On Wednesday 18th January, an UKS team represented the school in a Tag-Rugby tournament which was held at The Weald. After a few warm up games and an introduction to the rules from Mr Meaney, we competed against 6 other teams from the locality. All the games were incredibly close: we lost our first game to Shipley by only 1 try!
The children all made great progress throughout the games - keeping to their formation more, demonstrating resilience with their tagging and being more attacking. Clearly the determination and perseverance paid off as we went on to win our final game 3 tries to 0 (against Plaistow and Kirdford).
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Team |
Score (in tries) |
Team |
Loxwood Try Scorers |
|
Loxwood |
2-3 |
Shipley |
Alfie & Cameron |
|
Loxwood |
2-2 |
Billingshurst B |
Flynn (2) |
|
Loxwood |
1-3 |
Billingshurst A |
Cameron |
|
Loxwood |
2-3 |
Petworth |
Flynn & Cameron |
|
Loxwood |
2-4 |
Barns Green |
Harrison & Cameron |
|
Loxwood |
3-0 |
Plaistow and Kirdford |
Annabelle, Gideon & Cameron |
Out of 7 teams, we came 5th overall.
Special mentions to Harrison who was as quick as lightening, Cameron who scored 4 tries, Flynn who scored 3 and Annabelle who finally scored a try after her first one being disallowed!
KS2 Autumn House Matches 2022
Finally on Wednesday 7th December, the weather was on our side and we were able to go ahead with our KS2 Autumn House Matches with parents attending to support. All KS2 children represented their house in either Hockey to Football and were able to demonstrate some of the skills they have learnt during their PE lessons with Mr Green in the Autumn Term.
This was also the first opportunity of the year to fully utilise our new House Captains and Sports Leaders. The House Captains managed their teams and tried to keep them as even as possible. The Sports Leaders worked really hard, taking on many roles including: time keeping, scoring and referring the games.
House Hockey
We played this as a mixed 6-a-side round robin tournament meaning each team played everyone.
|
|
Brewhurst |
Drungewick |
Malham |
Southlands |
|
Brewhurst |
- |
2-0 |
2-0 |
0-5 |
|
Drungewick |
0-2 |
- |
3-0 |
0-1 |
|
Malham |
0-2 |
0-3 |
- |
1-4 |
|
Southlands |
5-0 |
1-0 |
4-1 |
- |
The teams were given 3 points for a win, 2 points for a draw and 1 point for a loss. The results were:
1st Southlands (9)
2nd Brewhurst (7)
3rd Drungewick (5)
4th Malham (3)
The house captains were asked to look out for players that stood out:
Brewhurst:
- Tommy for fantastic dribbling.
- Abbie for playing well in mid-field.
- Isla was good.
Drungewick:
- Oliver for good defending and great teamwork.
- Ella for getting involved – she wasn’t afraid to tackle the older children.
- Annie for working as a team, moving well and some fantastic goal keeping.
Malham:
- Rosie W for playing well and working with her team mates.
- Tillie for working hard and cheering loudly for her team mates.
Southlands:
- Isaac was a superstar. He was such a hard worker, super speedy and scored some great goals.
- Sonny for incredible goal scoring and team play.
- George for playing well in a lot of positions.
After the game, the house captains also took some pupil voice:
“You get to work as a team.” (Elouise, Y5)
“I enjoy being competitive and working with other year groups.” (Tillie, Y6)
“I think the house matches are really fun and we should do them more often.” (Isla G, Y3)
“It was fun being able to play in different positions.” (TJ, Y6)
“I loved it as there was lots of fun and competition.” (Felicity, Y5)
House Football
We played this as a mixed 6-a-side round robin tournament meaning each team played everyone. These games were incredibly close with three teams all finishing on 7 points (having won two games and lost one). Therefore we had to use goal difference to work out positions.
|
|
Brewhurst |
Drungewick |
Malham |
Southlands |
|
Brewhurst |
- |
3-1 |
3-1 |
2-4 |
|
Drungewick |
1-3 |
- |
4-0 |
3-1 |
|
Malham |
1-3 |
0-4 |
- |
1-6 |
|
Southlands |
4-2 |
1-3 |
6-1 |
- |
The teams were given 3 points for a win, 2 points for a draw and 1 point for a loss. The results were:
1st Southlands (7 points goal difference +5)
2nd Drungewick (7 points goal difference +4)
3rd Brewhurst (7 points goal difference +2)
4th Malham (4 points)
The house captains were asked to look out for players that stood out:
Brewhurst:
- Jordan for some fantastic goal scoring.
- Enzo for great tackling and defending.
Drungewick:
- Evelyn for her determination and her teamwork.
- Kyle for good defending.
- Lilly-May for a fantastic goal!
Malham:
- Teddy for fantastic perseverance.
- Ellie for resilience and never giving up!
- Vincent for some amazing defending and super saves.
Southlands:
- Joseph for scoring some wonderful goals.
- Alfie for passing to other players.
- Milly for good communication and playing well as a team.
After the game, the house captains also took some pupil voice:
“I enjoyed scoring goals.” (Cameron, Y5)
“I loved playing with my friends.” (Emily, Y4)
“It was really good.” (Enzo, Y3)
“I like supporting and cheering on my team.” (Chloe, Y6)
“I really enjoy the house matches. I enjoy competing against other teams.” (Esebella, Y4)
KS2 Cross Country at The Weald
On Wednesday 9th November, 41 KS2 children took part in a cross-country tournament at The Weald. This was split into 5 different categories: Year 3 & 4s, Year 5 girls, Year 5 boys, Year 6 girl and Year 6 boys.
While it was incredibly wet under foot, the sun was shining and all the children embraced the challenge. They were fantastic representatives for the school.
Special mentions to: James Jones who won his race as well as Harley Parker and Tillie Pawley who came third in their races.
L-KS2 Multi Skills at The Weald
Rowan Class had a brilliant time on Wednesday (12th October) taking part in a L-KS2 Multi-Skills festival organised by The Weald School. This was a fantastic opportunity which allowed all the children to get involved in various sporting activities in a fun and competitive way, against six other locality primary schools. They participated in relay type activities that aimed to improve agility, throwing and jumping etc. Mrs Calvert was impressed with the entire class who represented our school superbly, demonstrating some of our school values: collaboration, kindness and resilience! Mr Meaney even complimented us for our jumping skills! Thank you to everyone who helped at this event.
Talented Athletes Launch Event at The Weald
On Wednesday 5th October, some of our Year 5 and 6 children attended a Talented Athletes Launch Event at The Weald which was hosted by Mr Meaney. This is the first of three events they will attend throughout the year. The children participated in activities including: Orienteering, SAQ (Speed Agility and Quickness), Fitness and Ball Skills.
"I thought it was a really fun day as we did lots of different skills. It was good to mix with other schools too." (Libby, Year 5)
"This was my first time representing Loxwood and I really enjoyed it. We did activities to help us improve our speed. It was good to spend the day at The Weald and get to know it better." (Gideon, Year 6)
