25.03.24 Brannel Football Tournament

Today, our football team from Year 5 and 6 represented the school in a 5-a-side indoor football tournament. We played against Bugle and Nanpean. There were new rules for our players to learn and they adapted very well to them! Our team started to use the wall to our advantage to pass to either themselves or teammates. For indoor games, a lot of pressure comes on to the goalkeepers, but Blake stepped up and did exceptionally well. Some amazing saves were made along with some quick decision making, which helped our team create space and get towards the opposition's goal.

Jude and Archie together scored 14 goals, with Jude scoring a phenomenal 11 of those! Kerris and Marco did a great job in defending and made it extremely hard for the other teams to get past us. Alfie showed a great ability of creating space and being available for those easy passes. Ethan came onto the pitch in defence, however he saw where the strikers needed help and he was great back up for these players.

With three wins and one draw, I am very pleased to say that we won and brought home another trophy to display at school! Player of the tournament goes to Jude, who did a great job of not only scoring goals, but also for showing great teamwork, positivity and courage. Well done everyone!

18.03.24 Football match Vs Bugle

Our Year 5 and 6 students battled it out in a football match at Bugle today. Despite the weather, they all worked really hard to try and score goals. They produced so many opportunities and we managed to score 3 goals in total!

Throughout the game, we saw great teamwork with them all working on their communication to help move up the pitch with the ball easier. Our player of the match was Kerris, she showed dominance in defence, communicated to the team effectively, as well as showing great skill and determination to get the ball off of the opposition.

Great job guys, you all did really well!

14.03.24 Cross Country at Brannel School

Despite the rain and lots of mud, our cross country runners showed amazing determination today at Brannel School. 

This year’s course was much harder than last, not only running around the outside of the football pitch, but also running through the school grounds then back again over the finish line! We are so proud of every child that took part today with every one of them pushing through and finishing this hard course. 

We finished -

1st overall in the Year 3/4 girls race

1st overall in the Year 5 boys race

1st overall in the Year 6 boys race and 2nd in the girls Year 6 race. 

Well done everyone!

08.03.24 Snell Cup Football and Netball

This morning, students from Year 5 and 6 represented St. Dennis in the Snell Cup. 

There has been a lot of excitement in the build up to this tournament and it was great to see our children showing our core values whilst at Brannel.

Everyone played extremely well, with some amazing goals in football scored by Archie, Alfie M and Jude and Blake, in goal, only conceding 2 goals in the whole tournament. There were some fantastic goals scored by Ellie and Ezmae in netball. 

We are delighted to announce that our football team won all of their games, putting them in first place and receiving the Snell Cup trophy! Our netball team also battled it out in the wind, winning 4 out of 5 games which put us in 2nd place! 

A huge congratulations to all of the students for working together as a team and for bringing back such amazing results! 

We are very proud of you all!

29.02.2024 Indoor Athletics - Schools Games Qualifier

What a great afternoon!

Yesterday we were invited over to Brannel School to take part in the athletics qualifiers and with this week's school value being team work this was a great opportunity for some of our children to show off this value.

Our team competed in 8 different activities, including long jump, an obstacle race and bean bag throw, to name a few.

Each team member had 3 turns at each activity to get their highest score and that score then went through to give each child an overall score, with Scarlett smashing the long jump, Marco flying in the rocket throw and Isla balancing on a beam on one foot for over 2 minutes!

All of our children showed great team work and even though the scores were counted as individuals the support they had for each other showed exactly what our school is all about.

A big congratulations to Jude from Year 5 for getting the highest score out of our team, and St Dennis came in 3rd overall! Well done!

A big thank you to Brannel for the opportunity to take part in what was a great afternoon!

06.02.24 Netball vs Nanpean 

Unfortunately, our netball team lost their game against Nanpean. Despite a loss, we have learned a lot from this game! Everyone has started to work well together as a team, and I can see the confidence growing in each player.  Our positioning on the court gradually improved throughout the game as well as trying to make sure our passes went to our teammates. Today saw Tyler make his debut in our netball team and he scored us a brilliant point. Our player of the match today is Eloise, who showed great confidence as our GK. She managed to intercept the ball multiple times and made some great decisions throughout the game that helped us to travel further up the court. It was great to see everyone working really hard working together, let's keep it going!