Latest Sports Update

Football

This week Ladybarn Y5/6 girls football team recommenced their season with 3 big games. The girls drew two games and won one. They kept a clean sheet for all three games and are definitely improving.

Basketball

The Kingsway Primary League started back up this week with basketball being the first sport to be played. The team played exceptionally well despite being a new squad. The team is showing lots of potential and the prospects of a great season ahead.

Lacrosse

This week the children played in their first city wide Lacrosse competition. The children did fantastically finishing 8th place out of 16 teams.

Trust Olympics at Sports City

Last week Ladybarn Competed in the Trust Olympics at Sports City. It was an amazing day with the children all putting in amazing performances that left the spectators thrilled. The day belonged to Ladybarn as the school topped the table with 28 medals to Green End's 24! Therefore were crowned the overall winners!!!

Football and Cross Country!

This week Ladybarn Y5/6 girls kicked off this years football season with a friendly tournament. The girls played brilliantly. Winning 5 games and only losing 1. 

This month also saw the qualifiers of the Cross Country city wide competition come close with the Ladybarn children narrowly missing out on qualifying for the final stages. The children all improved on their personal bests however. 

Key Stage 1, Gifted & Talented Olympics

Following our Sports day at the end of last term, some of our best athletes in key stage 1 were selected to take part in a competitive athletics event against children from our other Trust schools, Green End and Cringle Brook.  12 children competed in various different track and field events across the afternoon. It was a brilliant event where all children did extremely well and give it their all! 

Some of the children from Ladybarn were successful in winning their events. Congratulations to Tisa for winning the high jump and Callum and Jason for winning the speed bounce event.

Sky Live Event for Sports Leaders

Our Sports Leaders had the opportunity to attend an exciting event which will help them develop their leadership and sport skills. They went to the Armitage centre along with children from other schools to take part in lots of different sports related sessions such as sport based activity sessions delivered by Athlete Mentors, volunteers from Sky and Young Leader Mentors, a healthy living session (where children learnt about healthy food choices based around the Change4Life programme) and also a session where an Athlete Mentor shared their sporting journey with the students.

The leaders learnt how to develop key life skills including:-

• Mental toughness - never giving up/facing a challenge/think you can
• Hunger to achieve - trying your very best/being determined/want to do it
• People skills - working in a team/working together/talking to each other
• Sports/Life knowledge - right and wrong/good and bad/knowing the rules
• Planning for success - thinking how to do something/working things out
• Breaking barriers - trying new things/trying harder/doing something different/doing something first

Our sports leaders now feel ready to go and help other children in our school become better at sports!

Football Tournament - Silver Medal Winners

On the 14th July our football team took part in a tournament at Manchester United's training ground.  They boys did amazingly well. They smashed the group stages by winning four out of their five games. One game they won 9-0 which was amazing!

They won the semi final 2-0 but unfortunately they lost the final 1-0. What a shame! We can see how disappointed the boys are in their photo - they really wanted to win!  Ms Hampson said that they had a great day and she could see how far they have come on just this year alone, all their hard work in football training has really paid off.

Well done boys - Silver Medal winners!

Kingsway Community Trust Olympics

Following our sports day, on Tuesday 12th July some of our best athletes in Key stage 1 were selected to take part in a competitive athletics event against children from Green End and Cringle Brook.

12 children competed in various different track and field events across the afternoon. It was a brilliant event where all children did extremely well and gave it their all!  Some of the children from our school were successful in winning their events. Congratulations to Tisa for winning the high jump and Callum and Jason for winning the speed bounce event!

Sports Week!

Last week the children at Ladybarn were successful in their 'Road to Rio' challenge.They tried to take part in as much physical activity as possible and this was converted into kilometres to help them on their journey.

Look how far they travelled!

Lots of special sport sessions took place as well as daily runs and Wake up, Shake up!  Reception class had a dance workshop

and Beth Tweddle's gym coach came in to coach years 1 and 2!

We finished the week with Sports Day which was a great day. Well done to all that took part!

Disability Sport Event

One of our pupils, Hamza, recently took part in the Disability Sport Event held at Sport City.

Hamza had a great time, taking part in wheelchair rugby, football, tennis and sitting volleyball. Hamza's favourite event was playing sitting volley ball as he got to meet new people and played a game with professional plays.

He also loved meeting up with pupils from Green End who also attended.

National School Sports Week

Next week Ladybarn will be celebrating National School Sport Week and we will be taking part in a range of different activities to help promote sport, encourage healthy lifestyles and get children moving as much as possible.

Road to Rio!

This year the Olympics will take place in Rio, Brazil. To help get the children thinking about the Olympics as well as encouraging them to take part in as much physical activity as possible, we will be taking part in the Road to Rio challenge. The challenge encourages children to virtually travel the distance to Rio by logging physical activity.

Sport taster sessions!

We want to encourage children to find a sport they love and so next week we will be putting on different taster sessions of different activities for children to try. On Tuesday morning EYFS will be doing a dance workshop. On Wednesday morning KS1 will have gymnastic sessions led by one of Beth Tweddle’s Olympic coaches. On Wednesday morning year 6 will take part in BMX taster sessions. One Monday and Wednesday afternoon year 5 will take part in squash sessions led by England squash. And, last but not least, year 3 and 4 will try their hand at baseball on Thursday!

Wake Up, Shake up!

Every morning from 8.40-8.50 we will have a special Wake Up, Shake up session taking place in the playground outside. Children and parents are invited to come along to follow a simple exercise routine which will energise us ready for the day!

Run a daily mile!

Every day children will have 10 minutes to try and run for a mile… or more! Each class has a 10 minute slot to see how many times they can run around the playground. Can the children get better as the week goes on?

Sports Day

Sports Day will be on Friday and you are invited to come along to watch your child compete. This will take place on the field.

KS2- 9.15am- 10.45am

KS1- 10.45am- 12.00pm

EYFS- 2.00pm- 3.00pm

Forget driving, get moving!

We would like to encourage children to be active on the way to school too, so instead of driving, why not walk or cycle next week?

Sports Update

Last week Y5/6 completed their cricket season with a convincing win over Saint Cath's. We now await to see if we have made the league final.

Y5/6 boys and girls competed in the Citywide handball competition last week. They played exceptionally well just missed out making the finals having lost there only game in extra time, finishing overall 4th.

Netball Winners!

Ladybarn had a great night last night at the Wright Robinson Netball tournament winning every match they played! They played against Beaver Road, Green End, Wilbraham, and Chorlton Park.

4-0 Beaver Road
4-0 CHorlton Park
6-0 Wilbraham
4-1 Green End

The competition continues next week!

Girls Football

This week the Ladybarn Y4/5/6 girls had the last game of their football season. The girls played exceptionally well but lost in a very close game, 2 goals to 1. In a game that could've gone either way the girls really tried hard. It's been a great year in which they have all improved.

Well done on a great season!

Cricket Update

Our Y5/6 Boys played in the regional city wide qualifiers cricket comp and just missed out on qualifying for the finals by 2 runs. They finished 5th overall but played exceptionally well!

Basketball League Champions!

The Ladybarn Y5/6 mixed Basketball team competed in the Kingsway league final this week and won!!! In a game, where they totally dominated their rivals Beaver Road primary school, after the game the rival coach commented how well Ladybarn played as a team and how much they have progressed this year. The Beaver road team were runners up in the citywide basketball championship earlier in the year. A great way to finish the season for the team!

Netball Update

Ladybarn Y5/6 boys and girls also played in citywide Netball competition regional qualifying rounds this week.  The team put on a great performance, finishing second in their group, qualifying for the final group stage next week.  If they win their group they will qualify for the citywide competition.

Rounders Update

Ladybarn Y5/6 boys and girls played in the citywide Rounders competition regional qualifying rounds this week. The team played excellently even though they were short of one player. They won their first group stage and qualify for the final group stage next week.  If they win their group they will qualify for the citywide competition!

Move With Sessions!

Reception were excited to take part in their first day with Laura and Sam from Manchester United as part of the 'Move With' sessions. For the next 10 weeks the children will be playing games and taking part in different activities to improve their physical literacy. They will work on their balance, coordination and strength as well as having lots of fun!

Netball Trip!

The Ladybarn netball team are having a very busy week! On Monday evening, following their friendly match with Green End, the team and their coaches took a coach to the MEN arena to watch the local team Manchester Thunder take on rivals Yorkshire Jets. It was a really exciting game and a great opportunity for our young sports people to see one of the top eight netball teams in the country in action. It was a fast and furious game and we watched the local side storm to a 67-43 victory. Hopefully the Ladybarn team have got some good tips as they are inaction on Wednesday in the second leg of their competitive event at St Bede's. Good luck Ladybarn Lions!!

The children said...

Heriad, Year 5 - "It was good. I was happy that Manchester won"

Abubakar, Year 5 - "The pace of the game was so fast I couldn't believe it. The players moved like lightening"

Lunna, Year 5 - "It was mind blowing" 

Danielle, Year 5 - "It was a dream come true to watch a professional team"

Zainab, Year 5 - "Every time Manchester scored we did a Mexican wave, they won 67 - 43, so that's 67 Mexican waves!"

Boccia Champions Again!

Ladybarn Years 5/6 represented the South of Manchester in the Citywide Boccia Competition recently.
The team performed amazingly well and were crowned Citywide Champions of Boccia 2015/16 - well done!

Sports Update

Hockey

Year 5/6 competed in the south of Manchester finals for hockey but sadly just missed out by 2 points for the Citywide finals. However it was a fun day for the children.

Basketball

Y5/6 also played in the South of Manchester basketball competition and finished joint third over all with the children playing exceptionally well.

Basketball News

The Y5/6 boys and girls competed in the city wide basketball finals this month and played exceptionally well in the second leg of the competition.  They finished in a hard fought 5th place narrowly missing out on the city grand final but have everything to be proud of with how well they did!