Year 5 have been working this half term with coach Lauren from South Tyneside Gymnastics Club. We have been learning different balances including front and back balance, dish and arch, frog balance and head stands.
“When playing in the match I felt worried that the other team would win or score. When playing on the arena I felt nervous because the other team was over at our net all of the time. When watching the game I felt excited because it was a hard match and I wanted to know who would win. On the overall experience I felt happy that we had got so far but sad because we lost.” – Ria
On Friday the 17th of March, the Year 5 Hoops4Health finalists took part in a the finals at the Vertu Arena, before a Newcastle Eagles game.
They played against Forest View Primary School in front of their family (and some of the public) in the stands. They once again fought ferociously to a nil-nil draw, forcing a free-throw shoot out. However, unlike in the semis, Harton lost to a single basket – which resulting in them coming joint 3rd place with Cleadon Village.
“Playing in the match was really cool because people were watching and it was for the semi finals as well. Playing on the arena was harder because it was a bigger court. When watching the game, it was good because you got to chant a lot. The overall experience was really good even though we lost in the semi finals.” – Harley
The team enjoyed a free Newcastle Eagles basketball game with friends and family, and they got to once again go on the court for the medal ceremony.
“I felt quite nervous when playing the match. When we started playing it was ok I was quite confident then. When we were watching the game I loved it it was very interesting to watch and very exciting to experience it. Overall, IT WAS INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!” – Ella
40 children from year 5 took part in the Hoops4Health tournament at the Vertu Arena with the Newcastle Eagles.
Playing in 4 different group stages, the children had lots of fun playing against the others schools in South Tyneside.
After lunch, 2 of the Harton teams had to play against each other in the first of the knockout stages. Harton 1 won with a single basket to move onto the quarter finals – against Stanhope Primary School.
The children fought with everything they had and halted Stanhope from scoring a single basket – resulting in a penalty shoot out. Ria and Harley were chosen to take the shots for Harton.
With girls first, both Ria and the Stanhope playing missed theirs – followed by a miss from the Stanhope boy. Leaving the pressure to rest upon Harley’s shoulders. The ball went up, with a smooth backspin, hitting the back of the rim and dropping into the basket. The 39 other children ran onto the court, cheering Harley’s name – as the team progressed onto the semi-finals, which take place during the Eagles game on the 17th of March.
Reception have enjoyed exploring the new outdoor equipment this week and we even created our own obstacle course! To manoeuvre our way around the obstacle course, we have been using a range of movements such as hopping, jumping, rolling and climbing. It has been so much fun!
Some of the children in Year 2 visited Temple Park to take part in a multi-skills event. The children competed in team races including throwing, sprinting and balance games. Everyone had a fantastic day!
The children from our school demonstrated outstanding behaviour and manners and represented Harton Primary excellently. Well done to all.
It was amazing to see a former pupil, Sharna Wilkinson, score the winning goal for Newcastle United Ladies on Sunday in front of over 28,000 fans! Sharna, who has represented England, is an inspiration to all of our pupils.
See her interviewed after the game here:
Thursday night saw the return of school football in the borough. An excellent performance for the team saw them beat Mortimer 4 nil with 3 goals for Zofia (her 18th goal of the week for the school!) and a goal for Alfie.
This half term competitive sport returned with the annual cross country tournament. 48 children from across Years 3-6 represented the school and all can be proud of their performances. The Year 3 and 4 children ran 600m whilst Year 5 and 6 children ran 1200m. We had some fantastic individual performances with Ava, Ria and Harrison all making the podium.
Our Year 6 girls produced an outstanding display and were awarded a perfect score with Grace, Martha and Zofia finishing first, second and third.
A massive well done to all that took part.
Competitive football returned this week with the girls taking part in the Alan Grimes Cup.
In the group stage the girls played 5 games and won all 5.
Harton 4 -0 St Gregory’s (2 goals for Zofia and Grace)
Harton 4 – 0 Marsden (3 goals for Zofia and 1 for Grace)
Harton 3 – 2 Jarrow Cross (1 goal each for Zofia, Caitlin and Grace)
Harton 1 – 0 Toner Avenue (goal for Zofia)
Harton 4 – 0 Cleadon (4 goals for Zofia)
This put us through to the semi finals and we played Lord Blyton.
Harton 3 – 0 Lord Blyton (3 goals for Zofia)
In the final we played East Boldon and despite taking the lead we were unfortunately defeated.
Harton 1 – 3 East Boldon
An excellent performance from all the girls with several playing their first ever competitive games of football.
After a break of three years, the Bart Rippon Cup returned this week. Following on from winning their league title earlier in the year, the team had a good chance of progressing in the cup. In the group stages, the children were unbeaten, without conceding a goal, and defeated East Boldon in the final group game with a late goal to progress through to the semi-final stage. Unfortunately, a fantastic free kick for Hebburn Lakes was the only goal of the game and the boys had to play in the third placed game. In this game they beat St. Aloysius 2 nil to finish third out of almost twenty teams.
Well done boys.
