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PE - The Week Ahead - WB 6 February 2012

Monday, 06 February 2012 00:00

Day	Fixture	Time	Bus
Monday	-	-	-
Tuesday	U13 & U16 Netball v Framingham Earl (A) U12 & U15 Netball v Taverham (H) U13 Basketball v Notre Dame (H) Badminton Coaching in the Main Hall	3.25pm 3.25pm 3.25pm 3.25pm	Yes No No No
Wednesday	U14 & U15 Netball v Thorpe St Andrew (H) U16 Football v Taverham (H)	3.25pm 3.00pm	No No
Thurday	U14 Girls Basketball v Broadland (Gym) (H)	3.25pm	No
Friday	-	-	-

Interform Cross Country Competition 2012

Monday, 23 January 2012 08:40

Students were awarded certificates for showing the Olympic
spirit

Recently, all students in years 7, 8 and 9 took part in the annual Interform Cross Country Competition. The course is designed to test both the students' physical and mental toughness along with their capacity to function as part of a team.

Once again the competition was a tremendous success with the vast majority of students trying their hardest to collect as many bands as possible to contribute towards their forms total.

At the end of each race, additional certificates were awarded for those pupils who demonstrated the Olympic spirit by showing excellence in the way they competed, determination in the way in which they battled to achieve their best, or friendship by working well as part of a team and helping others.

The results of each competition will be announced soon.

Well done to all who took part and competed.

Year 9 Student Lewis Griggs is on the fast-track to success

Monday, 14 November 2011 00:00

Having only been competing for two
years Lewis Griggs has amassed
numerous trophies

For the past two years Year 9 student Lewis Griggs has been competing at Junior Grasstrack level Motorcross (MX), riding with the Junior Grasstrack and MX at Norwich New Stars Club at Frettenham. Despite only doing it for two years he is amassing numerous trophies and medals and has a promising future in the sport, as his dad Steven explained.

“He has 1st, 2nd and 3rd trophies taking pride of place in his living room. Lewis is very dedicated. He watches as much of the sport on TV and YouTube as he can and even plays MX on his Xbox! They race Grasstrack from April to September and he trains as much as the weather allows. He would never miss training or a race day, even if he's hurt, he loves it so much.”

Steven went on to say that “Lewis has been riding various bikes since he was five. He started with a quad bike and progressed onto 2 wheels a few years later, riding motocross just for fun. I ride MX as well so I suppose I was the reason he started. His younger brother rides too so it’s a real family affair.”

Lewis Griggs puts his grasstrack motorcycle through its paces

His mum Victoria says Lewis has a promising future in the sport and is very dedicated. She says “He even came back after a nasty BMX accident to ride grasstrack the day after his cast came off! Very dedicated!"

With the possibility of Lewis progressing in the sport, his parents are committed to supporting Lewis. “We are immensely proud of Lewis and that is why we put so much time, effort and money into it.”

“Hopefully next season Lewis will move up to the next group and ride a 250cc bike, which he has asked Santa for! If all goes well for him and he continues to show promise, he could move onto Speedway which is the natural progression from Grasstrack.”

Extra Curricular Programme (September - December 2011)

Wednesday, 07 September 2011 00:00

The extra curricular programme for September - December 2011 is now available to download:

Download a copy of the Extra Curricular Programme (pdf, 7Kb)

Norwich District Athletics Championships

Friday, 06 May 2011 11:12

On Friday 20 May athletes from years 8 - 10 took part in the Norwich District Athletics Championships at the UEA. It was a fantastic day helped by the weather and the superb attitude of the Sprowston athletes. All the athletes played a part in a brilliant team performance. The junior girls finished in third place overall and many of our students will be selected to represent the area.

The most outstanding performances of the day were:

Ellie Girling 1st long jump and 1st 200m
Rosie Branford 2nd long jump
Lucy Ring 200m 3rd and 3rd 100m
Kelly Leyer 100m 2nd and 3rd high jump
Lauren Whitmore 2nd discus
Chloe Higgenbottam 3rd 300m
Katie Vickery 1st long jump and 1st 100m
Gemma Vickery 1st discus and 1st hammer
Matthew Burgess 3rd 200m
Callum Arneil 3rd Javelin
Joe Bennett 3rd high jump
Cameron Norman 1st 1500m
Cameron Reid 3rd 1500m
Aiden Boulter 2nd discus
Simon Woolard 2nd 1500m
Junior girls relay 2nd place
Inter girls relay 3rd place

Huge congratulations to all athletes who took part!

Joannna Dyer

“Footie” Finance Day at Carrow Road

Friday, 01 April 2011 00:00

Year 10 students at Carrow Road Norwich

Financial and budgeting skills were put to the test for 15, Year 10 Economics students when they arrived at Carrow Road for a “Footie Finance Day”. Unknown to them, they were to become The Board of Norwich City Football Club for the day!

Having been split into 4 “Management Boards”, the first task ahead of each Board was to create the tallest tower using only a few sheets of paper, a pair of scissors and a metre strip of cellotape! Amazingly, structures grew and developed out of nowhere and the communication and ideas between board members, which were being judged by Aviva representatives, led to some impressive towers being built. Local MP Chloe Smith also joined in with the morning’s activities, offering help and hands on advice, demonstrated by climbing on to the table top to take responsibility for placing the last winning structural element to the tallest tower!

Teams battle it out to create the tallest towers

The next task for the “Boards” was to use brainstorming sessions to review revenue streams such as ticket sales, merchandise, TV rights and sponsorship sales, that Norwich City Football Club currently use to generate income, ordering them from biggest generator of income to the smallest. This set the foundations for the final Dragon’s Den style task which was to be judged, with results determining how much money each team would get to spend on their own “Football Team” for the afternoons “Championship League”.

Teams created a Power Point presentation to illustrate the innovative ideas they had come up with to generate extra income streams which the Club doesn’t already utilise. Presentations were scored on innovation, effectiveness of power point slides, strength of presentation and ultimately on their logic of spending!

Students produced some great ideas including a “1 night only – Oasis Reunion Gig”, a “Signature” designer footballers range of clothing, a Norwich City Sports Day, consisting of a sponsored boat race between Ipswich and Norwich City, followed by a sponsored Mascot Competition and finally, a return to the old style mobile food, drink and memorabilia vendors, which pupils saw in a DVD presentation depicting the History of the Club.

Above right, Chloe Smith MP offers her advice to “Board” members.
Bottom right, Zach, Rachel, Saffron and Kieron get down to generating income
for Norwich City Football Club!

After lunch in the viewing area above Carrow Road’s hallowed turf, students were placed into their own Champions League, assuming roles of Player /Manager, Player/Coach, Captain, Star Player and Player.

In the rising heat of which must have been the hottest day of the year so far, Teams gallantly played rounds of matches against each other on the pitches at Carrow Park. Prior to the start of each match, Managers received a joker card, which they had to deal with, possibly affecting team performance or the financial situation of their club! With transfer windows between games, Managers had to take responsibility for bidding for players to increase their team’s success and manage their team’s financial situation.

Students take to the Board Room to do business for their Football Club.
Right, teams participate in their very own Champions League gaining income
for their Clubs by winning matches.

All Teams ended up winners on the day, with everyone financially budgeting to keep themselves out of the RED! The day was a fantastic opportunity and experience for students who all gained a clear indication of what challenges are faced by professional Football Club’s!

A huge thanks to Aviva and the Community Sports Foundation who sponsored the event and made the day such an enjoyable one!

Norwich East School Sports Partnership's Inter Schools Swim Gala

Thursday, 04 November 2010 10:23

On Tuesday 19th October over 60 Swimmers from Open Academy, Thorpe St Andrew, Sprowston, Acle and Broadland High Schools competed in the Norwich East School Sports Partnership's Inter Schools Swim Gala.

Swimmers took part in individual and team relays, with some very close races between the 5 teams competing. Sprowston swimmers accrued a fantastic 10 - 1st places and 5 - 2nd places out of 29 races. Unfortunately though our swimmers were just pushed out of 1st place by the Thorpe St. Andrew's Swim Team by 10 points.

Congratulations to all of our squad: Lucy Drane, Zak Vincent, Eleanor Thwaites, Lee Blackett, Amy Turner, Ollie Howes, Chloe Stockwell, Rosie Branford, Jason Willgrass, Robyn Nash, Jack Thomson, Kate Brighten.

Final Positions and scores were:

1st - Thorpe 115
2nd - Sprowston 105
3rd - Broadland 82
4th - Acle 21
5th - Open 15

Well done to Jack Thomson, Lucy Drane, Amy Turner, Robyn Nash, Kate Brighten and Lee Blackett, for gaining 1st places in their individual races. Consequently, they have now been selected to represent the School in the Norwich East School Sport Partnership Squad in the County Schools Inter Swim Gala, at the UEA Sportspark on the 18th November.

Many of these pupils will now be selected to represent the Partnership in the County Schools Gala later this year at Sportspark, Norwich.

Thank you must also go to the staff that selected and accompanied their pupils to the event and all staff and pupils that helped with officiating duties, contributing to a very smoothly run gala - squeezing over 29 races into a very short amount of time!

Year 7 Athletics Team in Area Championships

Monday, 05 July 2010 11:50

On Tuesday 29th June a Year 7 athletics team went to Thorpe St Andrew to take part in the area championships.

Every student played a part in an amazing team performance. Sprowston finished 2nd in the girls team event by just 2 points. The boys finished first and Sprowston were crowned overall winners. Well done to all those that took part.

Girls
Sarah Phippen (2nd hurdles), Freya Boswell, Beth Burrows, Ellie Girling (1st 200m, long jump and relay), Chloe Higgingbottom (2nd high jump), Anna Death (2nd 800m), Lorna Barnard, Lucy Ring (1st 100m, relay) Kelly Leyer (1st relay) , Kayleigh Clarke (1st relay).

Boys
Braydon Harrison (2nd high jump), Leuwrie Blyth (3rd hurdles, 2nd 800m), Mathew Burgen (3rd 100m), Alex Yallop (2nd 100m, 3rd shot), Charlie Norman, Ben Sumser, Sam White, Joseph Bennett (1st High jump), Mathew Karey, Myron Abodunde, Harry Joyce, Adam Gent and Tyler Crosby.

Area Athletics Championships

Tuesday, 15 June 2010 14:41

Due to year 10 and 9 being involved in exams Sprowston took a small group of mainly year 8 athletes to the schools area Athletics championships at the UEA. The athletes excelled themselves both in attitude and performance. The best results of the day were:

Cassian Bevis - 2nd 1500m
Simon Woolard - 3rd 1500m
Emma Jay Mansueto - 2nd triple jump
Amy Turner - 2nd Long jump

The following athletes have qualified to represent the area at the Norfolk schools championships:

Cassian Bevis - 1500m
Katie Vickery - Hurdles and long jump
Vicky Mitchell - 1oom and 200m
Michael Painter - Hammer and Discus

Sprowston Students in School Sports Partnership

Tuesday, 15 June 2010 14:20

On Wednesday 9th June, a group of Year 9 students went to the UEA to participate in a Leadership Academy run by the Norwich East School Sports Partnership. During the day, the students completed one of four different certificated courses where they learned how to lead younger children through warm ups and fun activities in different sports.

Well done to the following;

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