Sports Events
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