News 2009-2010

Welcome Back

Welcome back to another academic year where already in the Ashlawn Cluster we've got lots of sporting events and opportunities planned for 2009 - 2010.

Year 5/6 Agility Challenge - Wednesday 7th July 2010

On Wednesday 7th July 2010, Abbots Farm Junior School brought the whole of their Year 5 to compete in an Agility Challenge Competition. The event was run by Zoe Parsons from Specialising in Sport. The Year 5 students took part in 5 activities as part of an intra-School competition where they scored individual points for how quickly they ran through the high stepper, how long they could balance for on the balance beam, how many times they could jump over the speed bounce, how many points they could score on the throwing and how far they could jump on the standing long jump. Each students points were added to the overall scores for each House and at the end of the competition the results were announced.

A fun morning was had by all students, and everybody really worked hard.

Results:

Winners: Green

2nd: Yellow

3rd: Red

Well done to all the students who took part, a big thank you to the teachers who supported the event and the sports leaders from Ashlawn School. An extra BIG thank you to Zoe Parsons for running the event.

 

Year 1 Gymnastics Festival - Thursday 1st July 2010

On Thursday 1st July, in National School Sport Week 2010, Ashlawn School played host to the first Year 1 Gymnastics Festival within the Ashlawn Cluster. Year 1 students from Abbots Farm Infant School and Paddox Primary School had been preparing for the festival for a couple of months prior to the competition. The festival followed the Key Step 1 Gymnastics Sequences as guided by British Gymnastics and included a Body Management, Floor and Vault sequence which the students learnt and practiced in the schools in PE lessons and in extra-curricular clubs.

The competition was lead and judged by a number of Ashlawn School Sports Leaders, as well as two of the Eastern Warwickshire Sports Partnerships Young Ambassadors (Kelly Williams and Ryan Cleaver) who they themselves are Gymnasts at Rugby Gymnastics Club.

The competition was a peaceful event, and a great deal of respect was shown by all, with all students applauding the efforts of all of the competitors. The competition was thoroughly enjoyed by all and will be on the Ashlawn Cluster Calendar for next academic year. It was a very close competition throughout, and the team results were decided by a matter of just 29 marks between them.

Results:

Body Management:

1st: Brody Williams (Paddox)

2nd: Luca Nitzsche-Giles (Paddox)

3rd:Aliza Hanif-Hussain (Abbots Farm Infants)

Floor:

1st: Luca Nitzsche-Giles (Paddox)

2nd: Olivia Poutney (Paddox)

3rd: Sam Newberry (Abbots Farm Infants)

Vault:

1st: Sam Newberry (Abbots Farm Infants)

2nd: Luca Nitzsche-Giles (Paddox)

3rd: Aimee Hastings-James (Paddox)

Team:

1st: Paddox Primary School  (27.93 - overall team score) 

2nd: Abbots Farm Infants (27.62 - overall team score)

Well done to all the students who took part, and a big thank you to the Teachers and Parents who supported the event and the Sports Leaders from Ashlawn School.

Year 6 Kwik Cricket Festival - Monday 21st June 2010

As part of the Ashlawn School Science and Leadership College Sports Family Calendar, students from Abbots Farm Junior, English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Hillmorton Primary School and Paddox Primary School took part in a Kwik Cricket festival held at Ashlawn School on Monday 21st June. It was a glorious day, the sun was shining, ideal for a spot of cricket, and there was lots of cricket!!!! Students from all schools took part in teams of 10, each team got to bat and field in a number of games. There was a wonderful atmosphere, the competition was thoroughly enjoyed by all and all teams played with a good team spirit!

 

There were 3 league competitions. Each team played 3 games and points were awarded, 5 for Win, 3 for a Draw and 1 for a Lose. This meant that there were Three Winning teams and Three Runner Up Teams.

 

Results:

 

League 1 Winner: Abbots Farm Junior - Team 2

League 1 Runner Up: Paddox - Team 1

 

League 2 Winner: Paddox - Team 3

League 2 Runner Up: Paddox - Team 4

 

League 3 Winner: Paddox - Team 5

League 3 Runner Up: Abbots Farm Junior - Team 6

 

Well done to all the students who took part, and a big thank you to the Teachers who supported the event and the Sports Leaders from Ashlawn School.

MINI RED TENNIS COMPETITIONS - Thursday March 18th & Thursday March 25th 2010

Three clusters joined together on March 18th and 25th to take part in our annual Mini Red Tennis competitions. Newbold Riverside Primary (Avon Valley cluster), Rokeby Primary and Our Lady's Catholic Primary (Rugby High cluster) and Abbots Farm Juniors and English Martyrs Catholic Primary(Ashlawn cluster) entered teams for both the Year 3/4 and 5/6 competitions. For many, this was their first experience of Mini Red tennis and it was great to see how quickly the children developed their skills and learnt the rules! The competitions were thoroughly enjoyed and matches were all played with good team spirit!

Results:-

Year 3/4 - Overall winners = Rokeby Primary

Cluster winners with qualification to area final in June = AV - Newbold Riverside Primary, RHS - Rokeby Primary, Ashlawn - Abbots Farm Juniors

Year 5/6 - Overall winners = Abbots Farm Juniors

Cluster winners with qualification to area final in June = AV - Newbold Riverside Primary, RHS - Our Lady's Catholic Primary, Ashlawn - Abbots Farm Juniors

Thank you to all those who both took part and supported this event.

Year 4 BISI Badminton Festival - Wednesday 24th March 2010

 

As part of the Ashlawn School Science and Leadership College Sports Family Calendar, students from Paddox School took part in the Year 4 BISI Badminton Festival on Wednesday 24th March 2010. Students took part in a range of activities which developed their hand eye coordination and provided them with a fun experience of the game of Badminton. Well done to all students from Paddox that took part in the festival.

 

Year 2 Infant Agility Festival - Wednesday 17th March 2010

 

Following on from the staff training and the FREE equipment schools in the Eastern Warwickshire School Sports Partnership have received as part of the EWSSP and Specialising in Sports focus on developing KS1 Fundamental Skills, Ashlawn School Science and Leadership College hosted its Infant agility Festival on Wednesday 17th March 2010. Approximately 150 students from Abbots Farm Infant School, English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, Hillmorton Primary School and Paddox Primary School took part in a range of agility events lead by Sports Leaders from Ashlawn School. The festival had a busy and fun atmosphere with lots of red and smiling faces from the students. We hope all students enjoyed their morning, a big thanks to Zoe Parsons for running the event.

Year 3 BISI Badminton Festival - Monday 8th February 2010

Ashlawn School hosted the Ashlawn Cluster Year 3 BISI Badminton Festival on Monday 8th February. 3 teams entered from  two schools in the cluster, Paddox and Abbots Farm. Students worked their way around a badminton skills circuit taking part in activities which challenged their agility, balance, and coordination using a variety of badminton equipment. Teams took part in 8 activities from 'Racket Relay' to 'Buzzing Around'. Their was a fun atmospehere in Ashlawns Sportshall throughout the competition, but there could only be one winning team. Congratulations to Abbots Farm 'B' team, Courtney-Jade Taylor and Jaya Bhatt, who scored 221 points to beat Abbots Farm 'A' team (Lucy Bald, Jade Saunders and Lewis Jupp) and Paddox (Laura Allen, Colby Kelly, Ben Ford and Joseph Oliver).

Well done to all students that took part!!!

Year 3&4 BISI Badminton Festival - Monday 8th February & Monday 22nd March 2010

 

We have two Badminton Festivals coming up in the near future within the Ashlawn Family. Both festivals will be held at Ashlawn School and students will compete in a number of badminton skills activities as a skills circuit. Students do not have to have played badminton previously. We look forward to welcoming students from across the Ashlawn Family and wish all students taking part lots luck!

Year 5&6 Agility Challenge Festival - Monday 25th January 2010

 

Unfortunately this event has been postponed and will be planned again for later in the year, where students from Year 5 and 6 will be able to have lots of fun taking part in a range of Sportshall Athletics events.

Step Into Sport

 

Congratulations to ALICE STEWARDSON from Ashlawn School Science and Leadership College who has recently achieved her Bronze Step Into Sport Award for achieving 50 hours of sports volunteering. Alice has worked extremely hard ove the last year and does the majority of her volunteering at Rugby Town Girls Football Club, where she helps to coach the Tiny Tots, and also for the work she has done in supporting the Hot Shots Basketball Club at Hillmorton Primary School. We hope she will continue with her hard work in order to attain her Silver (100 Hours) and Gold (200 Hours) Step into Sport Awards in the future!

Young Ambassadors

 

Congratulations to LAUREN TAYLOR (Year 11) and KELLY WILLIAMS (Year 11) who have been chosen as the Eastern Warwickshire School Sport Partnerships (EWSSP's) Young Ambassadors for 2009 - 2010. Lauren and Kelly will work closely with LOREN HASWELL (Year 13) who is a Platinum Young Ambassador and who will work as a mentor to our two new Gold Young Ambassadors.