School Sport News & Fixtures
Sport plays a big part of life at Robert Sandilands. We take part in regular sporting fixtures against other schools. Here you can see our upcoming fixtures, along with news on how we performed.
Upcoming Fixtures/Events
- Thursday 16th October- KS1 Multiskills, Park House
Teams to be announced.
Latest Events/Results
Upper Junior 5 Aside Football Tournament
Our Year 5 and 6 boys took part in the 5-a-side tournament this term. They won their group and made it into the finals played at Trinity on Monday. They drew against Springfield, won against Francis Baily, lost against Birch Copse, and won against John Rankin.
With their fantastic team spirit, resilience and enthusiasm they became runner ups at this tournament. Well done boys on your second place!
KS1 Friendly Football Match
Our KS1 children had their first opporturrnity to play a football match this week. They played a friendly match against St Finians. Children were able to practice their football skills, learn what it means to play as a team, and keep going even when things are tricky. Both team played really well. Boys won their game, and despite loosing, girls managed to score a goal.
Well done all!
FootGolf Competition
A group of our Upper Junior children took part in a FootGolf competition at Park House on Monday. They completed in both a mini Foot Golf course as well as competing in Foot Golf related multistation skills event. Despite not winning a medal, they all had a lovely time!
Newbury Football Club
On Saturday some of our Year 6 children went to Newbury Football Club to be mascots for the afternoon. They got to walk onto the pictch with the players, took part in a penalty shoot out at half time and were each given NFC scarf and hats to keep. It was a wonderful opporunity for our children and thank you to Mrs Bucknell for supporting the children.
Upper Junior Girls Football Tournament
Last week, our Upper Junior girls attended a tournament at Falkand School. They played 2 matches, one against Falkalnd and one against Parsons Down.
Despite playing brilliantly as a team, and forming a fantastic defense, they lost 2-0 in each match. Well done, girls!
Upper Junior Boys Football Match
Our Upper Junior boys team welcomed Speenhamland School last Thursday after school. They played really well as a team, creating chances for the strikers as well as defending the goal. It was a well-balanced match and they boys won 5-3.
Well done, boys!
Trinity 5 A-side Football Tournament. UJ Boys
On Monday we headed to Trinity for a 5 a-side football tournament and we played 3 matches:
Basildon - We won 2-0
St Nics - We drew 2-2
Winchcomble - We won 9-0
And overall......We WON the tournament!
Well done boys, you all played brilliantly.
Finley Cup, LJ Girls
On Tuesday after school, the lower junior girls welcomed a team of Birch Copse girls to school for a game in the Finley Cup. It was the first time that many members of both teams had played football competitively for their schools; they worked hard throughout the match and developed their skills. Our team came out victorious this time, winning the game 10-0. Well done girls.
Tony Mosson Cup, UJ Girls, John Rankin AWAY
We had our first football match of the season on Friday. Girls from Years 5 and 6 went to John Rankin to kick off the season. They played an amazing match against a much stronger team.
Despite losing 5-0, the girls worked great as a team, and managed to block more than 10 attacks on our goal.
Well done, girls!
West Berkshire Sports Awards Evening
On Tuesday 9th September we attended a West Berks Sports presentation evening and we came away with 3 awards. A fantastic achievement and wonderful to see all the teachers hard work being recognised.
We were also treated to a lovely dance performance from our Year 5&6 children who attend the Dance Fushion club after school. The children did a brilliant job and we were very proud of them all.
Swimming Gala
A team of eighteen keen pupils took part in the Newbury and District Primary Schools Swimming Gala heats on Thursday and represented our school beautifully.
Staff present were very impressed by the pupils resilience, motivation and team spirit as they cheered each other on. The finals will be on Wednesday 16th July and we will find out next week if any of our amazing swimmers get through so do keep an eye out!
Thank you to Mrs Day and Mrs Burke for supporting this event.
Girls Kwik Cricket Tournament
On Tuesday a group of Year 6 girls went to Falkland Cricket Club to play in a Kwik Cricket Tournament. The girls were demons! They played 3 games and won 1 game. Their attitude and teamwork was brilliant, along with some fantastic cricket skills. Potential cricket players of the future!
Thank you to Mrs Day and Mrs Knight for taking the girls and being their cheerleaders.
Boys Kwik Cricket Tournament
A small team of eager pupils took part in the Berkshire Kwik Cricket Tournament at Falkland Cricket Club on Tuesday. The pupils had to play a range of activities whilst competing against another school. The activities ranged from fielding, bowling and batting which was great fun.
Our pupils received compliments for their fantastic behaviour and polite manners. They also demonstrated fabulous listening skills, team spirit and determination.
Thank you to Mr Marshall for supporting this event.
Football Week
Robert Sandilands was chosen out of 4,000 primary schools to be one of 250 primary schools representing Schools’ Football Week in partnership with England’s FA. To celebrate this week, all of our pupils took part in a football tournament run by Mr Gillard and supported by twelve Year 6 pupils, who did an amazing job organising teams/referring. Additionally, our UJ girls played in a Park House Football Tournament, our Y5 boys played against St Finian’s (wining 3-0) and a team of Year 4 pupils played a range of football games with Mary Hare pupils.
Thank you to Mr Sheppard for supporting this event which the children thoroughly enjoyed. Lastly, all of our pupils designed their own football strip for a competition judged by Mr Gillard. It was a very busy, but active week!
Winners of the Design Your Own Football Strip
Reception – Special mention for fabulous effort Michael Aslanidis
KS1 – Winner Abbie Atkinson (Y2) Runner Up Bonnie Beardsley (Y1)
LJ – Winner Sara Veliscu (Y3) Runner up Rosie Archer (Y4)
UJ- Winner Tom Davies (Y6) Runner up Alyssaa Brundyn (Y6)
KS2 Cross Country Event
On Tuesday, forty three children from Key Stage 2 took part in the annual Team Kennet Cross Country event at Newbury Showground. The children arrived early and enjoyed a picnic lunch followed by football. Once the races began, they showed determination, resilience and motivation. All of the children ran to the best of their ability and staff present were so proud of their sportsmanship. They cheered each other on and celebrated their success's which highlighted their strong team-spirit.
Upper Juniors Mixed Rugby Tournament
A mixed team of UJ pupils took part in the annual Newbury Rugby Club Tournament with support from Mrs Day and Mr Gillard. Despite being placed in an extremely competitive group, our pupils showed resilience and determination. Their play improved with every game and the team spirit stayed strong throughout some tough matches.
Lower Junior Girls Football Match Vs Pangbourne School - Tuesday 11th March
Our Lower Junior girls played against Pangbourne Primary in the Adnams LJ Girls Football Tournament on Tuesday at school. The girls played a great game and were full of enthusiasm. They did not give up despite a 0-4 score and were still full of smiles at the end of the game. Thank you to Mrs Jackson our Year 1 TA, for coaching the girls and referring the match.
We had our annual Interhouse Cross Country Event; this has quickly become a favourite in the RS calendar! All the children did a great job representing their houses and we were very lucky that the sun shone all afternoon. In the end, it was Windsor that won the Doug Cook Trophy and it was lovely that Doug himself could join us for the afternoon and present the trophy to the Sports and House Captain.
During the Cross Country Event, we held a cake sale to raise money for transport costs to sporting events. Thank you to all our staff who donated or made the cakes to sell and a big thank you to everyone who bought a cake or two. We raised an amazing £302; this will really help us with future transport requirements for the sport events we have planned.
Our Lower Junior boys played at the Park House Football Festival on the first day back at school. They competed against John Rankin, Francis Bailey and Hermitage. The boys played John Rankin first and conceded 2-1, they then played Francis Bailey and won 0-4 and for their last game, they played against Hermitage which was a 0-0 draw. Overall, they were runners-up in their league and were just one goal away from going through to the finals - it was so close! Well done, boys. Thank you to Mr. Sheppard and to Mr. Patten, who supported the boys and coached from the sidelines.
They are a great team and lots of positive comments about their playing from other PE leads. I am excited for when they join forces with the current Y5 boys!
