Brookmans Park School

Sports Blog 2023- 2024

Events Timetable 2024/2025

September

Wednesday 18th - Y5 running festival at Monks Walk (9.30 - 11.00)

Thursday 19th - Y3 Multi-Sports at Monks Walk (13.30 - 15.00)

Tuesday 24th - Y5/6 boys (x10) football at Monks Walk (15.30 - 17.00)

October

Wednesday 2nd - BMX workshop

Thursday 3rd - BMX workshop

Thursday 3rd - A team football fixture, home (15.30 - 17.00)

Friday 4th - Y4 football festival (10 boys) at Monks Walk (9.30 - 11.30)

Friday 4th - Y4 football festival (10 girls) at Monks Walk (12.30 - 14.30)

Friday 4th - Girls football fixture, home (15.30 - 17.00)

Thursday 10th - Netball fixture, home (15.30 - 17.00)

Thursday 17th - Y6 Multi-Sports at Birchwood LC (13.00 - 15.00)

Thursday 17th - B team football fixture, home (15.30 - 17.00)

Tuesday 22nd - Y5/6 girls (x10) football at Monks Walk (15.30 - 17.00)

Two teams of talented Year 6 cricketers travelled to Potters Bar Cricket Club on The Walk today for a cricket festival against local schools. After some tough groups games, we were delighted to learn both teams had made the semi finals (although, admittedly, there weren’t a huge number of teams playing!). In the tightest of games against each other, the Blues came out on top (by just eight runs), leaving them to face Cranborne in the final. Meanwhile, the Reds were pitted against Little Heath in the 3rd/4th place play-off. Despite some excellent fielding - including impressive bowling by Johnny - they sadly fell to a six run defeat to claim a very credible 4th place. Then came the final. Hearts were in mouths, legs were shaking (well, Miss Kropman’s were), but our plucky team did not let nerves get the better of them! Heroic batting was witnessed from Pantelis, Zack and Molly to get us off to a cracking start. At the end of our batting overs, we had set a super target of 231 runs to beat. What happened next can only be described as…STRESSFUL, with this reporter currently needing a lie down on the sofa! Insane catches from player of the tournament Owen and speedy fielding responses from Violet, Jude and Henry led to the tensest of finishes, with Cranborne just 9 runs behind with two balls remaining. Thankfully, we saw this out to claim the win by just four runs!
Well done to both teams for excellent sporting play this afternoon. You were a pleasure to be with and Mrs Davies and I were very proud of all of you! Miss Kropman x

Blue team - Zach A, Jude, Henry, Pantelis, Owen, Ellie, Molly, Olivia T, Violet, Emily S 

Red team -  Ella, Emily V, Dotty, Georgia, Hannah, Finley, Archie, Johnny, Lias, Hunter 
 

On Wednesday morning, Y5 braved the cold conditions to take part in a Paris 2024 Multi-Sports event at Gosling Sports Park.  The event was Olympic themed, which was attended by numerous other schools across Welwyn and Hatfield.  In preparation for the event, the children were put into teams and allocated a country to represent.  They then spent some time designing and making a flag, based on the official flag of their adopted country.  We represented Ireland, Kenya and Jamaica.  After the opening ceremony, the children took part in numerous different sporting events and had a great time.  The event culminated in an individual sprint and team relay races.  Well done to Ferris (Jamaica) for winning the boys sprint, and to Hudson, Alfie, Toby and Simukai (Jamaica) for winning the boys team relay.

On Wednesday, Y3 went to Monks Walk to take part in a multi-sport afternoon.  During a very hot few hours, they took part in numerous different sporting activities, such as archery, javelin, foot tennis and kick rounders, along with other schools.  All the activities were run by sports leaders from Monks Walk.  Our children threw themselves into all the activities and had a wonderful time.  Well done to the whole of Y3.

Today, our KS2 girls cricket team played in the County Cricket Finals in Ware.  The girls batted and fielded brilliantly in the heat to come 2nd in our group, winning 2 of 3 matches.  The 1st group match saw them score a huge total of 94 runs.  In a tight semi-final, we were narrowly beaten by Grove School, which left us with the bronze medal match to complete the day against St James Academy.  Unfortunately, the girls couldn't quite manage to defend a decent total, and lost by single figures.  All the girls dealt with a long day in the heat superbly.  They should be very proud of themselves. 

Well done to Georgia, Violet, Molly, Olivia, Hannah, Emily V, Emily S, Dotty, Ella and Catherine.

This week, we have had two wonderfully successful sports days.  Both days were team events in celebration of the addition of 'Together' to the Olympic moto, which the children all embraced and performed brilliantly.  The team ethos on display from everyone was great to see.  A big thank you to Y6 for helping out on Tuesday, and to the House Captains for helping to organise their houses on Wednesday.  Also, a huge thank you to all the family members who came to support; the children loved hearing you cheer them on.

On Tuesday 21st May, Y3 braved the weather to play in a tag rugby event at Monks Walk School.  This was very exciting for the children, as it was the first time that many of them had taken part in a sporting event outside of school.  They had the opportunity to revise some tag rugby skills and play some matches against other schools,  All the children had smiles on their faces and had a wonderful afternoon.  Well done to the whole of Y3.

On Monday, 10 children from Y3/4 went to Mill Green Golf Club to take part in a Tri-Golf competition.  All Y3/4 children had enjoyed a workshop last month, and children were chosen form that workshop to represent the school.  There were 10 other schools playing and the children took part in 8 different golf related games, each of which gave the children the chance to win points for the team.  After 2 hours of golf in the sunshine, our team finished in 2nd place.  They all represented the school fantastically well, and had a great morning.  Well done to all involved.

On Wednesday 8th May we took two mixed Y4 football teams to play in a 5-a-side football tournament at Cranborne school.  It was great to see so many Y4 players, may of who will regularly representing the school in A and B teams in the coming years.  Despite the very hot conditions, our children played and represented the school amazingly and even made the latter stages of the tournament.  Well done to all those who played.

On Friday, our girls team played a fixture night at Oakmere as part of the Potters Bar league.  It was another successful evening for the team, who have gone from strength to strength this season.  They won the first game against Cranborne 2-1, and followed that win up with a huge 7-0 victory against Oakmere,  This was especially pleasing considering this was a first league match for Isobella and Kay in Y5, who had been regular attendees at our after school club in the spring term and therefore deserved a chance to play.  Well done to the whole team.

A team football 

On Thursday, our A team went to Oakmere to play in the last full fixture night in the Potters Bar League.  The team played very well, under the stewardship of Mr Hava and Mr Alexander, beating Oakmere 4-1, followed by a frustrating 0-0 draw against Cranborne.  With one game to catch up on, the league is nearly at an end for another season.  Hopefully, a final win will see us finish the league season on a high. Well done to all the team.

On Wednesday afternoon, we had a friendly match at home against Alban City School.  This was always going to be a tough match, as Alban City had just won their league in St Albans and were high on confidence.  However, our team rose to the occasion.  They ran out 3-2 winners, with goals from Jack and two from Pantelis.  This was by far the best performance of the season from the team.  They played great football and encouraged each other throughout.  Well done to all the players.

On Wednesday, our Y6 netball team went to Stanborough School to compete in a district competition.  We were in a group with six other schools, and we played each school once.  We finished the group stage in 4th place, with a record of two wins, a draw and three losses.  We then narrowly lost to Watchlytes School, who were the 4th place team from the other group.  Well done to all the players, especially Chloe and Amelia who were playing for the first time.

On Thursday, our B Team  footballers played two matches at Little Heath school in the Potters Bar league.  The first match was against Pope Paul, which we drew 0-0, despite hitting the woodwork on four occasions.  There were far more goals in the second match against our hosts, Little Heath.  We took advantage of the slope to race into a 2-0 lead by half time, with goals from Harvey and a great strike from Jaxon.  Little Heath pulled it back to 2-2 early in the second half, before we regained control of the match with goals from Andrew K and Andrew C to eventually run out 4-2 winners.

Well played everyone.

On Monday, a team of Y6 boys went to Ridgeway School to take part is a district football tournament. To say that they were successful, would be an understatement!  The team won the tournament, with an unbeaten record, scoring 15 goals along the way and only conceding one, which was a penalty.  Well done to the whole team.  A special mention to Zach in goal, who was a rock between the sticks, for not conceding a goal in open play.

At the end of a very busy week, our girls went to Little Heath school to play two league matches.  Once again, the team performed superbly.  They won both games, the first 2-0 and the second 2-1.  This team continues to grow and their performances are getting better each time they play.  Well done to all of you.

On Friday, we were lucky enough to have some amazing coaches from Potters Bar Crusaders come into school to run a football session for girls to mark International Women's Day.  This was part of a Football England initiative to have the biggest ever mass participation football event for girls, involving schools across England.  We had over 40 girls from KS1 and KS2 on the field at lunchtime, taking part in various football activities.  The sun even came out for us.  Well done to al those who took part.

District Indoor Athletics

On Thursday, 21 of our Y6 children competed at the District Indoor Athletics competition at Ridgeway Academy, having qualified the previous week.  They competed in numerous track and field events across the afternoon against 7 other qualifying schools.  Both the boys and the girls teams competed superbly, each team coming second overall, which was an amazing achievement in a very strong field. The whole team have been working hard during weekly training sessions before school, so they should be incredibly proud of themselves. 

On Tuesday, our girls' football team took part in the Premier League Primary Stars U11 tournament at Watford FC training dome.  There were 32 team taking part in total, split into groups of 8.  Our team were in a very tight group, with all the teams performing at a similar, high level.  After our 7 group games, we finished with a record of 1 win, 5 draws & 1 loss, meaning that we finished 5th overall in the group with only the winner progressing to the semi-final.  Our team was recognised for showing great ambition in our play throughout the day, and were awarded a cup to reflect this amazing example of positive sporting behaviour.  Well done to the whole team.

Girls District Football

On Friday 16th February, the girls football team went to Ridgeway to compete in a district football tournament.  The girls had an amazing afternoon, finishing 3rd out of 12 teams without losing a game or conceding a goal.  It was a wonderful achievement, particularly as some of the girls had never played in a tournament of the size before.  Well done to Ellie, Savannah, Josie, Hannah, Georgia, Dotty, Amelia, Marina, Elina and Emma.

On Saturday, a team of Y5 and Y6 children went to St Margaret's School in Bushey to take part in the Hertfordshire Cross Country Championships.  They competed against schools from all over Hertfordshire on a very tough, hilly 1600m course.  Every single one of our children ran fantastically well, against up to 100 runners in each race.  A special mention to Jack, who finished just outside of the top 10 in the Y5 boys' race, and to Amelia and Marina, who also finished just outside the top 10 in the Y5 girls' race.  Well done to the whole team!

Football at St. Giles

On Thursday, the football 1st team played a Potter Bar league fixture night at St Giles as part.  It was a very successful evening, with the team winning both matches.  They began with a 3-1 victory over the hosts, St Giles, and then backed that up with a 2-0 win over Ladbroke.  The whole team played incredibly well in both games.  A special mention to Ellie P, who was a standout player on her 1st team debut.  Well done to all.

Y6 Netball - Stanborough

On Wednesday evening, the Y6 netball team took part in a fixture night at Stanborough School.  As always, the players showed great teamwork and resilience against some tough opponents.  The players recovered from a heavy defeat against a well drilled (and very tall) Green Lanes A team, to comfortably beat the Green Lanes B team 4-0.  They followed this up with a hard fought 2-2- draw against Watchlytes and finished with a narrow defeat against a very good St Michael's side.  The players kept going to the very end, as the temperature dropped, and supported each other throughout.  Well done to Georgia, Ella, Evie, Demi, Frankie, Dotty, Violet and Emily.

Y6 Football - Utilita U11s Cup

On Tuesday, a Y6 football team went to the Watford FC Dome to play in the 2024 Utilita Cup.  As expected, the standard of football was high and our players rose to the occasion magnificently.  They recovered from an narrow loss in the opening game to post a record of two wins, one draw and two losses, finishing third in the group.  This was a great achievement, bearing in mind the quality of the opposition.  Most importantly, the players all enjoyed the experience of playing at Watford FC and they represented the school wonderfully.

Well done to Jude, Johnny, Hunter, Henry, Jackson, Pantelis, Zach A, Lias and Archie.

Girls' football - Monks Walk

On Tuesday evening, members of our after school girls' football club went to Monks Walk to play a fixture evening.  We played two matches, against Commonswood and Welwyn St Mary's and both were very tight affairs - ending in 0-0 draws.  Many of the team have played very little competitive football and performed brilliantly.  Well done to Josie, Ruby, Kay, Isobella, Georgia, Emily, Hannah, Savannah & .Emma.

Y4 Speed Stacking

On Thursday 18th January, a team of Y4 children went to Ridgeway School to take part in a Speed Stacking competition.  This consisted of an individual boys and girls competition, and a team relay.  George and Finn came 2nd and 3rd in the boys race, and Emily came a brilliant 1st in the girls race.  In the relay, the children worked wonderfully as a team to win the race.

Well done to Emily, Raya, Ayla, Darcy, Finn, Alfie, Harry and George.

Year 6 Netball Fixtures at St Giles

Our Yr. 6 netball team played two matches on the 18th January away at St Giles School, South Mimms.

In the first match we drew 4-4 against St Giles. In this game we tried to find space whenever we could and we were really pleased to score 4 goals. We hoped to improve our passing skills in the second game by looking at who was free and available to pass to. (Goal scorers: Frankie and Dotty)

In the second match we battled back from 2-0 down to draw level at 2-2 but unfortunately a late goal saw us lose 3-2 to Ladbroke. Our overall team passing and movement were much better in this game and whilst we may be disappointed to have lost, we were pleased to have improved as a team and look forward to our next game. (Goal scorers: Emily V and Dotty G)

A special shout out to Dotty who bravely continued to play on despite being injured.

(Team – Georgia O, Emily V, Ella J, Dotty G, Demi C, Frankie W, Evie R and Violet K)

On Tuesday, the boys B football team braved the freezing conditions to play in a fixture night at Monks Walk school.  This was the first time this team have played together, and the event served as a good warm-up for their league fixtures to come.  The boys won their first match 3-0, but came up against a superb Welwyn St Mary's in the second match and suffered a defeat.  They all did wonderfully well in the conditions and are looking forward to their league games next week.  Well done to Andrew, Jaxon, James, Toby, Alfie, Leo, Hadley & Ferris.

Girls Football - St Giles

Last Friday, our girls football team braved the elements and played two matches at St Giles school for the Potters Bar league.  These were the first matches the girls had played this season, and they did amazingly well to win one of the two games.  This was a great achievement considering many of them haven't played together since Y5.  Well done to 

Ellie, Hannah, Emily, Josie, Savannah, Dotty, Emma, Amelia, Elina & Marina. 

Y3/4 Football v Colney Heath

On Friday evening, another Y3/4 team travelled to Colney Heath to play a second fixture is as many weeks.  After winning the last match, this team had a lot to live up to, but they did not disappoint. Their teamwork was incredible, passing the ball about and holding their positions well.  They all encouraged each other the whole match and enjoyed themselves.  This positive play from the entire team led to a very comfortable 9 - 1 victory.  Well done to all the players, particularly those who were representing the school for the first time.  Also, a huge thank you to Mr. Ennis, who stepped in at the last minute to help manage the team. 

Welwyn & Hatfield District Cross Country

On Friday, a large team from across KS2 went to Sherrardswood School to compete in the Welwyn & Hatfield District Cross Country.  Despite the very muddy course, the team did amazingly well.  The Y6 girls came 1st overall, the Y6 boys came 2nd, the Y5 boys and girls both came first and the Y3/4 mixed team came 3rd overall.  Johnny won his Y6 race and Amelia won her Y5 race.  After all the scores were combined, we came joint first place, which was a fantastic achievement.  A huge well done to all involved, particularly those children from Y3 and 4, who were competing in their first race.

Last Friday, we had our first sporting enrichment day of the year.  The children were able to have a go at a sport called Roundnet, which is an amazing, fast-paced sport allowing the children to demonstrate their coordination and teamwork skills.  Y1&2 were able to work on their throwing and catching skills by exploring how the ball moved off the net in different ways.  Y3&4 were taught how to play the game of Roundnet, along with focusing on their skills, and Y5/6 were able to experience the more competitive version of the game.  Despite the cold wind, all the children had a lot of fun.

On Friday morning, a Y5 team went to Stanborough School to take part in an indoor athletics competition. The children took part in various track and field events, all of which took place in the sports hall.  They all performed superbly, and we will find out in January where we came overall, once all of the schools involved have competed.  Well done to all who took part, and to those who attended the early morning training sessions.

Year 4 football

Last week, boys from Y4 enjoyed two football events.  The first was a tournament at Ridgeway School on Thursday afternoon, where they came 3rd overall.  The team played well to come second in their group with three wins, one draw and one loss out of the five group games played.  They then played in the 3rd place playoff game, which they largely dominated and won 2-1.

On Friday after school, the team went to Colney Heath to play.  Once the again, the team played magnificently and ran out comfortable 3-0 winners.

Well done to all involved.

Year 6 Football

On Wednesday evening, our Y5/6 boys played a football match here against Bowmans Green.  It was a very tightly contested affair, with both teams looking to play good, passing football.  We took the lead with a wonderful strike by Pantelis from outside of the box, and doubled our lead later on with another long range strike from Zach.  In the dwindling light, Bowmans Green pulled one back to make it a nervy finish, but we managed to hold on for a well earned victory.  Well done to Jack, Hunter, Johnny, Zach A, Zach S, Jackson, Pantelis, Lias, Henry, Archie and Jude.

On Friday, some Y5/6 children took part in the District Basketball Finals at Ridgeway School having finished 2nd in a qualifying event earlier in the month.  The whole team performed admirably against some very good and experienced basketball players and teams, and managed to win one of their matches.  They all had a great time and represented the school perfectly.

On Tuesday, we took a Y5/6 team to the Mid-Herts. Cross Country Championship at Queenswood school. The course was very muddy and slippery, but the children ran magnificently.  The girls team came 2nd overall, with notable performance from Ellie (2nd) and Savannah (5th) and the boys team came 1st overall, with Johnny winning the race and Archie coming 3rd.  However, all the children performed brilliantly.   As a combined team, we won the event!  Well done to Johnny, Archie, Jack, Pantelis, Zach, Harvey, Savannah, Amelia, Marina, Isobella and Ellie.

On Monday, a Y5/6 team went to the Monks Walk Family Basketball event at Stanborough, which was also a qualifier for the District Basketball competition later this month.  The format had the girls playing the first half of  match, the boys the second and then the score were combined.  The team lost the first match to a very good St. Michael's team, but rallied in the second match the win 5-0 against Welwyn St. Mary's, with baskets from Annabelle, Frankie, Lias, Zach and Hunter.  We have now qualified for the District competition.  Well done to Zach, Lias, Jack, Hunter, Charlie, Annabelle, Dotty, Hannah, Frankie and Bellamaria.

This week we took part in the first Netball Fixtures afternoon of the year and the girls played amazingly. Their passing, shooting and movement was excellent and they put into practice all the skills they have been learning during our Monday club. 

They played Sherrardswood School 5-0, Welwyn St Mary 8-0, St Johns 5-0 and Oaklands 10-0 and won every match, not conceding a goal in any of their matches. 

Well done Georgia, Evie, Emily, Demi, Violet, Dotty, Frankie and Ella.

On Monday, some Y4 children went to Stanborough School to take part in an indoor athletics festival.  This was a non-competitive event, where the children were able to take part in some new events and also use the skills they have been developing during PE lessons.  All the children had a great time and represented the school wonderfully.  

On Wednesday our Year 5 children took part the first event of the school year with great anticipation and excitement. They were given the choice between taking part in a Fun Run or the Competitive Race both of which were a long way around a very big field!

Our children ran brilliantly and absolutely deserved to be the overall winners. Congratulations to our Star Performers who were chosen because they displayed fantastic effort and resilience.

Well done and Good Luck to Amelia D, Marina, Rosie, Elina, Isobella, Alfie, Jaxon, Jack, Harvey and Phoenix for qualifying for the Finals at Stanborough Lakes in October.  

At Brookmans Park this week, we have been celebrating National Fitness Day (Wednesday) by asking the children to focus on being active and the benefit this has on their fitness and general wellbeing.  On Monday, we had an active assembly where the children took part in an on-the-spot exercise circuit.  All week, we have been running a house competition where each day the children have taken part in 5 minute shuttle runs to earn points for their houses.  It has been a lot of fun.  At lunchtime, when the weather has been kind, some children have enjoyed running and exercise circuits on the field.  Even when raining, Just Dance has provided some active fun inside.  Well done to everyone for focusing on their fitness this week.

On Wednesday, Y4 and 5 took part in a tag rugby tournament at Monks Walk.  All the children did incredibly well, showing great determination, resilience and sporting behaviour.  The Year 5 boys' and girls' teams both finished second, the Year 4 girls' team did fantastically well to finish third and the Year 4 boys' finished a creditable fifth, in a very strong group of experienced schools.  A special mention to the star players - Amelia and Toby in Year 5, and Ayla and Leo in Year 4 - however all involved should feel very proud of themselves. 

House Cross-Country

On Wednesday afternoon, the whole school took part in a House Cross-Country competition.  Thankfully, the weather was kind to us and all the children had a fabulous time.  All the staff were incredibly impressed with the determination, resilience and good sporting behaviour shown across the school.  Everyone running earned points for their house.  A special thanks to Y6 and Y4, who ran with buddies from nursery and reception.

The overall results for the house competition were:

1st - Water (2308)

2nd - Fire (2224)

3rd - Air (2024)

4th - Earth (2001)

Well done to all for taking part.