Oakwood Primary School

Mrs Godsell attended a meeting yesterday where she was presented with a 'Certificate of Participation' for Oakwood, in recognition of the huge numbers of children from Oakwood participating in Sporting festivals and tournaments across the year, provided by the 'Move More' team who organise all of the events. Well done to you all: children for being participating enthusiastically, teachers and TA's for training and taking teams to events and Mrs Jacobs and Mrs Godsell for liasing with the Move More team and making the events a possibility for everyone!

8 children from Year 4 attended the Cricket Tournament this week at Cheltenham Cricket Club competing against teams from other schools. They won their first match, then were narrowly defeated in their second match against Glenfall. The third match was a win by default as the other team failed to attend. The team demonstrated the striking and fielding skills they have been practising in class this term whilst also showing great sportsmanship and passsion.

Well done to Kuba, Jess, Getty, Alfie S, George, Reggie, Jesse and Sienna.

Seven children competed in the field events of the Cheltenham and District Summer Athletics event at Woodmancote School. They all tried their best and represented the school amazingly.

Well done to you all and it has given us 10 points towards any we achieve at the track part of the events on Friday 6th July!

Throwing:  Archie- 6th place

Jumping: Phoebe- 8th place, Summer- 7th place, Layland- 5th place.

The boys cricket team attended a cricket tournament at Cheltenham Cricket Club.

They played three games against other schools. As the day progressed, their bowling and batting skills improved. The gentlemen from the cricket club was very impressed with their attitude and good sportsmanship.

Well done Oakwood!

Mrs Jacobs and Mrs Rust took a team of 9 children to Balcarrass Secondary School to compete in the Level 2 Archery competition. They had instruction from the GB Archery team and learnt lots of new skills before beginning the actual competition.

The team worked really hard and scored a very high score placing them in 3rd place overall. The team were very proud of their achievement and enjoyed receiving their Bronze medals in assembly.

Well done!

Miss Gaisford and Mrs James took 8 children from Y3/4 to the re-scheduled Quad Kids event on Thursday 17th May at Tewkesbury School. The children worked together as a team gaining points within a variety of athletic activities. The children and adults had a fantastic morning out of school and were excellent ambassadors for Oakwood School.

Huge congratulations to the children representing Oakwood in the Rounders tournament today. They were all fantastic ambassadors for the school; demonstrating the School Games Values of Determination, Teamwork and Passion.

Well done to Ruby, who was recognised within the team for demonstrating 'Respect' and was presented with a Value band.

Mrs Jacobs and Mrs Rust took a team of 4 year six pupils to the Level 2 Mountain Biking competition at Winchcombe secondary school. The event was organised by the SSN and biking equipment was supplied by the British Cycling Association. The children had lots of fun and worked well as part of a team. They were recognised for their effort and teamwork as they went around the mountain biking course and were each awarded value bands for their achievements on the day.

Well done!

Classes from Reception to Y3 have received a very exciting Cricket taster sessions provided by coaches from Woodmancote Cricket Club, introducing the children to games and activities played at All Stars Cricket sessions. The classes all had a fantastic time and returned buzzing about the challenges they had taken part in.