Autumn Term Issue : 7

Sports

Newsletter St John’s Prep School

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St. John’s Prep School The Ridgeway

Potters Bar Hertfordshire EN6 5QT

Netball Contents:

Pg 1

Netball

Football

Pg 2

Paralympics

Cricket and

Football

Cross Country

Pg 3 Inter-House

Netball and

Football Tour-

nament

Prize Giving

What we have

been working

on.

Pg 4 Sports Hall

Athletics Sports Pupil of

the Month

Award End of Term

Sports Awards

Pg 5 Extra Curricu-

lar Clubs

Fencing

Ballet

Yoga

Pg 6

Crossword

Pg 7

Fact File

Football

The Netball team train on a Monday lunchtime and during Tuesday Prep. All the girls have been

training very hard and their efforts have paid off with great success. We have also been fortunate to in-

troduce a F2 Netball team and like the other team they too have shown great success.

The main team have played three matches this term, winning two beating Stormont 10-0

and Vita Et Pax 8-2. They also drew against Grange Park Prep. 6 all. The F2 team also won against Stor-

mont, scoring their last goal with 10 seconds to go, winning 3-2, a very close and exciting game. The F2

team consists of Rachel Hill, Sarina Seth, Aileen Ajibade, Lily Harbron, Holly White, Haley Danso and

Olivia George.

The girls also looked every bit the professional team wearing their new black and red netball

dresses. Miss Cullen is very proud of all the

players and hopes their Netball skills contin-

ue to improve, ready for the next term!

Wins/Draws

St. John’s 10 - 0 Stormont

St. John’s 8 - 2 Vita Et Pax

St. John’s 3 - 2 Stormont

St. John’s 6 - 6 Grange Park

The Football squad train on a Monday night at the Senior School with Mr. Hodgson. All pupils

have been working hard to improve their positional play and individual skills. The F1 and F2 boys have

risen to the challenge and can play at the level of the F3s. The future looks good for St. John’s as these

young players will be playing together for a few more years.

The team narrowly lost a game to Vita et Pax 0-1 but came back with a great result against Sher-

rardswood winning 4-3. Joshua Cohen and Tolani Odetoyinbo scored two goals each. The boys look

good in their new kits and we look forward to more matches in the new year when the pitches dry out.

Keep up the hard work and always remember that

fitness is the key to success.

Picture:

Top Row: Joshua Cohen, Jed Dhillon, Shivansh Prasad,

Thomas Green, Denis Ucur, Metehan Ali,

Middle Row: Tolani Odetoyinbo, Shayan Patel, Hakan

Aknar, Jacob Haynes, Jonathan Bailey

Bottom Row: Tony Dinh

Picture

Top Row: Emily Woodham, Lily Harbron,

Holly White, Haley Danso, Kobika Mohan,

Middle Row: Eleanor Hall-McAteer, Olivia

George

Bottom Row: Adaeze Akande, Rebecca

Odeyemi

Cross Country

Sports Newsletter

Cricket and Football

Paralympics On Monday 3rd September Miss Cullen and Mr. Russell took five

pupils to the Paralympics to watch the Athletics at Strafford. We were very

fortunate to take part in this amazing event and the whole day was a great

success.

We must thank Enfield Council and the hard work of the P.E. Team

and Mr. Petrou for organising and arranging the day, which went very

smoothly. All the volunteers were very welcoming and knowledgeable.

The pupils enjoyed the day and had a once in a life time opportunity

to witness professional athletes competing at the highest level.

The teachers and pupils watched a variety of events, both track and

field, ranging from the long jump, to shot putt and wheel chair 100 meters to

800 meters. We all got involved and the stadium, which was full to the brim

and had an amazing atmosphere, managed to join in, in a Mexican wave!

Picture:

Pupils: Emily Woodham, Adaeze Akande, Gianni Boggia-Vincent, Ted Pini.

Millie Abraham.

Teachers: Mr. Russell and Miss Cullen.

On a very dry and sunny Wednesday in the middle of November St.

John’s pupils took part in their annual Cross Country Competition. This competi-

tion was held at the Senior School, where pupils had to run around the school

grounds. The competitors comprised of all the Upper Transitus, F1, F2 and F3 pu-

pils. The pupils had practised the course during their Games lessons and also during

their Fitness Club where pupils practised cross country and endurance running.

Every competitor received a well done sticker, with the top three girls

and boys in each year group receiving a 1st, 2nd or 3rd place sticker. Well done to

all competitors.

Years 1st 2nd 3rd

UT Girls Maahi Patel Charlotte Wheatley Nicoletta Josif

UT Boys Sean Kanu Takumi Satoh Matthew Muwambi

F1 Girls Katherine McKenzie Nitu Tailor Madison Bernardo

F1 Boys Tolani Odetoyinbo Jacob Haynes James Wisker

F2 Girls Holly White Aileen Ajibade Lily Harbron

F2 Boys Shivansh Prasad Tony Dinh Harry Ourris

F3 Girls Emily Woodham Klara Ismail Shanaaze Mang-Smith

F3 Boys Joshua Cohen Kush Tailor Deniz Ucur

The Winners of the Cross Country Races.

On a Tuesday in prep time

pupils from F1 to F3 attend a cricket

skills session with Mr. Russell.

The pupils work on their

batting, bowling and fielding skills.

The pupils enjoy the session

immensely and have been progressing

well. This will help them towards

representing the school team in the

summer against other schools.

On a Thursday in prep time pupils from Upper Transitus

attend a football skills session with Mr. Russell.

The pupils work on dribbling, passing, control, shooting

and tactical awareness and end the session with a fun game.

The pupils enjoy the session and are very enthusiastic to

play competitive games between themselves. They have been pro-

gressing at a good rate. This will help

them towards representing the school

team in future years and playing inter-

house football next year.

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What we have been working on

Prize Giving On Tuesday 16th October, St. John’s held their annual Prize Giving Evening. During this event we celebrate the achievements of

the pupils in a variety of different sporting endeavour. Prizes were awarded to the following pupils:

Progress in sport Tennis Player of the Year Joshua Cohen

Prep 1 Oluwatimilehin

Soremekun

Tennis Doubles Winner Gianni Boggia-Vincent

Shunsuke Satoh

Prep 2 Joshua White Netball Player Hannah McIntosh

Upper Transitus Tolani Odetoyinbo Football Player Benino De Campi

Form 1 Holly White Cricket Player Nimit Bakrania

Form 2 Emily Woodham Swimmers of the Year Despina-Maria Artemiou

Max Dean

Sportsman of the Year, Upper School Sportsman of the Year, Lower School

Boy Shunsuke Satoh Boy Ilyas Khodabux

Girl Rachel Judt Girl Charlotte Wheatley

Athlete in Sport Swimming House Winner Water Rats -

Millie Abraham

Boy Gianni Boggia-Vincent Sports Day House Winner Toads –

Zac Richter

Girl Elle Whayman Cricket House Winner Water Rats -

Adem Dervish

This term Prep. 1 have been working on lots of different core skills such as, throwing and catching using different objects, move-

ment, running, skipping and using their imaginations to move like animals. They have also been practising their jumps, hopping and star

jumps . Prep 2 have been working on their sport specific skills, such as throwing and catching, dribbling a ball, throwing a ball at a target and

in addition, they have also been working on rules and instructions, which relate to Sports and Health and Safety within Sport.

The rest of the school have been working on Football (for the boys) and Netball (for the girls) from the start of the school year

until the half term. After the half term until Christmas everyone has been working on Gymnastics, practising their basic shapes and develop-

ing their forwards rolls, shoulder stands and jumps and performing these in a sequence.

Inter-house Netball and Football Tournaments For the first time, St. John’s held its Inter-house Football and Netball tournament for all F1, F2 and F3 pupils. The qualifying stages

took place during the lunchtimes on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday on the week commencing 22nd October.

During these stages all houses played each other in a round robin style tournament. Houses received three points for a win, two

points for a draw and one point for a loss. All their scores were added together and depending on their total score, it was decided which

two teams would play for 1st and 2nd place and which two teams would play for 3rd and 4th place.

The finals were played on Thursday during a Games lesson, with all pupils driven up to the Senior School Sports Hall to support

their teams. We held the 3rd and 4th place matches first followed by the 1st and 2nd match.

All competitors received 1st, 2nd, 3rd or Well done stickers and the winning houses received a very large trophy, which will be

presented to the Sports Captain at next year’s Speech Day.

1st Badgers, 2nd Water Rats, 3rd Toads, 4th Moles 1st Moles, 2nd Toads, 3rd Water Rats, 4th Badgers

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Swimming Gala Upper School: 16th March, 6.30 p.m. till 7.45 p.m.

Swimming Gala Lower School: 18th March, 9.00 a.m. till 10.30 a.m.

DATES TO REMEMBER!

Sports’ Pupil of the Month and End of Term Awards

October: Haley Danso November: Andrianna Josif December: Sean Kanu

At the end of each half term, during the End of Term Assembly Sports Awards are handed out to pupils from each year

group. Pupils are rewarded for different aspects within sport and to celebrate their sporting ability, attitude and behaviour in

their lessons.

September till October Half Term. Half Term till Christmas Holidays. Prep 1 Samuel Olaleye Prep1 Leonidas Mouskis

Prep 2 Daniel Ivonav Prep2 Nathaniel Mathangani

Oluwajoba Jabaru Iain Kanu

Lower Transitus Marlie Witter Lower Transitus Nehir Cevik

Ella Robinson Cameron Hill

Upper Transitus Ioanna-Sofia Gkogka Upper Transitus Harry Higgins

Jason Obiamiwe Maahi Patel

F1 Katherine McKenzie F1 Tolani Odetoyinbo

Georgina Moncaster Harry Proffitt

F2 Sarina Seth F2 Holly White

Harry Ourris Shivansh Prasad

F3 Eleanor Hall-McAteer F3 Joshua Cohen

Sports Hall Athletics On Tuesday 27th November pupils represented St. John’s at the indoor Sport Hall Athletics Competition. For those of you that

have not heard about Sports Hall Athletics, it is a competition which is held in the Winter months, inside when the weather is too cold to

compete outside. It comprises of events, which simulate events in athletics but some have been altered to best suit an indoor area. Instead

of long jump for example there is standing long jump and running races, which use boards against the wall to ensure that the pupils run a

correct distance. There are also additional events such as speed bounce and chest push.

All pupils were entered into a maximum of two track and two field events. We have had great success in the running relays, win-

ning the girls’ Obstacle Relay, 1 lap relay and 2 lap relay and the boys winning the 1 lap relay. It was a team event but unfortunately, even

after all of our wins we did not win overall. The pupils, should however, be very proud of their performances. Well done to all competitors.

The participants were:

Boys: Girls:

Deniz Ucur, Jed Dhillon Emily Woodham Holly White

Shivansh Prasad, Tolani Odetoyinbo Olivia George Madison Bernardo

Tony Dinh Harry Proffitt Aileen Ajibade Katherine McKenzie

Rhys Winterhalder Jacob Haynes Haley Danso

Please note that due to the fact that we have changed from ASA swimming stages to School Swimming levels, pupils are still working towards

their levels and will receive their certificates by Easter.

Extra Curricular Clubs

Ballet Club

St. John’s Prep Extra Curricular

Timetable

Monday Girls (F1, F2 and F3) Netball -

Prep. School -

Miss Cullen Lunchtime

Boys (F1, F2, F3) Football - Senior

School-

Mr. Hodgson 3.20 p.m. - 4.20 p.m.

Girls (F2 and F3) Netball – Prep.

School-

Miss Cullen 3.20 p.m. - 4.20 p.m.

Tuesday Girls (UT, F1, F2) Netball - Prep.

School -

Miss Cullen 3.20 p.m. – 4.20 p.m.

Boys (F1, F2 and F3) Cricket -

Senior School-

Mr. Russell 3.20 p.m. - 4.20 p.m.

Thursday Mixed (F1, F2, F3) Fitness - Prep.

School -

Miss Cullen - 3.20 p.m. - 4.20 p.m.

Thursday Mixed (UT and F1) Football Skills

Club - Prep. School -

Mr. Russell - 3.20 p.m. - 4.20 p.m.

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Ballet

Ballet takes place on a Monday.

Lower School: 3.00 p.m. - 3.45 p.m.

Upper School: 3.45 p.m. - 4.30 p.m.

Price: £45.00 (£35, if you were part of the

club last term)

Number of sessions: 9

Payment: cheque made payable to Mrs. A.

Boden Clothing: Girls - pink ballet shoes, pink dress

and cardigan

Boys - black leather ballet shoes and ‘Greens’.

Ballet is a fun and exciting opportunity for the

pupils at St John’s to be creative and enjoy

themselves within a dance environment.

YogaNastics YogaNastics

YogaNastics takes place on a Tuesday.

Lower School: 3.20 p.m. - 4.00 p.m.

Upper School: 4.00 p.m. - 4.40 p.m.

Price: £45.00

Number of sessions: 9

Payment: cheques made payable to YogaNastics.

Only 15 pupils will be admitted to this club.

Equipment: yoga mat

YogaNastics is very controlled and skilful, concentrating on

fun postures for flexibility and balance, with an element of

story telling. It is designed to improve sleep, concentration

balance and co-ordination.

If you are interested in

any of the extra curricular

Sports Clubs please look

out for a letter that will

be handed to your child

by the end of term and re-

turn the attached reply

slip by Wednesday, 9th

January to Miss Cullen.

Fencing

Fencing takes place on a Friday.

Lower School: 2.30 p.m. till 3.30 p.m.

Upper School: 3.30 p.m. till 4.30 p.m.

Price: £64.00 (£7 a session)

Number of sessions: 9

Payment: cheques made to Mrs. Szokolovics.

Only 12 pupils will be admitted to this club.

Clothing: Greens

Fencing is a very popular extra-circular sport at St. John’s. It involves learn-

ing the skills and control needed to play and beat an opponent. Ideal for

both beginners and pupils with experience in Fencing.

Fencing

Sports Newsletter

Puzzle Time

The first Olympic Game was held in France

A netball court is in the shape of a rectangle

The fastest 100 metre front crawl time is 10 seconds

The fastest goal scored in Football was in 2 seconds

True or false? Which one of these statements are true. Circle the ones which you think

are true and check your answers below.

A ‘tuck’ is a shape in Gymnastics

There are 8 players on a netball court.

In netball only a GS and GA can shoot

Butterfly is the fastest swimming stroke

There are 12 players in a football team

In football only a goal keeper can use their hands to touch the ball

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True

In football only a goal keeper can use their hands to touch the ball Doctors recommend 7-8 hours of sleep each night.

In netball only a GA and GS can shoot Breakfast helps maintain healthy weight.

A netball court is in the shape of a rectangle Drinking water is the best way to stay hydrated.

A ‘tuck’ is a shape in gymnastics Cabbage is a great source of vitamins.

The fastest goal scored in football was in 2 seconds

A child should exercise for 1 hour a day

The best way to exercise your heart is by walking and jogging!

Sports Fact File

A child should exercise for 1 hour a day

The best way to exercise your heart is by walking and jogging!

Doctors recommend 7-8 hours of sleep each night.

Breakfast helps maintain healthy

weight.

Drinking water is the best way to stay

hydrated.

Cabbage is a great source

of vitamins.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

EVERYBODY

From the P.E. Team