CHERWELL PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Athletics - In Athletics we have attended three competitions over the last term.

The first was the City Schools, where we took 30 students ranging from Year 8 to Year 10. Overall the Year 10 girls team came 4th out of 6 schools, with notable performances including Jonia coming 1st in the Triple Jump, Rebecca coming 1st in the Long Jump and 200m and Ruby coming 1st in the High Jump.

For the Year 8 and 9 team the girls came 6th out of 10 schools, with notable performances from Eve W and Paula coming 2nd in the Discus and the Javelin. The Year 8 and 9 boys team came 5th out of 8 schools, with a notable performance from Thomas P coming 2nd in the 300m.

In total we had 6 students who came 1st or 2nd in their event. This led to them being selected to represent the city at the County Schools Championships.

The second fixture we attended was the English Schools Track and Field Cup. In this event there was a maximum of 12 students per team from both Year 7 and 8 and they were only allowed to compete in two events. Overall the girls finished in 4th place, while the boys finished in 3rd place. Notable performances include Georgia C earning 33 points for the team in the 200m and High Jump. Meanwhile, Taylun earned 38 points in the 800m and the Relay.

The final athletics events to occur this term have been the Year 7 and 8 City Quadkids Championships. In both events the students worked hard to complete in the 4 events of 100m, 800, Long Jump and Vortex Throw. All 4 teams won overall in the city, beating teams from TOA, Greyfriers, Lord Williams and Rye St Antony.

By Ms Woodcock

Rounders

Warm sunny days can only mean one thing - a great game of rounders! Our Year 8s took advantage of just that and have been training each week to develop their skills and tactical awareness of this great game. Both girls and boys have been participating and have been hugely successful with wins against Rye St Antony, Oxford Spires Academy and The Oxford Academy, meaning that we are officially undefeated this year!

We are going to explore further avenues with this team in a national competition next year so will hopefully continue to go from strength to strength. I'm really proud of their development and commitment to training and competitions and look forward to being part of their progress next year.

By Mrs Green.