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
- Tuesday 29th April - Girls Year 4/5/6 Football Tournament
- Thursday 8th May - Year 3/4 Tri-golf
- Saturday 10th May - Year 3/4/5/6 Quad Kids
- Tuesday 6th May - Year 3/4 Kwik Cricket Boys
- Tuesday 20th May - Year 5/6 Kwik Cricket Girls
- Tuesday 1st July - Year 5/6 Dodgeball Girls
- Tuesday 15th July - Year 1/2 Multi Skills
Teams to be announced.
Latest Events/Results
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!
