Congratulations to La'ren in Year 6 who won a gold medal at the U11 inter-county basketball tournament held at the Essex Sports Arena at the weekend.

 

Following a series of trials back in April, La'ren was selected to represent Hertfordshire.  At the tournament, the Herts team were undefeated beating Norfolk 32-19, Suffolk, 28-14, Cambridge 48-12 and Essex 32-31.  The Essex game had travelling spectators on the edge of their seats as the game was won with a free throw with just 0.5 seconds left on the clock.  What a great result!

Two teams of children from Year 3 and 4 took part in a Saracens tag rugby festival at Harpenden RFC this week.

 

With the event initially having been postponed due to rain, this time the children had thirty degree heat to contend with.  It is unusual to be asked to sub players off, but it was definitely a hot afternoon and frequent rest in the shade was needed to re energise the players who put in lots of running to both take tags and prevent tries being scored as well as scoring tries for our team.   Well done to everyone involved and a big thank you to our supporters for your encouragement and for keeping the water bottles topped up!

Today, Year 6 have been working with BMX Champion, Mike Mullen, to learn small jumps and tricks on BMX bikes.  

 

Rather than 'I can't', Mike has encouraged the children to say 'I can' and learn from their failures (FLEARN).  His messages around resilience and self confidence have proved motivational and something we hope the children will refer back to as they take on their transition to secondary school.

 

Golf games have also taken place on the field with Stu Warren whilst some year groups have had a chance to experience the benefits of yoga in sessions developed by staff members, Mrs Van Uffelen and Mrs Childs.