in action, as they took part in a Speedbounce competition on Tuesday 8th November. We had over 20 pupils take part and they were trying to record the most bounces over the mini-hurdle in 30 seconds. The scores for each house were then averaged to find our final positions. Our winner for the boys was Loki Masser (Anderton) with an amazing 53 jumps. For the girls it was Summer Ivey (Delamere) who recorded 37 jumps- well done to both! In the team event it was JODRELL that were our winners with a score of 39.4, ahead of Anderton (37.3), Tatton (33.4) and Anderton (28.2). Well done to our winning Jodrell team: Jensen Lindsay, Junior Woodward, Amelia Banks-Scott, Diego Lisboa and Richard Radu.
Thursday 10th November saw the Year 6s take part in Speedbounce and again it was well supported with 23 pupils taking part! Our individual winners were Harry Poynton for the boys with 67 jumps and Natalia Majdanik with 48 jumps for the girls- well done to both of them. The final scores for each house were again decided using an average score and it was JODRELL who reigned supreme once more, with a score of 39.0. Anderton picked up 3pts with a score of 36.4, ahead of Tatton on 35.75 and Delamere on 34. Well done to the winning Jodrell team: Joshua Blackshaw, Jackyboy Woodward, Harry Tasker, Deacon Taylor and Egan Chan.
Year 6 were back in action on Thursday 17th November as 16 pupils took part in a Connect 4 competition. In the first round Tatton and Anderton couldn't be split in a 2-2 draw and Jodrell were superb in a 4-0 win against Delamere. Round two saw Jodrell edge past Tatton 2-1 and Anderton beat Delamere 3-1. The final round saw Tatton beat Delamere 3-1 and Jodrell beat Anderton by the same scoreline. It was JODRELL that collect 4pts, with Tatton & Anderton sharing 3pts each and Delamere 1pt. Well done to the winning Jodrell team: Amiee Taylor, Joshua Blackshaw, Molly Wharton and Jackyboy Woodward.
On Friday 25th November we had a new event on the calendar- Year 4/5 Walk the Tightrope Challenge! In the first round of the competition, the pupils had to simply complete the balance course without stepping on the floor or knocking an obstacle. Each house had 5 players and both Tatton and Delamere saw every player cross safely to score 5pts in the first round. Jodrell and Anderton both had two players fall off the tightrope, so scored 3pts each. Round two was to complete the course against the clock, with the fastest 2 times for each house helping to decide the positions. For Tatton, Franek Slusarczyk (17s) and Lewis Malam (19s) gave them a score of 36 seconds which added 1pt to their total. Anderton had James Edwards (14s) and Millie Jennings (16s) to thank for a great time of 30 seconds, which scored 2pts overall. Jodrell were super-speedy and they had Jensen Lindsay (13s) and Malaki Mellor (12s) go fastest for a score of 25 seconds and took 4pts. Delamere had Dylan Sibanda and Samanvitha Pothuganti complete the course in 14s each for a combined score of 28 seconds which scored 3pts. The overall totals and final positions were Anderton (5pts), Tatton (6pts), Jodrell (7pts) and Delamere (8pts). Well done to our winning DELAMERE team: Alex Ion, Charlie Hunter, Dylan Sibanda, Samanvitha Pothuganti and Summer Ivey.
On Tuesday 29th November we held the Year 5/6 Girls Chest Push competition at lunchtime. The Year 5 girls went first and it was Soraya Azadmehr (Delamere) who threw the furthest to score 4pts, ahead of Sophia Beal (Tatton 3pts), Sasha Gregory (Anderton 2pts) and Amelia Banks-Scott (Jodrell 1pt). In the Year 6 round, it was Rubi Masser (Anderton 4pts) who threw overall furthest, with Molly Wharton (Jodrell 3pts), Natalia Majdanik (Delamere 2pts) and Inaaya Ahmed (Tatton 1pt). This meant we had joint overall winners between ANDERTON & DELAMERE who both score 4pts. We then have joint-third place between Jodrell and Tatton who score 2pts each. Well done to all of the girls who took part.
On Thursday 1st December it was Year 6s turn to Walk the Tightrope! The competition followed the same format as the Year 4/5 competition. Each house had 4 players and both Anderton and Delamere saw every player cross safely to score 4pts in the first round. Jodrell scored 3pts and Tatton 2pts. Round two was to complete the course against the clock, with the fastest 2 times for each house helping to decide the positions. For Tatton, Lilly Tough (12s) and Jake Coombs (26s) gave them a score of 38 seconds which added 1pt to their total. Anderton had Rubi Masser and Maya Anghel to thank for a great time of 24 seconds, which scored 2pts overall. Jodrell were super-speedy and they had Harry Tasker (9s) and Jackyboy Woodward (12s) go fastest for a score of 21 seconds and took 3pts. Mason Owen (8s) and Ruby Hunter (11s) for Delamere completed the course in a combined score of 19 seconds which scored 4pts. The overall totals and final positions were Tatton (3pts), Jodrell and Anderton (6pts) and Delamere (8pts). Well done to our winning DELAMERE team: Natalia Majdanik, Mason Owen, Ruby Hunter and David Ion.
On Tuesday 6th December we had Year 4 taking part in a Noughts and Crosses competition. In the first round Anderton squeezed past Tatton (5-4) and Jodrell also had a close win against Delamere (1-0). Round two saw a big win for Jodrell over Tatton (5-2) and Anderton vs Delamere ended level at 1-1. Round three saw Tatton edge out Delamere 3-2 and Jodrell won 4-0 against Anderton. Our overall winners were JODRELL who won all 3 matches. Tatton came in 2nd place with Anderton and Delamere sharing 2pts for 3rd place. Well done to the winning trio of Deigo Lisboa, Yokshith Kuruba and Junior Woodward.
Class Dojo House Points:
Week commencing Mon 7th Nov: Tatton (4pts), Jodrell (3pts), Delamere (2pts) & Anderton (1pt).
Week commencing Mon 14th Nov: Tatton (4pts), Delamere (3pts), Jodrell (2pts) & Anderton (1pt).
Week commencing Mon 21st Nov: Jodrell (4pts), Anderton (3pts), Tatton (2pts) & Delamere (1pt).
Week commencing Mon 28th Nov: Anderton (4pts), Jodrell (3pts), Tatton (2pts) & Delamere (1pt).
Week commencing Mon 5th Dec: Jodrell (4pts), Tatton (3pts), Delamere (2pts) & Anderton (1pt).
AUTUMN TERM FINAL RESULTS TABLE:
WINNERS: JODRELL (94pts)
Runners Up: Tatton (83pts)
3rd Place: Anderton (82pts)
4th Place: Delamere (70pts)
WELL DONE TO EVERYONE IN JODRELL who are our winning house and the trophy will now stand proudly in the hall with the bright yellow ribbons of Jodrell attached. Thank you to every pupil who has represented their house so well, collected lots of class dojos and taken part in the many different events we have held this term. There will be plenty more in the Spring Term and we go again to see if Jodrell can hold onto their crown, or if Tatton, Anderton and Delamere can bounce back and claim victory!
Mr Foulkes
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After a fantastic start to our House Cup Competition in September, October began with the Year 6 Just Dance Off on Tuesday 4th October. In each round the teams danced to a different song, with one house eliminated. There was also a prize for best male / female individual dancers. In round one we danced to "I got a Feeling" and it was Delamere who put in the strongest performance and Jodrell were eliminated. Round two saw Anderton win the round, dancing to "What makes you beautiful", whilst Tatton were eliminated and score 2pts overall. In the final, we danced to "Yeah 3x" by Usher and it was ANDERTON who were crowned our winners and take the 4pts, with a spirited Delamere taking 3pts. Well done to the winning Anderton dance troupe: Rubi Masser, Ryan Farr, Joshua Entwistle, Maya Anghel and Ava Lofkin. Our individual winners were Deacon Taylor (Jodrell) and Natalia Majdanik (Delemere)- well done to you both!
On Thursday 6th October Year 4/5 Boys took part in their football competition. We had a full house of 16 players taking part and we had some very tight games, although they were certainly not short of action! In round one Anderton drew 0-0 with Delamere in a game both teams had chances to win. Jodrell beat Tatton 2-0 thanks to a brace from Jensen Lindsay in the other game. Round two saw both games end goalless, with Jodrell drawing with Anderton and Tatton drawing with Delamere. This set up a tight final round with all to play for! Anderton beat Tatton 1-0 thanks to a goal from James Edwards whilst JODRELL clinched the overall win, with a 2-0 win v Delamere (Malaki Mellor and Jensen Lindsay in the goals). Anderton claim 3pts for 2nd place whilst Delamere get 2pts and Tatton 1pt. Well done to the winning Jodrell team: Diego Lisboa, Jensen Lindsay, Junior Woodward and Malaki Mellor.
Year 4/5 showed off their Tag Rugby skills in a 1v1 competition on Wednesday 12th October. We had 21 pupils taking part and the competition was played in an excellent spirit! In the first round of games, Anderton beat Tatton 2-1 and Jodrell were too strong for Delamere, winning 4-0. Round two saw Tatton beat Delamere 2-0 and Anderton share the spoils with Jodrell in an exciting 2-2 draw. The final round saw a tense finish, as Delamere held Anderton to a 1-1 draw, which allowed JODRELL to claim the 4pts by beating Tatton 2-1. Anderton finish with 3pts, Tatton 2pts and Delamere 1pt. Well done to the winning Jodrell team: Jensen Lindsay, Malaki Mellor, Richard Radu, Junior Woodward and Joseph Proudman.
Year 6 took part in a Dodgeball 1v1 competition on Thursday 13th October. The game works by both pupils having a Dodgeball and the winner is the first person to hit the other person with the ball. In the first round we had two 2-2 draws- Tatton drew with Anderton and Jodrell drew with Delamere. Round two was more clear-cut, as Anderton beat Delamere 3-1 and Jodrell were ruthless in their 4-0 win against Tatton. With all to play for in the last round, Delamere beat Tatton 3-1 and Jodrell and Anderton played out a nervy 2-2 draw. JODRELL were our winners on points difference, ahead of Anderton who claim 3pts overall, Delamere (2pts) and Tatton (1pt). Well done to the winning Jodrell team: Joshua Blackshaw, Amiee Taylor, Harry Tasker and Molly Wharton.
The final event of the half term was our traditional Year 6 Residential Quiz which we held in Colomendy, North Wales on Thursday 20th October. The questions were a mix of general knowledge, some questions on their recent learning (for example in Geography and French) and the odd random question about the teachers who accompanied them on the trip! Our winners were TATTON with a score of 19 (4pts), ahead of Anderton and Delamere who both scored 15 (3pts each) and then Jodrell finished in 4th place with 14 (1pt). Well done to the winning Tatton team: Harry Poynton, Lilly Tough, Jake Coombs, Natan Czuczalow and Igor Fiszer.
Class Dojo Points:
Week commencing Mon 3rd Oct: JODRELL (4pts), Anderton (3pts), Delamere (2pts) and Tatton (1pt).
Week commencing Mon 10th Oct: JODRELL (4pts), Anderton (3pts), Tatton (2pts) and Delamere (1pt).
Week commencing Mon 17th Oct: ANDERTON (4pts), Delamere (3pts), Jodrell (2pts) and Tatton (1pt).
Harvest Festival Food Collection:
A huge thank you to everyone who kindly donated food items towards our Harvest Festival Food Collection. This food will play a big part in helping those people locally who need it most. As always, we had a competition running alongside our collection and it was ANDERTON (4pts) who collected the most food- it was an outstanding effort by everyone in Anderton, so a huge well done to you. Runners-up were Tatton (3pts), with Jodrell in third place (2pts) and Delamere scoring the single point.
House Cup Totals (correct as of Friday 21st October):
1st Place: ANDERTON & JODRELL (52pts)
2nd Place:
3rd Place: Tatton (48pts)
4th Place: Delamere (40pts)
Well done to everyone for making this halfterm an incredibly tight and close competition and a special well done to everyone in Anderton and Jodrell for leading the way. Let's hope for more excitement and great competitions after the halfterm break!
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One of our first tasks of the new school year was to appoint our new House Captains and Vice-Captains from our new Year 6 class. As always, this was a very difficult task, but congratulations and well done to the following pupils who will lead their houses this year:
TATTON = Harry Poynton & Michelle Isiama Mba (Captains) with Jake Coombs (Vice-Captain)
ANDERTON = Tommy Tomkinson & Rubi Masser (Captains) with Holly Bloor (Vice-Captain)
JODRELL = Joshua Blackshaw & Molly Wharton (Captains) with Harry Tasker (Vice-Captain)
DELAMERE = Daniel Laczo & Ruby Hunter (Captains) with Natalia Majdanik (Vice-Captain)
The Autumn term began with a Year 5/6 Dodgeball Competition on Tuesday 13th September. In round one Jodrell got off to a great start, beating Delamere 3-0 and Anderton beat Tatton 4-3 in a thriller of a match. Round two saw Tatton edge out Jodrell 2-1 and Anderton continued their strong start by beating Delamere 4-1. Tatton won their last game 4-3 against a much-improved Delamere and ANDERTON made it a clean sweep of victories with a 3-2 win against Anderton and were our overall winners! Tatton claimed the 3pts, Jodrell 2pts and Delamere the single point. Well done to Rubi Masser, Holly Bloor, Micah Kosefobamu, Ryan Farr, Tommy Tomkinson and Augustin Balaz who made up the winning team.
Thursday 15th September saw another Dodgeball feast, but this time for Year 4 and 5. In round one Delamere started with a good 5-3 win against Jodrell, whilst Tatton and Anderton shared a 3-3 draw in the other match. Round two saw wins for Jodrell (v Anderton) and Tatton who squeezed past Delamere 4-3. In the final round, Delamere beat Anderton 6-4 and TATTON's 4-0 win against Jodrell meant they won the competition overall, with Delamere 2nd, Jodrell 3rd and Anderton 4th. Well done to the winning Tatton team: Melvin Nicol, Franek Slusarczyk, Harvey Allen, Finley Allen, Coby Utting and Lewis Malam.
On Wednesday 21st September, Year 4/5 Girls played a 3v3 competition at lunchtime. In the semi-finals, Tatton faced Jodrell and Delamere played Anderton. Jodrell squeezed past Tatton 1-0 thanks to a goal from Amelia Banks-Scott and Delamere put in a strong performance in beating Anderton 1-0 (Samanvitha Pothuganti scoring their goal). In the playoff for 3rd/4th place, Tatton were too strong for Anderton, winning 2-0 with goals from Tayah Huskisson and Sophia Beal. In the final, Jodrell and Delamere could not be split, as they played out a 0-0 draw to finish as joint winners and take 4pts each. Well done to Summer Ivey, Samanvitha Pothuganti and Soraya Azadmehr (Delamere) and to Paige Haynes, Amelia Banks-Scott and Layla Mason (Jodrell).
Friday 23rd September saw Year 6 take on a Tag Rugby 1v1 Challenge. Each team of 4 players took turns at attacking and defending in a 1v1 situation, with points awarded for each 'try' scored.In round one, Anderton beat Tatton 1-0 and Jodrell and Delamere were both immaculate in defence, as their game ended level at 0-0. Round two saw a big 3-0 win for Anderton against Delamere and Tatton beat Jodrell 3-1. The final round saw Tatton and Delamere share a 1-1 draw and ANDERTON completed a clean sweep of wins by beating Jodrell 3-2. Tatton finished as runners-up (3pts), Delamere 3rd (2pts) and Jodrell 4th (1pt). Well done to the winning Anderton team: Holly Bloor, Rubi Masser, Tommy Tomkinson and Augustin Balaz.
On Wednesday 28th September our Year 6s were again in action but this time in their football competition. In round one, Tatton and Anderton played out a 1-1 draw after Tommy Tomkinson opened the scoring only for Tatton to equalise through Natan Czuczalow. In the other game a goal from Joshua Blackshaw helped Jodrell to a win against Delamere. Tommy was again on the scoresheet in Anderton's 1-0 win against Delamere, whilst Tatton and Jodrell played out a 0-0 draw. In the final round Tatton beat Delamere 1-0 (Harry Poynton with the goal) and ANDERTON beat Jodrell 2-0 (Augustin Balaz with a brace) to clinch the competition. Tatton claimed 3pts for 2nd place, Jodrell 2pts and Delamere 1pt. Well done to the winning Anderton team: Tommy Tomkinson, Rubi Masser, Augustin Balaz, Joshua Entwistle and Ava Lofkin.
We had a Year 4/5 Connect 4 competition on Thursday 29th September and the 16 pupils who took part had a fantastic time! We played interactive connect 4 and each person got to play 3 games against people from the other 3 houses. In the first round of games Tatton beat Anderton 2-1 and Jodrell beat Delamere 3-0. Round two saw Jodrell edge Tatton 2-1 whilst Delamere and Anderton played out a 1-1 draw. The final round saw Delamere collect a win (3-1) against Tatton and JODRELL sealed their 3rd win by beating Anderton 3-1. Jodrell take 4pts, Delamere a much-needed 3pts, Tatton 2pts and Anderton 1pt. Well done to the winning Jodrell team: Diego Lisboa, Jensen Lindsay, Malaki Mellor and Amelia Banks-Scott.
Class Dojo Results:
Week commencing Mon 5th Sept: TATTON (4pts), Jodrell (3pts), Delamere (2pts) & Anderton (1pt).
Week commencing Mon 12th Sept: TATTON (4pts), Jodrell (3pts), Anderton (2pts) & Delamere (1pt).
Week commencing Mon 19th Sept: JODRELL (4pts), Tatton (3pts), Delamere (2pts) & Anderton (1pt).
Week commencing Mon 26th Sept: ANDERTON (4pts), Tatton (3pts), Delamere (2pts) & Jodrell (1pt).
Current House Cup Totals:
1st Place: TATTON 31pts
2nd Place: Jodrell 26pts
3rd Place: Delamere and Anderton 22pts
Well done to everyone who has contributed in making it a fantastic start to our House Cup Competition!
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