Bring on the Christmas sparkle of the annual Newcastle Hockey Tour 

Our U14s hockey squad have had a highly energetic term of training and fixtures, culminating in the U14 Newcastle hockey trip at the end of November. Getting into the Christmas spirit and bringing a bit of sparkle to Newcastle, our squad headed off onto their annual Newcastle Hockey Tour, including a visit to the Christmas markets. The squad had an awesome few matches, showing superb teamwork, scoring some great goals and progressing with every touch of the ball. They were blessed with some brilliant, sunny, but nevertheless chilly, weather for some superb matches.  

Our hosts at Newcastle High School were amazing and laid on a wonderful evening of pizza, movies, hockey quizzes (well done to winner Ruby!) and an inspirational talk from Shona McCallin, from GB Hockey. 

The team we worked so hard and enjoyed an incredible few days of hockey. They battled well in every game and progressed immensely – supported by a very proud PE Department! 

Other sporting updates: 

Cross-country 

• We are proud of our whole cross-country team who ran so well in this competition in late October. 

• Emma in Year 7 placed 3rd and the team overall placed first 

• In Year 8 Sophia-Rose came 1st, Emma 2nd, while the team took 2nd place 

• Our Year 9s all achieved PBs and had a fab team performance  

• Both Marley and the whole team achieved 1st place in the Year 10 & Year 11 race  

• Congratulations to Eloisa from Year 4 who came 3rd in our cross-country race with several South London schools. Great performance!  

Netball 

• This term we have had a fantastic series of netball matches. In recent U14 A & B team games against Sydenham High, we had some great, hard-fought games, with lots of good netball played, results as follows below: 

• A's narrowly lost 8-10. Player of the match: Georgia  

• B's had a tight win 9-7. Player of the match: Lula 

• Our school netball fans got to enjoy a brilliant day out on 10 December to watch the thrilling Netball match between two incredible teams - the England Roses v South Africa Proteas. England held off South Africa to win Sunday's decider 53-50 and clinch their three-match series 2-1. Our girls were on the edge of their seats and got to come home with some great memorabilia.

Sixth Form Games and wellbeing 

• Our Sixth Form students have enjoyed some very ‘chilled’ winter games and wellbeing sessions this term – in particular a beautiful, sunny morning of canoeing and a very zen wellbeing session led by Miss Smith.