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Sports Awards

This week, I was thrilled to be able to host our third Sheldwich Sports Awards alongside Mrs Garrett. It was a chance to celebrate our endless sporting successes and give out some shiny awards to some very deserving pupils too. Each class teacher nominated a child in their class to receive the Sports Star of the Year Award and on top of that we gave out a Canterbury Academy Sportsmanship and contribution to school PE Awards and a Sheldwich Sportsmanship Award, Most Competitive Appearances Award, KS1 and KS2 Sports Personality of the Year, a Team of the Year trophy and Overall Contribution to School Sport. Well done to all the award winners.

Sports Stars

Little Hedgehogs – Oliver Johnston

Year R – Rae Cooper

Year 1 – Ollie Barker

Year 2 – Megan Rowland

Year 3 – Flora Woods

Year 4 – Ronnie Gamble

Year 5 – Eddie Austin

Year 6 – Leo Crisp

Canterbury Academy Sportsmanship Award – André Mount-Cassan

Canterbury Academy Contribution to School PE – Joey Holman

Sportsmanship – Arlo Minton

Most Competitive Appearances – Felix Ladd

Team of the Year – Year 5/6 Netball Team

KS1 Sports Personality of the Year – Dylan Hiatt-Gipson

KS2 Sports Personality of the Year – Mollie Wilson

Overall Contribution to School Sport – Viggo Lumsden

Wonderful Day at Wimbledon

I had the pleasure of taking a lovely group of Year 6 students to Wimbledon for the day alongside Mr Lee. We met bright and early and were very excited on the train to London. Buoyed by sweets, we navigated the tube and walked to Wimbledon and found our seats on Court 2. Weather watching at Wimbledon is a ritual and was again much needed - a cloudy, overcast sky hung over us. We found our seats and awaited the first match to begin, the ladies round of 32 tie between Elena Rybakina and Clara Tauson. Rain interrupted play bit we were entertained by hiding under coats, visiting the gift shop and eating strawberries and cream! We then enjoyed the men's match between August Holmgren and Alex de Minaur after a wander around the event and a trip to Henman Hill/Murray Mount. We caught some doubles action before heading home. We all had a thoroughly enjoyable and hopefully inspirational day.    Mrs Fairs

Sheldwich (Almost) Melt in the Sun at the Spitfire Ground

In case anyone hadn’t noticed Monday was a blazing hot day when 33 children went to Canterbury for the annual Kent CC school’s day. Kent was playing Northants on the second day of a county championship game. There was plenty for the children to do with ad hoc activities around the ground and more formal ones at Simon Langton Grammer School and the (cool) indoor sports hall. In addition, there were autographs to collect, water bottles to be filled and sun block to be applied. The children remained sensible during the day given the conditions while the staff appreciated being squirted with water pistols from time to time.

Many thanks to Ms Hill, Mrs Baker, Mr Cork and Mr Mount for helping during the day.

YEAR TWO MAKE IT AT MULTISPORTS

10 children from Year 2 went to Petham Primary School to take part in a Multisport event. We were one of eight teams from several schools competing in series of disciplines testing our throwing, catching, running and jumping skills. The event was managed and scored by Year 6 children from Petham. After an exhausting two hours during which much water was drunk and snacks consumed the results were announced and our team were just outside of the medals. However, there was little of no disappointment shown by the children who all decided they had had a great time. Indeed, while we were waiting for our coach some of our boys were brave enough to take part in an impromptu football game with the older Petham children. Representing Sheldwich in the manner we come to expect were: Rose, Marnie, Willow, Myla, Nala, Edward, Dylan, Indigo, Jacob and Leo, well done all of you and thanks to Ms Hill for encouraging the children.

Dynamo Cricket Tournament Yr 5/6

On Tuesday, myself and Mr Hodder, took 16 children over to Polo Farm for a cricket tournament. We split into two teams and took part in several game throughout the morning, with matches played for the top spots in the afternoon. The children played enthusiastically, communicating well with each other and showing some fantastic sportsmanship. Whilst team 2 played well, they were unfortunately caught out a few too many time. Team 1 managed to make their way to the final round and fought fiercely and walked away with a 2^nd place medal. It was a lovely day out and we were both proud of the children’s performance! Mr Grave

Our Sports Day was blessed with ideal weather and the children all did brilliantly giving their best. The junior classes kicked things off in full competitive spirit and took part in a selection of races both individually and as a team. It was great to see a real team spirit and determination from all. The infants were just as excited and enthusiastic in the afternoon and clearly were just as keen to do their best. The overall results were close both competitions but it was Leaveland who were victorious for both KS1 and KS2. A big well done to our Year 6 Sprint Winners too.

Years Three and Four Play Golf

A very warm Tuesday saw 20 children from Years Three and Four take part in a golfing competition at Canterbury Academy. The format consisted of working their way round several stations where points were awarded for various skills tests around this game. There was no direct competition against other schools the object was to score as many points as possible at these stations with the winner being the school with the most points. Some of the tests were more difficult than others and a light touch was needed with some rather than hitting the ball as far as possible! No budding Rory Mcllroy’s were in evidence, but everybody enjoyed themselves. Our year 4 team were just outside the medals in fourth place and year 3 were sixth.  Representing Year three were: Agnes, Rose, Phoebe, Willow, Posy, Toby, Alex, Fred, Jacob and Rory while the Year Four team were: Dotty, Ava, Roisin, Amelia, Olivia, Dexter, Joe, Leo, Ronnie and Isaac.                                                                                                      Mr Lee

Two eager teams of netballers embarked on the district tournament held at St Anselms  secondary school. 12 teams took part and were split into 3 groups and all teams in every group played each other in a round robin format. Our second team started with a close but tough match against Blean 1 whereby they narrowly lost 3-1. Their next match against Littlebourne resulted in a 6-0 win after some sharp shooting from Eddie and they ended with a tight final game against Wickhambeaux which resulted in a draw. The first team got off to a flying start with a dominant 11-0 win against Barham with some very sharp shooting from Leo. Next up, we faced St Stephens which a much closer game with a 2-0 win and the last group game was a super team performance and ended with a 4-0. The second team narrowly missed out on the knock out stages but the first team stormed into the semi-finals and faced Blean 2. After a close first half to the game, we came put 2-0 winners. This meant that we went into the final having not conceded a goal and confidence being high but we had to face the Blean first team. A very hard fought game saw us edge in front to only be pulled back just before the final whistle. We entered a period of 2 minutes extra time which Nancsi slotted home two more goals to secure us the title 3-1. An excellent team performance and a thank you to Mrs Baker for her help and support.

Mrs Fairs

Sheldwich Success at the Swale Inter-Primary 2km Run

A glorious sunny Saturday morning, greeted a selection of eager runners who were competing in the annual Swale Inter-Primary 2km run. It was lovely to see some children take part in the Yr 4 and under 1km fun run which was dominated by Alexa who stormed to victory closely followed behind by her sister Flora and Alba and Pippa also completed the race all earning themselves some shiny medals.

In the Yr 5/6 2km race, there was an added team competition to play for alongside individual success. The fastest 4 runners from every school counted as the entries for the team competition. We had 8 children taking part and they all did so well, taking part in quite warm conditions. The race was won overall by a fantastic dominant display by Leo (Yr 6) who had a comfortable lead when he crossed the line. Everyone finished and should be very proud of their performances. Our team entry consisted of Leo (1st) Harry from Yr 5 (10th), Sophie from Yr 6 (14th) Sienna from Yr 5 (17th). A pleasant surprise that we had won the team competition overall - a fabulous achievement for the children taking part. Well done also to Margot and Cagan (Yr 5) and Violet and Fred (Yr 6).

Mrs Fairs

Footballers win silver medals!

It was a warm, sunny morning when 10 very excited Year 2 children headed off to Canterbury Primary to take part in a Rapid Fire Cricket competition. The structure of this form of cricket tests batting and fielding skills together with teamwork. There were four schools taking part and we played each other to decide the winners. Our first opponents were Wickhambreaux who put together a very good score of 62 runs which we fell short of by 15 runs. However, our next two games against Canterbury Primary and Bridge were much closer, in fact they were both ties at 43 and 47 runs respectively. So, no wins for our squad but still plenty of smiles with everyone enjoying themselves. Representing our school (very well, as always) were: Megan, Olivia A, Neive, Willow, Rose, Dylan, Edward, Nathan, Logan and Josh, well done children. Thanks go to Ms Hill for encouraging the squad all morning and to our Year 6 coaches: Mollie, Sophie, Harry and Viggo who held a training session with the squad. Mr Lee

Netball League Match Vs Selling

We kicked off this year’s netball league with a convincing win over Selling Primary School. The team were very excited to finally get to play a match and we were lucky enough to have home advantage. Our team is strong across all areas of the court and some early sharp shooting from Leo and Nancsi meant we took healthy lead into the second half. Superb defence and interceptions meant that we never conceded a goal throughout the match. It was a wonderful all round team performance and Sheldwich were victors 14-0. Well look forward to our next game.

Mrs Fairs

Virtual Dance Competition Results

It was very enjoyable watching all your entries to the competition of which were all in the KS2 Novice category. In discussion with Mrs Garrett the results were as follows:

1st- Clara (Yr 4)

2nd - Toby (Yr 3)

3rd - Rex (Yr 4)

We also wanted to award a highly commended award to Eloise in Class 4 for a superb routine.

Rex was awarded a bronze medal in the Canterbury Academy  KS2 Novice Boys competition - well done!

Well done everyone.

Mrs Fairs 

Sun Shines on Sheldwich at the Hockey

A glorious afternoon of hockey was enjoyed by the Year 5 and 6 teams who competed in the Hernebay, Whitstable and Canterbury district tournament. 20 teams took part and were split into 4 groups. Luckily, we were indifferent groups and the Year 5 team played really well, showing determination and teamwork, winning one game, drawing two and a narrowly losing the fourth. This resulted in them finishing 3^rd in their group so unfortunately not progressing any further in the tournament. The Year 6 team started strongly, winning three group games and narrowly losing 1-0 to Hernehill. This meant we finished runners-up in the group and progressed to the quarter finals. We faced Boughton next and took an early 3-1 lead to be pegged back to 3-3 as the final whistle went. We had to then play extra time and it was still even and so we faced the dreaded penalties. Each player one by one took a penalty and our team scored them all and eventually the other team missed sending us through to the semi-finals. We had been playing lots of back to back games which was very tiring but were in great spirits when we played Davington for a place in the final. Excellent teamwork, stick skills and determination meant we won 4-2 and got to play Hernehill again in the final. It was a very closely fought game but they were a bit sharper in front of goal, ending 2-0 to them. Proud silver medallists and a huge well done to all playing! Thank you to Mrs Kingsford for coming and leading the Year 5 team.

Mrs Fairs

Cross Country event March 2025

KS2 District Cross Country

35 excited and eager Key Stage 2 runners took part in the annual district cross-country competition at Chartham Primary School. The weather was fantastically sunny with no wind – ideal for running. In total 334 took part across all schools in the event. Each race had about 35-40 competitors, Years 3 and 4 had to run 1000m and Years 5 and 6, 1500m. Every race was highly competitive and every one of our runners gave their all, showing courage and determination! We had some individual successes, Leo in Class 6 put on a masterclass, won his race by a country mile, and was presented with the gold medal, Roisin in Year 4 and Alexa in Year 3 won silver medals and Jacob in Year 3 won bronze. All our teams placed in the top three in each of their categories with a couple narrowly missing the trophy. Yr 3 boys, Yr 5 boys and Yr 6 boys and girls all placed second in their team competitions and Yr 3 girls, Yr 4 boys and girls, Yr 5 girls all came third. There were some tough races but everyone showed such determination and drive – well done. Thank you to the parents who helped take the children to the event.

Mrs Fairs

Sheldwich Runners Up at Year 3/4 Football Tournament

It was a bitterly cold day at Simon Langton Boys this Tuesday when we took two mixed teams from Years 3 and 4 to this 16 team competition. The opening stages were familiar with four groups of four playing each other to decide the knockout stage. Sheldwich 2 had a very challenging group which began with a match against Blean 1, where although we defended courageously, we conceded goals late on. The team’s other two matches both ended in defeat, however the squad acquitted themselves bravely and, of course, never gave up. Sheldwich 1 on the other hand had smooth progress to the knockout stage by winning two and drawing their other game.

From that point progress became more complicated. A quarter final against Wincheap was 1-1 at full time; a period playing for a golden goal did not produce a finish, so the tie went to penalties. The best of three kicks still had the two teams locked together but sudden death saw us into the semi-final, after a great strike from Dexter, to face Canterbury Primary. After 0-0 here we went to golden goal again and very quickly a strike from Jacob put us in the final against…… Blean 1. A close game ensued but Blean edged out the winners and we collected well deserved silver medals. Congratulations to all the children. 

Sheldwich Enjoy Themselves at Badminton Festival

On Tuesday 4^th February we took 12 children from Year 5 to a Badminton Skills Festival at Canterbury Academy. This was a non-competitive event (although every child earned a certificate) where via a carousel system various skills were learnt and at the end of the session the children got to play short doubles matches. Year 5 have been learning badminton as part of their PE curriculum so were able to fully participate in all the activities and judging from the smiles throughout the afternoon had a great time. Representing Sheldwich in the normal exemplary fashion.

Sheldwich Compete in Dodgeball Tournament

This Tuesday saw the beginning of the school’s sporting calendar with the above competition at Canterbury Academy. We took two teams, one each from Years 5 and 6. There were 16 teams competing and the tournament was arranged on a waterfall format rather than group stages and a knockout. To begin there were four groups of four playing on a round robin basis to decide the next group stage and the overall placings. Our Year 5 team had a win, a draw and a defeat, while Year 6 had one victory and two defeats; the former progressed to group two and the latter to group three.

Here fortunes rather diverged with Year 6 winning two and losing one game and Year 5, in a tough group, losing all three matches to strong opposition. Everybody played to the best of their ability and, of course, represented Sheldwich as would be expected. Special mentions to Lizzie, who on more than one occasion found herself bravely taking on single handedly several opponents, while Teddy engineered a great comeback playing on his own against an entire team, but by virtue of great catching and throwing got other team members back on the court and we snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.

Representing Year 5 were: Matilda, Emily, Lizzie, Sylvester, Joshua and Cagan while Year 6 members were: Abby, Amelie, Emilia, Jaxon, Toby and Teddy. Well done all!

Football Success

Sheldwich 1^st and 2^nd in Canterbury Football Tournament

An outstanding performance by our two teams resulted in and first and second place in the above tournament held at Simon Langton Boys.

Our boys team took part in a round robin competition comprising of six schools which was decided by a league format. Of our five games, we won three and drew the other two with a 9-2 goal difference, which gave us victory. The scoring was shared among five players from our squad of nine with Ethan having the lion’s share. Our key game turned out to be against Barham School, who came second, where we edged the result 1-0. Congratulations boys.  Sheldwich were represented by: Arlo, Bertie, Fred, Felix, Ethan, Joey, Eddie, Ellis and Josh B.

Our girls’ team had a different format with a round robin group stage followed by a semi-final and final. We topped our group with three wins and a draw with a goal difference of 7-1. Here Mollie dominated the scoring with a hat trick and three other strikes. Our semi-final opponents were Aylsham who we beat with something to spare 3-0. So, off to the final against Selling, who we had beaten 1-0 in the group stage.  A close game was in store and so it proved with Sheldwich dominating play but unable to make the breakthrough.  It was 0-0 at full time, so to penalties, and here Selling prevailed 2-1.  Well done girls, a great performance, don’t be downhearted. The squad were: Olivia, Roisin, Ava, Ella, Emilie, Sophie, Tilly, Mollie, Grace and Felicity.

Finally, a big Sheldwich thanks to Mrs Moss and Mr Wilson for coaching and encouraging the teams and in one case dealing with the angst of a penalty shoot out. Mr Lee

Sheldwich Third and Fourth in Basketball Competition

Sheldwich took two teams to the above tournament. There was a total of sixteen teams taking part and these were split into four groups of four, playing each other to decide the quarter finalists. Our two teams were drawn apart at this stage and both finished second in their group, with two wins and a defeat. We avoided each other at the quarter finals with Sheldwich A beating Canterbury Primary School convincingly 14-4, while the B team edged past St Stephens 7-6. So, we both advanced to the semi-finals and were kept apart again, playing teams from Blean. The B team had a tough assignment against Blean A and were defeated while the A team narrowly lost 4-2 to Blean B. Finally, we played each other, this time for third and fourth place and the A team prevailed in a close match and collected the bronze medals. Well done to all, as once again Sheldwich punched above their weight. Representing the A team were: Mollie, Sophie, Tilly, Charlotte, Leo, Ethan, Felix and Harry, while the B team consisted of Nancsi, Emily, Abby, Caitlin, Arlo, Viggo, Bertie and Ezra.

Sports Crew 2024-2025

To continue to improve and build on our sporting successes this year we have elected a Sports Crew (Year 6) who will help to organise, coordinate and promote school sports clubs, competitions and a virtual league. The Sports Crew attended a training session at The Canterbury Academy on Tuesday 24th September with Mrs Diddams and Mrs Garrett. They are now in the process of putting a PowerPoint presentation together in order to deliver an assembly to the whole school.

Tag Rugby

Members of classes 3, 4, 5 and 6 went to Canterbury Rugby Club to take part in a rugby extravaganza! The Year 3 and 4 children took part in numerous games, lead by sports leaders from Simon Langton Boys School, to improve their skills in the game of rugby leading to playing mini matches. The Year 5 and 6 children took part in a tag rugby tournament. Whilst neither of our teams placed, their performances’ went from strength to strength as they figured out the game and how best to work together as a team. Overall, a grand day out!

Yr 5/6 District Handball Tournament

We love handball at Sheldwich and were very excited to be participating in the annual handball tournament at Canterbury Academy. We entered two teams: an A team in the main competition and a B team in the small schools tournament. The A team were faced with some stiff opposition and as we were the smallest school represented in the competition, we did brilliantly, playing to a very high standard. We started strongly with an easy win against Canterbury Primary School, scoring a plethora of goals and keeping the defence tight. The team were all playing brilliantly and the play was flowing nicely. The second group game was a tough encounter against a strong Blean team. We gave everything but narrowly lost which meant we needed a win in the last group game against Chartham to make the knockout stages. The team showed great resilience and won convincingly,evenly sharing out the goals and Arlo was strong in goal. We faced St Stephens in the semi-final and it was a very fast paced and tough contest. It was end to end, with an even share of the goals for most of the match. The team gave their all but were narrowly defeated. This meant that we had to show some real resilience to take on the third/fourth place match against Canterbury Primary School. I could not have been prouder of the determination and fight the whole team showed and rightly we came away with well deserved bronze medals winning 6-5! A huge congratulations to Arlo, Felix, Viggo, Ethan, Mollie, Tilly and Sophie.                                                                                                          Mrs Fairs

Meanwhile the Sheldwich B team were contesting a small schools competition on the outside courts. This was on a league basis with six teams taking part. Our squad proved to be too strong for our opponents and we had a 100% win record with an aggregate goals for/against of 27-8. Representing the school here were: Nancsi, Violet, Catlin, Leo, Fred, Joey and Eddie. All the children performed brilliantly and of course represented Sheldwich as we would expect. Special call out to Caitlin who made her debut in goal and not only made important saves in our close games, but her solid distribution helped to start our attacks. Well done everyone!             Mr Lee

We are delighted to announce that for the second consecutive time Sheldwich have been awarded the Platinum Sports Kitemark Award. This is the highest level we could achieve and only a few schools in the area have achieved it. It recognises the high level of sporting provision we offer and the wonderful participation of our students in being active and sporty.

Personal Bests 

At Sheldwich, we encourage the pupils to follow all the School Games values whenever we participate in any sporting activity. We pride ourselves on showing this values whether we are competing at school or against another school. Most importantly, at Sheldwich we want the children to try their best and endeavour to improve it. The idea of their personal best and striving to beat it, is held highly and praised, celebrated and encouraged.