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School Games Activities: Hockey Tournament

Thu 28 Feb 2013

Hockey Tournament

On Thursday 28th February, a team of year 6 children including Ben, Tom, Dylan, Asha, Charley and Molly were involved in a hockey tournament. We were chosen by Miss Bruford, our year 6 teacher. A coach there taught us skills like how to hold a hockey stick, how to dribble and pass the ball. At the end of the teaching skills we started practicing for our matches using our hockey stick and a hockey ball, playing games involving the skills we had learnt.

Finally, we played four matches; unfortunately we lost three and drew the last one. However we tried our best and had an amazing time.

By Asha Stobbart and Molly Street

Parents Association AGM 2013

Mon 25 Feb 2013

MONDAY 4th MARCH 2013: Parents Association AGM, 8pm, Junior School Hall

Please do join us if you can for this important meeting, which will include a round-up of the last years’ events, a financial report for 2012 and election of officers. We will also be taking the opportunity to hold the first of the monthly draws for the new PA 100 Club!!

School Games Activities: Mini Basketball Report

Thu 14 Feb 2013

Basketball Report

On Thursday 14th February 4 teams of 3 year 6 pupils competed in the Northern Mini-Basketball competition at Chingford Foundation School. Aaqib, Annie, Rosie O, Zane, Alex, Charley, Harry, Jade, Michael, Lydia, Arty and Dylan were the children who took part. We were able to use some the coaching that we had been given to compete well with each of our teams managing to win, lose and draw some of their games. Unfortunately, only one of our teams, the red team, made it through to the semi final with an outstanding score of 17 points. The yellow team scored 14 points and the green team scored 13 and the blue team scored 9 points. Aaqib enjoyed the event throughout the evening and Jade also had a fun time competing!

Click here to see some pictures!

Olympic Torch Visits the Juniors

Tue 05 Feb 2013

Today we were visited by Roy Stratton, one of the Olympic Torch Bearers with his wife Beryl. Mr Stratton brought his Olympic Torch with him and told us all about the process and what exactly he had to do.

Anyone who wanted to be an Olympic Torch Bearer had to be nominated and Mr Stratton was nominated by ‘ UK Athletics’ as he has spent nearly 60 years working in all sorts of areas related to Athletics.

Mr Stratton, now 75 years old, was the oldest person to carry the torch in Waltham Forest where he has lived for the past 45 years and he carried it from Hoe Street, through Walthamstow Bus Station and into Selbourne Walk where the flame was passed on to the next Torch Bearer. A total of 145 people carried the torch on Saturday 21st July and Mr Stratton was number 138 and they all had to carry it for 300metres and even though it is not too heavy at first, Mr Stratton said that it did make his arm ache after a while.

All of the children at our Junior School were able to touch the Olympic Torch and Mr Stratton answered some questions from the children and we all learnt some interesting facts which are listed below.

Mr Stratton and his wife were heavily involved in the Olympics and spent a lot of time helping out in the Olympic Stadium where he was able to congratulate Mo Farah on coming first in the 10,000m race and he also met Johnnie Peacock who also came first in the Paralympic 100m.

It was great to hear from one of the Olympic Torch Bearers and a shame to see him leave as the Olympics has had such a big impact on everyone in the area, maybe you have some pictures of what you saw that you would like to appear on the website? If so, please email them toben.trehern@chingfordcofe-jun.waltham.sch.uk and we will open up a page in the Gallery for them all!

Mr Stratton’s facts:

The Olympic Torch has 8000 holes in it to represent the 8000 bearers and the 8000 miles it travelled to get to the Olympic Stadium
The Gas canisters that were in the torches were taken out at the end of each leg so that the torch could never be re-lit
There was a yellow Olympic BMW that followed the Torch for its entire journey
Torch Bearers could buy the torch after they had carried it for £199 but Waltham Forest paid for it for those that were residents of the area
Mr Stratton was part of the group that were the first to carry the torch through London