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• Aspirations Day!

  Mon 24 Jun 2019

  What a wonderful day we have had today; thinking about what we want to be in the future and how we might go about getting there.  We had 5 wonderful volunteers come in to talk to KS2 about their jobs and how they got to where they are.  A huge thank you goes to Esther- a  lawyer, Anu- an A+E consultant, Sunny - a music producer, Melody - an investigator for the revenue service and Karen who is a firefighter.  The volunteers encouraged all of the children to believe in themselves, be the best that they could be and strive to do the jobs that they dream of.  The children asked some excellent questions and we all learnt a lot about a range of professions.  The main message was not to believe people who said you couldn't do something just because of the way you looked, the colour of your skin or your gender.  It is important to work hard, believe in yourself and treat other people with kindness and respect. 

   

   

  

• #together

  Wed 19 Jun 2019

  Join in with the next #together event on Saturday 11th August 2019.

  From 11am-3pm join members of the police and local businesses at Bellingham Leisure Centre on Randlesdown Road.

  Loads of free fun!

  

• Cricketing success!

  Thu 06 Jun 2019

  Elfrida Eagles (that is our official cricket name) won the inaugural 2019 Platform Cricket Festival with great successes made throughout the competition.

   

  Three teams from Cypress, Silver Birch and Palm competed against 22 other teams in knockout rounds from 9.00 - 3.00.

   

  Each team competed in a different group and all teams won all their matches in the first round to qualify for the quarter-finals.

   

  In the quarter finals Palm and Silver Birch competed against each other (putting enormous pressure on their Head Coach as to who to support, what with having taught all students personally!) and Cypress played against Athelney for a place in the Semi-Finals.

   

  When all seemed lost Cypress pulled on through and beat Athelney on one run to compete against a second team from Athelney in the Semi-finals! Silver Birch just outmaneuvered Palm to reach the semi-finals against Downderry school.

   

  In the Semi-finals the Downderry team had some strong players who played (most likely) at youth club level (we are basing this on their cricket whites!) and Tommy and Sonny made a valiant effort to make up for the large lead Downderry made on Elfrida. Unfortunately Tommy was wicketed out and Silver Birch went into a knockout round with Athelney for third place.

   

  Cypress made an impressive start in the Semi's against Athelney and they won their heat, with Mr. Woods providing sound advice from the sideline. Cypress then faced Downderry in the final which became very intense. However with some great batting from all players and Robert hitting a six it gave Elfrida a great headstart. Although the Downderry team was strong Taya was able to out bowl their best player to lead Cypress to win with 1 run!

   

  Final score was:

  Cypress: Gold

  Downderry: Silver

  Silver Birch: Bronze

  Palm: Fifth place