Posts by Laura Flasby

It was the turn of the U16 boys to take to the tables at Churchill last week for the first session of their central venue league. There were 8 teams in attendance & each of them played in 4 matches. Within a team there are 4 players, ranked 1-4 and they each play against their…

Over 90 young people in years 3, 4, 5 & 6 joined the team at the Evolution Football Centre for the boys Dogdeball & girls Football Central Venue leagues (CVLs) on Tuesday evening. The PE team believe that the secondary CVL format that has been running for the last few years has worked so successfully,…

At the end of last week the team held the first of 8 Trail & Challenge events for year 4 & 5 pupils for first, primary & middle schools from  across the borough. Friday 4th October proved to be a testing day for the pupuls due to the wet weather but it certainly did not…

On Thursday evening over 70 boys from Burnside, Churchill, John Spence, Kings Priory,Longbenton, St. Thomas More, Valley Gardens , Wellfield & Whitley Bay participated in the U13 Table Tennis & the U16 Basketball Central Venue Leauge. These events have been running alongside one another throughout the autumn term for the last couple of academic years…

Boys and girls teams in key stage 4 from Burnside, Churchill, Lonbenton & St. Thomas More joined the team on Tuesday evening for the first of the Badminton CVLs at Churchill. 7 boys teams & 5 girls teams, who are viying for a place at the final in January played in teams of 4, playing…

Hundreds of year 2 pupils got their hearts pumping at the first of the PE & School Sport team’s Mutli-skills Festivals today. The young people participated in lots of different activities, working on their running, jumping, throwing, catching, accuracy, timing & reaction skills! Phew! I think there might be some tired school children by the…

Wednesday this week saw the start of the central venue leagues… one of many that the team & school staff will be running this academic year. This one was Badminton. Key stage 4 students from 5 secondary schools acsended on John Spence sports centre to play in several singles & doubles games against rival schools, with the…

This year 4 new schools applied and achieved the Platinum School Games Mark award! That’s a total of 8 schools in North Tyneside with the Platinum status, demonstrating  consistently high standards within their school sport provision. Congratulations to, Bailey Green Primary, Burradon Primary, Marden Bridge Middle & Valley Gardens Middle who have all been successful…

There has been a real drive in girls and womens football with the North Tyneside PE & School Sport Team becoming the FA Girls’ Football School Partnership for the area & working alongside schools and the local FE college to provide programmes to engage, excite and encourage girls to make football part of their lives…

On the 25th April 2019, 63 North Tyneside schools took part in the 2019 Daily Mile celebration day. The initiative was kick started in North Tyneside back in April 2018, where schools pledged to encourage children in their school to complete one mile by either walking, jogging or running on their school site, within their  school…