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Greenacre Sports Partnership has once again hosted a very successful Primary Football

League for all the primary schools within the partnership. 16 schools entered the football league this year and the standard of football being played was absolutely fantastic.

Due to the number of schools entering the league this year, the teams were split into two groups, depending on their location in Medway. All schools played each other within their group and then had play off matches against the opposing group to enable final positions to be awarded.

On Wednesday 21st May, Greenacre Sports Partnership hosted the Primary Football League Finals and 3rd / 4th playoff at Greenacre Academy. The afternoon saw Oaklands compete against Lordswood in the 3rd / 4th play-off and Balfour compete against St Michaels in the final.

After two very close matches, the final scores were as follows:

• Oaklands (1) v Lordswood (2)

• Balfour (2) v St Michaels (2): Balfour win 3-2 after extra time.

Congratulations to Balfour Juniors School for not only winning the Primary Football League for the academic year 2013 – 2014 but for also going all season unbeaten.

Greenacre Sports Partnership would like to take this opportunity to thank all the primary staff who worked hard to ensure the Primary Football League ran so smoothly and was such a huge success. Running a football team is not easy and without the support from the schools and dedication, schools would not have had the chance to compete in this high standard of football which

the schools from the Greenacre Sports Partnership have demonstrated.

Following from the Primary Football League, we noted that there are a number of students who should be competing at the next level of the footballing ladder, playing for Medway. The Medway trials will be taking place in early September and the dates will be sent before the end of the academic year. Please ensure as a school the best players receive an invite letter.

Balfour Junior School wins GSP Primary Football League with an unbeaten season!

The final results were:1st: Balfour

2nd: St Michaels

3rd: Lordswood

4th: Oaklands

5th: Maundene

6th: Horsted

7th: STM

8th: Delce

9th: Swingate

10th: Pilgrim

11th: Kingfisher

12th: SWOP

13th: St Benedicts

14th: SMATT

15th: Walderslade

16th: Wayfield

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Primary Snapshot

Mini Youth Games 17 Greenacre Sports Partnership Schools participated in the Mini Youth Games Kwik Cricket Competition. This is an increase of 4 schools compared with last academic year.

Year 3/4 Racket Skills Festival9 Greenacre Sports Partnership Schools participated in the Primary School Games Racket Skills Festival on Thursday 24th April at Medway Park.

Well done to:

• All Saints

• St Thomas More

• St William of Perth

• Swingate

• Balfour Juniors

• Danecourt

• Walderslade

• Kingfisher

• New Road

Congratulations to All Saints Primary School who will be representing Greenacre Sports Partnership at the Kent School Games Tennis Finals.

Key Step Gymnastics CompetitionThe Medway Key Steps Gymnastics competition was held on Thursday 8th May 2014 at Greenacre Academy. The competition saw approximately 60 pupils from years 1 to 6 participate from 6 different primary schools from Medway. Participants competed a floor exercise routine, body management routine and the vault.

The results were as follows:

Years 1 & 2:

1st: Miers Court

2nd: Wayfield Primary A Team

3rd: Wayfield Primary B Team

4th: New Road

5th: St Peters Infants

Years 3 & 4:

1st: Hempstead Juniors B

2nd: Hempstead Juniors A

3rd: Miers Court

4th: New Road A

5th: Swingate

6th: New Road B

Years 5 & 6:

1st: Hempstead Juniors

2nd: Miers Court

3rd: New Road

4th: Swingate Primary

The winners will now go through to the Kent School Games Finals to represent Medway!

GSP Runs NQT PE WorkshopOn Tuesday 29th April 2014, Greenacre Sports Partnership was asked by Medway Council to coordinate some specific PE support for NQT’s from across Medway. Approximately 15 NQT’s attended the workshop which focused on:

• Small games & warm ups

• Assessment for learning

• Generic tips & points to remember in PE

Well done to:

• Balfour Juniors

• Cuxton Juniors

• Delce Juniors

• Kingfisher

• Lordswood

• Luton Juniors

• Maundene

• New Road

• Oaklands

• Phoenix Academy

• Pilgrim

• St Marys Island

• St Michaels

• St Thomas More

• St William of Perth

• Swingate

• Walderslade

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Secondary Snapshot

Satellite Clubs On Secondary School SitesSport England has tasked Kent Sport to deliver the Sports England Satellite Club initiative within Kent.

The vision is that by March 2017, every state secondary school will be offered a satellite community sports club, with a direct link to one or more national governing bodies of sport depending on the local clubs in its area.

Greenacre Sports Partnership has been asked to gather some information from secondary schools as to whether they would like a satellite club on school site and what provisions are currently on offer.

SSG Cricket The 9th of the Secondary School Games competitions was the cricket competition which was held on Thursday 5th May 2014 at Lordswood Cricket Club. The competition saw approximately 120 pupils from year 7 participate from 10 secondary schools from across Medway.

The results were as follows:

Girls

1st: Fort Pitt

2nd: Strood

3rd: Rainham Girls

4th: Walderslade Girls

Boys

1st: Howard A

2nd: SJWMS

3rd: Strood

4th: Thomas Aveling

5th: Greenacre

6th: Hunred of Hoo

7th: Howard B

8th: Brompton

SSG SoftballThe 10th of the Secondary School Games competitions was the softball competition which was held on Thursday 22nd May 2014 at The Howard School. The competition saw approximately 48 pupils from years 8 and 9 participate from 4 secondary schools from across Medway.

The results were as follows:

1st: Greenacre

2nd: Howard

3rd: Hundred of Hoo

4th: Robert Napier

SSG RoundersThe 11th of the Secondary School Games competitions was the rounders competition which was also held on Thursday 22nd May 2014 at Rainham School for Girls. The competition saw approximately 120 pupils from years 8 and 9 participate from 8 secondary schools from across Medway.

The results were as follows:

1st: Rainham Girls A

2nd: Chatham Grammar School for Girls

3rd: Rainham Mark

4th: Fort Pitt A

5th: Robert Napier

6th: Thomas Aveling

7th: Waldersalde Girls

8th: Hundred of Hoo

REMINdERSHeadteacher MeetingsGreenacre Sports Partnership will be meeting with each primary and secondary school to discuss each school’s requirements for the academic year 2014 – 2015. If you have not yet booked in a meeting please do so as soon as possible.

GSP Staff Celebration EventOn Thursday 19th June at 4.30pm, we will be hosting a ‘thank you’ event for all the staff from our primary and secondary schools who have worked really hard to deliver PE and school sport across their schools this academic year. We will supply the food, drink and a variety of activities!

Its a fun get together / team building session to celebrate what has been achieved this year. It will be held at Greenacre Academy and we would recommend wearing kit!

You are more than welcome to attend and can bring additional members of staff as you see fit, if they have helped you in the development of PE and school sport this year.

The more people attend, the better it will be, especially if the sun is shining as well!

If you could confirm your attendance by Friday 13th June 2014 it will then allow us to order in food and drink to accommodate everyone.

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CONTACT US...If you require any support or

have any questions please do not

hesitate to contact us:

Greenacre Sports Partnership

Greenacre Academy

157 Walderslade Road

Chatham, Kent ME5 0LP

Telephone: 01634 861593

Email: solev001@medwaymail.org

What To Look Out For In Term 6• MYG Football

• PSG Girls Football

• PSG Girls Kwik Cricket

• MYG Athletics

• SSG Handball

• SSG Super 8 Athletics

• SSG Rubgy League

• SSG Girls Tag Rugby

• SSG Athletics

• GSP Staff Celebration Event

• Primary Sports Days

Easter Camps Huge Success For Greenacre Academy!Greenacre Academy has once again coordinated their annual Easter Camps for children in the local community to attend organised activities for one week over the Easter holidays. Greenacre Easter Camps ran from Monday 7th April 2013 to Friday 11th April 2014 and within a few weeks of the publicity being distributed the Easter Camps were once again fully booked!

Over 55 children from all over Medway attended the Easter Camps to participate in a variety of activities, for just £3.50 per day. The one-week Easter Camps included:

• Maths

• Science

• DT

• English

• ICT

• PE

Greenacre Summer School 2014Leaflets will be distributed for the Greenacre Summer School at the start on term 6. Please distribute these to all pupils in school years 4 – 8.

Some pupils will have the opportunity to attend the Greenacre Summer School FREE of charge, thanks to funding from the Department for Education.