Headteacher's Cup Winners
This week’s Headteacher Cup Winners
Pufflings: Liberty - Try new things
Libby wrote a lovely story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff using her sounds brilliantly. Fantastic work Libby. What a writing star you are!
Kangaroos: Amelia - Work hard and concentrate
Amelia is producing amazing writing. She’s showing how she’s putting in the hard work practising her skills to achieve whizzy targets!
Chipmunks: Ewan - Respect yourself and others
Ewan has made a huge effort to do the right thing so far this term. We’ve really noticed and we’re very proud of you Ewan, well done!
Penguins: Theo W - Imagine
Theo used amazing vocabulary when he recounted the events of the Great Fire of London! Penguins congratulated him with a huge firework!
Spider Monkeys: George - Work hard and concentrate
George has worked hard and concentrated brilliantly this week. He has been particularly enthusiastic in Topic and French, where he is the first to show his understanding of what he has learnt. Well done George!
Wolves: Evie - Work hard and concentrate
Evie quietly completes work she is given and tries her very best. She doesn’t give up, always has a smile and is polite and helpful. What a superstar!
Owls: Eleanor - Work hard and concentrate
Eleanor continues to work incredibly hard in all subjects and contribute enthusiastically to all learning in Owls! Keep up the amazing effort - what a shining example!
Brown Bears: Oliver - Work hard and concentrate
Oliver has worked really hard in Year 6 - a real super star!
Sports Cup: Seb - Improve
Seb has used his experience in the district cross country race to improve his running. Seb has learnt to devise his own race plan and to manage distractions with fantastic results in the county finals and St. Andrew’s 5 minute running challenge. What a transformation, Seb!
This week’s Headteacher Cup Winners
Pufflings: Louis - Try new things
Louis is always keen to try new things. His writing is improving fantastically as he is always willing to write descriptions of what he has done. You’re a superstar Louis!
Kangaroos: Henry - Working hard and concentrating
This week we have been extremely proud of Henry. He is working really hard on managing distractions to maintain his focus. He has produced a wonderful piece of writing as a result!
Chipmunks: Abi - Improve
Abi has been making great progress in phonics. She has been trying her very best and her hard work is really paying off. What great work Abi - Well done!
Penguins: Clara - Improve
Wow Clara, great work in Maths this week using what you know to find the missing number! Keep up the good work!
Spider Monkeys: Seb - Try new things
Seb is always keen to challenge his learning. He especially enjoys challenging his times tables knowledge and wants to improve every day. Well done Seb!
Wolves: Emily - Work hard and concentrate
Emily always puts 100% into all subjects in her learning. She supports others with a smile and with enthusiasm. Well done Emily!
Owls: Zack - Don’t give up
We have been so impressed by your perseverance with percentages this week, Zack - you’re a ‘Percentages Pro’ now! Keep up the amazing work!
Brown Bears: Mia - Work hard and concentrate/Improve
Mia has made huge strides in her understanding of Mathematics. It is such a pleasure to see Mia’s confidence grow.
Sports Cup: Jamie - Try new things
For being brave enough to try his first competitive solo run on a yellow orienteering course. Jamie’s success in the regional heats means that he now has the opportunity to take part in the national club competition for juniors in Nottingham. Congratulations.
Congratulations to everyone in Years 5 and 6 for producing such a wonderful sporting spectacle on Wednesday afternoon. The house football and netball tournaments were played in glorious sunshine with boys and girls enjoying both sports. There were goals aplenty, a total of 37 on the football pitches and 23 on the netball courts. The effort, enthusiasm and sporting behaviour of all the players was outstanding.
Football Results –
1st Water 9 points
2nd Fire 7 points
3rd Air 5 points
4th Earth 3 points
Netball Results –
1st Air 8 points
2nd Earth 6 points
3rd= Fire 5 points
3rd= Water 5 points
Players of the Tournament from each house were congratulated on displaying St. Andrew’s WINNERS sporting code:
We are Inclusive, Nobody is Neglected, Everybody is Respected and Supported.
Football Awards –
Air Kaelin
Earth Ben SH
Fire Hannah
Water Ewan
Netball Awards –
Air Tahseen
Earth Chloe T
Fire Ella
Water Amy
The fair play award was presented to Fire House football team.
Many thanks to Jack, Ben SH and Hannah for setting up, to Becky Bryant, Mrs Root, Mo and Miks for umpiring and clearing away the equipment, to Kia and Mrs Osborn for scoring and to Mrs Harris, Mrs Toms and Mrs White for identifying the top players
Congratulations to our 7 intrepid orienteers, Amy, Daisy, Lucy, Ben, Jamie, Oliver and Tom, who played a crucial role in the success of Stragglers Orienteering Society in the regional round of the Yvette Baker Trophy. The Essex club claimed joint first place to qualify for the national finals of this premier inter-club competition for juniors.
Lucy and Oliver were the first girl and boy home on the challenging yellow course, each earning the maximum 100 points for the club. There were also great scores from Jamie in his first competitive solo run (93 points), Tom (97 points) and Amy and Daisy (96 points) as they raced confidently against older runners. St. Andrew’s orienteers will now have the opportunity to compete in their third national final of the year at Nottingham University on 5th July.
Thank you to all St. Andrew’s participants and their parents for making the long journey to Epping to represent their school and club during the school holidays. Many congratulations!