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Year 5/6 🎾 Competition at ARC
Posted on March 4, 2025 | By cdaviesvsp
This morning we sent a team of 4 children from each school to compete in a tennis competition against other local schools. The organisers at ARC praised the good sportsmanship and determination from all of our children as they showed great resilience in some very tough matches against club players. Well done to all of […]
Football ⚽️ Using space effectively
Posted on March 3, 2025 | By cdaviesvsp
After school, the year 6 boys played away against Kingsley. After a tight 1-0 victory at home we knew it would be a hard game. Due to the large 3G pitch we played 10 a side and Village Schools used the space to great effect, playing some free flowing football linking up with each other […]
Fun sports activities with other schools
Posted on February 26, 2025 | By cdaviesvsp | Leave a response
Yesterday, Alminstone and Stroxworthy joined 120 other pupils from local schools to take part in different sporting activities. They were split into seven groups mixing with the other schools and played a range of games including handball, ultimate frisbee, tag, 5 bats cricket, hockey, dodgeball and an agility challenge. They had great fun attacking, defending, […]
Girls football ⚽️ success
Posted on February 12, 2025 | By cdaviesvsp | Leave a response
Congratulations to our year 5/6 girls who competed in a tournament at Kingsley school. We played four games, winning three. VSP 1-0 St Helens Molly VSP 3-1 Kingsley Molly, Emmie, Cadey VSP 3-0 Hartland Emmie 2, Molly 0-1 Westcroft All of the girls played really well together. There was excellent goalkeeping from Aiofe, amazing defending […]
Key Stage 1 Multi skills festival
Posted on February 11, 2025 | By cdaviesvsp | Leave a response
This morning 4 children from Key Stage 1 from each school took part in a multi skills festival at ARC. Taking part with children from Appledore school, they played a variety of games to improve their hand eye coordination as well as develop other sporting skills. They all had great fun and were amazing with […]
Year 4 Football ⚽️
Posted on February 10, 2025 | By cdaviesvsp | Leave a response
Tonight after school Parkham joined forces with Buckland Brewer to represent the Village Schools in a friendly match against St Margaret’s. It was an exciting match with incredible defensive play and wonderful attacking resulting in lots of goals. The final score was a staggering 12 – 3 to Village Schools. The scorers were Benji 6, […]
Year 4 Girls Football Tournament
Posted on February 5, 2025 | By cdaviesvsp | Leave a response
This morning our Year 4 girls took part in a football tournament at Kingsley School. This was the first time they had all played together as a team and they did really well. They scored seven goals and picked up points winning two games and drawing one, which meant they finished third overall. Well done […]
Archery 🏹 Club
Posted on February 4, 2025 | By cdaviesvsp | Leave a response
Every Tuesday lunchtime, Years 4-6 are invited to come and try out their archery skills. Working in teams and individually we play lots of games to become better archers.
Archery 🏹 Club
Posted on February 4, 2025 | By cdaviesvsp | Leave a response
Every Wednesday before school, Years 4-6 are invited to come and try out their archery skills. Working in teams and individually we play lots of games to become better archers.
Indoor athletics success
Posted on January 31, 2025 | By cdaviesvsp | Leave a response
This morning we took a team of 12 athletes to Kingsley school for an indoor athletics qualifying competition. Having entered the indoor athletics qualifying competition for the last few years and coming so close, we finally qualified for the finals in April. A huge congratulations to all the athletes who competed. After trying out in […]
KS2 ARC Tennis festival
Posted on January 28, 2025 | By cdaviesvsp | Leave a response
Today we sent four children from each school to take part in a tennis festival at ARC. They learnt how to play a forehand, backhand, volley and how to serve. Using these skills they played a range of games having great fun. The staff at ARC commented that their behaviour was incredible and their […]
Separating mixtures
Posted on January 22, 2025 | By cdaviesvsp | Leave a response
Today in science we explored how we could separate objects (reversible changes). We discussed using sieves to separate two solids of different sizes with the smaller solid passing through the sieve leaving the larger solid in the sieve. Next we investigated how we could separate a solid and a liquid using funnels and filter paper. […]
Two nights running ⚽️
Posted on January 21, 2025 | By cdaviesvsp | Leave a response
With no time to rest following last night’s fixture, the boys team travelled to St Mary’s after school for another friendly. Both teams played some excellent football, demonstrating great fluent passing and some amazing finishing. After a tight first half, we came out 5-2 winners. Congratulations to all of you for a great team performance. […]
Year 6 boys football ⚽️ vs Kingsley
Posted on January 20, 2025 | By cdaviesvsp | Leave a response
Well done to all the players tonight against Kingsley. In a very close game, with lots of chances, we eventually won the game 1 – 0 thanks to a second half goal by Tommy. There were several goal mouth scrambles by both teams with some excellent defending and goalkeeping. Fingers crossed for a similar result […]
Let there be light 💡
Posted on January 17, 2025 | By cdaviesvsp | Leave a response
Our topic this half term is light. Mr Davies challenged us to create an investigation to prove how light travels. Using torches, mirrors and black card with small holes in, we discovered that light travels in straight lines. We also learnt about the angle of incidence and the angle of reflection as well as how […]
Soluble or insoluble
Posted on January 17, 2025 | By cdaviesvsp | Leave a response
Our topic this half term is properties and their materials. This week we investigated which materials were soluble in water and which were insoluble. We learnt that when something dissolves it doesn’t disappear, it is broken down into tiny pieces that are too small to see.
Sports festival at ARC
Posted on January 14, 2025 | By cdaviesvsp | Leave a response
Today, we went to the Atlantic Racquet Centre with other schools to take part in a multi sports festival. We took part in a range of sports including hockey, handball, dodgeball, ultimate frisbee, 5 bats cricket along with tag and an agility fitness challenge. It was great fun and gave us the opportunity to play […]
Ashmansworthy hockey
Posted on December 20, 2024 | By cdaviesvsp
This half term, Ashmansworthy have been braving the elements and developing our hockey skills along with our social skills improving our communication as well as working with others. Over the weeks, we have learnt and improved how to play safely, dribbling, turning, passing and shooting in addition to the rules of the game. It […]
Basketball and Tag rugby in Alminstone
Posted on December 20, 2024 | By cdaviesvsp
This term we have tried to dodge the weather and develop our personal and social skills improving our ability to work with and communicate with others along with setting ourselves personal goals. In addition, we have learnt different techniques in dribbling, passing and shooting as well as how to defend and attack in a game […]
Girls football ⚽️ vs Hartland
Posted on November 25, 2024 | By cdaviesvsp
Today the girls had an away match at Hartland. From the very first minute the girls dominated the game, not giving Hartland any chances. There was some excellent passing along with great turns which created good space for lots of shots on goal. It was a resounding victory with the final score, a phenomenal 9-0 […]