Our Nursery and Reception children took part in their own sports day this week. After competing in the relay, the egg and spoon and the sack race, they took on an obstacle course before enjoying a picnic in the Early Years garden with their families and friends.
Following their success at the Royston and Buntingford Schools tennis tournament earlier in June, the Tannery Drift first team qualified for the county finals. They travelled to Welwyn to compete against children from 11 other schools from across Hertfordshire. They faced tough competition but played their very best and came away with silver medals. Well done to Henry, Joshua, Corinne and Eloise!
As part of Sports Week all the children took part in Sports Day.
For KS1 & KS2 Sports Day the children took part in a variety of races: running, skipping and the sack race. They also tackled an obstacle course, took part in a relay and enjoyed the cup & water race.
The final placings were:
6th Golden Eagles 53
5th White Rhinos 66
4th Blue Whales 69
3rd Green Turtles 71
2nd Black Bears 73
1st Red Squirrels 81
Well done to all the children for displaying the Tannery Drift values of enjoyment, achievement and respect.
We were delighted to welcome families of children who have music lessons in school to an afternoon concert on Thursday. It was a wonderful celebration of the musical talent at Tannery Drift, and the audience were treated to a variety of pieces played on the piano, violin, recorder, guitar, cornet and trumpet. Well done to all of our musicians.
Year 1 loved their trip to Mountfitchet Castle as part of their Castles topic in History. They were very excited to spot all the features of castles that they had learnt about as well as having a go at all the activities! They enjoyed seeing how good their sword fighting and jousting skills were, as well as trying on a variety of helmets – they couldn’t believe how heavy they were! They loved testing their strength when trying their hands at archery and using the catapults.
On Wednesday we were visited by an inspirational athlete: Ben Smith. During assembly, Ben told us how he had been bullied at school and had a stroke when he was 29. He started running aged 31 and found the running community to be somewhere he felt comfortable and accepted. He went on to complete a staggering 401 marathons in 401 days, which, he told us, is like running from Tannery Drift to Sydney. Following his experiences at school, he now raises money for anti-bullying charities.
The children had the chance to ask questions, which included what his favourite ice cream flavour is and how many pairs of trainers he got through when he ran all of those marathons (27).
All the children then had the chance to run, jog or walk laps of the field with him. Ben was impressed by our children’s behaviour and athletic skills.
Thank you to Mrs Simons, the Friends, and other kind volunteers who came to school on Saturday to help tidy the Wildlife Area. The nettles are now back under control, and the children will be able to enjoy the space safely. Here is a photo of our wonderful volunteers!
