30.01.2025 Girls Football Tournament

Our Year 3/4 and 5/6 girls football teams took part in a tournament at Brannel. The Year 5/6 team came up against lots of experienced teams but grew in confidence as we played more games, finishing with a 2-0 win - goals from Alice and Lois. Rebecca made some great saves in her first game in goal. Marlie-Mai showed great communication and encouragement with her team and Amelia and Annabelle were very determined in their roles. The Year 3/4 team won all of their games, winning their tournament with goals from Amelie and Kendall. Ruby, Olivia and Casey were a very strong defensive team with Lowen and Elecia working extremely hard all over the pitch. Both teams showed lots of Courage and Teamwork! 

19.12.2024 Dodgeball tournament at Brannel

Today some of our Key Stage 2 children took part in a Dodgeball tournament at Brannel. They learned the rules and practiced throwing and dodging, then played some games against other schools. All of the children showed Teamwork and Responsibility - and definitely some Courage too! They all represented St Dennis really well.

10.12.24 Football vs Liskeard Hillfort

Today our Year 3 and 4 team played a friendly against Liskeard Hillfort. They were a very experienced team from a bigger school but St Dennis represented themselves really well. The score line didn't go our way but all children showed our core values of Teamwork and Courage - particularly when braving the freezing cold weather! Special Mention to Gideon who was noticed by Hillfort's coach for his excellent shift in goal and to Joshua for great confidence in his first game for the school. 

05.12.2024 Netball coaching at Brannel

Today members of our Netball Club attended a Netball Coaching session at Brannel school. They took part in skills sessions led by Year 10 sports leaders and then played a friendly tournament against other schools. It was a great chance for the children to improve their skills of passing, moving and shooting. All children showed our core values of Teamwork and Responsibility. 

26.11.2024 Football St. Dennis vs Bugle

Our Year 5/6 football team hosted Bugle. Bugle started well and scored the first goal. However, showing some great teamwork and a real growth mindset, we managed to get 3-1 up with goals from Jude and Archie. Despite excellent defending by the whole team but particularly Luke H, Kieran and Finn, Bugle scored 2 late goals to make it 3-3. This was overall a fair result in a very competitive game with both teams playing some excellent football. Luke B showed how versatile he is by playing both in defence and up front throughout the game and Dakota showed great confidence in his first game for the school. 

07.11.2024 Football Tournament at Brannel

On Thursday, our Year 3/4 and 5/6 football teams travelled to Brannel for a tournament against other schools.

We had a very successful afternoon with both teams winning their tournaments!

Our Year 3/4 team won both their games, 4-1 and 5-0 with goals from Gideon, Kendall, Korban and Max. Rosie and Myles showed great confidence in their first games for the school and Kobe and Ellis showed our core value of teamwork.

Our Year 5/6 team won 2 games 3-1 and 2-0 and drew a tough final game 0-0. Goals came from Luke B, Jude and Archie. Luke H and Oli are forming a solid partnership in defence along with Finn making some excellent saves in goal. Kieran was tireless in midfield.

All children represented St Dennis excellently and showed great sportsmanship to the other teams.

17.10.2024 Football St. Dennis Vs Treverybyn 

Our Year 3/4 and Year 5/6 football teams played their first fixtures against Treverbyn.

After going 2-0 down in the first half, the Year 5/6 team managed to pull it back and won 3-2 with goals from Jude and Archie. Finn had an excellent first game in goal and Luke was unlucky not to score after creating lots of chances. Luke and Oli were a solid pair in defence with Kieran showing great determination in midfield.

The Year 3/4 team were unlucky to lose 4-0, but showed excellent teamwork and encouraged each other thoughout the whole game. Kendall, Ellis, Gideon and Ashley-James all took shifts in goal and Ellis made a heroic penalty save! Max, Korban and Kobe showed brilliant energy and perseverance and the whole team never gave up. Ashley-James showed great leadership throughout.

Well done both teams!

10.10.2024 Brannel Cross Country

Today, some of our children competed in cross country at Brannel School. The course was tough and exhausting but all pupils performed brilliantly and we came away with some amazing results.

Our children all behaved perfectly and showed some of our core values of teamwork, friendship and courage.

Our results were:-

Jude 1st place
Archie H 3rd place
Evelyn 1st place
George 5th place
Amelie 2nd place
Kendall 4th place.
Ellis M 1st place
Rosie 1st place
Lowenna 2nd place

Well done to everyone!

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!