Furness Academy 09/10 - School Sports Coordinator Programme

SCHOOLympics

Well Done to all participants at the Cumbria SCHOOLympics on July 1st. Overall we came second which is an excellent result. A special congratulations must be passed onto Victoria Juniors MSC team who came 1st, the Partnership swimming team who came 1st and to St James Junior School Girls Kwik Cricket team who reached the semi finals and as a result were selected to attend the regional finals in Northumberland. An excellent day was had by all and pupils were a credit to the partnership and their schools.  

Summer term 

The Furness Academy has had a very busy time this term. Dane Ghyll took part in the Partnership High 5 netball final at DASH, Year 3 pupils who had worked with Mrs Wright on a Saturday competed in a Quicksticks competition at Ulverston, pupils competed in a TAG Rugby competition, which Roose won and now go on to represent us at MANCHESTER, Year 2's took part in ABC festival, Year 3 and 4 pupils took part in Mini Red Tennis, MSC and a pentathlon event, Key stage 2 pupils experienced tri golf, Year 1 pupils attended a Mini Olympics event, most schools took part in the kwik cricket  and Year 6's came to South for a TOPLINK FESTIVAL!!!!!!!!!

Well done to all the pupils who have taken part and to the staff who have orgnaised getting pupils to events and helping with them.

Good Luck

....... To St James Junior School, Dane Ghyll, Victoria Juniors and Newbarns Primary who will be attending the Cumbria Schoolympics on July 1st to represent the partnership in Quicksticks hockey, MSC and Kwik Cricket.

Although an extremely busy term, it has been an enjoyable one where pupils have worked well with one another, experienced new sports and 'had a a go'.

Key Steps Gym

This year the Furness Academy Key Steps Gymnastic competitions were held across both South and North site. Pupils from across the cluster attended one of the 2 venues to take part in either key steps 1, 2 or 3. Trained gym judges from the Furness Academy supported Mrs Wright and Mr Rabone with the scoring of the gymnasts along with Gemma Robinson from Furness College.

In total 120 pupils took part in the competition from 8 different schools. All pupils did extremely well and had obviously put alot of time and effort into practicing their routine. Thank You to the schools gymnastic coaches who have worked hard with their pupils.

Winners

Two teams from each level of key step compettion were chosen to represent the Furness Academy at the Partnership final.

Key Steps 1 - Greengate Infants and Dane Ghyll

Key Steps 2 - Greengate Juniors and Dane Ghyll

Key Steps 3 - Greengate Juniors and Victoria Juniors

Conratulations

A HUGE Well Done to all our teams who represented the Furness Academy at the Partnsership final and a special congratulations to Victoria Juniors who won the Key Steps 3 competition and will now go on to represent the partnership at the county final.

Year 4 Quicksticks Competition

Following the very successful come and try session, a Year 4 cluster competition was held on Jan 21st to determine which teams would be selected to got through to the partnership final on Feb 9th. Seven teams arrived at centre sports hall - North Site, all ready for their first taste of a quicksticks hockey game. Newbarns, Dane Ghyll, St Georges, St James, Greengate Juniors and two teams from Victoria Juniors all played very well and took to the new game. The pupils all experienced coaching and umpiring and excelled at this as well as at the playing. Two leaders from north site also assisted with the event, and they along with the staff from the schools must be thanked for their hard work.

After playing 3 or 4 games, the four top teams were selected to go and represent the Furness Academy at the Partnership Final at Ulverston Astro Turf. Well Done to Dane Ghyll, Victoria Juniors, St James and Newbarns and good luck.

For link to Furness Academy Cluster Calendar click here

 Year 3 and 4 Quicksticks hockey

On October 10^th, 69 Year 3 and 4 pupils from the Furness Academy cluster schools attended a Quicksticks hockey come and try session at North site.

“It was a really good experience, for myself as a sports volunteer, and for the primary schools too.”                                          Jenna Moran – SIS Volunteer

On October 6th we held our first competitive event for the Academy across both sites. 6 schools attended with a total of 132 pupils taking part. Well Done to everyone.

Below are the results for the morning and afternoon competition.