#LADS 2019

60 year 9 boys from John Spence, Whitley Bay, Churchill & Longbenton attended the #LADS event earlier this week. LADS, Learning And Developing through Sport was in support of International Mens Day 2019 and tackling inactivity in young men & creating positive mental wellbeing. The event was organised & ran by the Sports Development team…

Yr 5/6 Sportshall Athletics at North Gosforth Academy

It was the 7th preliminary Yr 5/6 Sportshall Athletics competition that the PE team hosted on Wednesday at North Gosforth Academy. All four feeder primary schools were in attendance which made for a very competitive afternoon! And this was actually the highest attendance figure we have ever had histroically at this cluster competition! The event…

Overall standings – KS4 Badminton CVL @ Churchill

It was once again the turn of the key stage 4 teams to continue their campaign in the Badminton leagues on Tuesday at Churchill College this week. The teams finishing in 1st and 2nd position within each of their leagues will earn a place at the North Tyneside final in January 2020. Below are the…

Yr 5/6 Sportshall Athletics continues

The team started back after the half term break continuing to host the preliminary Sportshall Athletics competitions at Longbenton High School. It was a jam packed afternoon with 120 year 5/6s competing. Running as fast and throwing and jumping as far as they could with the hope of doing their best for not only their…

Yr 5/6 Sportshall Athletics @ Burnside College

Over 70 year 5/6 pupils attended the second of the preliminary rounds of the Sportshall Athletics competitions at Burnside College with the support of 24 fantastic sports leaders from the College. The team are not able to run competitions without a young leader workforce and when the young leaders that support us are as pleasant…

North Tyneside Trampoline Competition 2019

This week we saw a record number of competitors at the North Tyneside Trampolining Competition… 165 students in years 7 to 11 performed a set and voluntary routine in front of the judges. Students are entered into one of four categories by their teachers which is dependant on their ability and what they have been…

Personal Best Challenge with SMILE Through Sport

On Wednesday the team worked with SMILE Through Sport to deliver the PMLD Personal Best Challenge day, which was a new event in the 2019/2020 calendar. The event was aimed at young people with limited movement and/or those with complex and profound learning disabilities. The idea was for young people to come along and participate in…

KS3 Badminton CVLs

It was the start of key stage 3 badminton leagues on Tuesday & Wednesday evening this week. Players from Churchill, George Stephenson, Longbenton & St Thomas More arrived eagerly to the courts at Churchill to take part in the beginning of their league. In the boys competition there are 5 teams, who on Tuesday evening,…

Sportshall athletics season is upon us!

We kicked off the sportshall athletics season on Tuesday at Marden Bridge Middle School for the first of 8 year 5/6 competitions running throughout October and November. These are team competitions and boys & girls compete in track & field events which they are selected for by their teachers. Each result achieved equates to a…

Talented Athlete Academy 2019/2020 launch

The launch of this year’s Talented Athlete Academy took place at the Langdale Centre on Monday evening for students at schools across North Tyneside. The initative, now it’s third year has been developed by Tyne Met College, in partenership with the North Tyneside PE & School Sport Team & The Talented Athletes Scholarship Scheme (TASS). The…