‘Girls Active’ event at Plymstock School

 

Disc golf, X-Biking and Street Surfing were just a few of the different sports that Teign School girls enjoyed a taster of at the ‘Girls Active’ event at Plymstock School in Plymouth recently.

 

The event was organised by Plymstock School Sports Partnership to demonstrate the wide variety of sports on offer to girls and these were coached in a fun and friendly atmosphere.

 

Eighteen girls from Year 9 attended and they were given a choice of activities throughout the day which kept them active with barely any time to rest in between. Each activity lasted 40 minutes and was taught by local sports coaches who had brought their specialist equipment.

 

Teign School girls had a superb attitude to all the events, trying out the new sports with determination and enthusiasm.

 

A favourite for many was the Street Surfing which most managed to master the basics of moving forward and turning without too many incidents.

 

The dance mats activity could accommodate over 100 girls at a time and Teign’s Niamh G had the highest score in the ‘warm up’ event and Elyss C had the highest score in the main dance event.

 

Well done to all the girls that attended the day! 

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These have been taking place on 3 successive Tuesdays at Teign School in June.  Children from a number of primary schools within the Partnership have been attending the coaching sessions to increase their striking and fielding abilities, ably assisted by Young Ambassadors.

Young Leaders from Teign School travelled to Seal Hayne to participate in the Young Playground Leaders conference on 12th March.  Several primary schools from the Partnership brought children along, and enjoyed activities such as French Skipping, parachute, sharing playground games and wet play - which consisted of drawing their school logo on a large sheet, to take back to school to continue their design and colouring.

 

The conference finished with some joint games and a closing speech by Fiona Goodchild, event organiser. 

 

Many thanks to the Young Leaders from Teign, who did a wonderful job of keeping the children active and involved in each activity.

 

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The High 5 Netball squad from Chudleigh Primary School did exceptionally well last season; firstly by winning their league, beating teams in and around Newton Abbot, then winning two mid and end of seasons tournaments.  They next won an open cup match, where they had to beat two teams to get to the final and beat the same team in a champion's league final, to see who won the two leagues overall.

 

Chudleigh netballers consistently do well each year, but this year seems to be exceptional and the children should be proud of themselves.  The school encourages lots of after school sports and High 5 Netball is very popular for both girls and boys.  The year 3 and 4 team also did well to win all of their league games convincingly.

Amy B., Amy F., Laura B. and Tegan E. (pictured below) were the four Sports Leader students from Year 10 that attended the Devon TOP LINK conference at Plymouth MARJONS University on March 6th 2007.  They were all involved in different activities to help them learn about how to run a sports event.  They are planning on setting up a primary school Sports Rep Committee and will meet with pupils from across the 8 feeder primary schools to disucss ideas for getting more children to participate in sport.

 

Year 7 pupils from Teign School, along with some from South Dartmoor and Keviccs, had a fun and enjoyable afternoon sailing at Paignton Sailing Club. The students practised their steering in Pico sailing dinghies while being towed through the harbour mouth to the beach. This was followed by paddling races, accompanied by much laughter!

 

Devon Youth Games - September 2007

Several Teign School students were selected to represent Teignbridge in the Devon Youth Games this year. This fantastic sporting event was held at the beginning of September- after being postponed in June because of the horrendous weather.

There were many different sports represented – including Street Sports and an Aquathlon (swim and run). Throughout the day there were different entertainments going on to keep everyone involved for example- students were invited to join in the street dance and playing in the junk band.

Volleyball: Jordan R. (Year 7)

Aquathlon: Laura S. (Year 8), Chloe R. (Year 8) and Louise M. (Year 10)

Netball: Emily H.(Year 9), Molly W. (Year9)

Indoor Athletics: Katie E. (Year 7)

 

Well done and thank you to the students who attended the trials and the event.

Congratulations to Year 5&6 children at Chudleigh Primary School (pictured below) who came through matches against 11 other primary schools in the tournament to win gold on Wednesday 5th December.  Also well done to the Rydon team who won a fair play award.

 

The Year 3&4 Chudleigh team also did well in their matches on Tuesday 4th winning a fair play award and a brand new netball for their school.

Race for Life - 10K Powderham Castle

8 students from Year 11 helped at this event by giving the water and medals out to the finishers. They also helped to put up a ‘Reflections’ board for the runners to pin the names of their loved ones onto the board. They are pictured below with Gemini Radio Presenters just before the aerobic warm-up and start of race.

Coaching and Leadership Day - September 2007

Four students were selected to attend a Coaching and Leadership day at South Dartmoor Community College. These students were selected because of their proven ability in the selected sports activities. It is hoped that they will be able to offer coaching at some of the primary school events later on this year.

 

Holly G.and Georgia S. - Netball (Year 11)

Alex P.- Football (year 10)

Bradley C. - Dance(Year 10)

 

Well done to Holly G. who was the winner of her sport’s special award for enthusiasm and effort throughout the day. Holly wins tickets to attend a TeamBath Netball Superleague  home match.