Top Link Festival - March 2008

Once again, 4 students from Knowles Hill School attended the Top Link Festival held at Marjons in March. The students were kept busy throughout the day, developing games which could be played with children in the morning, and developing skills to plan sporting events in the afternoon. Credit to the four students (pictured below): Lauren R (Yr10), Sam W (Yr 9), Jack C (Yr9) and Charlie H (Yr8) for their hard work and excellent behaviour during the course of the day.

Netball Tournament Years 5 & 6

A total of seven teams participated in the netball tournament for years 5 & 6 on Wednesday 14^th November. The event was held at Knowles Hill School and yet again credit to those JSLA/CSLA students from KHS who helped out during the course of the afternoon and made the event a success.

 

Some exciting netball was played throughout the afternoon between the teams from Knowles Hill Learning Community and those from Coombeshead Learning Community. The games were played in high spirit and good zest and an impressive standard of netball throughout the primary school children participating. Congratulations to Kingskerswell Primary School for winning the whole event. They were joined by Highweek and Decoy Primary School as the top three schools went through to the Partnership Finals held on Wednesday 5^th December at South Dartmoor Community College.

 

Once again, big thanks to students from Knowles Hill School; Holly W, Amy C, Charlotte S, Nikki C and Ryan S for their help throughout the event.

Miss C Devincenzi, School Sports Co-ordinator

 

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In the week before Summer half term I was lucky enough to be invited to a camp in Loughborough University.  After a 6 hour journey by train up to Loughborough we were split into 26 different groups, I was in team USA.  On day one it was all about team building, with two sportshalls the size of two football pitches, we were able to fit all 300 volunteers into a sportshall with team building activities, such as timed activities and other games, as well as an assembly hosted by the head ofthe Youth Sport Trust and Dame Kelly Holmes.

 

With an early start, the second day was filled with theory about how we can try and involve more younsters in sport, theories about leadership and how a young persons head can be easily filled with good or bad thoughts about sport and their own lives.  On our third day we had the chance to get a qualification with any sport on a list, I chose athletics.  It was a day ran by top UK athletics officials.  It was a good day, full of facts and new information for the sport. 

 

On the last day we recapped the week, even holding an olympic gold medal!  In the evening there was a rave for us all, with a dress code of bright colours - it was a fun evening.

 

The whole week was such an amazing experience, with lots of freebies, lots of memories and lots of new friends!

Gymnastics Festival - February 2008

The Gymnastics festival for Years 5 & 6 took place on Tuesday 12^th February for all primary schools within the Newton Abbot Learning Community. Five schools attended this event and enjoyed a fun filled afternoon of gymnastics skills. These were led by leaders from Knowles Hill School and Coombeshead College. The event was highly successful and credit to the leaders who made this possible: Lauren R, Jack R, Luke C, Ashley Hand Dan S-D.

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Badminton BISI Festival Years 5 & 6

Four schools attended the Badminton BISI Festival held at Knowles Hill School on Tuesday 13^th November for years 5 & 6. The festival was run by a dedicated team of students from Knowles Hill School; a leadership team ranging from year 9 through to year 11. Congratulations to these students for successfully managing the events and organising the children throughout the course of the afternoon.

 

The children were involved in a fun filled afternoon of badminton skills which enabled them to become familiar with some of the skills necessary to play badminton effectively. The event was highly successful and again credit to students from KHS for running the festival; Adam P, Ryan S, Jake A, Will M, Jaygan H, Jake M, Alec S-S, Charlie H, Dave H, Ben S, Tom K and Jack C. 

Miss C Devincenzi, School Sports Co-ordinator

 

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Over the past 6 weeks we have been running a multi-skills club after school for children in Years 5, 6 and 7.  The club is designed for children who don't have very good motor skills and struggle with simple things like co-ordination and balance.  We have been running activities aimed at improving these aspects such as throwing a ball into a net from different distances. 

 

The club has gone very well and the children taking part have enjoyed it and have learnt a lot.