Cricket 🏏 event at Harlow Cricket Grounds, 3rd of May 2024
☔️The rain couldn’t stop our wonderful Year 2 pupils enjoying a range of sporting activities at the Harlow Cricket Ground this morning! 😀They were all given a cricket wrist band to wear for their brilliant effort!🏏 16 Teams attending were: Cooks Spinney; Church Langley; Saint Nicholas x 4; Milwards x 2; Potter Street; Little Parndon x 2; Hare Street x 2; Pemberley; Purford Green and Freshwaters x 1.5 Thanks to Miss Osmenja who came with us on the trip too 😀! Miss Jordan
Unfortunately, despite the best efforts of everyone involved the Cricket Skills Festival was prevented from finishing due to persistent heavy rainfall and a nearby road traffic accident.
Arriving at the ground, the children were excited to see an array of different activities set out designed to develop and improve their cricketing skills; with Sports leaders from Church Langley supporting the teams, the morning started with pupils throwing, running, catching and batting their way through one of the 8 planned events. After two events, the children ran around the outfield to take part in a cricket-themed quiz; this additional activity was part of a coordinated effort to run a daily mile festival.
Sadly, the rainfall didn’t ease and as pupils became cold and wet, the enthusiasm dwindled slightly. A nearby flurry of emergency vehicles attending an RTA hastened the exit of schools concerned by the traffic forming outside the exit.
Our thanks were given to Gill Pardoe and David Stacey, who organised the event in conjunction with Harlow Town CC and Essex CC. Where possible, they will try to run the event again before the end of the academic year.
16 Teams attending were: Cooks Spinney; Church Langley; Saint Nicholas x 4; Milwards x 2; Potter Street; Little Parndon x 2; Hare Street x 2; Pemberley; Purford Green and Freshwaters x 1.5
Thanks to Miss Osmenja who came with us to the event.
Miss Jordan
Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and Nursery
PER ARDUA AD ASTRA - THROUGH ADVERSITY TO THE STARS ..to work collaboratively to create an innovative and diverse curriculum that fully engages the whole community in our relentless drive and commitment to raising standards as we continue our journey to the stars. We are part of Burnt Mill Academy Trust, a small co-operative trust of seven schools - Cooks Spinney Primary Academy, Freshwaters Primary Academy, Roydon Primary, Little Parndon Primary, Magna Carta Academy, Forest Hall School and Burnt Mill Secondary Academy.