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Sports Events 2024-25

 

This year we have signed up to lots of different sporting events which are both competitive and non-competitive. We hope as many children as possible will get the chance to represent our school this year and we look forward to sharing their success. 

 

Tuesday 17th September - Year 5 and Year 6 Girls' Football Heats 

Today the girls played their first matches as a team. The event was held at St Laurence and the girls played three different schools: West Heath, Northfield Manor and St Joseph's. They played with passion and persistence and scored a well earned goal at the end! Well done! 

St Laurence Church Junior School Sports Events 2023-24

The pupils at St Laurence Church Junior School have already started their sporting event this year with a tag-rugby festival and many more events lined up for this half term - including a swimming gala! 

We hope to enter many competitive and non-competitive competitions in a range of sports to offer a rich choice and experience to our pupils in order to inspire them to lead active healthy lives. Here are the events lined up so far. 

 

Tuesday 19th September - Year 5/6 Tag-rugby Festival 

Here is our team photo taken at the event at Kings Norton Rhinos Rugby Club.

 

Tuesday 26th September  - Y3/4 Basketball Festival

 Our basketball team had a great time playing as a team and playing against seven different schools. 

 

Saturday 30th September - Y5/6 Swimming Gala 

Our Year 5 and Year 6 team represented us extremely well achieving second place in the swimming gala held at Abbey Stadium! All children in the team received a medal and demonstrated a fantastic sports attitude towards each other and the competing schools. 

 

Tuesday 3rd October - Y5/6 Basketball Competition 

Amazing team effort in the basketball competition. Well done and well played!

 

Tuesday 10th October - Mixed Tenpin Bowling Competition 

A super fun morning spent at Acocks Green Bowling representing our school and competing against other schools. Well done to all those who took part!

 

Tuesday 10th October - Y5/6 Tag-rugby League Games

Over two weeks our tag-rugby team went to play competitively in tag-rugby league games. Although we did not win over all, our team showed determination and great team work whilst improving upon their skills after each game! Well done to all who took part across both evenings!

 

Tuesday 17th October - Y5/6 Tag-rugby League Games 

 

Wednesday 22nd November - Year 6 Girls' Netball 

Our team played well against Cotteridge. A tough first game of the season but a great team effort was shown by all the girls! 

 

Wednesday 22nd November - Year 5 and Year 6 KAB Fest 

Here our Year 5 and 6 children took part in curling, archery and boccia. They all had a great time and enjoyed trying some new sports!

Thursday 23rd November - Year 5 and Year 6 Girls' Netball 

The girls played extremely well today against the Meadows. They played as a team and won as a team. Well done to all who took part. 

 

Monday 27th November - KS2 Panathlon 

Today children travelled on the train to The University of Birmingham to take part in the Panathlon. This is an event run where children get to take part and try a range of games and activities. Fun was had by everyone and everyone got to try something new! 

 

 

Wednesday 29th November - Year 3 and Year 4 KAB Fest 

 

Tuesday 9th January - Year 3 and Year 4 Gymnastics Festival

Tuesday 16th January - Year 5 and Year 6 Gymnastics Festival

 

Tuesday 30th January - Year 5 and Year 6 Girls' Table Tennis

 

Tuesday 6th February - Year 5 and Year 6 Boys' Table Tennis 

 

Wednesday 7th February - Year 5 and Year 6 Dance Workshop 

Our Dance team danced with enthusiasm as they represented the school in the KS2 Dance Competition performing a dance they had practised in their weekly dance lessons help every Tuesday at school. Well done team!

 

Monday 26th February - Year 6 Netball against Edgbaston High School for Girls 

The girls played really well as a team and scored some great goals. Well done girls - a great day for netball. 

 

Thursday 29th February - Year 6 Netball against St Marys

Another super event where great netball was played. 

 

Friday 1st March - Year 5 and Year 6 Indoor Athletics 

A great event full of many events such as relay racing, obstacle races as well as throwing and jumping events. Our Year 5 and Year 6 children did us proud and represented St Laurence well! Well done to all those who took part! 

 

Monday 4th March - Year 5 and Year 6 Table Tennis 

The team took part in a table tennis tournament against Servern Primary school. Some fantastic rallies were seen in both singles and doubles. Well done!

 

Thursday 7th March - Year 6 Netball match 

 

Monday 11th March - Year 6 Netball match against Harbourne 

A fantastic match where the girls supported each other as well as the opposition. A fair and well sported match. Well done to all the girls invloved!

 

Monday 18th March - Year 3 and Year 4 Girls Football

Wow! A great performance by our Year 3 and Year 4 girls' football team today who progressed through to finals night which will be held after Easter!

 

Monday 15th April  Year 6 Girls Netball Friendly match 

 

Monday 15th April  Year 4 Boys' 5-a-side Football

Our Year 4 Boys took part in a 5-a-side football tournamnet at West Heath Primary School. They all played well and enjoyed taking part! 

 

Tuesday 16th April Year 3 and Year 4 Girls' Football Final (came 3rd)

Our Year 3 and Year 4 Girls' football team took part in the final round of their tournament. They won 3rd place and received medals and a trophy. Well done team!

 

Thursday 18th April Year 3 and Year 4 Tag-rugby Festival

We had a great day with our Year 3 and Year 4 who took part in a tag-rugby festival. Some of these children were new to the sport this year. The children played really well and had a fantastic day!

 

Thursday 25th April Year 3 and Year 4 Dodgeball

Our Year 3 and Year 4 children went to play against local schools in a dodgeball event. They had a great time ad all came away smiling!

 

Monday 29th April Year 6 Netball at Bournville 

Today the girls played a league game against Bournville. Another great event with some super shots. Well done team!

 

Monday 29th April Year 5 and Year 6 Girls Football at St Laurence

A great afternoon of football. The girls battled hard and learnt from each match played. They worked hard as a team and they should be really proud of themselves!

 

Thursday 9th May Superhero Festival

These children took part in a variety of sports activities including dance, netball, table tennis, football and basketball. We all had a great time!

 

Monday 20th May Year 6 Boys' Football at St Laurence 

Our Year 6 team took part in the Mike Smith Trophy league. They played some great games and our goalie made some super saves. Well done!

 

Friday 7th June Abbey Stadium Athletics Event

We took a team from Year 3,4,5 and 6 to Abbey Stadium to take part in a range of athletics events including individual and team events. All the children competed well and we came away with some individual and team medals! 

 

Monday 10th June Year 3 and Year 4 Olympics multi-sports event 

Our Year 3 and Year 4 children took part in an Olympic event at West Heath Primary school in preparation for the upcoming Paris Olympics. They had a go at a variety of events that will take place in Paris this summer including tennis, shotput, golf, football, archery, javelin and athletics. 

 

Tuesday 18th June Year 5 and Year 6 Girls' Football

A great afternoon - some super football on show. Well done to all the girls involved. 

 

Tuesday 18th June and Tuesday 25th June Year 6 Girls Netball Tournament 

Our Girls netball team took part in a two-legged netball tournament. They all played well as a team and came 3rd in the over all event. Well done girls! 

 

Thursday 27th June Year 6 Triathlon Event 

Our Year 6 children went over to Handsworth Leisure Centre to take part in the triathlon run by the Brownlee Foundation. They swam, biked (or scooted) and ran to complete the course. What a fantastic achievement - Well done Year 6!

 

Monday 1st July Year 5 and Year 6 Girls Football 

A knock out match today for our girls. They did their best and battled hard. Well done to the girls' football team!

 

Tuesday 2nd July WHOLE SCHOOL SPORTS DAY

We had a great day where the whole school took part in our annual sports day. Durham House came out on top this year and we even had a parent and teacher race! 

 

Thursday 18th July Staff VS School Netball match 

 

 

St Laurence Church Junior School Sports Events 2022-23

This academic year the pupils at St Laurence Church Junior School have already been busy taking part in a variety of sports events and fixtures. We are in several knock out tournaments including the H.M.S Birmingham Shield Competition which is held across schools in Birmingham. We have entered a variety of events both non-competitive and competitive to give our pupils the rich and diverse experiences they need in order to inspire them to lead active healthy lifestyles.

Here are the events we have taken part in this year...

 

October

11th October – Panathlon Ten Pin Bowling

12th October – Year 6 Netball Competition

19thth October – Year 6 Boys' first round Football Competition (which we qualified for)

 

Our Year 6 Netball Team

 

Our Qualifying Year 6 Boys' Football Team

 

November

10th November – Year 6 Boys' first round of RM Trophy and friendly match

11th November – Year 6 Girls' Netball match

14th November – Year 6 Girls' Netball match

17th November – Year 5 and Year 6 Girls' Football Tournament

24th November – Year 6 Boys' Football Finals

29th November – Year 3, 4 and 5 KAB Festival (Kurling, Archery and Boccia)

 

KAB Festival Team

 

 

Year 5 and Year 6 Girls' Football Team

 

December

6th December – Dance Class Performance

15th December – Year 6 Basketball Competition

 

Our Year 5 and 6 Basketball Team

 

Dance Class Performance

 

January

16th January – Year 5 Indoor Athletics Competition

18th January – Year 6 Netball Match

 

February

7th February – Y5/6 Table Tennis League games

8th February – Year 6 Netball match

13th February – Y5/6 Table Tennis League games

 

March

14th March – Year 6 Mike Smith Football League Games

16th March-Year 6 Netball Match

20th March – Year 6 Mike Smith Football League Games

21st March – Year 3 and Year 4 Futsal Competition

 

April

27th April – Year 6 Mike Smith Football League Games

27th April-Netball Match

 

May

4th May- Year 5 and 6 Netball Matches

4th May – HMS Shield 9-a-side semi-final

16th May – Year 3 and 4 Basketball

18th May – Netball Match Year 5 and 6

22nd May – Netball

25th May – Year 5 and Year 6 Girls Football

 

June

13th June – Year 5 Boys Football

15th June – Wow Active Championship for gifted and talented children

Our Year 6 children came 4th out of 11 schools and Jessica was the 3rd top girl scorer in her individual challenges. Well done team!

 

15th June – Year 4 Boys and Girls Football

19th June – Year 5 and Year 6 Girls Football

20th June – Year 5 and Year 6 Tag-rugby

 

22nd June – Year 3 Football

22nd June-Year 6 Netball Match

23rd June – Alexander Stadium Commonwealth Legacy Event

   

 

26th June – Netball Tournament

26th June – Year 5 and Year 6 Girls football

 

27th June – Whole School Sports Day

30th June – Year 5 and 6 Netball Matches

 

July

3rd July – Year 6 Netball Match

17th July – Year 5 and Year 6 Football Event

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boys Football Trials