Thank you to those parents who have sent in

thoughts on selective education. These are really helpful. If anyone else wishes to respond, simply send an e-mail to;

Lesley.dunkley@sandringham.herts.sch.uk The whole school show, ‘Vaudeville’ is under

four weeks away now. Rehearsals are going really well and tickets are going fast, so contact the box office if you would like to come to the show of the year. You will not be disappointed.

We have had a large number of families looking

around the school in preparation for choosing a secondary school for next September. The comments received from them have been incredibly positive as always and they love the learning environment here.

On Thursday we held our biennial Whole School

Photograph. This gets harder to complete each time due to the growth in size of the school. However, as always our students were perfect and I am sure the photograph will be another outstanding memento to cherish.

We have ongoing issues with some parents

parking in challenging places whilst waiting to collect their children at the end of the day. The roads around the school service a number of buses and these have to be able to get through without obstruction. If you do need to collect your child by car, I would be most grateful if you could park a little further away from the school gates and the top end of Skyswood Road. Remember also that there are park-ing restrictions in certain places and the traffic wardens will be out on a regular basis to police these. Thank you for your help.

May I wish everyone a very enjoyable half term

holiday and I look forward to seeing you all back safely on Monday 31st October.

The andprintThe weekly newsletter of

Sandringham School Headlines Issue 7 21 October 2016

Ethan Adams 7E Science Dorottya Molnar 7E Science Lucy Topp 7E Science Matthew Wilson 7K Science Amelie Jones 7S Science Henry Oldroyd 7S Computer Science Olivia Appadoo 7V Science Sam Donkin 7V German Ella Marsh 7V Science Heather Quinn 7V German Annie Furness 7VG Science Tahlia Hylton 7VG Science Samuel Posner 7VG Science Kieran Gauthier 8B Computer Science Scarlett Lees 8D Computer Science Emma Phillips 8K Science Edward Livesey 8S Science Grace Newman 8S Science Jasmine Dalziel 9B Science Chloe Langford 9B Science Charlotte Martin-Smith 9B Science Francesca Theodoropoulou-Estacchini 9B Science Emily Gurney 9D Science Jessica Simmons 9D Science Anya Viljoen 9D Science Amelia Pearcy 9S Geography Luke Allam 9V Design & Technology Emma Beardon 9V Art Charlotte Blount 9V Art Hannah Dyer 9V Art Jamal Laafou 9V Art Daisy Rowe 9V History Amy Colvin 10B English & Drama Rachel Dodd 10B English Ted Fitzgerald-Smith 10B English Emily Giovanni 10B Science Neve Phillips 10B English Ines Simpson 10B Drama Greg Zielinski 10B English Freddie Jones 10D English Leah Mukubvu 10D English Pia Stoney 10D English Pia Stoney 10D Drama Georgia Cox 10E French Zoe Hook 10E English Kristen Kemp-Robertson 10E Drama & Science Jack Peacock 10E History William Samuel 10E French Samuel Hardie 10K Drama Oscar Holmes 10K English Zoe Webb 10K Drama Annika Hanton 10S Drama Christopher Rowe 10V English Callan Deradour 11B PE Joshua Dickson 11B English Connor Jackson 11B Science

Headteacher’s Commendations for week ending 21st October Isabella Hughes 7B Science Katie Leigh 7B Science Jasmine Rainey 7B Science Billie Ellis 7D Science Ida Sondergaard 7D Science

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House News

HOUSE WHO’S WHO

Name: Sarah Jackson How long have you been Head of House? This is my 3rd year Which clubs/activities did you take part in at school? I used to be par t of History society where we used to read different history articles and talk about them over cake! What are your current interests and activities outside of school? I do genuinely love a good museum - particularly living history ones such as Beamish or Stansted Mountfitchet. I have always been extremely unsporty but have set my aim on the fun run next year (to get more house points for Erikson!) so I am currently running twice a week. What is your happiest memory from when you were at school? Going on a History tr ip to Russia. As well as getting to see the sights of the Russian Revolution (one of my top two favourite topics in history) we got to overnight on a train from St Petersburg to Moscow. Which three words would you use to describe yourself? Passionate, Hardworking, Determined What’s the best thing about your House? The students. I have worked with so many amazingly talented and creative students it genuinely blows my mind. I cannot believe the dedication of some of Erikson and the hours of effort they put in. You guys make me so proud! Which House event are you looking forward to most this year? House Ar ts. It is a LOT of hard work but the performances are truly amazing. In one sentence, what words of encouragement would you offer students in your House this year? Whether you a dancer, musician, mathematician, spelling-bee enthusiast, house-point collector or just like making cake... you can make this an unbe'leif'able year for Erikson!

DIARY DATES

24-28 October Half Term 2 November Autumn Concert 7pm 3 November B$V Post 16 Evening 7pm 4 November Yr 9 Battlefields Trip 8 November Yr 11 Parent Information Evening 6.30pm 15 November Yr 13 PTC 15-22 November Book Fair 17-19 November ‘Vaudeville’ 24 November Learning Review Day 25 November Occasional Day

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Ben Meyrick 11B English Amy Williams 11B English Abigail Carter-Downing 11D Science Zain Choudry 11D English Jessica Leigh 11D Maths Daniel Wright 11D English Daniel Wright 11D Maths George Altmann 11DA English Jemima Cooke 11DA Maths Zoe Palmer 11DA English Charlotte Smith 11DA English Benjamin Wyatt 11DA English James Carpenter 11E English Tom Gale 11E Science Mia Hammond 11E English Shamiso Jonson 11E English Francesca Boost 11K English Leah Cooke 11K English Liberty Morrow 11K English Charlotte Houlden 11S English Bethany Laney 11S English Louie Roberts 11S English Felicity Barnes 11V English Scout Newman-Booth 11V English Ella Spittall 11V English

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The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Update D of E Silver Practice Expedition

Our expedition season for 2016 came to a close this weekend with a highly successful expedition to the South Downs. Forty nine Year 11 students (our biggest Silver group ever) met at school early on Saturday morning for a prompt departure heading for Sussex and the South Downs. The terrain on Day 1 was largely low level heath and farm land. The overnight camp at Plumpton Scout camp was somewhat wet but the participants coped well, striking camp early on Sunday morning for a hike up on to Ditchling Beacon and along the South Downs way for most of the groups.

The views were spectacular and the rain held off all day although the wind was consistent in strength but not in direction, shifting from South Easterly to South Westerly as groups made their way along the Downs. Night 2 at Park Wood Scout Camp was drier in the evening with a very bright full moon which soon disappeared under the rain clouds which provided some heavy showers overnight. Day 3 started much like Day 2 with some heavy rain but again the day cleared up well as all groups made their way along the Downs again , this time over Edburton Hill to Devil’s Dyke for the finish.

All the staff on the trip were impressed by the positive attitude shown by all the participants and I was particularly delighted by the fact that so many of them commented on how much they enjoyed their experiences, in spite of the rain, the mud, the heavy bags and the steep hills. I would like to thank Mr Swann, Mr Hassett, Mr Allday, Mrs Gibson and Mr Hopkins who gave up their time over the weekend to support the expedition- their experience and expertise was invaluable to the students. Well done to all the participants- I am extremely proud of you and you were great ambassadors for the school but also for the Award.

Dates for the Calendar

D of E Presentation Evening: Thursday 23rd February 2017

Gold Training Expedition:

Thursday 30th March- Saturday 1st April 2017 (Year 12)

Bronze Training Walk:

Monday 8th May 2017 3.15-6.00 (Yr10)

Bronze Practice Expedition: Friday 19th-Saturday 20th May 2017 (Yr10)

Bronze Qualifying Expedition:

Friday 9th- Saturday 10th June 2017(Yr10)

Gold Practice Expedition:

Monday 19th-Friday 23rd June 2017

Silver Qualifying Expedition: Sunday 25th-Tuesday 27th June 2017 (Yr11)

Gold Qualifying Expedition:

Friday 7th- Wednesday 12th July 2017

D of E Presentation Evening: Thursday 23rd February 2017

Participants who have been working towards their

Bronze, Silver & Gold Awards over the past 12 months should be uploaded their evidence to their eDofE accounts. I will be checking accounts over the next few weeks and submitting completed Awards to County for verification in preparation for our Presentation evening next February. Can I please ask that parents support and encourage participants to upload their assessor reports as I cannot approve Awards until all evidence has been submitted. Please contact me on dofe@sandringham.herts.sch.uk if you have any difficulty in uploading the necessary evidence.

New Bronze Participants All new Bronze participants in Year 10 should be

busy uploading the details of their activities to eDofE. If you are having any problems, please do not hesitate to contact me. Participants should also start thinking about expedition groups which should be between 4 and 7 in size. I will be requesting group names shortly after half term.

Alison Cuneen Teacher of English

It is fair to say that it was an amazing, unforgettable trip, and we were all very sad to leave. I learnt so much about and experienced a totally different culture, whilst greatly improving my Spanish language skills and making friends for life.

We look forward to being reunited with our exchange partners in May when they come over to England for a week. A huge thank you to Miss Unsain for organising the trip and also to Ms Lyons and Miss Stothard for look-ing after us when we were out there.

Lucy Grubb - Year 13

Spanish Exchange Trip From the 5th to the 12th of October, 36

Sandringham students visited Seville in Spain to take part in an exchange trip with students from ‘Colegio Internacional Europa’ - a school that Sandringham has close ties with. We each stayed with a Spanish family, and we got to experience the fascinating Spanish culture first hand.

Once we arrived at Seville Airport on

Wednesday, we were warmly greeted by the families who had created a banner for us and had waited in arrivals to greet us. We then spent the evening getting to know our families.

On Thursday, we spent the day at school,

beginning with a welcome breakfast of churros and melted chocolate in the canteen and then a welcome ceremony where speeches were made and the national anthems were played. We got to experience being students at a Spanish school and how the school compares and contrasts to Sandringham. The school day was significantly longer than at Sandring-ham, starting at 9am and finishing at 5.30pm. After school, we spent the evening with our Spanish family.

On Friday, both the Sandringham pupils and their

exchange partners took an excursion to the stunning nearby Andalusian coastal city of Cadíz. We spent time on the beach which included games of beach volleyball and football, and then we headed through the narrow, cobbled streets to look at the beautiful, grand Cathedral of Cadíz. Afterwards, we had some time to look round the shops and cafés before heading back to Seville.

We spent the weekend with our families and had

lots of fun. For example, some people travelled over the border into Portugal and had a day at the beach. Others stayed in Seville and visited the many intriguing sights such as the Plaza de España, which has been featured in many films such as Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, and the Seville Cathedral, which is the third largest church in the world.

On Monday, we had another day at school, in

which we had special Spanish lessons in the morning On Tuesday, we visited the city of Córdoba for

the day and looked round its famous, intriguing Mosque-Cathedral, which is actually a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is defined as a Visigothic Catholic Cathedral but is divided into Muslim and Christian halves. Afterwards, we had time to look round the surrounding area which included souvenir shops and cafés.

On the last day, we spent time with our Spanish

families for the final time. They took us to the airport, and after a group picture, we had to say our goodbyes which was very sad.

Friends of Sandringham School (Fo$S) News

Fundraising Events & Activities

Pop Music Quiz – THANK YOU “Oh, what a night. Late December back in ’63” or

in our case mid-October in 2016! A massive thanks to Nick Grubb, our superb Music Quiz Master, and his family for a pop-tastic evening last Friday. This was our first music quiz and we had an amazing turnout. Every-one who came along had a fantastic time and helped raise in excess of £1,250 which is staggering, thank you.

Second Hand Uniform Sale

Saturday 22nd October – 8.30am to 10.30am Jenny Wick will be holding another sale tomorrow

at 10 Skyswood Road (opposite the school) AL4 9NZ from 8.30am-10.30am. In the meantime, if you would like to donate any second hand uniform or outgrown (not outworn) school shoes please can you leave outside Jenny’s house. Many thanks.

Get ready for half term with easyfundraising.

Whether you’re looking to get away this half term or you’re staying at home with the kids, easyfundraising have got it covered. Check out Halloween events at Legoland, half price toys at Argos, 2 for 1 entry at Lon-don attractions with Virgin Trains and lots more!

Monthly Prize Draw – Tuesday 1st November

It's never too late to join, with the deadline for new entries being the 24th of each month. Our next draw is to take place on Tuesday 1st November. One payment of £12 gives you 1 number and membership for a whole year, £24 gives you 2 numbers, £36 gives you 3 num-bers etc. The more entries we have, the bigger the win! Get your forms into Kate Carpenter via the red box or email sandringham.foss@gmail.com

Committee Meeting/AGM

Wednesday 16th November – 7.15pm Room D11 A number of the key committee members (Chair,

Vice Chair and Secretary) are stepping down after two years at the helm and Fo$S will cease to exist if new post holders do not come forward. Whilst I appreciate that parents have many other commitments, I would ask you to consider if this is something you could do with a group of friends and therefore share the responsibilities. Please join us, everyone is welcome, and it’s a great way to meet other parents whilst having your say as to where the money we raise through fundraising events is spent across the Faculty bids.

Christmas Extravaganza (FREE entry) Saturday 3rd December – 11am to 3pm Including Christmas Market shopping stalls, Christ-

mas Café serving refreshments including hot food & drinks, mince pies & mulled wine, Tombolas, Fun Zone, Prize Draw Raffle and lots, lots more …

Digital Parenting

As part of our programme of eSafety education, we

partner with ParentZone who specialise in making online safety understandable and accessible to parents. Children in Year 7 had an assembly on Tuesday this week and were all given a printed copy of Digital Parenting magazine to take home, which has useful parental guides on issues such as gaming, developing digital resilience and advice on cyberbullying. We would encourage other parents to access the magazine via ParentZone at;

https://parentzone.org.uk/ or http://vodafonedigitalparenting.co.uk/ Our own school website hosts many useful articles

on specific eSafety issues under ‘Supporting Your Child’ and‘ParentInfo Service’.

http://www.sandringham.herts.sch.uk/?q=support/parentinfo-service

Fergal Moane Assistant Headteacher

Tesco has shortlisted a local schools initiative, the

Alban Way Carer Project, for an environment grant funded by the 5p plastic bag levy. It’s for a community garden retreat behind Camp School, one of the five schools in the Alban Way Community Network. It will be used out of hours by unpaid family carers of people with support needs and disabilities and by the children when the school’s open.

The Camp Community Group put the project

together and will be running a programme of outdoor-based workshops and networking events for carers too. There’s a chance to vote for the shortlisted projects in local stores, including St Peter’s Street and Hatfield Road from 31 October to 13 November, and the Camp School team would be very grateful for your support.

Donations – Tombola items Lots of wine, beer, spirits and chocolate needed! The

tombolas are always very successful stalls at our Christmas event so please start collecting now to bring in on LRD Thursday 24th November.

Donations – Gift Stall items

We would also be grateful for any good quality unused gifts so bear in mind any gifted (but unwanted) items you could pass our way on LRD Thursday 24th November.

The committee would like to wish all our families an

enjoyable October half term. Christmas is around the cor-ner - tis the season to be jolly!

Tracy Downing Fo$S Member

Thank you to FoSS A big thank you goes to FoSS who have recently

bought the following items for the school:

£600 towards STEM workshops £200 towards a tumble dryer for technology faculty £250 towards improving the ground floor of the 6th

form study area Subscription to Digital Theatre Plus (an on line

resource for English, Drama, Dance and Music) Subscription to ArcGIS (a geographical information

system) Annual membership to the Royal Geographical As-

sociation These are all gratefully received by the faculties. Julia Shaw Business Manager

Library News Author Visit: Year 8s had a treat on Thursday 13th October, when

Sarah Crossan spoke to the whole year group. Her talk was

very interesting and enlightening and resulted in many

students borrowing her books (before and after the talk)

and over £80 –worth of her books being bought by year 8

students. She often writes in poetic prose and gave a

wonderful dramatic performance of a scene form Romeo

and Juliet to bring the story to life.

Donations Many thanks for the kind donations of fiction

books…they are much appreciated.

The Library Team

Courses for parents in conjunction with Hertfordshire Adult and Family

Learning Service City and Guilds Functional Skills Course in

English for parents/guardians If you don’t have a GCSE in English you might

be interested in taking the City and Guilds Function-al Skills English course which is being run on Thursday mornings at Oakwood school from 9.15 – 11.15 am this year. The exams will be taken in the Summer Term. A level two pass is equivalent to a grade 4 pass at GCSE (previously a pass at grade C). £5 registration fee. Please contact Carole Heselton as soon as possible to start next week on Thursday 20 October.

Evening course for parents with children

currently in years 4, 5 and 6: “What to expect in year five and six English”

This is ideal for parents who would like to develop the skills and confidence to help KS2 children with English and gain and a better understanding of how it is currently taught.

Thursday evenings six week course 7 – 9pm Verulam School 3 Nov – 8 Dec 2016 £5 registration fee.

A leaflet with more information about both

courses is attached.

To register your interest in either of both of these courses call 01727 754113 or email carole.heselton@verulam.herts.sch.uk as soon as possible.

The SandPit Theatre News

At the theatre, we are now very busy in show preparation mode for Vaudeville. Our wonderful tech club have been helping us make costumes and props ready for the show, and it is looking to like it will be a spectacular event! Saturday night tickets are now SOLD OUT, so please do get your tables booked as the performances are selling quickly! If you would like to help us with costumes or props in any way please do let us know as we would be grateful for your help. A huge thank you to the wonderful parents who have already volunteered.

In other news, the theatres renovations are truly underway. Our new website is running smoothly, and the auditorium is currently in the process of being painted black (having been lilac for the last fifteen years we thought it could do with a change!). We are very excited to see the finished effect. To go with our lovely new black auditorium, we are launching our Sponsor A Seat campaign! To enable us to buy beautiful new, comfortable red seats for theatre, we are offering you the opportunity to leave your mark on the venue. Please see overleaf for more details!

To keep up-to-date please like our Facebook page and follow us on twitter. Alternatively, for a full list of events see our website www.sandpittheatre.co.uk.

Half Term at The SandPit Theatre

The Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor Wednesday 26th October 11am & 2pm £6/£4 All aboard for the new puppet adventure from Theatrix Arts. An old shopkeeper is just about to shut

up shop at the end of a long day, when he comes across a magical ancient book that contains amazing adventures. As he reads the stories, they come to life in his shop!

Follow Sinbad the Sailor as he embarks on his travels as he encounters a Whale, a Giant Bird and an Ogre! Then meet the puppets and create your very own puppet to take home.

If your child would like to attend the workshop, please note there will be £1 charge on the day for puppet materials

Make it Spooky – Halloween Craft Workshops Thursday 27th October 10am, 11.30am, 1pm & 2.30pm £4

Make Fabulously Freaky Halloween Masks and Puppets. There's a whole range of frighteningly good characters to choose from including witches, wizards,

cats, vampires and more! Use lots of exciting materials to decorate your creation and then take them home.

Suitable for 3-7 yr olds - Children need to be accompa-nied by an adult.

Zootropolis (PG) Friday 28th October 10.30am £3/£2 In the city of Zootropolis, a beautiful metropolis where all animals live peacefully with one another, Judy Hopps be-

comes the first official bunny cop on the police force. So when 14 predator animals go missing, Judy imme-diately takes the case to prove herself!

Dotty the Dragon Saturday 29th October 11.30am & 2:30pm £8/£6 Dotty is a baby fire dragon. She lives at the top of a mountain with her grumpy dad, Mr Drag-on. In the village below, every-one fears for their lives, for drag-

on’s eat children! Or so they believe. But Dotty would never eat children! Not ever… Blunderbus is proud to present this enchanting fairytale adventure with a very happy ending. This clever new show comes to life with an irresistible blend of live music, fabulor puppets and high energy storytelling. Little people aged 3-7 will love this funny heartwarming tale. But big people will have lots of fun too.

Dance News

Dance T-Shirts T-shirts have been ordered and will be here a few

weeks after half term so students need to look out on the student noticeboard and on twitter to see when they arrive.

Vaudeville – New Letter A letter detailing costume requirements, up to

date rehearsal schedule and information regarding the plans for the evening shows has been given out in rehearsals this week so please make sure you have received a letter. Tickets are selling fast and Saturday evening has sold out. You can buy your tickets from the SandPit box office or online. All students in-volved need to have returned the reply slip to a mem-ber of the Arts team.

Please follow the Dance faculty on Twitter

@SandringhamDanc to keep up to date with events, articles and information.

Clare Meeking

Director of Learning: Dance

Rachael Peacock Theatre Manager

Music news Autumn Concert - 2nd November, 7pm Our first concert of the year is fast approaching

and tickets are still available at the SandPit Theatre Box Office. The concert starts at 7pm and students performing will need to arrive by 6:40pm.

Last Choir Standing - 17th October On Monday 17th, all our Year 7 students took

part in their first House competition by singing in Last Choir Standing. Each form sang the piece they had prepared, in the SandPit Theatre to a packed audience made up of their fellow Year 7 students, form tutors, House Captains and House Leaders. All the performances were fantastic and we're real-ly proud of everybody for taking part. Well done everyone!

First place - 7S

Second place - 7V Third place - 7K

Student reviews On Monday 11th October, we took part in the

Last House Standing Year 7 singing competition. I'd been waiting all day to perform, I had mixed feelings of being terrified but also excited to see what it would be like. Finally lunchtime arrived and we all went into the SandPit waiting for it to start. It was a very nerve wracking experience, waiting for your turn to perform and watching the other forms produce amazing performances. When we had to go on I could hardly breath I was so nervous, I couldn't stop thinking I'd forget the words or something. I can't really describe the feel-ing of being on stage in front of our entire year group, I can say it was terrifying but it was also really amazing having all the support of everyone else. During our performance, I was so petrified I could feel my hands shaking. However when we finished everyone applauded, the feeling of every-one clapping for you and your form is amazing. After all the forms had performed I was amazed by some of them, it was time to hear the results. I was on the edge of my seat half thinking that I knew some of the other forms were incredible and de-served to win but I also wanted to win. In the end, we didn't come in the top three. Seacole won, I think they deserved to as they produced an award winning performance.

Lucy Topp 7E

On Monday the 17th everyone took part in the Year 7 Last Choir Standing house competition. We were all a mixture of excitement and nerves as the whole of Year 7 were watching. We had to go there straight away carrying our lunches. During the performance I could tell we sang together and the soloists sang very strongly. We were all listening intently after the happy end of the com-petition with VG singing ‘Happy’. In the end the three best were announced, Seacole with a magnificent win. Although we missed out the chance of winning we can all be proud of our performance even so.

Dorottya Moinar 7E For more up to date news and opportunities, follow us

@SandringhamMus Amy Stothard Director of Learning: Music

Representing Great Britain in the Under-19's Roller Hockey team Well done to Max Sweeney (Yr 13) at the Junior Inline

Roller Hockey European Championships in Croatia last weekend.

Great Britain faced stiff competition and only narrowly missed out on the bronze medal position.

Max played incredibly well and received the "Coaches' Player of the Tournament" trophy; a fantastic achievement and a great experience.

PE NEWS

Fixtures

Tuesday 1st November Y7 Football V Sir Frederick Osborn (A)

Wednesday 2nd November

1st XV V St. Clement Danes (A)

Thursday 3rd November Y9 Football V Brentwood County high Sch (H)

Y11 Football V Welling (H) Y11 Girls Football V Queens (A)

Senior Basketball V St. Columbas College (H)

Friday 4th November Y11 Basketball V Queens (H)

News Last Thursday the District X-Country

Championships took place in Verulamium Park to conclude a good season of racing for our teams. In the Junior Girls race the team were brought home by Yasmin Howgego in 12th position, followed by Caitlyn Watkins 20th, Jessie Butler 23rd and Eliza Telford in 37th. Ellen Bennett was our only representative in the Inter Girls race finishing an excellent 11th position. There was again a sole representative in the Senior Boys race with Elliot Breen running home into 5th position in the 1st year in this age group. The Inter Boys were again strong with Bryce Breen coming home in 2nd place fol-lowed very closely by Alex Hughes in 3rd and then Hamish Michie in 21st. In the Junior Boys race there was a total of 11 runners from Sandringham led by Tommy Wilson in 3rd, George Greenway in 10th, Louis Jeavons 19th, Zak Mohammad Bhai 30th, Ivan Raath 32nd, Liam Watters 33rd, Louis Vaile 39th, Jasper Sweeney 40th, Oliver Sweeney 43rd, Alex Sweeney 44th and Kobi Ibeh in 52nd. Well done to all the runners who ran and keep training for the County Champs in Jan.

Also on Thursday the Y8 Football team played

Leventhorpe school in the County Cup. After reach-ing the semi-final last year the Y8 team had high hopes of having a good run again in the cup this season. Leventhorpe were a very tough opposi-tion and it took extra time for the boys to earn the win, but eventually we overcame the opposition 2-1 to earn a place in the next round.

The Y10 boys basketball team have played

Queens and Sir John Lawes in the last week going down 56-18 to Queens and beating Sir John Lawes 45-16. The team continue to progress and with a continued focus will be a very strong team throughout the rest of the season.

On Saturday the Y7,8 and 9 Rugby teams faced

up against Nicholas Breakspear School. The Y7 team again showed a superb early display

demonstrating much talent and potential for this year overcoming the opposition 5 tries to 2. In the Y8 game the low numbers of the opposition didn’t stop all enjoy-ing the game and a 35-15 win was another statement for the strong side. The Y9’s continued their unbeaten run and took victory 63-12 with Jack Kelly scoring 4.

The Year 9 Girls Basketball team went to the district

basketball tournament this week. All of the girls fought extremely hard in all 6 round robin games against the local schools. Only losing to Beaumont, the girls placed second and consequently progress through to the county tournament later in the year. Stand out performances came from Emily Pollard and Amalie Newman-Booth.

The Senior Girls Netball Team had a match against

Roundwood Park School, a team who they had closely lost their previous two meetings against. Understanda-bly, our girls were fired up and ready to go. Everyone played amazingly well, with some fabulous defence, causing the ball to be turned over numerous times and some excellent shooting. A special mention must go to player of the match, Chloe Pettengell, who was truly outstanding and whose unwavering leadership skills, kept the girls motivated throughout the match. The final score was 21-14, meaning the girls are currently unbeat-en in the District League.

The Y10 Rugby team after a recent win against

St. Georges took on last years County Cup semi-finalists in Parmiters. The team performed well and competed for the duration, however with some injuries and a slightly weakened team were unable to overcome the opposition eventually losing to the better team on the day.

Two weeks ago the Boys swimming team took part

in the Eastern Region Relay Champs at Woodside in Watford. This is a very prestigious and high standard of swimming that brings the best teams from across the area. The junior, inter and Senior teams all performed well and have given the school the first marker at this level. The teams consisted of Ollie Carpenter, Tudor Ursache, Hector Ali, James Small, Ryan Hussain, Zak Mohammedbhai, Jo Hirst, George Jones, Felix Ali, Alasdair Mitchell, Ben Muckleston, Matt Small, Tom Sear and Ewan Langford. Well done to all the boys who competed. The girls competition was last Friday, however after some illness and injury on the day we were unable to field a full team for the relays.

For more news, fixtures, team sheets and results

don’t forget to follow us @SandringhamPE on Twitter and at www.sandringhamsport.co.uk

Andrew Cracknell

Director of Learning: PE