A huge well done to all of the pupils and staff at St John's Primary, Gravesend for some truly amazing recent sporting achievements, all of which are listed below:

 

Basketball

• St John's Basketball team finished 6th at the Kent finals.

 

Athletics

• The Sports-hall Athletics team won the District tournament, and also finished 4th at the Kent finals. This is the schools second highest result!

 

Gymnastics (South East Trio's)

• Mixed trio under 11 national team won and qualified for the national finals.

• Boys trio under 11 national team won and qualified for the national finals.

• Girls trio under 11 regional team placed 1st.

• Girls trio under 11 regional team placed 2nd.

• Girls trio under 11 regional team placed 3rd.

• Boys trio under 11 regional team placed 1st.

• Boys trio under 11 regional team  placed 2nd.

 

Gymnastics (South East floor and vault)

• Mixed under 11 national team won (qualified for the national finals).

• Boys under 11 national team won (qualified for the national finals).

• Mixed under 11 Regional team placed 1st.

• Mixed under 11 Regional team placed 2nd.

11 teams went to the South-East finals and every team achieved a medal with four teams qualifying for the national finals.

 

Football 

• Year 5/6 football team won the district tournament. 

• Year 5/6 football team finished 4th in the Kent finals.

 

Cross Country 

• Year 5/6 team won the district tournament 

• Year 3/4 team finished second 

• Year 1/2 team won the district tournament

 

Hand ball

• Year 5/6 team won the district tournament and the Kent finals are coming up in June!

A huge well done to the pupils and staff at St Teresa's Primary, Ashford who won the Recycling Champion Award at this year's Green School Awards!  See here for the full article and pictures.

The Year 5 and 6 children of St Gregory's Primary, Margate are part of the Burnet News Club. On 2nd February they took part in BNC Live – a day when all BNC schools across the UK work together to discuss and debate a topical issue. This year the children were learning about the right to free speech.

Everyone had a fantastic day developing the skills of scepticism, reasoning, curiosity and open-mindedness. The highlight of the day was when Alistair Steward OBE ‘face timed’ the children to challenge their thinking and thank them for their contributions!

It may not have had pom pom wielding cheerleaders or a half time performance by Beyonce, but the Thanet Primary Schools’ American Flag Football Tournament was a thrilling affair nevertheless with St Joseph’s crowned the Thanet Primary Schools Champions.

A winning 4 match run with a decisive final against Chilton Primary School saw the St Joseph’s team use teamwork and masterful strategy to beat the opposition to invade territory and steal the flag.

Unlike the game’s cousin over the pond, American Flag football is a no tackling game of invasion and flag tagging in which inventiveness and dexterity are key skills. Stella Maris was incredibly proud of Sophia, Phebe, Alex, Damien, William and Daniel who rose to the occasion with a stellar performance of a sport that they had not previously played or practised within the school sporting curriculum!

A huge well done to all of the staff and KS2 pupils at St Joseph's Primary, Aylesham, 100% of KS2 pupils reached or exceeded the expected standard in mathematics.  This places the academy in the top 1% of schools in England!  See the letter from the Secretary of State for Education congratulating the academy below!

St Gregory's Secondary, Tunbridge Wells, held their Certificate Evening for GSCE & A Level students for the academic year 2017/2018 on Tuesday, 18th December 2018. 

 

The Guest Speaker for the evening was Dr Andrew Cooke, Doctor of Philosophy and a former St Gregory's student; and the Mayor of Tunbridge Wells and the Mayor of Southborough were also in attendance. 

 

Special awards went to:

 

Tim Wilkin Award - to Joao Costa (Highest Achiever at GCSE Level) (Pictured below with Dr Cooke)

 

Rosemary Olivier Award - to Joshua Chadwick (For progress in Sixth Form) (Pictured below with Dr Cooke) 

 

Jospeh Sheehy Award - to Karolina Kozakova (For achievement in RE)

 

Huge congratulations to all for their hard work and fantastic achievements!