MPSSP
Termly Newsletter
Northumberland Step into Sport Conference
10 leaders from Ponteland High School and 9 Leaders from
KEVI attended the Northumberland Step into Sport
Conference at the new Ashington Leisure Centre. The
conference brought together Northumberland’s best young
leaders from both mainstream and special schools.
Following the conference the leaders will have the
opportunity to complete a leadership qualification in either
Sitting Volleyball or Boccia. They will then be able to use
these skills when helping with the Northumberland Para
Games on Tuesday 26th April. Leaders were inspired by 3
Sports stars on the day: Tamara Taylor is an English female
rugby union player who captained England in the 2015
Women’s Six Nations Championship. Christian Roberts who
is a Welsh former professional footballer. Alicia Armstrong
a 14 year old swimmer who after being diagnosed with
acute myeloid leukaemia in 2012 received a lifesaving bone
marrow transplant, which has allowed her to get back in
the pool. She won an astonishing 5 gold medals and 2
silver medals in the World Transplant Games in Argentina.
Fabulous Girls Cricket in Northumberland
Congratulations to KEVI and Ponteland Middle School who
were crowned Northumberland Lady Taverners Champions
at the Under 15 and Under 13 Cricket Tournaments.
Both teams will go on to represent Northumberland at Old
Trafford. U13 on 26th April and U15 on 27th April.
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Year 4 Gymnastics
10 teams participated in the Year 4 Gymnastics Level 2
competition at Northern Gymnastics Cramlington.
Pupils had to perform 2 sequences to be judged, but
also had an opportunity to work with the Northern
coaches in the specialist facility. Congratulations to all
teams who demonstrated an exceptional standard of
performance. In a very close contest Belsay were 3rd
place and Darras Hall were 2nd . Huge congratulations
go to Abbeyfields First School who were the winners
and will therefore go on to represent the partnership at
the Northumberland School Games.
Year 5 and 6 Gymnastics
Richard Coates, Ponteland, Chantry and Newminster Middle Schools took part in a Year 5
and 6 Gymnastic competition. Squads consisted of 4 students who each had to perform
their own choreographed routine. Within
each routine students had to demonstrate 6
skills to include one roll, one jump and one
balance. An exceptionally high standard was
demonstrated.
Ponteland Middle were runners up, whilst Richard
Coates Middle were the overall winners. Congratulations to all participants. The best performance by a girl
was Olivia from Richard Coates and Jacob from
Newminster.
Year 7 and 8 Volleyball
The Year 7/8 Boys and Girls Volleyball
level 2 competition was once again held
at Ponteland Middle School. 2 boys and
2 girl’s teams competed in a highly
fought competition. Congratulations to
Ponteland Middle School, their boys
and girls teams and will go forward to
represent the partnership at the Northumberland School Games.
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Year 4 Multi Sports Festival
A fantastic 240 students from Morpeth
and 180 students from Ponteland participated in the Year 4 Multi Sports
Festival. The aim of the festival was to
assist with transition to middle school,
especially for some schools whereby
the shear walk to Chantry was a lesson
in transition itself! Students enjoyed a
taster session in Boccia, a Paralympic
sport, and the sports of Basketball,
Hockey and Netball in order to develop
their skills prior to the uptake of these
sports at middle school.
Year 4 Leadership Training
During the last week in December Mr
Dimmick and Miss Simpson trained
more than 100 Year 4 students to become the Schools Sports Organising
Crews (SSOC) in their respective
schools. Students were taught a range
of leadership/sports specific skills in or-
der to enable students to lead and
coach younger pupils during lunch
times or within curriculum time. Please
encourage your SSOC to use their Leadership Log and of course promote the
Values of the School Games: Honesty,
Respect, Passion, Determination, Teamwork and Self Belief.
Year 8 Boys Basketball
Year 8 Badminton
Both of the middle schools from Morpeth and Ponteland competed in the
level 2 boys’ basketball competition.
Congratulations go to Ponteland Middle
School whom dominated the competition by scoring 27 points and winning
all of their games. They will now represent the partnership at the Northumberland School Games.
Ponteland Middle school Boys and Girls
won the Ponteland Badminton competition. Meanwhile in the Morpeth competition Chantry Girls and Newminster
Boys were the winners. We look forward to a fabulous play off contest in
which the overall Boys and Girls winners will represent the partnership at
the Northumberland School Games.
YST Young Coaches Academy
30 Students from KEVI had a great opportunity to enhance their coaching and leadership skills with an exciting training day at St James Park on Wednesday 20th
January. Following on from the day students will be
able to develop their skills by coaching at a local sports
club. Additional opportunities will ensure young coaches are nurtured and developed in order to create great
future coaches in
Northumberland.
Staff CPD Dates:
12th April Netball High 5
Workshop 14pm Chantry
Regional Sportshall Athletics
Partnership schools excelled in the Regional Sportshall
Athletics Competition. Congratulations to all those
students that participated and to the following teams
for there outstanding overall performance:
Ponteland Middle School Year 6—County Winners
Newminster Middle Boys Year 7—County Winners
Newminster Middle Girls Year 8—County 2nd
Chantry Middle Girls Year 7—County 3rd
18th April
PE Coordinators
CPD Module 6
9.15—3.30pm
Pegswood
Year 4 Tennis
Year 6 Leadership:
6th June
Newminster
Middle
8th June
Chantry Middle
9th June
Richard Coates
Middle
In the last week of the Spring 1 Term the Partnership
held their Year 4 Tennis Competition. Teams consisted
of 4 boys and 4 girls. Teams played all other teams in
their pool and of course also had the chance to demonstrate their ability in a skills circuit. Well done to all
teams for participating, particular congratulations go to
Darras Hall First and Morpeth First who won their respective areas, therefore needing to compete in a play
off at a later date. The overall winner of this will represent the partnership at the Northumberland School
Games.
Forthcoming Dates for the Summer Term:
13th April Year 3/4 Tag Rugby (Morpeth Cluster)
14th April Year 3/4 Tag Rugby (Ponteland
Cluster)
25th April Year 8 Netball
26th April Northumberland Para Games
27th April Year 7/8 Handball
10th May Year 3/4 Play offs (Football, Tennis,
Tag Rugby)
13th May Year 3/4 Quad Kids
17th May Year 1 Hoopstarz (Morpeth Cluster)
18th May Year 1 Hoopstarz (Ponteland Cluster)
19th May Year 5/6 High 5 Netball
24th May Year 5/6 Quad Kids
25th May Year 7 and 8 Cricket
10th June year 5/6 Cricket
21st/22nd June Northumberland School
Games
30th June Year 3/4 Cricket (Ponteland Cluster)
5th July Year3/4 Cricket (Morpeth Cluster)
12th July Triathlon at Dr Thomlinson's Middle
To all the Schools, Staff and Students in the
Morpeth Ponteland SSP we wish you a
lovely Easter break—Franki Clark,
Kerry Simpson and Damien Dimmick.
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