We were all very excited yesterday to have the Cricket World Cup displayed in school, due to the village’s connections with Jonny Bairstow. Emily and Catelyn from the England and Wales Cricket Board brought the cup and talked to the children and answered lots of questions about it. Photographs of the occasion will be on display in school after half term.
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Cross country event
We had a very talented group of runners who took part in the York Schools Cross Country event on Friday night. It was held at Askham Bryan College and students were provided from the college to organise the huge event and marshall the children in their different age races. We had superb success and all the pupils who took part from Dunnington did an amazing job, with some qualifying for the North Yorkshire round to be held at Dalby Forest in November. A special well done to ER who came 2nd in the Y1 girls race, OW came second in the Y2 race boys race, BRG who came 2nd in the Y3 boys race, RW who came 6th in the Y3 girls race, JP who came 5th in the Y4 boys race and KS who came 3rd in the Y6 girls race. All these children will represent our school and York in the next phase of the competition. Thank you to the parents who attended this event as I appreciate a Friday night is the end of a busy week for most! Mrs Rowntree. Here are our cross country runners!
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Football Kit
Please ensure that all items of football kit are returned to school before the end of term. We are missing several item of kit, especially socks!!
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Cricket Skills Festival
Some Year 3 and Year 4 children took part in a Cricket Skills Festival on Tuesday at Archbishop Holgate’s School. They had a good time practising their bowling, batting and throwing skills and then played some small sided games. A great opportunity to get involved in the game of cricket and prepare for the summer season ahead. Well done to Sebastian, Charlie, Jack M, Jack W, Libby, Charlotte, Ryan, Oscar and Ollie!
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Indoor Sportshall Athletics
19 children took part in the Indoor Sportshall Athletics event at Huntington Secondary School this week. It is always a fabulous afternoon with lots of field and track events accompanied by a very loud speaker system with music to get the children going! The Dunnington team competed with superb resilience and brilliant teamwork.
WELL DONE DUNNINGTON!
After many races, including the obstacle sprint, under and over relay and the 6 Lap Paarlauf and some exciting field events, we got 200 points and came 3rd! A lovely afternoon and thank you to the parents who transported the children during the school day to allow the children chance to take part in this exciting opportunity!
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Gymnastics – change of date reminder!
Gymnastics after school on Friday 16th November and Friday 23rd November have been postponed as the school hall is in use for Movie Nights. These sessions will take place on Friday 11th and Friday 18th January 2019 instead.
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Tennis News
The Year 5/6 tennis team took part in the York Schools festival on Thursday. The mixed team got through their league stage with confident wins over Clifton with Rawcliffe, Headlands and Robert Wilkinson. All four played some brilliant tennis and the level of skill on show was superb.
We narrowly lost out to the Wigginton team in the final but came away with a fantastic 2nd place!
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Festival of Sport
We took 5 children to a festival of sport which was held at Dunnington Sports Club on Thursday; it was a fantastic event and over 30 schools attended.
As you can see from the photos, the children (and their teachers!) had lots of fun trying out different adapted activities from Boccia, inflatable football, cycling, rugby and martial arts.
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Triathlon Taster
We took 39 KS2 children to a taster triathlon event at York Sport. This was organised by the Brownlee Trust and a way of getting as many children as possible trying this exciting sport. Over 1000 children were involved in one day!
All the children had a fabulous time in this very well organised event and were rewarded with a goodie bag, a smoothie and a Brownlee swim hat to keep.
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Football Report
On Friday 18th May 2018 ten Year 5 boys went to a football match against Appleton Roebuck and won 20-1. A brilliant goal was scored by Rory, a header off a throw in. The Appleton Roebuck team was Y5/6 players during the first half, but the second half was their Y3/4 football club.By Charlie and Alex