National Championships at Warwick University Coventry.
George Gibbs Hunt qualified for the national championship at the beginning of July and achieved bronze in the javelin. Well done!
KS2 Sports Day
Foxton House won the team event but everyone was a winner at our KS2 inclusive Sports Day.
Girls Football Final
The B team reached the Division 2 finals They returned to school with the Spirit of the Games team award and player of the tournament for Seren! Well done!
Dance competition
Miss Pegg and the dance group worked hard at lunchtimes over several months to prepare for a competition with a theme of ECO and Sustainability. The outcome was amazing. Please click on the link to see a wonderful performance.
Click on the photo to watch the performance
School Games Gymnastic Champions
Stokes Wood entered 3 teams of 4 gymnasts into the Level 1 competition. They performed so well and came back to school with a trophy for 1st place in the team event, 2nd place and 4th place as well!
Individually, we won gold and silver.
If that wasn’t enough, the Stokes Wood teams won the Spirit of the Games trophy for their sporting behaviours, teamwork, effort and resilience.
Well done!
The team who finished first then went on to the County Championship competition where they won gold, only dropping 10 points in the whole competition. A truly amazing achievement for the children and coaches.
Biggest Girls' Football Week
Stokes Wood girls took part in the Biggest Girls’ Football Week. Girls had priority on the playgrounds and astro during the week. There was a girls’ football competition on the Monday and boys and girls entered a design a girls’ kit competition. We are awaiting the results!
County Cross Country at Prestwold Hall
17 children from Stokes Wood qualified to represent Leicester City in the County and National Championships. It was sooooo muddy. Children lost their trainers in the mud and ran on in socks. Congratulations to all the children who beat the conditions to complete the course.
Parallel Sports Hall Athletics
The parallel sports hall athletics took place on Friday 16th February. As you can see there were a number of events which our team thoroughly enjoyed and competed in very competently. Well done!
Football News
Mrs Freeman and all the pupils from KS1 and KS2 have achieved the first win of the academic year for the best participation in the virtual Pentathlon event.
The girls’ A football team won their division in the New College football tournament. The B team finished 9th
The boys’ teams finished 3rd and 5th.
WELL DONE TO ALL THE TEAMS AND THEIR COACH, MRS FREEMAN
Inspire Together Fencing Event
Ten year 6 pupils attended an Inspire Together Fencing Event. Most of the children had not tried fencing before but they soon got the hang of it and enjoyed the skills activities. Then as you can see they were able to take part in actual fencing against a partner wearing all the kit .
Cross Country October 2023
Congratulations to all the cross country runners. For many it was their first event. Finishing is an achievement so well done. Sarah came 2nd…a silver medal and we had lots of finishers in the top 10 and 20! Excellent results for Stokes Wood.