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Events and Competitions


Y5 Mega Fest

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City Dance Champions

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Sainsbury’s School Games Award

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We are pleased to announce that we have been awarded the Sainsbury’s School Games  Gold Award which is the government recognised kitemark for excellence in PE and competitive school sport.  Out of 33 schools in Nottingham who achieved the award, St Mary’s was one of only five schools that achieved the Gold Mark.
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"This is tremendous achievement by our schools and is a reflection of the outstanding provision and participation in PE and school sport that is on offer to young people in Nottingham." (Nick Robb – School Sport Nottingham)
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​Y5/6 Sportshall Athletics Competition - Oct 2016

The first heat of the City Sportshall Athletics Competition which involved 9 boys and 9 girls from Years 5 and 6 took place at the Trinity School on 10th October.  Our children performed well in many of the track events and scored particularly well in the field but fell just a few points short of making it to the Semi-Finals in November.  They finished the day in 5th place.

Mini-Triathlon ​- Oct 2016

On Tuesday, 11th October, Year 4 took part in a mini-triathlon event at Harvey Hadden.  This was an exciting and fun opportunity for all children to be a part off irrespective of their sporting ability.  It was a well organised event where children participated in swimming, cycling and running and all were awarded medals for their efforts. 


Y5/6 Hockey ​- Oct 2016

Six children from Years 5 and 6 took part in the recent City Quicksticks Hockey Tournament at Highfields Hockey Club in Beeston.  They played with excellent team spirit and were proud to finish in 3rd place.  Nineteen teams from around the city took part, so this was an excellent achievement for our children.
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Sports Day July 2016

Once again, our annual sports day ran smoothly and the sun shone for us all day.  We had a great number of parents in attendance who showed great support for our young competitors. Trinity School’s Mr Gayne and his Year 10 sports leaders made the event run even smoother with their support throughout the day.

CLP Event – Harvey Hadden July 2016

This very popular event took place on a rainy day in July at Harvey Hadden, where spirits remained high throughout the day.  The 36 children who took part represented the school extremely well, many of whom returned to school with medals. During the first half of the day, children took part in a series of fun, ‘It’s a Knockout’ style activities and the afternoon was when the elite athletes took to the track and competed as individuals.

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Rounders July 2016

Congratulations to the nine children who took part in the Y5/6 Rounders Tournament at the Trinity School in July.  They had been well trained by Mrs Myles and finished the afternoon in 2nd place. ​​

Road to Rio Relay - July 2016

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​​Athletics

In November, our Year 5/6 Athletics team took part in the City Sportshall Athletics Competition at the Trinity School.  They competed with great enthusiasm and qualified for a place in the Semi-finals at Southglade Leisure Centre where they once again made it through to the Finals in December.  After facing some tough competition on the day, they finished in 4th place.
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At the beginning of February, children from Years 3 and 4 also took part in the competition where they finished in 5th place.  They worked very hard against some exceptional athletes and remained positive throughout the afternoon. 

Cross Country

Our Year 5/6 Cross Country team took part in this year’s event at Colwick Country Park, which was saw the greatest number of teams entered.  There was a total of 21 boys’ teams and 19 girls’ teams from across the city.  All participants ran really well and once again showed that true, St Mary’s team spirit.  They each had to run 1500m before passing the baton over to their team mate.  The girls’ team finished in 15th place and the boys finished in 8th position.

​​The Great Big Dance Off

​​City Dance Showcase

After taking part in the Great Big Dance off at The Albert Hall, we are delighted to announce that our Y5/6 dance group have secured a place in the National Finals which will take place in Birmingham in July. 
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This was a fantastic event where 13 children from Years 5 and 6 took part in the first ever City Dance Showcase.  The group performed very well and finished in 6th place overall.  
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​Gymnastics KS1


​​Year 3/4 Sportshall Athletics

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Well done to the children in Years 3 and 4 who took part in the Sportshall Athletics Competition at the Trinity School.  

​They worked really hard and competed with fantastic team spirit, managing to finish in 6th place overall.

​​Year 6 Intra School Basketball Tournament

Children in Year 6 finished off their basketball lessons with a tournament.  They were able to referee their own matches and keep the scores.  They showed off some fantastic skills! 

Sports Day

Our annual sports day was once again a great success. 

We had such a lovely day of sunshine and breeze.  

This year, Mr Gayne from the Trinity School in Aspley brought along twelve sports leaders to help throughout the day. 

We were so lucky too that Mrs Hodgkinson had arranged for some Asda staff to attend the afternoon session, where they provided free fruit and water for the children. 

They even supplied stickers, certificates and medals for the winning house team! A fantastic day!

KS2 Sports Day

KS1 Sports Day


Year 3/4 Sportshall Athletics ​

Nine boys and nine girls from Years 3 and 4 competed in the Sportshall Athletics Competition in February.

They took part in a number of events and finished the afternoon in 4th place.


High 5 Netball Finals

After qualifying for the City Finals, our Year 5/6 High 5 netball team went on to play at Emmanuel School where they finished in 3rd place. They faced some tough opposition on the day, but their hard work and determination paid off.


Urban Hockey

Coaches from the National Ice Arena came in to deliver a 6 week programme of urban hockey which the children in years 3 and 5 took part in. Many children also benefitted from the after school club provided.


Ice Skating

Once again our Year 4 children have taken part in a 6 week ice skating programme at the National Ice Arena. They have all thoroughly enjoyed their Friday afternoons and Miss Postolan is becoming quite a star on the ice!

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We were so delighted to receive the following letter from the National Ice Arena regarding Eve Perrons in Year 4.  

Apparently she’s a natural on the ice!  Well done Eve!

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Quicksticks Hockey Tournament

This tournament was the first ever primary hockey tournament held in the city.  A team of six children from Years 5 and 6 took part amongst fifteen other schools.  They did very well to finish in 5th place.


Rounders

Last week, a group of children played in a rounders tournament at the Trinity School in Aspley.  


This was a Year 6 tournament but as our year 6 children were unable to take part, Mrs Myles took a mixture of year 3 and 4 children.  They all played incredibly well and were so excited to return with bronze medals after coming 3rd!

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Go Run for Fun



Go Run for Fun is a national campaign aimed at getting as many 5-11year olds running as possible.  


All children in Year 4 spent a wonderful afternoon at Wollaton Park, where they all took part in this event.  


Special t-shirts were provided free of charge to each participant.

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Infant Sports Star Challenge


As part of the build up to the Rio Olympics in 2016, schools have been offered the opportunity to take part in an exciting new sports and physical activity programme.  Last week, year 1 & 2 pupils took part in a series of sporting and physical challenges that tested their agility, co-ordination, balance and speed. Twelve children from Year 4 were trained at lunchtime, ready to work as sports leaders during the afternoon’s events.


Rowing

Years 5 and 6 enjoyed an afternoon of rowing with coaches from Notts County Football in the Community as part of our Health and Fitness Fortnight. The afternoon was provided free of charge.


Mini Squash

 After a six week mini squash programme, four children from Year 6 took part in a mini squash tournament at Nottingham Squash Club in The Park.  


They played very well and finished in 2nd place.


Mini Tennis

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We are very pleased to announce that our Year 4 tennis team came 1st in the City Mini Tennis Tournament.
This meant that they were to go on to represent Nottingham City in the Nottinghamshire School Games.

They had a fantastic day, which included a grand opening ceremony with athletes from all over Nottinghamshire. All sports were represented on the day.  Our children played some super tennis and finished the day off in 7th place. 

Well done to Hamish Malcolm who stepped in at the last minute in place of Rio Charles who was absent on the day.
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Bob Gosling (Year 4) attended the Primary Sports Awards Ceremony at Ellis Guilford where he received a framed photograph of the tennis team after their win in the City. 

This was presented to him by Richard Whitehead – gold medallist in the 200m at the 2012 Paralympics.


The Great Big Dance Off 

This year, we have entered the Great Big Dance Off.  

Our amazing dance teacher (Miss B) has been working with us on a street dance routine based on a graffiti theme.  

She has selected a group of children to perform the dance, which we have recorded and will submit to an adjudication panel. 

Click the arrow to see us in action.

 

Table Tennis Tournament

Four children in Year 6 took part in a friendly table tennis tournament at the Trinity School.  They played against each other and eight other children from St. Teresa’s.  They had a great time and were able to play in a number of matches which gave them lots of practice.

This year we are promoting table tennis and are hoping some of our Year 5/6 children will join the satellite club at Trinity, which is running every Thursday between 4.30pm and 5.30pm.


Year 5/6 Athletics

Our Year 5/6 Athletics team took part in the semi finals of the City Sportshall Athletics competition last week and performed brilliantly.  They finished in 2nd place and we are all very proud that they have secured a place at the City Finals in December.  


Year 4 Intra School Hockey Tournament 

Children in Year 4 thoroughly enjoyed our curriculum hockey last term.
  
They were put into teams at the start of the term and worked in the same teams for the duration. 

We played matches every week and the children were incredibly motivated throughout and showed great sportsmanship. 

Y3/4 Mini Sports Festival 

Years 3 and 4 had a fantastic afternoon, taking part in a mini sports festival here at school.

The event was organised and run by a group of people who are training with the Kelly Holmes Legacy Trust.  

As part of their training, the group had to run a community event.  They did a great job!
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Basketball

Congratulations to our Y5/6 basketball team.  They played exceptionally well in the recent semi-finals at Southglade Leisure Centre, coming 1st place in their round, and then going on to finish 3rd overall.  They will now go on to play in the City Finals in December.
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Y1/2 FA Skills

We are so lucky to have been offered some free coaching sessions from an FA Skills coach.  

He will be working with Years 1 and 2 up until Christmas and will focus his lessons on multi skills around football.
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KS1 and F2 Sports Day

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We were so lucky this year as the sun was shining down on us and we enjoyed a fantastic morning full of fun. This year each child was racing for their house and collecting points for St George’s, St Patrick’s, St Andrew’s and St David’s teams. 

They were all great sports and kept smiling whether they won or lost. 


Key Stage 2 Sports Day

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We were really lucky with the weather this year, so our Sports Day all ran according to plan.  Chris Colbeck from Nottingham Bluecoat School brought along a number of sports leaders to help out which meant Mrs North’s legs were saved once again!!  The children had lots of fun taking part and were brilliant at cheering their team mates on.

A big THANKYOU to all the parents and carers for coming along to support their children and to all those that were willing to compete in a race themselves!

Commonwealth Games

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As Glasgow will be hosting the Commonwealth Games this year, our Year 4 children wrote some letters of support to the GB team.  We’re hoping to receive a letter of acknowledgement, so we have our fingers crossed! 

Family of Schools Sports Day

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On Thursday, 3rd July Years 5 and 6 had a wonderful day competing at our Family of Schools Sports Day at the Trinity School in Aspley.  

This was an Athletics event where the children participated in sprinting, long distance running, throwing and jumping. 

It was great to see some of the children coming back with medals. 


Quad Kids City Final

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The Y4/5 team went on to compete in the City Finals where they finished in 5th place.  

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They worked really hard in their individual events and managed to improve their personal best in some of them.


Nottinghamshire School Games

Having won the City Basketball Finals earlier this year, our Year 6 Basketball team went on to represent Nottingham City in the Nottinghamshire School Games on Friday. They had a fantastic day out with teams from all districts of Nottinghamshire and were delighted to come back to school in 3rd place. This is a wonderful achievement.  Well done to Eliza-May Costa-Joao, Maisie Faughey, Haneen Hassan, Zara Mjojo, Ramell Haase-Britton, Gabriel Johnson, Saul King, Edmund Mhembere, Zain Minhas and Kieron Mahabeer . 

A member of staff from another school commented on how polite and respectful our children were in addition to how well they played!

Festival of Football

Everyone had a fantastic day! Lots of the children came back to school with medals and felt very proud.  Well done Naomi for being part of the winning team! 
 On Monday, 7th July Year 6 took part in a Festival of Football with nine other city schools at the Powerleague, Nottingham.


Children from all the schools were mixed up to make teams of 6, where they competed in a 6-a-side tournament. This meant everyone was playing in teams with new ‘friends’ and the trophy would be won by children from different schools.  
 

Sainsburys School Games 

Mrs North is to be congratulated for all her hard work in achieving the Sainsburys School Games Silver Award (a Government led award scheme), in recognition of the school’s development of competition and participation across the school. This is a wonderful achievement and complements the Youth Sport Trust Gold Quality Mark, awarded earlier this term, for the excellent provision of PE and sport at St Mary’s.  Mrs North and Miss Gubas are to be complemented for the outstanding provision in this area of the curriculum.  Please take a look at the school website for more detail.

City Mini Tennis Red Competition

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Congratulations to Molly Tinney, Michelle Prusaczyk-Bengowski, Raphael Matthews and Michal Radon from Year 4, who came 2nd in the City Mini Tennis Red Competition. 


Quad Kids Track and Field Event

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18th June 2014

Last week a group of 10 pupils from Years 3 and 4 took part in the heats of the Quad Kids Track and Field Event at Trinity. 

The team performed very well in all four events, taking 2nd place and securing a place in the final on the 26th June.  

A special mention to Raphael Matthews and Michelle Prusaczyk-Bengowski, both in Year 4, who each brought home a silver medal for their individual scores in the boys’ and girls’ events. 

Mini Squash

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Five Year 6 children recently represented the school at a Mini Squash tournament and won the competition - a fantastic achievement. 

Basketball

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The Year 5/6 Basketball team played brilliantly in the City Championships and came back to school as runners up of the event.


Netball

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Well done to our Y5/6 Netball team who came 2nd in the City High 5 tournament.


Gymnastics

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Six children from Years 1 and 2 competed in the city Key Steps Gymnastics competition, where they finished in 4th place.


Trinity Sports Festival

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Every year, we have the chance to go to the Trinity School to take part in a multi sports festival amongst our family of schools.


Year 5 Football Event

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Year 5 children took part in a football event at Haydn Road for children who have not played in the football team during the season. It was organised by Djanogly Academy. The children had a fantastic afternoon and came in 3rd place!


Capital One Ice Skating

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Once again, Year 4 took part in the CapitolOne Ice skating Programme for Six weeks.  The coaches were so impressed, three children were given a 12 month scholarship which includes free lessons and a free pair of skates.  


Ms K O'Neill - Acting Headteacher, St Mary's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Beaconsfield Street, Hyson Green, Nottingham, NG7 6FL

0115 915 1799 |  headteacher@smca.nottingham.sch.uk  |  admin@smca.nottingham.sch.uk


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