In this newsletter you can read in more detail the work that DSSN Member Schools
have been doing this term. You will also find enclosed details of our School Games
Competitions and some information from our sponsors. Thank you for all of your
hard work this year and farewell to those that are moving onto new schools.
Have a relaxing summer holiday
and I look forward to working
with you all again in the new
academic year.
Clare
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Dacorum School Sports Network Newsletter
Volume 4 Issue 3 Summer 2015
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DSSN Awards 2015
Another successful celebration of achievements occurred on Friday 10th July 2015. Nominations came in from 7 different schools, across
the 22 categories. This year was the toughest yet to decide on the winners and the committee really struggled across some of the catego-
ries. We had the pleasure of listening to Laura Turner GB Sprinter, who also handed out certificates and trophies. As always Gemma Roake
supported the evening as a representative from Sportspace—DSSN’s main sponsor. The winners for each category are listed below. Lets
hope next year we get more nominations across a broader range of schools.
‘DELIVERING THE DREAM’
Category Winner Category Winner
KS1 Sports Achiever Stanley Heritage—
Leverstock Green
Lower KS 2 Team of
the year
Chambersbury Year 4
Sports Team
Lower KS 2 Sports
Achiever
Archie Robers—
Chambersbury
Upper KS2 Team of the
year
The Reddings Tri Golf
Team
Upper KS2 Sports
Achiever
Emma Walker—
Bridgewater
Services to PE and
Sport
Gary Macey—St Marys
Mainstream Disabled
Sports Achiever
Henry Heritage—
Leverstock Green
DSSN Award George Street
Elite Performer Mia O’Brien—St Pauls Sainsburys School
Games
The Reddings
Change 4 Life St Pauls C of E VA Determination Zak Fennessey—
Bridgewater
Play Leader Oliver Stone—Chaulden
Jnr
Passion Joe Stocks—Chaulden
Jnr
Bronze Ambassador Archie & Martha—St
Pauls
Honesty Harrison Stephens—
Chambersbury
School Sport Coach Clare Porter—
Leverstock Green
Self Belief Daisy Laing—
Bridgewater
School Sports Organis-
ing Crew
St Pauls C of E VA Respect Jamie Suchodolski—
Bridgewater
KS1 Team of the year Leverstock Green Gym-
nastics
Teamwork Kerri French—
Chambersbury
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Foundation Stage Mini Olympics
Once again this year we celebrated the legacy of the
Olympics with Foundation Stage pupils at both Hemel
Hempstead and Berkhamsted Sportspace on 19th June and
30th June respectively. The opening ceremony saw each
school wave their school flags and repeat the DSSN chant
as well as a visit from the Dacorum Dragon.
22 different schools took part in the 3 events and the top
3 were awarded Bronze, Silver and Gold certificates. Well
done to all who took part and a massive thank you to all the
leaders that helped out.
Partnership Competitions & News (cont.) Network Events Summer 2015
KS1 Mini Olympics
On 4th June at Berkhamsted Sportspace
and 29th June at Hemel Hempstead
Sportpace a total of 480 pupils took part
in the KS1 Mini Olympics. The Dacorum
Dragon was present for the opening and
closing ceremonies, helping pupils to say
the DSSN chant and to celebrate the
Country they were representing.
Events included, Javelin, Space Hoppers,
Football Goal scoring, quiot throwing and
many more. Pupils who came 1st 2nd and
3rd were given Gold ,Silver and Bronze
Certificates to celebrate their achieve-
ments. Thank you to all of the leaders who
helped out at the 3 events.
Year 3 / 4 Mini Olympics
On 23rd June 9 teams descended on Cavendish to
take part in the year 3 or 4 mini Olympics . Each
class split into teams and took part in Football, High
Five, Mini Tennis, Boccia and Athletics. Bronze
Silver and Gold certificates were awarded for each
activity and an overall school total decided who
went home with the Bronze Silver and Gold medals.
Greenway were crowned winners with Kings Langley
in 2nd place and Chambersbury 3rd. Thank you to
Cavendish and their
leaders for allowing
us to use their fa-
cilities.
Year 5 Mini Olympics
The year 5 Olympics was held on 7th July 2015 at
The Cavendish School. Teams took part in Tennis,
Athletics, Table Tennis, Boccia and Basketball. The
opening ceremony saw schools celebrate the country
they were representing and all joined in reciting the
DSSN chant. Congratulations to Kings Langley who
won the overall event with Greenway in 2nd place.
Thank you aslo to Cavendish and their leaders for
making the event possible.
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Rounders
This years Rounders league was entered by 12 teams.
3 pools were created with teams expected to play their
games before the Rounders tournament that took place
on Monday 10th July.
Congratulations to Bovingdon, The Reddings, and
Belswains for winning their leagues.
As mentioned the Rounders Tournament took place on
Monday 10th July at The Cavendish School. The rain
was not going to stop play and we moved onto the astro
turf to complete the tournament. 3 pools were organ-
ised with the winners of each pool plus the highest
rounder scoring runner up went through to the semi
finals. The final was a close fought game between
Bridgewater and Kings Langley with Kings Langley being
victorious by 1/2 a rounder. Well done to all who took
part and to all the parents for abiding by the fair play
charter.
Partnership Competitions & News (cont.) Network Events Summer 2015
Tri Golf
On Tuesday 19th May, Wednesday 20th
May and Friday 22nd May Ashlyns,
Cavendish and Longdean hosted the Year
3 Tri golf festival for 12 different
schools. Pupils worked as a
team at 8 different
stations showing off their putting and chipping skills.
Scores were collated at the end of the week and
Hobletts Manor Junior were awarded Dacorum
champions for 2015. Well done to all who took part.
Netball Tournament
This years netball tournament took place at The Cav-
endish School on Friday 8th May 2015. 20 teams took
part in 4 different pools to find the overall Dacorum
champion. Thankfully heavy rain held off this year and
the girls were able to
play some good net-
ball.
The final between
Bovingdon and Holts-
mere End Junior was a
close context. After
normal time the two
teams were drawn, so
extra time was played.
At the end of this they
were still drawn, so we
had to play the golden
goal rule. Bovingdon
were crowned overall
Dacorum champions for
2015.
Well done to all teams
for taking part this
year.
Speed Stacking
On Tuesday 12th May Bridgewater
and Cavendish played host to the
Year 4 Speed Stacking
Competition with Longdean
hosting on Wednesday 13th.
Only 8 teams took part in this
years competition competing
against each other in the 3-3-3
and 3-6-3 competition to find
the Dacorum champion to
represent us at the Herts
School Games finals in June.
The times from across the 3
venues were compared and
Kings Langley Primary were
crowned Dacorum champions
for 2015. Thank you to
Ashlyns, Cavendish and
Longdean for supplying the
leaders for the events.
Well don't to all who took part.
Saracens Year 3/4 Festival
On 7th May 2015 650 pupils from years 3 & 4 descended on Camelot
Rugby Club for the annual tournament supported by The
Saracens Foundation. Schools
had some training in the
morning delivered by coaches
from Saracens and leaders
from Kings Langley School.
The afternoon then saw two
competitions take place one
for year 3 and one for year 4.
After lots of matches, St
Thomas More were crowned
year 3 winners and South Hill
won the year 4 tournament.
Well done to all who took part
and a special thank you to
Kings Langley leaders and
Saracens for making the
event possible.
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Jessica Stretton is selected for the GB Paralympic Team
Longdean School Year 10 student Jessica Stretton has been selected by Ar-
chery GB to represent Great Britain at the up and coming Dutch Paralympic In-
ternational tournament.
Jessica, who is just 15 years of age, suffers from cerebral palsy but has always
had a strong desire to be involved as many sports as possible. She started ar-
chery just 18 months ago and has since then has been on a whirlwind journey,
which included winning her first gold medal for Great Britain last year.
She recently took part in a selection shoot for the full GB team. This took place
in poor weather conditions with wind and rain but Jessica performed excellently
and was successful in her bid for a place.
Jessica will, therefore, this month travel with the squad to Holland for her full
international debut. She hopes that this will be the start of her journey to the
Partnership Competitions & News (cont.) Network Celebrating Success 2015
Epic Easter themed multi skills event: A great suc-
cess!
After the success of our yr3-4 Christmas themed
Multi Skills festival, delivered by Archie McFadyen
and Martha Woollett (the St. Pauls Bronze Ambassa-
dors) and some yr6 leaders, the decision was easy
when we were asked if we wanted to run an Easter
themed event for all of ks1.
We planned and organised 6 ‘egg-citing’ events includ-
ing bunny bounce and catch the egg which all the chil-
dren really enjoyed.
“You spoke really clearly and made it really interest-
ing,” said Eowyn in Year 1.
We learnt a lot about leadership and important values
from our last festival and tried to use all of these
things in the event.
Our team of yr6 helpers helped us to spot children
who showed values such as: Passion, Respect and Hon-
esty. It was challenging but we managed to do it! Soon
we will be giving out our Easter themed prizes in as-
sembly but it will be really hard to choose because
everyone’s a winner!
Reported by Martha Woollett, St Pauls
AfPE and SLUK Level 5 PE Subject Leader Qualification
Congratulations to our first cohort of delegates for achieving the Level 5 certificate in Primary PE Subject Specialism. They attended 6
training days and completed tasks in order to achieve the qualification. Some have now gone onto complete the Level 6.
A celebration evening was held in May at Herts Sports Village where Sue Wilkinson from AfPE came and handed out the certificates to del-
egates whilst some of their Head teachers watched and celebrated with them. Well done to all of you.
WANTED
School Sports Apprentice
DSSN is looking for sports apprentices to support the delivery of PE and
school sport within Dacorum Primary Schools. The role will begin in
September 2015.
The apprentice will:
be based in a primary school (4 days/ week)
work for DSSN (1 day/week)
earn approximately £5100/year
receive a NVQ- Activity Leadership level 2 qualification
be aged 16-21 and not in full time education
The apprentice should:
Have some leadership experience
Have good organisational skills
Be self-motivated and able to use their initiative
Want to inspire others.
If all of the above sounds like a career for you please contact
Clare McCawley on 01442 278737 or via e-mail to:
[email protected] for more details and an
application form.
Closing date 31st August 2015
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From our sponsors
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A Celebration of Young People
Teachers from various schools were asked to write about some of the achievements of selected pupils in their
schools, using a tag line—Are you MAD (making a difference)?
Nash Mills
‘Trained as a play leader and thrived
at this. Better communications skills’
Leverstock Green ‘Has represented the school in vari-
ous mainstream sports’, ‘attended
talent ID for Hertfordshire Disabil-
ity Sport
Pixies Hill
‘Good Team Work, Self Esteem and
Focus in Girls Football Team’
Aycliffe
Drive
‘Enthusiastic during athletics
lessons—doesn't morning do
clubs. Is no attending athletics
club and has gained confidence Holtsmere End Infants
‘Involved in the Change 4 Life pro-
gramme’
Holtsmere End
Juniors ‘Has started a lunchtime
club for netball with
year 3’s’
‘Always been sporty, but
now plays sport outside
school for various teams’
St Mary’s ‘Never took part in PE’
‘Now regularly asks about PE and
says ‘I like PE’
St Paul’s, Chipperfield
‘In year 5, had low self esteem, and behaviour-
al issues’
‘Became a bronze ambassador, increased confi-
dence, helps in playground’
‘Participates in many sports teams’
Bridgewater ‘Good Runner and enjoys it’
‘Participated with confidence in inter-house cross coun-
try’ Hobletts Infants ‘New to the school—quite shy and
lacks confidence’
‘Looking into doing boxing’
‘Parents more positive since sport
clubs started’ Bovingdon Academy
‘Represented school in Yr 5/6 Rugby,
Yr 6 Kwik Cricket and Yr 6 Football’
‘Plays cricket with Bovingdon Cricket
club Chambersbury ‘Involved in many after
school clubs’
‘Has developed social skills
and is now socially active’
‘Involved in multiple sports
festivals throughout
school
Hemel Stags
‘Joined Community
Club’
‘Regularly attends
training outside
school’
George Street
‘Talks regularly in assembly about
sports’
‘Organises and runs activities’
‘Is a Sports Ambassador’
‘Overcome behaviour issues’
Nash Mills ‘Struggled with confidence and had
low self esteem’ ‘Came out of his shell’ ‘Enthusiastic about playing’ ‘Member of a rugby club
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Mini Tennis Red
8 schools took to the courts at Leverstock Green
Tennis Club to find the district winner. With 2
boys and 2 girls scoring points for their school, it
was a great day out in the sun. The day ended
with a final between Bridgewater and Greenway,
with Greenway winning all their games in the final.
Mixed Kwik Cricket
10 schools took part in the mixed kwik cricket at
Leverstock Green Cricket Club.
Although a windy day, there
were lots of happy faces about
the place. The final was a very
close game, with only 3 runs
difference between
Bridgewater and Leverstock
Green. Leverstock Green were
crowned district champions.
Girls Kwik Cricket
It was a very sunny day down at
Hemel Hempstead Cricket Club
for the girl’s kwik cricket with 5
teams playing in a round robin.
After winning all their games,
Leverstock Green won overall
and became district champions.
Here is a round up of the summer School Games events.
It was an eventful summer term, and I am pleased so many young people took part in these events.
Key Steps KS1 and KS2
Having gone through to the final without a competition in the past two years,
Leverstock Green finally had some competition. However, due to unforeseen
circumstances, the other schools dropped out, and Leverstock Green
automatically qualify for the Final and are crowned district champions once
again.
Dacorum School Games Level 2 Summer Term 2015
Tri Golf
Kicking off the summer term with MU11 tri
golf. Hosted by Cavendish school; Leverstock
Green, St Paul’s and Reddings
Primary school battled it out to
find the district winner. With a
massive 1000 points difference,
Reddings Primary were crowned
district winners and will repre-
sent Dacorum at the School
Games Final.
Quicksticks
On a very warm and sunny Monday afternoon, 7 schools took to the Cavendish
Astro pitch to play against each other to claim district champion for
quicksticks. After the pools played the final commenced with Belswains
taking on Bridgewater. Both teams played tremendously well, but it was
Bridgewater who won.
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The school games final took place over a few days and at several different venues.
The Speed Stacking, High Five, Mini Tennis, Key Steps and Rugby were all at Wodson Park on the 25th June. On the same
day, the Tri golf took place at the Letchworth Golf Club and the Mixed Kwik Cricket took place at the Hertford Cricket
Club. The Trampolining final took places at Queens School on the 29th June and the Girls Kwik Cricket took place on the
1st July over at Welwyn Garden City Cricket Club. The quicksticks final took place on the 30th June at Oaklands College.
A MASSIVE THANK YOU to all teachers/parents who ensured that all participants were at their correct venues.
The Dacorum Dragon made his way round to see all the different teams participating at Wodson park, and on the way
round, many different teams from the county wanted to take a picture with him. He was almightily pleased with all the
attention.
The results of each sport are as follows:
School Games Finals
2 3 3
DRAFT CALENDAR DATES
DSSN SCHOOL GAMES
16th September—Peer Leaders 3rd & 4th September—Sainsburys School Games Level 4
18th September—Bolt on Day for 14-19 6th October—U11 Table Tennis
24th September—Young Ambassadors Conference 7th October—U13 Table Tennis
October—Football, Netball and Year 4 Rugby Leagues Start 8th October—U16 Table Tennis
5th October—Year 1 inter School at Hemel Sportspace TBC—SEND Table Tennis
9th October—Bronze Ambassadors and Health Leaders 10th November—U14 Badminton
15th October—Change 4 Life Festival 11th November—U16 Badminton
19th October—SEND TID Day 16th November—MU11 Basketball
Week Commencing 19th October—Cross Country 17th November— GU12 Basketball
November dates to follow 18th November—GU14 Basketball
Sport School Position
Speed Stacking Kings Langley Primary 10th
High Five Bridgewater 9th
Mini Tennis Greenway TBC
Mixed Kwik Cricket Leverstock Green 5th
Girls Kwik Cricket Leverstock Green 3rd in group
Tri Golf The Reddings 6th
Quicksticks Bridgewater 10th
Key Steps KS1 Leverstock Green 8th
Key Steps KS2 Leverstock Green 6th
Rugby U11 Bridgewater TBC
Rugby U11 Saint Cuthbert Mayne TBC
Rugby U13 Kings Langley TBC
Trampoline Next Steps 1 Hemel Hempstead TBC
Trampoline Next Steps 2 Cavendish TBC
Trampoline Next Steps 3 Ashlyns TBC
Trampoline Elite Kings Langley 1st and 2nd
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VICTORIA
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Clare McCawley
Dacorum School Sports Manager
The Cavendish School
Warners End Road
Hemel Hempstead
Herts
HP1 3DW
Telephone— 01442 278737
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