Teignmouth Primary Schools have been focusing on handball this term and competed in the Learning Community tournament which was organised and ran by the young leaders at Teignmouth Community College. 

The year 3/4 tournament had 5 teams played each other once in a round robin format.  The standard of handball produced was excellent with many parents attending creating a wonderful atmosphere.  From the first game it became apparent that Inverteign would be the team to beat as they recorded a victory over a strong Bishopsteignton team, both teams went on to win the remainder of their games and as a result Inverteign won the tournament and Bishopsteignton finished second, with Shaldon claiming third place.

In the year 5/6 tournament there were 5 teams competing in a round robin format.  In the first game Inverteign drew 2-2 with Bishopsteignton A, while on pitch 2 Bishopsteignton recorded a 6-2 win over Shaldon, made possible by a master class in shooting by Becky Gallagher from Bishopsteignton.  After a draw between Bishopsteignton A and B it came down to the last game of the evening between Inverteign and Bishopsteignton B to decide the champions.  After an end to end game the score finished 6-6 which meant both teams were tied on points meaning goal difference was to decide the winner.  The sports leaders added up the goals before announcing that Inverteign had triumphed by a single goal!

In the South Dartmoor Partnership finals which is contested by the winners and runners up from all the Learning Communities.  Inverteign year 5/6 won their group and finished third place overall turning in some outstanding performances on the way.  Bishopsteignton and Inverteign year 3/4 won the sportsmanship awards for their group.  A special mention also went out to Teignmouth Community College sports leaders Jay James, Harry Payne, Todd Ballman and Charlie Ross for their excellent officiating at the tournament.      

Area Sports

Teignmouth Schools came together for their Annual Area Sports at Teignmouth Community College on a day when the weather was ideal for athletics.

About 170 children took part and all put in a huge amount of effort in their events.  There were some excellent performances in both track and field events and as usual it all got very exciting towards the end with the final scores depending on the Relays.

Shaldon boys were impressive in their changeovers and came storming home in first position.   Hazeldown girls were also fantastic in their race and this clinched the trophy for them by 2 points.

Thanks to all the JSLA students who had a busy morning and did an excellent job. 

Teignmouth Schools Striking & Fielding Festival - June 08

The weather was somewhat grey for our Year 5/6 festival but despite this spirits were high.  Of course they’d all been cooped up the previous week for SATs!

The children took part in a circuit of activities which included Dartmoor 3 ball, Kwik Cricket, Tunnel Ball Rounders and Skills Challenges.  There were some excellent bowling, catching, throwing and striking skills on display.  Communication and working as a team to score highly and get your opponents out is so essential in striking and fielding games and once the ice was broken there was lots of general chat going on. They had lots of fun and clearly enjoyed working with children from other schools who they will meet up with again when they move to secondary school.  

A big thank you to Year 9 JSLA students from Teignmouth Community College did a great job organising the children into teams for their games and leading activities.

Year 3 & 4 Netball Tournament

The Hi 5 Netball for Teignmouth and Dawlish schools took place on Wednesday 14^th November.  Only five teams were entered but all the teams thoroughly enjoyed the event   All the teams raised their game with each match and games were played in an excellent spirit.  There was really also good feedback from parents who came along to offer their support.

The two teams that went through from Teignmouth to the Partnership Finals on Tuesday 4^th December at South Dartmoor are Shaldon (winners pictured below) and Hazeldown.

10 teams from the Teignmouth primary schools competed in the annual football league at Teignmouth Community College.  Each team played three games on three cold February evenings.   The competition was played in excellent spirit and it was all to play for going into the final evening with 4 teams still in the running of being crowned champions.

The two leading teams Our Lady of St Patricks and Hazeldown (A) were only separated by goal difference, coincidentally they played each other in the first game of the evening and the end to end encounter finished one all.  In the following fixture Bishopsteignton (A) won 1-0 but as they were 5 goals behind on goal difference it looked as though OLSP would win the tournament.  The next game for OLSP was Hazeldown (B) and when OLSP scored within seconds of the kick off no one could have predicted what was about to happen next.  Hazeldown (B) showed real determination and scored 2 goals in quick succession, OLSP persevered and scored a late goal to draw the game 2-2.

The second 5 stations were Games activities where the pupils practiced their football dribbling, target throwing, Bouncing bonanza, tennis skills and the pupils’ favourite beat the goalie.

The pupils’ enthusiasm on the day was infectious and the young leaders can not wait to run the event for Hazeldown, Bishopsteignton and Our Lady of St Patricks!

Swimming Gala

The noise was deafening, the temperature hot!  Yes, it could only be the Teignmouth schools Swimming Gala which was held at Dawlish Leisure Centre. 

Only four schools were able to compete this time but everyone was really keen to do well.  The childrens support for each other was really great.

The event went smoothly with only one hiccup when one of our rubber dinghies for our imfamous boat race developed a slow puncture and one of the schools had to use a large float instead.

All schools scored more than 100 points which was an excellent achievement.  This is the closest result ever with Shaldon coming out on top with 127 points, Hazeldown 124, Bishop 113, OLSP 106.

Star of the day was George Minty from TCC who did a very professional job as starter for all the races.  Thanks again to the other JSLAs who were alL extremely helpful.