Post on 03-Jul-2020
Dear Parents/Carers,
At Parkland, we are very proud of the sports provision that we
offer. This newsletter is a celebration of the range of activities, sporting events and competitions that the pupils at
Parkland have the opportunity to take part in.
A huge thank you must go to our talented staff who are responsible for organising all of these exciting
opportunities.
Best wishes,
Mrs Bishop
Sport Newsdash
December 2019
www.parklandprimary.co.uk
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Tel: 0116 278 2142
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As always our after-school clubs have
been extremely well attended so far
this year. We always welcome
feedback in regards to our clubs, so if
there are any clubs that pupils have
particularly enjoyed, or would like us to
perhaps run next year please come and
talk to us. Clubs that have been offered across KS1 and
KS2 so far this year include football, gymnastics, SPARX
and multi sports.
Well done to all those who have attended a club so far this
year, please keep an eye out for our club letter with all the
information about clubs in the New Year .
Thank you After School Clubs
A massive thank you to everyone who has helped
us collect the Aldi kit for schools stickers this term.
Amazingly we’ve been able to fill three whole charts with stickers! Fingers
crossed that we might be the lucky winners!
Headteacher Message
Sports Ambassadors
This year we have six new wonderful sports ambassadors. Over the course of the year they will play a significant role in continuing to raise the profile of school sport and PE. They will also help to ensure that school sport has a student voice.
In the past month they have all taken part in their sports ambassador conference at Beauchamp College and at Parkland, where they were tutored in the development of their leadership skills. Most of them of have now started to help out at after school sports clubs, or have begun playground leading at lunch times with the younger children. Each of them also has their own school games value to promote within school, as well as a role within the school games organising crew.
They have all written a short piece introducing themselves:
Elsie F (6HW)
Hey there my name is Elsie and I was born in Oxford and am nearly eleven. My passion for dancing first began when I was four years old when I went to see a group do a dance. I am a sports ambassador because I enjoy PE and always want to volunteer to do new sport. I am madly in love with dancing it is one of my favourite sports.
I also like encouraging people to pour their hearts into sports and give their all into everything. Always try your best and have great enthusiasm because as a team we can inspire people who never knew sports were this fun. My school games value is RESPECT! Being respectful will give everyone a good impression of you. Respect doesn’t take a lot to show and I think that if everyone tried to show respect the world would be a better place!
Eva S (6HW)
Hi my name is Eva and I represent teamwork. I love dance, netball, bench ball and running. Even though running and gymnastics are not my strong suits I love learning
and getting better. I think that teamwork is so important. If a team doesn’t listen to each other’s ideas then there is no chance of winning. I think that my P.E teachers chose me to be a sports ambassador because I will always listen to other people and
respect their ideas. I will always try to go for a challenge or goal. I will always enjoy sports and want to carry on in high school.
Ewan C (6HW)
Hi my name is Ewan, I am elven years old and my favourite sports are football and basketball. I think I was chosen to be a sports ambassador because I take part in
lots of school sports competitions, and have helped out with sports clubs. I am enjoying being a Sports Ambassador because it means I can help pupils get better at different sports and help them to enjoy PE lessons. This year I would like to
try new sports like rugby, hockey and netball. My School Games value is honesty which means you play fairly and to follow the rules.
Roman H (6HW) My name is Roman Hardy I am 10 years old and I play for a rugby team called the Leicester Lions. I think I have been chosen as a sports ambassador because when I play sport I show good teamwork. My two favourite sports are rugby and tennis. I am looking forward to helping organise sports day this year.
My school games value is self-belief. Having self-belief means believing that you can achieve something. When I play rugby I show self-belief to be able to perform scrums.
Oliver W (6LP) Hi, my name is Oliver. I love football and I support Nottingham Forest, I like to
watch them play at home whenever I can. Since the age of 8, I have played for the Nottingham Forest Academy and train 4 days a week and play matches on Saturday’s or Sunday’s. I really love P.E, in particular rounders, cricket, tennis,
athletics and obviously football! The School Games value that I will be representing this year is passion. I think that passion means when you really love something and
put everything into it- that’s how I feel about football.
Ella S (6HW)
My name is Ella and I represent the school games value of determination. I think I have been chosen to be a sports ambassador because my school games value really
matches my character. I think determination means that my head is held up high all the time and ready to face any challenge. I participate in every sport that is available and help when things go wrong. Some of the things I do in school are dance,
football, gymnastics, netball, basketball and cross country. Last year I really enjoyed going to Saffron Lane and taking part in the 800m where I came 10th, and
also being part of the relay team.
Year 1: (DR) Lexie, Hazel, Holly, David, Frankie, James (AP) Dominic, Myah, Allan,
Primrose, Gracie-Mae, Phoebe, Yenul, Abigail, Lauren, Lola, Freya, Jaivyn, Michael, Anona, Lexie, Sidney (JS) Lola, Nikodem, Connie-Rae, Destin, Indi-Rae, Nikola,
Olivia, Zachery, Lilah, Benjamin, Sergio, Freya, Kahaan, Sienna Year 2: (RD) Miley, Summer, Ivy, Lucy, Elsie, Charlotte, Esmae, Abigail, Larissa, Robert, Louie,
Henry, Luke, Lacey, Dulina (LT) Remi, Lois, Iris, Lexie, Kai, Indi-Rose, Laneah, Izzy,
Amelia (PW) Ruby, Piper, Leah, Poppy-Rae, Isabelle, Mia, Levaeha, Shelby, Pearl, Amelia-May, Catherine, Sophie, Summer, Oscar, Molly Year 3: (RR) Charlotte,
Marc, Max, Sophie, Braxton, Lylah-Jean, Jake, Lily, Joshua, Evie, Alanis, Tilly, James (CM) Ashton, Joshua, Isabella, Annalise, Samuel, Max (NV) Frankie, Rhush,
Molly, Lily, Freddie, Cian, April, Louis, Tayla-Louise, Sienna, Cara, Duncan, Maisy,
Tyler, Alfie, Harry, Jacob, Oliver Year 4: (VE) Emilija, Shaurya, Scarlett, Kelsie, Kayden, Isabel, Methuli, Ruby, Oscar, Patrick, Sa'Yuri, Frankie-Jay, Sophie, Miles,
Isaiah (HO) Kacey, Callum, Corey, Millie, Alyssa, Marcelina, Theo, Maisy, Emily, Erin (LG) Laylaa, Amy-Leigh, Cameron, Mandy, Junyoung, Ellie, Adrianna, Iris,
Lena, Lola, Destiny-Mai, Mia, Isla, Rome, Gracie-Mae, Libby, Travis
Year 5: (PD) Kai, Evie, John, Gracie-May, Esme, Diaz, Luke, Keva, Rachel, Dougie, Colby, Grace, Bradley, Regan, Lacey-Jay (EH) Ollie, Jack, Caoimhe, Leo, Kitty,
Eden, Noah, Freddie, Lily-Mae, Olivia-Rose, William (MS) Alfie, Hallie, Leo, Lyndon, Florence, Elsie, Lexie, Lucas, Amourae, Jack Sm, Jack Sp, Tallulah Year 6: (HW)
Eden, Elsie, Dylan, Skye, Erin, Lacey-Mai, Zac, Joshua, Edward, Jack, Ella, Eva,
Ellie-Mai, Kayzen, George, Macey (CH) Ashleigh, Connor, Casey, Chloe, Caitlin, Demi, Kai, Abbie, Shaun, Sophie, Lily, Camron (LP) Ruby, Libbie, Elisha-Mae, Rio,
Gallagher, Isobel, Oliver, Warrick.
Sport Stars
In each PE lesson, we name at least 2 ‘Sports Stars in each class.
We look to reward the children if they are displaying the values
of the School Games; Teamwork, Respect, Determination,
Passion, Honesty, and Self-Belief. Names are recorded on a class
chart and children are moved up and given special stickers.
A child that receives 3 or more ‘Sports Stars’, is awarded a
certificate at the end of each term and goes into a draw to be
1 of 5 lucky winners of a £5 Sports Direct gift card!
The ‘Sports Stars’ for the Autumn Term:
Well done to all the Sports Stars!
Cross Country Unfortunately due to the poor weather we’ve only had one cross country
meeting so far this year, which took place at Coombe Park. We were
delighted that 40 children from across Key Stage 2 signed up to come
along. For many of our children this was their first time competing in such
an event and they all showed great determination and resilience to all
complete their runs. We even had quite a few children finishing in the top
10, which is brilliant considering that most races had at around 50 children competing.
We hope that you all enjoyed taking part, and fingers crossed more events are organised in
the New Year.
Year 3; Freddie F, Tyler R, Alanis P. Year 4; Lola M, Ellie H, Junyoung H, Kyle E, Kelsie G, Maisie L, Lena L, Finley
R, Sa’Yuri PW, Isabel H, Marcelina M, Emily W, Callum C, Poppy C, Scarlett F. Year 5; Freddie E, Olivia Rose M, Eden I, Olivia A, Noah L, Luke L, John E,
Skye S, Elsie M, Amourae PA, Hallie C, Caoimhe F, Year 6; Connor G, Demie E, Ashleigh C, Ewan C, Skye H, Ezmee O, Ethan E, Ella S, Lacey-Mai L.
Competitions & Events
Football The Year 5/6 boys football league and Danone Cup got underway in September. The boys have
played two home league fixtures against Glen Hill’s A and B teams, as well as cup matches
against Launde, Langmore and Glen Hills. With quite a few Year 5’s new to the team, the boys
have been training at lunch times to develop their communication and teamwork skills, and we
think they are now starting to take this out onto the pitch.
In their first league fixture against a string Glen Hills team, the boys defended resolutely for
much of game, and despite their best efforts found themselves 3-0 down. However they
showed great determination to keep battling, and were rewarded when, Amourae PA scored a
late goal.
We recently played Glen Hills ‘B’ team as well, in what turned out to be a much closer match.
There really was nothing between the two sides and the game could quite easily have ended a
draw, however Glen Hills snatched a late winner when they scored directly from a corner kick.
In their cup matches at Wigston Academy once again there was not a lot between any of the
sides.
Having lost to narrowly to Glen Hills once again, and then to Langmore, the boys were finally
rewarded for their efforts with a win against Launde, Bradley S scoring a great team goal.
Well done to all the boys who have played so far, we have plenty more league fixtures and
hopefully some friendlies to play as well after Christmas!
Results: Parkland 1-3 Glen Hills. Man of the Match; Ethan E. Parkland 0-1 Glen Hills ‘B’. Man of the Match; Ethan E. Parkland 0-1 Glen Hills Parkland 0-2 Langmoore Parkland 1-0 Launde Man of the Match; Bradley S.
Squad: Shaun M, Oliver W, Ethan E, Luca H, Fred-die E, Jaylan R, Bradley S, Jody L, Louie H, Amourae PA
Squad; Olivia Rose M, Lacey Mai L, Eden D, Ella S, Elsie M, Rio Anne M, Belle H, Ashleigh C, Demie E, Elisha Mae D, Georgia H, Skye S, Ruby B, Grace S.
Girls Outdoor Football Every year we are always really pleased with the number of girls wanting to play football at
Parkland, and this year has been no exception! More girls than ever before have either come
along to the after school club, or have represented the school in a tournament. We have had 2
outdoor tournaments so far this year, one at the Wigston Academy against other local schools,
and one at Mowmacre Primary as part of our Academy Trust.
We are so proud of the fact that in their first tournament at the Wigston Academy the girls
made it all the way to the semi-finals. A first for the Parkland girls’ football team! They
played so well together as a team, especially given that most of the girls were learning to play
in positions for the first time. Unfortunately we didn’t quite make it to the final having come
up against a very strong Glenmere side, however we were very proud nonetheless. A special
mention must go to Belle H for finishing as top goal scorer on the day!
The girls took this spirit into their next tournament a few weeks later in the DSAT
tournament at Mowmacre Primary. After a bit of a downpour earlier in the day, to say the
pitches were a bit boggy would be an understatement! However this didn’t seem to bother the
girls, and if anything it seemed to make enjoy it all the more!
Well done to all the girls who have been playing football so far this year, you have all come on
a unbelievable amount! We hope that you continue playing in the New Year!
Results: Parkland 0-2 Langmoore Parkland 1-0 Little Hill Parkland 2-0 Water Leys Parkland 2-0 Little Hill
Girls Indoor Football
Due to the popularity of girls’ football this year we were
able to enter the year 3/4 girls’ indoor football tournament
for the first time at South Wigston High School.
The competition took place over 2 evenings with the
winners of each league playing a final against each other.
Being an indoor tournament some of the rules took a little
bit of getting use to, such as not being allowed to go into
the penalty area, but the girls soon and all of the sports
staff were really got the hang of it!
On the first night, the team did so well to win both of their matches, giving them a great
chance of reaching the final. On the second night, the girls were really unlucky to
narrowly lose out to Langmore, who just pipped the girls to first place by just one point!
Nevertheless the girls had a great time, and Mr. H and Mrs. Ellis were so impressed with
how they played. Georgia H and Sophie S were both delighted to have scored, whilst
Methuli G was an amazing goalkeeper. Hopefully this is just the start of some of their
footballing careers! Well done girls!
Results: Glen Hills 0-1 Parkland Little Hill 0-2 Parkland Parkland 0-1 Brocks Hill Langmore 2-2 Parkland
Squad; Methuli G, Marcelina M, Lena L, Tianna T, Sophie S, Georgia H.
Squad; Jacob G, Miles MS, Jenson E, Oliver P, Jimmy S, Max C, Daniel H, Freddie F, Louis H, Duncan N, Jacob T, Finley S, James T, Joshua M, Tyger M, Mason B
Year 3/4 Football At the beginning of November, we hosted the year 3/4 DSAT football tournament here at
Parkland. It was great that we had 6 teams attending from 4 different schools across the
trust, as well as lots of family and friends cheering the teams on! Once again it was a very wet
and muddy morning, however this didn’t stop all of the teams playing some excellent football.
Matches were played in a great spirit and all of the sports staff were really impressed with
teamwork and sportmanship on display. Our two Parkland teams both performed really well,
especially considering that many of the players were representing the school in a tournament
like this for the first time. One of our teams even managed to finish in third place overall
which is a great achievement! Well done to everyone who took part, we’re already looking
forward to the next tournament in the New Year!
Basketball
On a very wet afternoon in October we took 3
teams to the DSAT basketball tournament at
Kibworth. The conditions didn’t stop anybody
from having a great time though! This was the
first occasion for a couple of years that
basketball has been included in the DSAT
sports calendar, and it was great to see so many children enjoying
playing the game. As well as our 3 teams there were also numerous
teams from both Kibworth and Mowmacre schools.
For the majority of the children representing their schools, this was their first experience
of playing basketball competitively against teams from others schools. All the PE staff were
really impressed with both the attacking and defending skills, the children have developed
by playing basketball, and there was some unbelievable baskets scored! Well done to
everybody who took part, hopefully we can arrange some more basketball events in the New
Year!
Squad; Luke W, Jack Sm, Jack Sp, Jacob W, John E, Kai CS, Tristan R, Adi S, Eshan P, Jayden C, Dylan H, Edward N, Jack S, Isobel W, James S.
Results: Parkland B 0-1 Mowmacre Parkland A 0-3 Fossebrook Fossebrook 1-0 Parkland B Parkland A 0-3 Kibworth A Parkland B 0-2 Kibworth C Parkland A 3-1 Kibworth B Parkland B 0-5 Kibworth A Kibworth B 0-0 Parkland B Parkland B 0-1 Parkland A Parkland A 2-0 Mowmacre
On 20th November, Mrs Ellis had the privilege of attending the Oadby and Wigston Community
Awards evening along with Mrs Bishop, Mrs Ward and Miss Ward. Our amazing inclusive
gymnastics team were nominated in the category of ‘Junior Team of the Year’ for all of their
hard work and achievements over the past year. Leo, Zac, Keva and Phoebe and their parents
were all there to celebrate a lovely evening of community achievements.
Unfortunately the team didn’t win, but as always demonstrated just why they are ‘our winners’.
We enjoyed hearing about all the nominees accomplishments and even got to see a professional
football freestyler perform!
This year more children than ever have been trained in playground
leadership, and are enjoying delivering a variety of activities for the
younger children at lunch time. Playground leaders are a great way of
developing the social skills of the younger children, as well as the leaders improving their
own organisational skills. A big thank you to all of the play leaders this term. Keep up the
good work!
Oadby & Wigston Community Awards
Playground Leaders
PE KITS
Please ensure that all PE kits are taken home before the end of term. The holidays are a great
opportunity to make sure children are prepared for PE lessons on their return to school,
particularly for the cold winter months. It is really important that children have suitable
outdoor footwear, as this ensures that they are able to take part safely.
Outdoor Kit:
• WARM CLOTHING –
• Jogging bottoms or leggings
• A change of t-shirt
• Jumper, fleece, zip up hoodie
• Trainers
Indoor Kit:
• Plain green OR white t shirt/ polo top
• Black shorts
• Plimsoles OR clean indoor trainers
Crop tops, very short shorts and school shoes are not appropriate for PE kit.
We continue to supply children who represent the school in a sporting competition with a Parkland kit. Please can all kit be returned to school as soon as possible after
an event. In particular the green/gold football shirts that we wear, as well as black/blue shorts and socks, so that these can be used again next year. Thank you !
Other Information
A massive thank you to all the pupils and families that have supported PE and sport at Parkland this term. We would like to wish you all a very Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year! Mrs Ellis, Mr Hackfath and Miss Ward