Sports Days

The pupils took part in their respective sports days this term.  In their class house groups the students took part in a round robin of activities that tested their skills, speed, strength and stamina.  Each activity mirrored a skill they learnt within PE throughout the year such as dribbling with a football, shooting a basketball or throwing a ball with accuracy at a cricket stump.  

2016 Sports Day Results

Lower KS2

1st Victoria Tigers

2nd Waterloo Jaguars

3rd Euston Tigers

Upper KS2

1st  Victoria Polar Bears

2nd Waterloo Orangutans

3rd Euston Polar Bears

All results will added to the final Sainsbury's Sports Games standings.

Unfortunately, the KS1 sports day was cancelled due to bad weather but we hope to reschedule the event early next academic year.

House Sports

Sainsburys School Games Competition and Sports Day

This term KS2 pupils took part in a mini basketball and kwik cricket house competition. 

Mini Basketball results

Class                 House winners

Tigers                Euston

Leopards           Victoria

Pandas              Euston & Victoria

Polars                Euston

Orangutans       Waterloo

Kwik Cricket results  

Class                 House winners

Pandas              Victoria

Polars                Victoria

Orangutans        Waterloo

Next term pupils will compete in a mini tennis and tri golf competition as well as their final Sports Day of the academic year!

KS1                 Elephants, Rhinos, Lions and Pumas           Tuesday       5th July  2-3.30pm

Lower KS2      Tigers, Leopards and Jaguars                       Wednesday 6th July  2 -3.30pm

Upper KS2      Pandas, Polars and Orangutans                   Thursday      7th July  2-3.30pm

Sports Fusion Football Tournament

The Y3/4 football team recently participated in their second football tournament this year at Brixton Community Sports Centre.  The pupils played a league format and then qualified for the 'Challenge' cup.  

The team were facing Hillmead B team in the quarter-finals, resulting in a 1-1 draw during regular time.  Penalties had to decide the match and Griffin were triumphant, eventually winning the game 2-1 on penalties.  

Unfortunately, Hillmead were to get their revenge through their A team in the semi finals, beating Griffin 3-0.

The pupils worked hard, gained a lot of experience and were well behaved throughout the day.

Kind regards,

Walter Mendoza
PE Co-ordinator and Health & Well-being Leader

Gymnastics competitions

The school entered a Y3/4 and Y5/6 gymnastics team in the borough primary schools gymnastic competition at Southfields Academy.  The pupils in Y3/4 (Zakir, Shemia, Zachary, Jahnade, Zhane) had to perform a set routine and vault on to a box.  For most members of the Y3/4 team this was their first experience of inter school competition and performed very well, resulting in finishing 7th place from 16 teams.

The Y5/6 team (Kayla, Shanay, Shakira, Marcel, Demoy) had to design and perform their own routine, including some set movements.    The pupils were judged on their technique of each movement, use of varying pace, use of space, posture, stretch and artistry.  The team competed against some seasoned gymnasts but performed to their best ability and finished in 8th place out of 12 teams.

Kind regards,
Walter Mendoza

PE Co-ordinator and Health & Well-being Leader

Y3 & 4 Football Competition

Some boys from Leopards and Tigers class took part in a Sports Fusion football tournament at Ferndale Community Sports Centre before half term.  For the majority of the team, it was their first inter school sports competition but they showed great composure, hard work and resilience against schools from Lambeth and Wandsworth.  The team finished fourth in their league and will look to improve on that position during the next competition in the summer term.

House gymnastics, dance and uni-hockey

Sainsburys School Games/ House sports competition

Last half term, students competed in a gymnastics competition where houses of each class had to create and perform their own partner sequences. As always, these house points will contribute to the final Sainsbury's School Games event of the academic year in summer.  This half term pupils will take part in basketball and cricket competition.

Class              Gymnastics winners 

Tigers               Waterloo

Leopards          Waterloo

Jaguars            Waterloo

Pandas             Victoria

Orangutans       Victoria & Euston

In January and February, students competed in a house dance and uni hockey competition.  For the dance competition houses had to make up their own haka (a traditional dance from the South Pacific Islands). 

           

                         Dance winners

Orangutans          Paddington and Waterloo

Pandas                Euston

Jaguars                Paddington and Waterloo

Leopards              Euston

Tigers                   Victoria

                        Uni Hockey winners

Orangutans         Victoria  

Pandas               Paddington

Jaguars               Waterloo

Leopards             Victoria and Euston

Tigers                  Euston

Mr Mendoza's PE stars

Well done to the following children, selected by Mr Mendoza, our PE specialist, as shining examples in the subject. From getting changed quickly and without fuss to listening well and working hard to develop their skills, these pupils are a great example to others and should be a source of great pride to their family!

Netball competition

Y5&6 Netball Competition

Our netball team played their first tournament at Burntwood school last week.  The team have been working incredibly hard since September and managed to finish 3rd out of seven teams in our league.  Unfortunately, we were just 1 point from making it into the quarter-finals but the children showed great skill, tenacity, teamwork and sportsmanship throughout the tournament.

Results

Earlsfield        0 - 4 Griffin (Sihan 2, Joseph 2)

Swaffield        0 - 2 Griffin (Joseph 2) 

Broadwater     2 - 0 Griffin

Alderbrook     0 - 2  Griffin (Sihan, Zainab)

Furzedown     0 - 0  Griffin

St Georges     3 - 0  Griffin

Walter Mendoza & Coach Simeon

Sports Report: athletics

Y5/6 Sportshall Athletics

A team of 20 Year 5 and 6 pupils took part in a sports hall athletics tournament for primary schools in Battersea last week.  All pupils showed speed, strength, stamina, agility and skill within a variety of running, throwing and jumping events at Latchmere Leisure Centre.  

Our pupils demonstrated values of responsible behaviour, hard work, bravery and teamwork resulting in the girls team finishing in an admirable 5th and the boys in 6th position out of 12 schools.

Inter-House Sport

Sainsburys School Games Mark

The school is working towards the Sainsburys Schools Games Mark - Silver Award for the 2015-2016 academic year.  Part of the criteria requires children in KS2 to take part in intra class sports competition.  With that in mind, KS2 pupils will take part in a inter House sports competition throughout the academic year, culminating in an end of a year Games Day.

The first of these events were a netball and an athletics tournament resulting in the following winners:

Class           Netball House winners

Orangutans:   Euston

Polar Bears:  Victoria

Jaguars:        Waterloo

Leopards:      Euston

Tigers:           Paddington

Class           Athletics House winners

Orangutans:  Waterloo

Polar Bears:  Victoria

Jaguars:        Paddington

Leopards:      Euston

Tigers:           Victoria

Well done to all students.

Mr Mendoza

Football tournament

Pupils attended a 6-a-side football tournament organised by AFC Wimbledon at Southfields Academy on Tuesday.  It was the first football tournament for a lot of our young team but they produced decent results against more seasoned squads and have gained valuable experience on and off the sporting field.

Sellincourt          2 - 0    Griffin

Ronald Ross       2- 0     Griffin

Penwortham       2 -0     Griffin

Trinity St Mary's  2 - 0    Griffin

Friendly

Sellincourt          2 - 2    Griffin (Nathan, Tiffany)

Cricket competition and coaching

Howzat!

8 pupils took part in the Maurice Fulcher indoor cricket completion at the famous KIA Oval at the start of this week.  Our pupils all had to outwit their opponents with their batting, bowling and fielding skills against primary schools in Wandsworth, Lambeth and Southwark.  The pupils did really well and am I am sure they can be even more competitive and improve in time for the outdoor competitions during the summer term.

Archbishop Sumner     233 - 229    Griffin

Holy Ghost                248 - 204    Griffin

West Bridge               215 - 220    Griffin

Girls can attend a cricket club every Monday at the Kia Oval and boys can receive coaching every Friday at Clapham Leisure Centre.  Both clubs are run from 4-6pm by coaches from Surrey County Cricket and are free of charge.  Please see the following posters for more information or see Mr Mendoza.

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Tag Rugby and Panathlon Games

Y5/6 Tag Rugby Competition

The school entered 2 teams into the borough tag rugby competition at King George's Park last week.  Lots of tries were scored from both teams with Griffin A finishing in 4th and Griffin B finishing 6th within their respective leagues. 

 

Griffin A results

Hotham B         0 - 4 Griffin A (Joseph W, Joel, Tiffany, Arash)

Sacred Heart    2 - 1 Griffin A (Arash) 

Fircroft B           0 - 2 Griffin A (Tevelle, Arash)

Penwortham B  1 - 0 Griffin A

Belleville           4 - 0 Griffin A

Holy Ghost B    2 - 2 Griffin A (Shanay, Tiffany)

Westbridge A    0 - 5 Griffin A (Joseph W, Joel, Arash, Tiffany, Tevelle)

 

Griffin B results

Fircroft A           0 - 2 Griffin B (Kieran, Nathan)

Holy Ghost A    3 - 0 Griffin B

Hotham A         3 - 2 Griffin B (Nathan, Khalid)

Penwortham A 4 - 1 Griffin B (Nathan)

Sheringdale      2 - 0 Griffin B

Westbridge B    0 - 1 Griffin B (Nathan)

Broadwater       0 - 0 Griffin B

Panathlon Games

A number of our KS2 pupils also took part in the Panathlon Games at Southfields Academy.  The festival consisted of the following activities:

• New Age Kurling Spin             (Kurling Target & Skittles Game)
• Boccia Ball Blast                     (Boccia Game)
• Target Cricket                         (Table Cricket Game)
• Messi Football Skills               (Football Game)
• Precision Bean Bag                (Athletics Target Game)
• Flight Path                               (Javelin / Shot Put Game)
• Lily Pad Jump                         (Jumping Game)
• Parachute Popcorn                 (Agility Game)
• Volleybat                                 (Polybat Game)

The pupils had lots of fun experiencing new sports activities and developing their friendships.

Golden awards for sporty stars

Congratulations to the latest recipients of our Golden Leaf Awards, all recognised for excellence and effort in sports and PE.

Y5/6 Girls 5-a-side football competition

The girls had a very successful sunny day competing against 30 other teams on in the Wandsworth Primary Schools Girls Football Competition.  The girls drew their first match and then went on to win 5 consecutive games before losing to Honeywell, the eventual winners of the competition.

The girls finished 2nd in their league and were drawn against Holy Ghost in the quarter finals of the tournament.  After an intense battle during full time and extra time there was still no winning team and the result had to be decided by penalty shootouts.  After some epic saves from both goal keepers the game still couldn't be decided and went to nail biting 'sudden death' penalties.  Luck wasn't on our side and unfortunately we lost the match at the last hurdle.  Holy Ghost progressed to the final where they were beat 1-2 by Honeywell, the only schools we lost against on the day.

Despite the heart breaking exit out of the tournament the girls should be really proud of their hard work, effort, organisation and team work  they exemplified throughout the competition.

League Results

St Boniface              1 - 1    Griffin (Tiffany)
Chesterton              0 - 3    Griffin (Tiffany x 3)
Southmead              0 -2     Griffin (Tiffany x 2)
Penwortham           0 - 2    Griffin (Shanay, Tiffany)
Trinity St Marys      0 - 2    Griffin (Tiffany x 2)
Highview                 0 - 1    Griffin (Tiffany)
Honeywell               2 - 0    ​Griffin

Quarter final result (After extra time and sudden death penalities)

Holy Ghost            4 - 3    Griffin (Shanteya, Tiffany, Harleigh)

                                                        (2 saves from Emily)

Mr Mendoza

Athletics for half term

Football tournament and Sports Award

Wandsworth Primary Schools Y5/6 Boys 5-a-side competition
The boys had an enjoyable day of competitive football at Wandle Leisure Centre this week.  The team worked really hard and were very well disciplined defensively and creative on the attack.    The boys behaviour and sportsmanship on the day were commendable. The team finished 4th within their league of 8 teams: this is even more of a respectable result considering most of our team consisted of Y5s.  

Results
Southmead                             1 - 0 Griffin
Westbridge                             0 - 2 Griffin  (Gianni S, Joseph M)
Fircroft                                    0 - 2 Griffin  (Gianni S x2)
Sacred Heart , Battersea       2 - 1 Griffin  (Isaiah B)
Riversdale                               0 - 1 Griffin  (Joseph M)
Furzedown                              3 - 0 Griffin 
Brandlehow                            2 -0 Griffin

Sainsbury's School Games Mark
The school has received the Bronze level of the Sainsbury's School Games Mark for 2014/2015.  The award is a Government led scheme to reward schools for their outstanding commitment to the development of sport competition across their school and community.  This is the first time the school has received the School Games Mark and we will be working towards the Silver and Gold level this academic year.  A massive thank you to all the pupils, staff and parents who have helped to gain this award.

Kind regards,
Walter Mendoza

PE Co-ordinator

Cross Country racers

Early on a cold, rainy Wednesday morning, 17 of our Year 5&6 pupils represented the school in the Wandsworth Borough Primary Schools Cross Country Competition.  The pupils had to run a muddy 1,500m course in Tooting Common with up to 120 other pupils in their year group from dozens of primary schools in the borough.  

They all did very well in what was the first race of this kind for most or all of them.

Mr Mendoza