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Year 5 Tag Rugby 🏉 Girls Teams at Church Langley 22nd of March 2024

Posted 22nd March 2024

See attached picture of the girls amazing Tag Rugby Teams today! They showed fantastic tagging, passing & scoring but most all just having fun playing against other schools in the area at Church Langley School today! We have asked the class teachers to please give them an effort point and share the picture with their families on dojo. The students played 3 group games and came in 2nd place so they then played Newhall the team who game 2nd in the other group and we managed to win with great teamwork! Overall the students had a fantastic time and they even enjoyed the little bit of rain that fell on their faces to cool them down! 😀🙌👏 Thanks, Miss Jordan

Indoor Athletics 🏃‍♀️ 🏃 for year 2 at Mark Hall School 22nd of March 2024

Posted 22nd March 2024

Year 2's took part in obstacle course relay and sprint races aswell as chest push, standing jump, speed bounce and javelin. They were superstars today & I have asked their class teachers to please give them an effort point and share the photo (attached) with parents on Dojo.

Indoor Athletics-track & field events at Mark Hall 16th of February

Posted 16th February 2024

Here’s a great picture attached of the students from year 5 & 6 who participated in 2 track and 2 field events today at Mark Hall. We came 1st and 2nd in lots of the races and we are eager awaiting the final results after half term. This is because every race is timed and is on a points system aswell as scores added from their field events combined! We are so proud of them all, even some students fell over & got back up & kept going showing great grit and character! Have a fantastic half term! Miss Jordan

Olympic Athlete Tommy Ramadan with Foxes 🦊 class 9th of February

Posted 16th February 2024

Tommy Ramadan the Olympian with Foxes 🦊 class for a lesson in Athletics! After an amazing assembly he delivered an energetic and engaging lessons to our students, instilling hope in their future of possible careers in sport.

Olympic Athlete Tommy Ramadan with Owls 🦉 class 9th of February

Posted 16th February 2024

Tommy Ramadan the Olympian with Owls 🦉 class for a lesson in Athletics! After an amazing assembly he delivered an energetic and engaging lessons to our students, instilling hope in their future of possible careers in sport.

Olympic Athlete Tommy Ramadan with Otters 🦦 class 9th of February

Posted 16th February 2024

Tommy Ramadan the Olympian with Otters 🦦 class for a lesson in Athletics! After an amazing assembly he delivered an energetic and engaging lessons to our students, instilling hope in their future of possible careers in sport.

Olympic Athlete Tommy Ramadan with Rabbits 🐇 class 9th of February

Posted 16th February 2024

Tommy Ramadan the Olympian with Rabbits 🐇 class for a lesson in Athletics! After an amazing assembly he delivered an energetic and engaging lessons to our students, instilling hope in their future of possible careers in sport.

Olympic Athlete Tommy Ramadan with Eagles 🦅 class 9th of February

Posted 16th February 2024

Tommy Ramadan the Olympian with Eagles 🦅 class for a lesson in Athletics! After an amazing assembly he delivered an energetic and engaging lessons to our students, instilling hope in their future of possible careers in sport.

Olympic Athlete Tommy Ramadan with Ducks 🦆 class 9th of February

Posted 16th February 2024

Tommy Ramadan the Olympian with Ducks 🦆 class for a lesson in Athletics! After an amazing assembly he delivered an energetic and engaging lessons to our students, instilling hope in their future of possible careers in sport.

Olympic Athlete Tommy Ramadan with Kestrel’s class 9th of February

Posted 16th February 2024

Tommy Ramadan the Olympian with Kestrel class for a lesson in Athletics! After an amazing assembly he delivered an energetic and engaging lessons to our students, instilling hope in their future of possible careers in sport.

Olympic Athlete Tommy Ramadan with Wolves 🐺 class 9th of February

Posted 16th February 2024

Tommy Ramadan the Olympian with Wolves class for a lesson in Athletics! After an amazing assembly he delivered an energetic and engaging lessons to our students, instilling hope in their future of possible careers in sport.

New Nike Jackets for Sporting Events in 2024

Posted 3rd February 2024

Thanks to our students who tried and modelled our new Nike sports jackets for size! They loved them and they are looking forward to wearing them outside of school for future sporting event's on Friday’s ! ⚽️🏉🏑🚴🏊🏏🎾

Year 3 & 4 Tag rugby competition on Friday 26th February

Posted 2nd February 2024

Last Friday, 15 year three and four students were invited to represent Cooks Spinney in the Tag rugby competition which was held at the Harlow rugby club. All of the children were really happy to be spending the whole morning competing against other schools and taking part in the event. When we arrived at the rugby club, all of the children began warming up and practicing before the matches began. Once we were all warmed up, all of the schools were asked to sit down to go over the rules and expectations. Following this, the event was underway and the matches had begun. The first match for our team was very tough, but it gave the children the knowledge and experience they needed to complete the next games. In their second game, Cooks Spinney immediately scored a try and could not be more happy. They continued to score until the match was over, to secure the win! The last game was again, very tough but also very competitive. It was back and fourth until the end, with the opposition just getting the win. Overall, Cooks Spinney scored some amazing tries, made some amazing tackles and displayed excellent sportsmanship and teamwork. They really did make their school proud. Well done Cooks Spinney!!!

Tag Rugby 🏉 Finals at Harlow Rugby club 26th of February

Posted 2nd February 2024

Of the 40 teams who started last week, the 16 finalists produced some of the best running rugby that we have seen in the Harlow Sports Partnership. We are so happy that our Eagles Cooks Spinney team who made it to the finals! Once again thanks to the Harlow Rugby Club for supporting the event and to Luke Hammond (SGO), Sam Hammond and Gill Pardoe for assisting David Stacey (School’s Sports Partnership Manager), ensuring that the event ran smoothly. During the afternoon the teams played within 4 groups, the winning 4 teams went through to a semi-final, where both games went to ‘golden try in extra time’, ,congratulations to Henry mooted on this occasions! Teams that qualified for the finals were: Henry Moore 1, Henry Moore 2, Henry Moore 3, Church Langley 1, Church Langley 2, Nazeing 1, Milwards, Cooks Spinney 1, Jerounds , Katherines, Hare Street, Hare Street 2, Little Parndon 2, Longwood, Fawbert and Barnard and Roydon. We wish Henry Moore every success when they go forward to the Level 3 event at Southend next month. Both myself & Mr Defoe are so proud of our students who played their hearts, unfortunately we were missing one of our players you scored a lot of tries in previous games due to illness, perhaps had if he been present the outcome may have been different ! We look forward to participating in the next competition.

Emerging Tag Rugby for year 5 at Harlow Rugby 🏉 Club 2nd of February

Posted 2nd February 2024

EMERGING Tag-Rugby Festival at Harlow Rugby Club this sunny Friday morning; the children had a really good time and made huge progress in such a short time. We brought 19 super excited student's from year 5 & they wore the new Cooks Spinney sportswear with pride! Both of our teams from Foxes 🦊 and Owls 🦉 class won all there games and they really enjoyed the experience of playing against other schools! They even found time to do a spot of reading in between matches which I’m sure class teachers at Cooks Spinney will be very happy to hear. 😀 As ever, thanks was given to the Harlow Rugby Club for facilitating the event in which nearly 200 pupils gained an experience of representing their schools and a competitive situation – albeit with lots of coaching and positive reinforcements of the rules. David Stacey (School’s Sport Partnership Manager) was able supported by Luke Hammond (SGO), Gill Pardoe and members of staff from local sports provider ‘Sports Cool’. 18 teams participated in a series of group matches: Purford Green, Henry Moore x 2, St Albans, St Lukes, Cooks Spinney x 2, Tanys Dell x 2, Potter Street, Nazeing x 2, Milwards, Hare Street x 2, Hatfield Heath

Tag Rugby Qualifiers on the 19th January 2024

Posted 25th January 2024

On Friday 19th January two year 6 teams of 9 children were asked to represent Cooks Spinney in the Tag Rugby qualifiers. The Children were all very excited to compete for the school and show all of the other schools what we were made of. This event was supposed to be held at the Harlow rugby club, however due to the cold weather and frozen pitch, the event was hosted by Church Langley primary school. The children could not wait to play which was evident from the bus journey and their (very loud) singing! As soon as we arrived at the school, we immediately began warming up and going over tactics for the upcoming matches. Once all of the other schools had arrived we all sat down and were made aware of the rules, expectations and schedule for the afternoon. Following this came our first match. Cooks Spinney team 1 began the match by scoring a try within the first opening seconds of the game, and continued to score try after try until the match was over and secured our first victory. The second game against Kingsmoor was very competitive, with both sides making amazing tackles (tags) and scoring even better tries. The end result of this game was a draw. The next two games both resulted in dominant victories from Cooks Spinney, with the final game being the closest. One of our players made an absolutely spectacular tackle which allowed us to come out on top and secure a spot in the final! This was such an amazing feeling for the children and a great sense of achievement. The finals will be held at the Harlow Rugby club on the 26th. Both myself & Miss Jordan could not be anymore proud of the Children who participated, WELL DONE!!! Good Luck in the finals Cooks Spinney!! Here are the results from the afternoon: Group 1. Fawbert and Barnard – 12 points - qualified for finals. Roydon – 9 points - qualified for finals. Henry Moore 1 – 8 points. Tanys Dell 2 – 7 points. Cooks Spinney 2 – 4 points. Group 2. Milwards – 10 points - qualified for finals. Cooks Spinney 1 – 10 points - qualified for finals. Henry Moore 2 – 8 points. Kingsmoor – 8 points. Tanys Dell 1 – 4 points.

Judo Club after school on Wednesday 2024

Posted 25th January 2024

The students are really enjoying the Judo club after school on Wednesday's, this is taught by Mick Ellis from Harlow Judo club! Thanks to Active Essex for the funding after lots of meetings with Miss Wade & myself to get this club established for our students here at Cooks Spinney School in the new year 2024. We really count ourselves lucky and blessed for this amazing opportunity for our key stage two students! They are working extremely hard to learn the new skills in the art of combat and they are very excited to attend Mick’s class every week! Miss Jordan

Futsal Competition Friday 5th January 2024

Posted 12th January 2024

On the 5th January, ten year 6 boys were asked to represent Cooks Spinney in a Futsal competition. The event was supposed to be held at Mark Hall, however, the plans had to be changed which resulted in the event being held at Church Langley Primary school on their all weather Astro pitch. Before we left, the boys put on their Cooks Spinney football jerseys and discussed tactics and positions. Once we arrived, the boys got to see the other schools and who they were up against. Although there were many schools, some of which would be tough competition, that did not stop our students from warming up and being excited for the upcoming matches. Following our warm up, all of the rules and expectations were explained and the schedule for the morning was given to us. From the first game to the last, all of the Cooks Spinney boys were consistent in performing amazingly! They displayed perfect teamwork and sportsmanship and honestly we could not be more proud. Even though we were all freezing, everybody kept their spirits high and had smiles throughout. Well done Cooks Spinney, once again making us proud.

Badminton- Come and try festival on 8th December 2023

Posted 10th January 2024

On the 1st December 2023, eight children consisting of year 5 and 6 students were invited to the 'come and try Badminton festival' held at Mark Hall in their amazing sports hall. Cooks Spinney, along with many other schools based in Harlow completed a fun warm up which also included students from Mark Hall and the adults. After a lot of running and laughing, the rules of Badminton were explained. As this was many of the children's first time taking part in this sport, we began with small activities which developed individual skills needed to play. After serving activities, learning the different types of strokes and rally games, the children were well equipped to play their first ever games. From the view of a spectator, you would not be able to tell that this was their first time playing the sport. All of the children demonstrated great skills and understanding of the game, and even gave myself and the Mark Hall students a run for their money. Before we knew it, the event had come to an end and it was time to return to our school. Overall, we are very pleased with all of the behaviour of our students and even more impressed with the skills and determination which was displayed by all of the children. Well done Cooks Spinney, we can some professional Badminton players in the making!!

Boccia Event on the 17th November

Posted 29th November 2023

On Friday the 17th November, 12 students from years 3 and 4 were invited to Mark Hall to compete in a fun Boccia competition. Before we left, the excitement was evident as the children could not keep still and kept expressing their interest in representing Cooks Spinney and competing against other children from different schools. When we arrived at Mark Hall, a quick demonstration was shown to the children which was shortly followed by us having our first game. For most of the children, it was their first time ever playing Boccia, but watching them play you would not be able to tell. They were bowling their balls perfectly, knocking the oppositions balls out of the way, and scoring lots of points for our school. We won many games but still had our fair share of tough matches. Regardless, the children thoroughly enjoyed themselves and felt proud after winning lots of games. They also enjoyed spending the morning out of school but we will ignore that one! Well done Cooks Spinney, you are all amazing!!!
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