Wyre Forest School Sport Partnership Newsletter Winter School Games

On Tuesday 1st March, over Hockey Player, who spoke Primary School, The Knoll, 800 pupils from schools about her experiences and , Spring Term 2: 2016 across the county, competed journey as an international Stourport High School and in ’s Winter athlete. . School Games at the Not to be missed... University of Worcester. Notable performances As part of the Opening from Wyre Forest schools  18th April: KS3 Golf Ceremony, which took place included; The Knoll - 1st in Activator training in the Arena, pupils from The the Y3/4 Hockey, The  22nd April: Y5/6 and Knoll School performed their Y7/8 Orienteering School Games anthem, which Competitors from each Worcestershire District  25th April: Athletics wore different coloured CPD Twilight t-shirts which represented the School Games values.  29th April: Y7 Super 6 Bewdley School - 1st in the The pupils from the Wyre Golf KS3 PAN Football, 2nd in Forest wore blue, repre- the Wheelchair Basketball  13th May: KS3 Super Won one of the curriculum senting the value ‘Honesty’. and 3rd in the KS5 Girls Six Athletics competitions and pupils from Young Leaders from King Upper Arley were presented Charles, Bewdley and Futsal, Haybridge High  13th May: Y5/6 School - 3rd in the Y7 Net- Quadkids Athletics with a special recognition Stourport High Schools award for their efforts in supported the Games, ball and 3rd in the Y8 Boys  17th May: Y3/4 and creating some fantastic officiating competitions and Sportshall Athletics. Y5/6 Tennis School Games Oaths. undertaking team support The Games were officially roles at the different sports.  27th May: KS3/4 Competing for the Wyre District Athletics opened by Chloe Rogers, former England Women’s Forest team were Bewdley

Netball Leader training Year 5/6 Netball League

Students from Baxter The Netball Leaders A record number of 20 teams against different schools over College, Wolverley, now have to practice entered this year’s Y5/6 Netball the course of the league. King Charles, Bewdley their officiating skills and League. Young Leaders from Bewdley, and Stourport High undertake a written test Taking place over 4 weeks at the King Charles and Stourport Schools took part in a before being observed Netball Dome, teams played High Schools all supported the Netball Leaders course umpiring a match. games in mini -leagues. league, officiating matches. on 26th February. Despite one rained effected week, Once qualified, the Franche Primary School ended Netball Leaders can teams from Burlish Park, Sutton up as overall winners, narrowly Delivered by England Park, Lickhill, St Anne’s, Foley then umpire matches for beating St Netball, the selected Park, Stourport, Holy Trinity, St their school and local Bartholomew’s students learnt how to Bartholomew’s, Franche, Cookley, Netball clubs. into 2nd place officiate Netball games Offmore, Hagley, Heronswood, on goal and gained a better Comberton, St John’s, Bewdley, difference! understanding the of Birchen Coppice and Hartlebury, the rules of the game. St George’s all played 9 matches Don’t forget to visit our website: www.wyreforestssp.co.uk Years 5/6/7 County Cross Country finals On Friday 13th March, pupils distance. girls race), Tayah Morgan from across the Wyre Forest Despite less than perfect from Stourport Primary (3rd took part in the County Cross conditions, the Wyre Forest in the Y5 girls race), Alex Country finals at Sanders Park runners negotiated the mud Cook from Far Forest (3rd in Bromsgrove. and finished 3rd overall. in the Y6 boys race) and Races took place for Y5 girls There were some notable Libby Hawkswell from The and boys, Y6 girls and boys individual performances from Bewdley School (3rd in the and for Y7 girls and boys, with Scarlett Holloway from Y7 girls race). each race increasing in Burlish Park (2nd in the Y5 Bewdley Family round-up Stourport Family round-up Year 5/6 Kho Kho KS1 Multi-skills On Friday 29th January, Y5/6 OAA Festival, completing 8 On Friday 29th January, KS1 pupils from Sutton Park, St problem solving activities pupils from Hartlebury, Holy Anne’s, Franche and Bewdley led by 25 Y7 students from Trinity, Wilden, Stourport Primary Schools took part in Compered by Young Stourport High School. and Burlish Park Primary a Family Kho Kho Festival at Ambassadors, Ben Rumley Schools participated in a Bewdley Leisure Centre. and Hetty Tinsdale, pupils from Franche, Bewdley and Multi-skills Festival. Supported by Young Leaders Sutton Park Primary Schools 103 pupils took part in the from The Bewdley School, 50 performed dances they had Festival, completing 10 pupils participated in the been working on in their activity stations, led by Year Festival, playing each other in lessons and after-school 6 Leaders from Stourport, a round-robin format. Hartlebury and Burlish Park. clubs, which were Dance Festival complimented by dances On Monday 14th March, from students from The pupils from Lickhill, Wilden, Bewdley School. Hartlebury, Stourport and Burlish Park Primary Schools performed at the

Dance Festival OAA Festival annual Family Dance The annual Bewdley Family On Monday 8th February, 78 Festival, complimented by Dance Festival took place at Year 3/4 pupils from Holy dances from Stourport High Stourport Civic Centre on Trinity, Hartlebury, Wilden School and Step by Step Monday 14th March. and Burlish Park Primary Dance School. Schools attended an Wolverley Family round-up Family round-up

Year 5/6 Netball Dance Festival On Monday 1st February, The Festival was great On Thursday 10th March, Year 5/6 pupils from preparation for the girls pupils from Comberton and Cookley Sebright and from Cookley and Chaddesley Corbett Primary Franche Primary Schools Franche who have been Schools took part in the The students from Kidder- took part in Netball Festival continuing to develop annual Family Dance Festival minster College led a ‘finale’ at Wolverley CE Secondary their skills at the Y5/6 at Kidderminster Townhall, which involved all of the School. Netball League and supported by dancers from night’s performers and even Both schools brought two selected Young King Charles 1 Secondary got the audience tapping squads of 9 pupils, who Leaders then went on to School and Kidderminster their toes and clapping receiving coaching from complete their official College. along! Young Netball Leaders Netball Leaders course The Dance Festival, which had from Wolverley CE with a view to becoming a Carnival theme, saw 110 Secondary School, before dancers take part, showcasing qualified Netball Umpires. work they had developed in playing games in a round- PE lessons, at after-school robin tournament. clubs and examination pieces.