Autumn Term 2013

Sports

Newsletter St John’s Prep School

Tel: 01707 657294

St. John’s Prep School The Ridgeway

Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5QT

Netball Contents:

Pg. 1

Netball

Football

Pg. 2

Sports trip

Superstars

Pg. 3 Inter-House

Netball and

Football Tour-

nament

Gymnastics

Pg. 4

Cross Country

Pg. 5

Marathon

End of Term

Sports Awards

Pg. 6

Next term

Football

The girls at St. John’s are dedicated to Netball; they are passionate about playing well and winning.

The girls train on a weekly basis during prep time and many of the girls have been continuing this

training during P.E. lessons. This term they have focused on a range of skills including, passing,

footwork, shooting, attacking and defending play.

The F2 and F3 team had their first fixture at home this

term against St. John’s C of E School, the final score was 3

– 1. It was a great win for the girls. A special well done

goes to Holly (F3) for her outstanding shooting and provid-

ing goal shooting opportunities and Hayley (F3) for her

fantastic defending skills and passing play. Next term, the

girls have fixtures lined up with both independent and state

schools. The girls are very excited to be involved in the

inaugural St John’s U11’s Netball Tournament, which will

take place in March on our excellent new ‘tiger turf’ Net-

ball Courts.

The Football squad have been training on a

Thursday night at the Senior School this

term and have been competing against a

number of other schools. All pupils have

been working hard to improve their posi-

tional play and individual skills. The F1 and

F2 boys have risen to the challenge and can

now play comfortably alongside the F3s. The

future looks good for St. John’s as these

young players will be playing together for a

few more years to come.

The team has performed extremely well this

term with two massive wins and a fantastic

effort in the Enfield F.A. Tournament where

we won one, drew two and lost one, only

conceding one goal in the whole tourna-

ment.

The pick of the victories came against Sher-

rardswood (8 – 0) and St. John’s C of E Pri-

mary School (6 – 2). Jonathan Bailey scoring

a hat trick in one and Sean Kanu scoring a

hat trick against both.

The team has also been led extremely well

by our captain and top defender, Hakan

Aknar who has displayed great strength and

determination in defending our goal and

helping lead us to victory.

TOP THREE RESULTS

V Sherrardswood WON 8-0

V St. John’s C of E WON 6-2

V Chesterfield WON 1-0

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Football Tour

St. John’s Superstars

Competing in his first major tennis tournament at orange level, Jason Obiamime (F1)

finished first and won the county tournament, in Finchley, North London, on 29th

September 2013. Jason was playing some of the best 8/9 year olds David Lloyds has

produced. Jason won the tournament without losing a set. The next stage for Jason is

the David Lloyd regional tournament. A future Wimbledon star in the making!

DAVID LLOYD CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS 2013

CADET CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2013

In June, the School Football Squad will be travelling to Spain to help with

their football development. The Squad will take part in a Malaga CF Foot-

ball Development Programme and will train at the resort complex just

outside Marbella.

We will be staying at Atalaya Park Golf Hotel & Resort, which is located

in the very heart of the Costa del Sol of Andalucía, between Estepona and

Marbella, and right next to the sea. This beach resort complex has the

most comprehensive range of sports facilities on the Costa del Sol and

features; two 18-hole golf courses, 6 swimming pools, health club, 9 ten-

nis courts, nautical sports centre, 2 natural grass football pitches, beach

volleyball courts and golf driving range.

Many football teams including the Nigerian national team, Spanish Premier

Division Clubs and others from all over Europe have undertaken their pre

-season or mid-season training camp at Atalaya Park Golf Hotel & Resort.

In addition, during the day out to visit the home stadium of Malaga, coach-

ing sessions will be held at the old first team training pitch adjacent to the

stadium.

We hope this will help develop the boys Footballing skills and help lead

both the players and the school to future success!

Reece (F1) started Go-Karting at a young age; he has now been Go-Karting competi-

tively for 2 years and really enjoys it. Reece was introduced to karting when his father

took him to a race school where he learnt basic kart wheel control, he also went to

cadet club. When Reece was 8 years old he decided he wanted to try racing; he had to

pass a test known as the Arks Test to get his licence. This involved learning about safe-

ty on the track. What the various flags meant and how you would respond. Once

Reece had achieved this he was entered in the Cadet Club Championship. In his first

competition he came 8th out of 16 drivers. Reece realised how much he wanted to win.

He has now competed numerous times during the season, being on the podium in 8 of

them and 1st four times. These results led him to be the overall Champion of the sea-

son, 3 points ahead of 2nd place. One day Reece hopes to be a professional driver and

become a F1 driver.

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Gymnastics

Inter-house Netball and Football Tournaments The Inter-house Football and Netball tournament for all F1, F2 and F3 pupils took place just before the Christmas break. All

four houses competed against one another for the prestigious House Trophy.

In the Football, Water Rats came out on top, winning all three of their games. Jacob Haynes was the star performer with three

goals in the tournament. In Netball, Moles were the overall winners of Inter-House this term, winning all three games, a spe-

cial well done goes to Rachel and Serena for their outstanding shooting on the Moles team.

Football Results Badgers 0 Water Rats 1 (Takombi)

Moles 0 Toads 2 (Harry B.P. & Fabio)

Badger 0 Toads 0

Moles 0 Water Rats 3 (Takombi & Jacob 2)

Toads 0 Water Rats 2 (Jacob & Matthew)

Badgers 0 Moles 2 (Jonny 2)

1st Place Water Rats (3 wins)

2nd Place Toads (1 win, 1 draw & 1 loss)

3rd Place Moles (1 win & 2 losses)

This term in P.E. the pupils have carried out a

gymnastics scheme of work . By the end of the

scheme pupils aimed to create a 10 part sequence

including, individual balances, partner balances,

rolls, jumps and rotations. Pupils were assessed

against a criteria; the pupils needed to consider

their body tension, extension of limbs, fluency of

movement, atheistically pleasing movements and

timing when working with peers. Pupils demon-

strated their creative side, by planning and carry-

ing out their own ideas. At the end of the scheme

of work pupils performed their routines in front

of the class.

As a reward for all their hard work, the pupils

were treated to a session using apparatus such as

climbing bars, ropes, springboard and the vault.

During this session the pupils performed some

spectacular jumps and shapes.

PICTURE

Netball Results

Toads vs Water rats 1 – 0

Badgers vs Moles 0 – 2

Badgers vs Moles 0 – 2

Badgers vs Water rats 0 – 1

Water rats v Moles 0 – 1

Badgers vs Toads 0 – 2

1st Place Moles (3 wins)

2nd Place Toads (2 wins, 1 loss)

3rd Place Water rats (1 win, 2 losses)

Cross Country

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St. John’s pupils took part in their annual Cross Country Competition. The competition was held at the Senior School, where

pupils had to run around the school grounds.

The first race comprised of all the Upper Transitus and F1 boys and girls running one lap of the school grounds, which was

approximately 1KM.

The second race was two laps of the school grounds and was run by all of the boys and girls from F2 and F3.

In total, there were 109 children who completed the race, with everyone of them putting in a fantastic effort, pushing them-

selves to their maximum levels of endurance.

The top three from each year group received medals. Please see the results below.

We also entered the Lee Valley cross Country championships, with our elite runners. We performed well, bringing home 4

medals out of 6 races. They were:

2nd place: Sean Kanu

3rd place: Katherine McKenzie

2nd place: Joshua White

3rd place: Ethan Todd

Years 1st 2nd 3rd

UT Girls Omatoyo Aduroja Ella Robinson Marlie

UT Boys Joshua White Ethan Todd Freddie Tarthen

F1 Girls Maahi Patel Charlotte Wheatley Sofia Gkogka

F1 Boys Sean Kanu Matthew Muwambi Takumi Satoh

F2 Girls Katherine McKenzie Madison Bernardo Nitu Tailor

F2 Boys Jacob Haynes Tatsuya Tavares James Wisker

F3 Girls Aileen Ajibade Mellissa Ourris Holly White

F3 Boys Harry Baldock-Proud Andreas Koureas Tony Dinh

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On Sunday 13th April, Mr. Russell will be taking part in one of the biggest challenges of his life,

The London Marathon!

Recently, Mr. Russell has been training hard, completing up to 16 miles at the weekends.

Mr. Russell will be doing the run in support of ‘Get Kids Going!’, which is a charity that helps

disabled children participate in sport.

Sports’ Pupils of the Term Awards

Mr. Russell Takes on London Marathon

Sean Kanu has had an outstanding Autumn term, producing match winning

performances in Football, scoring 2 hat tricks. He has also performed ex-

tremely well in Cross Country, winning his category in the school Cross

Country event and finishing 2nd in the Lee Valley Cross country champi-

onships. Sean is also very enthusiastic in lessons and produced some excel-

lent work in Gymnastics.

1. Favourite sports team?

Arsenal football team

2. Sporting heroes?

Aaron Ramsey and Kanu (dad!)

3. Favourite sports?

Football, basketball and rugby.

4. Most memorable sporting moment? When Sean was playing for Watford , Sean's team were 3 – 1 down, how-

ever Sean scored a hat trick. To win the game 4 – 3.

Kanu (dad) scoring to beat Chelsea 3 – 2 in Premiership League.

Olivia is a talented athlete who is very enthusiastic about sport, always

putting in maximum effort. Olivia has displayed a high level of ability in

Netball this term, representing the school in fixtures as the Captain of the

Netball Team. At these fixtures she has displayed fantastic attacking skills,

to help the Netball Team win. Olivia is a joy to teach in lessons and has

produced some outstanding work, in Netball and Gymnastics.

1. Favourite sports team?

Tottenham Hotspur Football team

2. Sporting heroes?

Rebecca Adlington and Jessica Ennis.

3. Favourite sports?

Netball, Swimming and Rounders.

4. Most memorable sporting moment?

A netball match against Sherrardswood School , St John’s won 23 – 1.

Dear Parents,

Next term we will be focusing on Fitness and Tennis as well as continuing with Football and Netball. The Cricket

boys will continue to train hard, ready for the summer term and all pupils will be working hard on Monday

mornings in preparation for the

annual Swimming Gala.

We would like to thank you for all

the support you have given the

P.E. Department throughout the

term. Your help in encouraging

the children to attend clubs and

fixtures is vitally important to the

sporting development of our chil-

dren. We look forward to seeing

you in the New Year.

Merry Christmas

and Best Wishes,

Ian Russell (Head of Prep.

School P.E.) & the P.E. Team

Extra Curricular Clubs St. John’s Prep Extra Curricular

Timetable

Monday Girls (F2 and F3) Netball - Senior

School -

Miss Pym & Miss King

Lunchtime

Tuesday Girls (F2 and F3) Netball - Senior

School -

Miss Pym & Miss King

3.20 p.m. – 4.20 p.m.

Boys (F2 and F3) Cricket - Senior

School-

Mr. Russell

3.20 p.m. - 4.20 p.m.

Wednesday Girls (UT and F1) Netball - Senior

School -

Miss Pym & Miss King

3.20 p.m. – 4.20 p.m.

Boys (F1) Cricket - Senior School-

Mr. Russell

3.20 p.m. - 4.20 p.m.

Thursday

Boys (UT to F3) Football -

Senior School -

Mr. Russell & Miss King -

3.20 p.m. - 4.20 p.m. St. John’s 21 – 18 Southgate

Ballet Club Ballet

Ballet takes place on a Monday.

Lower School: 3.00 p.m. - 3.45 p.m.

Upper School: 3.45 p.m. - 4.30 p.m.

Price: £45.00

Number of sessions: 9

Start: Monday 20th January

Finish: Monday 24th March

Payment: cheque made payable to Mrs. A. Boden

Clothing: Girls - pink ballet shoes, pink dress and cardigan

Boys - black leather ballet shoes and ‘Greens’.

Ballet is a fun and exciting opportunity for the pupils at St John’s to be creative and

enjoy themselves within a dance environment.

Fencing Fencing

Fencing takes place on a Friday.

Lower School: 2.30 p.m. till 3.30 p.m.

Upper School: 3.30 p.m. till 4.30 p.m.

Price: £64.00 (£7 a session)

Number of sessions: 9

Start: Friday 25th January

Finish: Friday 28th March

Payment: cheques made to Mrs. Szokolovics.

Only 12 pupils will be admitted to this club.

Clothing: Greens

Fencing is a very popular extra-circular sport at St. John’s. It involves learning the

skills and control needed to play and beat an opponent. Ideal for both beginners

and pupils with experience in Fencing.

If you are interested in any of

the Extra-Curricular Sports

Clubs please look out for a

letter that will be handed to

your child and return the at-

tached reply slip by Thursday,

16th January to Mr. Russell