PE TRAMPOLINING
So far this year the Trampolining Clubs have been flourishing. On a Wednesday evening the Key stage 4 and 5 examinations groups have an allotted time to increase their repertoire of skills. These pupils will be assessed at GCSE or A-level on their skills and the routines they can demonstrate. It has been really nice to see the commitment from these students every week so far this term. Our students are having to push themselves really hard to master new and sometimes scary skills. Doing a Somersault for the first time can be a bit daunting!
This term Year 7 to 9 Trampolining club has been full, with a reserves list! The commitment to this club has been amazing to see, with 8 pupils not missing a single session. Trampolining club is open to all abilities and levels. It is an opportunity for you to come along and enjoy sport at its best. You will not just be learning technical skills, trampolining is also great at improving communication and core stability.
RUGBY
The Year 7’s have had a similar experience to those in year 7 last year. Many individuals had not played Rugby before coming to Matravers and this was unfortunately shown against some more experienced teams when playing small sided games with early losses in the season. Although losses occurred, the attitude and diligence never let up and the levels of resilience were stupendous. The lessons they learnt obviously had an impact as their performances have improved game by game and scoring more tries on each encounter. This culminated in a tournament in which they year 7’s narrowly came 2nd in their group by points difference. The progress and developments they have gone through has been astonishing. With Kingdown still to play it their last game of the season hopefully they can finish the season off with a fantastic performance and a win to consolidate and cement their growth.
Notable performances include those of Matthew Gainey, Joe Savage and Ben Masters.
The year 8’s have built on their success from last year and continued to move forward in their progress and their individual abilities in playing Rugby. They have put some outstanding performances in and considering many do not play outside of School, the results are extremely encouraging for the present and the future. They are still to play Kingdown in one of their last games and having beaten them already in a tournament the outcome will hopefully be the same and positive.
They year 8’s have been unbeaten,
including games against Melksham Oak, throughout their games this year and have played with enthusiasm and an attitude that is great to see. They entered a tournament only to lose to the eventual winners and came third overall. Coming 3rd is a great achievement as many were new to playing Rugby last year and are continuously playing against those with far superior experience and knowledge of the game. However, with pleasing results like this and as their knowledge and tactical awareness increasing through experience, it is a really encouraging picture for the future for this team.
Specific performances worthy of noting include captaincy performances of Alfie Murden, Casper Morris and James Higginson
NETBALL
Year 7 and 8 netball got off to a flying start from September with over 30 students regularly attending netball club each week. It is great to see so many students enjoying netball and consistently improving their practice.
Most matches for Year 8 don’t usually start until after Christmas however the Year 7’s have attended two tournaments, with matches played against other local schools. On Saturday 25th November the girls attended the Year 7 netball tournament held at Devizes School. They were in a pool with Lavington A, Devizes A, Sheldon A, Hardenhuish A and Malmesbury A. Despite some unfortunate results in the first 2 games, the girls managed to pull back with a draw in the third game. Jayah Dowling captained the team for this tournament and
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