Brookmans Park School

Sports Blog 2024- 2025

Events

January

Thursday 9th - Y6 Boys football, Ladbrooke School.

Friday 10th - Girls football, Ladbrooke School.

Monday 13th - Spurs Next Gen Football

Wednesday 15th - District Archery (selected), Ridgeway

Thursday 16th - Y5 Boys football, Ladbrooke School.

Monday 20th - Spurs Next Gen Football

Tuesday 21st - EFL Utilita U11s Cup (9 x Y6 boys), Watford FC

Thursday 23rd - DRUMBA enrichment day

Thursday 23rd - Netball, Ladbrooke School

Monday 27th - Spurs Next Gen Football

February

Monday 3rd - Spurs Next Gen Football

Tuesday 4th - Premier League All-Stars Football (8 x Y5/6 girls), Watford FC 

Thursday 13th - Y6 Multi-sports (selected), Ridgeway

Friday 14th - Y4 Rapid Fire Cricket (selected) Ridgeway

Friday 14th - Y6 District Girls Football (selected), Ridgeway

Friday 28th - Y6 Indoor Athletics (selected), Stanborough

March

Thursday 6th - Y6 boys football, Little Heath

Friday 7th - Girls football, Little Heath

Wednesday 12th - District Tag Rugby (selected), Monk's Walk

Thursday 13th - Netball, Little Heath

Thursday 20th - Y5 boys football, Little Heath

Friday 28th - Y6 District Boys Football (selected), Ridgeway

Monday 31st - Y4 golf workshop.

April

Wednesday 2nd - Reception, Y1 & Y2 Archery workshop

Thursday 3rd - KS2 Lacrosse workshop

Thursday 3rd - Y6 Mount Grace 7-a-side football (selected)

Wednesday 30th - KS2 Hockey (selected), Monks Walk

May

Thursday 8th - Netball, Oakmere

Friday 9th - Y5 multi-sports (selected), Gosling

Friday 9th - Girls football, Oakmere

Thursday 15th - Y5 Dodgeball Festival, Monks Walk

Thursday 15th - Boys A Football, Oakmere

Monday 19th - Y4 Tri-Golf (selected), Mill Green GC

Tuesday 20th - KS2 Swimming Gala (selected), Monks Walk

June

Wednesday 11th - Y4 boys summer football league, SRA

Thursday 12th - Y5 girls handball, Monks Walk

Friday 13th - Y4 girls football, Monks Walk

Friday 13th - Y5 boys football, Oakmere

Monday 16th - District foot golf (12 boys, 12 girls), Mill Green GC

Friday 20th - Y5 golf (5 boys, 5 girls), Brocket Hall

July

Wednesday 2nd - Y5 Welwyn & Hatfield Games, Gosling

Friday 4th - Inter-schools golf, Brocket Hall

Monday 7th - KS2 multisports ( 4 boys, 4 girls), Mill Green GC

Wednesday 16th - Y6 Mallon Challenge, Monks Walk

Last Friday, a group of Y5 went to the beautiful surroundings of Brocket Hall to take part in a Tri-Golf event.  We all had a great time.  The child got to play some putting games on the practice green and also got to do some driving in the range.  At the end, we had a putting and driving competition against another school, which we won! 

This year's KS2 Sports Day was a great event!  Despite the heat, everyone had a great time and competed brilliantly for their houses.  We even had time for parents and teachers races!

The final scores were:

Fire - 641

Water - 572

Earth - 539

Air - 464

'This Girl Can' week

Last week was 'This Girl Can' week, where sporting events are put on to encourage more girls to engage in sport.  Although our girls are generally pretty sporty, all Y4-6 girls had the opportunity to take part in the following events:

Monday - Y6 girls went to Mill Green Golf Club to play foot golf.

Thursday - Y5 girls went to Monks Walk to play handball.

Friday - Y4 girls went to Monks Walk to play football.

All the girls had a fantastic time, and hopefully some of them will have been inspired to engage in sport more.

Our Y5 football team played their final two fixtures of the Potters Bar League at Oakmere school, playing the hosts and Cranborne.  To say that it was a dominant display by the team would be under-selling it.  They were ruthless, winning 4-0 against Cranborne and 12-0 against Oakmere.  The teamwork was superb and they showed grace and humility throughout, despite being by far the better team during both games.  

These results means that we finished 2nd in the league, with the early season defeat to Cuffley (who won the league) being the deciding factor.  It looks very bright for a successful season next year.

On Friday, a girls and a boys team went to Monks Walk to take part in the District Dynamos Cricket competition.  Thankfully, the weather held and both teams produced some outstanding cricket.  The girls team played in the morning and came 2nd overall, losing just one of their 4 matches.  The boys played in the afternoon, and won all of their matches to win the competition for the 3rd year in a row.  Well done to all of the players from both teams.

Just before half term, we held our first ever House Archery Competition.  It was a fantastic event, involving all children from Reception to Year 6.  The contest was very high scoring, with some superb archery on display.  The final score was:

1st - Water 1462 points

2nd - Fire 1430

3rd - Air 1384

4th - Earth1330

A huge thank you to the Pupil Parliament members, who helped to run the event.

KS2 Swim Gala

On Thursday 20th Ma, a swim team form Y5 and Y6 went to Monks Walk to take part in a swim gala.  It was an utterly dominant display by the team, who won the event by a considerable distance.  Our performances in the boys, girls & mixed freestyle relays were particularly impressive.  Well done to Eleni, Emma, Amelia, Lily, Thomas, Harry, Phoenix and Ferris.

On Thursday, the football A team travelled to Oakmere for our final fixture night of the season, to play Oakmere and Cranbourne.  It ended up being, by far, our best performance of the season.  The team played some great football, encouraged each other and (most importantly) played with a smile on their faces; although this could have been because their SATS had just finished! Firstly, we beat Cranbourne 3-1, who were chasing the league title, and then put on a dominant display to beat Oakmere 3-0.  Well done to the whole team.

This week, 14 Y5 children went to Brocket Hall for a golf event.  This was the latest event in our partnership with G.O.L.F.A (Game Of Life For All), aimed at encouraging more young people to take up golf and give them great experiences.  The children did some putting games on the practise greens and had a go at driving range, with the help of one of the club pros.  They also got to meet Nick Doughty, an ex-pro golfer, who put on a very impressive putting demonstration and answered some very thoughtful questions from the children.

A Y5 hockey team went to Monks Walk to take part in a District Hockey tournament.  We had an inexperienced squad, with only one playing hockey outside of school.  We played three groups matches, finishing with a record of W1 D1 L1.  We qualified in 2nd place and therefore played in a 3rd-4th place playoff.  Unfortunately. despite dominating large parts of the match, we lost 1-0.  Well done to all the whole squad.

On Thursday, KS2 enjoyed a Lacrosse workshop, where the children were able to develop their throwing, catching, dribbling and competing skills in relation to Lacrosse.

On Thursday, our Y6 boys football team played in a 7-a-side tournament run by Mount Grace school.  We had three group games, drawing the first two 0-0 v Cranbourne and Wroxham, before winning the final game 3-0 v Oakmere with goals from Daniel (2) and Harvey.  This meant that we finished 2nd in the group, and had a 3rd place playoff match with Cuffley.  This was a very tight game, and we were unfortunate to lose 1-0.  The boys all played very well and in the right spirit.

On Wednesday, the children from Reception and KS1 took part in a Archery workshop with a coach from Premier Sports.  They all got to have a go at firing soft arrows at the target, which was good practise for a house competition later in the year.

On Monday, Y4 took part in a golf workshop run by the team from G.O.L.F.A (Game Of Life For All) who are based at Brocket Hall. We have teamed up with them to offer some golfing opportunities to various year groups going forward. The took part in some putting and chipping games, and had the chance to ask some questions to pro-golfer Simon Wakefield.

Our Y5 team had their fixture night at Little Heath, playing the hosts and Pope Paul, which were both very one-side affairs. Brookmans Park ran out 6-0 winners against Little Heath and 5-0 winners against Pope Paul.  Well done to the whole squad.

On Thursday 20th March, a group of Y3/4 girls went to Ridgeway Academy to take part in a football event, run by Ridgeway Sports Leaders and Welwyn Garden City Youth FC.  The weather was glorious and the girls had a great time enhancing their skills across numerous skills stations, followed by 3 mini matches at the end.  Every singe one of the girls threw themselves into the afternoon and represented the school brilliantly.  Well done to you all.

On Wednesday, we took a team of Y6 to Monks Walk for a Tag Rugby tournament, where the team did exceptionally well.  We qualified 2nd out of our group, winning 2 matches and losing one against St John's Digswell.  In the semi-final we faced our arch-rivals, Welwyn St Mary's and won 2-1, with WSM scoring their only try with the last play of the game.  The final was a rematch against St John's Digswell, which was a very tight affair.  It was 1 try each going into the last play, however the opposition managed to into the corner for a try, to win 2-1.  All of our players performed brilliantly, well done to all.

Last Friday, we had coaches from Potters Bar Crusaders FC in school to run a mass football session for the girls.  This was to celebrate International Women's Day, and was part of an FA initiative to hold the biggest ever football session for girls.  The sun was shining, and all the girls had a wonderful time.  A huge thank you to Adam Bourn, and all the coaches from Potters Bar Crusaders.

On Thursday, our Y6 boys football team travelled to Little Heath to play in the latest round of our Potters Bar League fixtures.  We had matches against Little Heath and Pope Paul, both of which were incredibly tight affairs.  The match against Little Heath was a thrilling 0-0 draw, and the next match against Pope Paul finished 1-1, with a goal from Andrew K.  All the boys worked really hard and gave their all.  Well done to all.

On the Friday before half term, our girls team played in a District football tournament at Ridgeway Academy.  The girls were amazing, showing remarkable improvement from their last tournament in all areas of their play.  They played 4 group games, finishing with a record of W2 L1 D1.  This meant that they qualified for the Welwyn/Hatfield Shield knockout stage.  The semi-final was very tense, finishing 0-0 and needing a penalty shootout which we won!  In the final, the girls played magnificently, winning 1-0 to claim the trophy.  

Well doe to the whole squad.

On Wednesday, we held our first ever House Indoor Curling competition (no ice or brushes required!)  Every year group, from Reception to Year 6, took part and were able to showcase skills that we have been practising during our indoor PE sessions.  It was a lot of fun, and we saw some very competitive curling.  The results will be announced in assembly on Friday.  Well done to all the children for taking part.

A Y5/6 Archery team travelled to Ridgeway Academy to take part in a district event.  The team was chosen from the the best shooters at an archery workshop we had last term.  The team performed very well.  Daniel finished 1st overall, and Ella finished 3rd.  All had a great time and represented the school fantastically. 

Our Y5 football team travelled to Ladbrooke for round 2 of the Potters Bar League to play against the hosts and St Giles.  The team put in an incredible display to beat St Giles 6-0, and Ladbrooke 8-0, drawing praise from the opposition coaches for their general play and sporting behaviour.  Well done to the whole team.

Netball

Last Monday, we took a mixed netball team to Cunningham Hill School in St Albans for a friendly netball match.  This was a great opportunity for those members of the club who had not had a chance to represent the school yet.  It was a closely contested match, which ended honours even in a 6-6 draw.  As well as outstanding team play, our attacking passing was particularly impressive.  Well done the whole team, and a special mention to Emily C, who was named player of the match by the Cunningham Hill team

Last Thursday, our Y5 football team played a friendly match against Cranborne school.  With more league matches to come in the new year, this was good preparation.  The team did not disappoint, winning 8-0.  It was a top performance from the whole team, who worked hard and were confident across the whole pitch and in all areas.  They also demonstrated great sporting behaviour towards the opposition.  Well done to you all.

Our Y4 boys football team played a match against St Giles school.  We are lucky enough to have a number of keen footballers in Y4, so it was great for them to have an opportunity to have a match together.  In this match, we ran out 6-4 winners.  It was a great performance from all of the boys, who worked so hard as a team. They moved the ball nicely and were supportive to each other the whole game.  Well done to you all.

On Thursday afternoon, a group of Y6 children went to Monks Walk School to take part in a Tag Rugby event, run by our Sports Partnership.  This was a good preparation event for the District Tag Rugby competition, which takes part in the new year.  The boys team won all of their matches, and were only pipped to first place by Creswick on try difference.  The girls had a more challenging afternoon, but never gave up and showed great resilience and tenacity.  In fact, Amelia D was recognised by the organisers for these very things.  Well done to all who played, and we look forward to the District event.

House Cross Country

We had our House Cross Country race this week.  All the children, from Nursery to Year 6, ran laps of the school field and every child that finished earned points for their house.  The results were:

1st - Water (2058 points)

2nd - Air (1896 points)

3rd - Fire (1878 points)

4th - Earth (1746 points)

Well done to all the children, who showed great resilience to keep running!

Mid-Herts. Cross Country

On Tuesday, we took a team of Y5/6 to Queenswood School to take part in the Mid-Herts Cross Country race.  As defending champions, and with another talented squad, we went with high expectations.  The team did not disappoint.  Amelia D ran a stunning race to finish 1st for the girls, and Jack B finished 5th out of a very strong group of boys.  In fact, our boys team did amazingly well and finished 1st.  Overall, after the boys and girls results were combined, the team came in 2nd place; an agonising 1 point behind Cuffley, who won the event.  Well done to the whole team.  

Y6 Multi-Sports

Last Thursday, Year 6 went to Monks Walk to take part in a multi-sport event, where they had a go at either table tennis, Boccia, curling or archery.  This was a lot of fun, and many children got to have a go at a sport that they had not tried before.

Y5 Football

Last Thursday, Y5 opened their Potters Bar League campaign with two home matches against Cuffley and Wroxham.  We started strongly against Wroxham, racing into a 2-0 lead by half time.  The second half was much tighter, but we manged to score one more goal to run out comfortable 3-0 winners.  We then had a quick turnaround, and played against a very strong Cuffley team.  Despite a battling display, we ended up on the wrong end of a 5-0 score line.  There were lots of positives in both matches, with plenty to improve on also.  Well done to all who played.

Y4 Football

A group of Y4 boys and girls went to Monks Walk to play in a football festival.  The girls played in the morning and played four games against other schools.  They did brilliantly; winning three of their games and narrowly losing the other.  All the goals were scored by Lottie, but all the girls put in great performances.  This was particularly impressive as many of the group had never played competitive football before.

In the afternoon, it was the boys turn.  We had a very strong group, and the standard of football from all the schools was incredibly high.  From four games, we finished with a record of two wins, a draw and a loss.  All the players represented the school perfectly.  A special mention went to Elliot and Jude for showing great skill and positive sporting behaviour.

Well done to you all.

Y5 District Cross Country

Last Thursday, four of our Y5 runners competed in the District Cross Country Finals at Stanborough Lakes.  In very muddy conditions, our team performed superbly!  In the girls race, Florence finished 3rd and Bethany was close behind her in 4th.  In the boys race, Max finished a brilliant 2nd, and Leo completed the race in 5th place.  To have all of our runners come in the top 5 was outstanding.  A huge congratulations goes to all of them.

Girls Football

Our girls team played their first league fixtures last week against Cuffley and Wroxham.  We fielded a very inexperienced side, with only a handful of our team having played competitive football before.  With this in mind, all the girls played their hearts out and did not give up, despite coming up against two teams who had clearly played much more football.  Despite two losses, the girls gained invaluable experience for matches to come.  Well done to all of the team.

Y6 Football

Our league campaign started with two home games against Wroxham and Cuffley.  The team showed great improvements from our warm up fixtures the previous week.  In the first match against Cuffley, we raced into a 2-0 lead in the first half after a dominant display.  The second half was much tighter, however we ran out deserved 3-2 winners.  The second match against Wroxham was a hard fought match, with both teams showed tiredness towards the end.  We eventually won 2-0.  This was a great start, well done to the whole team.

Y6 Football

On Tuesday evening, some members of our Y6 football squad took part in a friendly football fixtures night at Monks Walk.  This was a good warm up for our league campaign, which starts next week.  Our first game was against a very good team from Welwyn St Marys and, after going down 2-0 very early on, the team battled hard and didn’t give up.  The final score was 3-1, with our goal coming from a great free-kick shot from Jack. Our second game was a closely fought game against St John’s Digswell, which ended up 2-2, with two goals from Charlie.  

There were a lot of positives to take out of the games, but also plenty to work on.  Well done to all who played.

Y5 Cross Country

Last week, Y5 all went to Monks Walk for the annual cross country race and fun run.  The children had the choice of doing the race, which was a qualifier for the District Cross Country race in October, a fun run or both!  Both our teams did fantastically well, which meant we finished 2nd overall.  A special mention to our four qualifiers for the District race, Florence, Bethany, Leo and Max, but a huge well done to everyone who ran.