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We are delighted to announce that St. Anthony’s have achieved the School Games Mark Gold Award for the 2023/24 academic year. The School Games Mark is a Government-led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward and recognise school’s engagement (provision and uptake) in the school games against a national benchmark and to celebrate keeping young people active, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success. This is a fantastic achievement for our school and we are extremely proud of our staff and pupils for their dedication to all aspects of physical activity and school sport.
Six children took part in a Mini Skills event at West View – first sporting fixture of the year. We are delighted to say that St. Anthony’s came third and the children were proud to return to school with medals and a trophy. The children were brilliant and really well behaved. Great sporting skills too!
The team took part in the Preston School Football Tournament. The girls did really well and won two games out of four, narrowly missing out on reaching the knockout stages. Later in the same week, the team played in the first round of the Preston School Dick Kerr Cup and won a well-contested match 4-2 versus a strong Harris Side. Well done to Vanessa, Elise, Amelia, Imogen, Fearne, Kristina, Indiana and Jessie.
Our Year 5/6 boys took part in the Preston school football tournament at Play Football. The boys played excellent football and deservedly won the competition in style. A huge well done to Archie, Durell, James, William, Cai, Ernie and Louis.
Six of our Year 3/4 children took part in a mini skills competition at West View. The children completed several relays, catching and throwing events and a football target challenge. The children worked extremely well as a team and they were an absolute credit to our school. Well done to William, Ronnie, Ryan, Imogen, Audrey and Harriet.
Our Year 5/6 football team reached the semi-finals of the Harold Slater Shield Cup Competition this year and played Broughton Primary School on Monday evening. The game was played at an extremely high standard against high quality opposition. Unfortunately, the team conceded in the last few minutes and narrowly lost 1-0. Despite the result, the team represented the school with pride and demonstrated outstanding individual skill, teamwork and competitive spirit. It was a great achievement to make it so far in the competition and the boys should be extremely proud. A huge well done to Archie, Louis, James, Cai, Ernie, William, Durell and Oliver.
On Monday, children from Year 5/6 took part in the annual Preston School Orienteering Competition at UCLan. The event involved navigating a series of orienteering challenges as a team around the grounds of the Sports Arena. The children worked extremely well together and were outstanding representatives of the school. The results are not in at the moment but whatever the outcome the children did us proud. Well done to Hannah, Orla, Jessie, Lucas, Oliver and Alex.
Over the past few months, our Year 5/6 girls football team competed in the Preston School Football League. After promotion last year, the team was placed in the competitive Premier League along with teams from six other schools. The standard of the opposition was extremely high but the team was up to the challenge and demonstrated great resilience and positivity in every game. Thank you to the team for your outstanding effort and commitment this year.
A huge well done to our Year 1/2 football team who reached the semi-finals of the annual Preston School Under 7 Football Tournament this week. The team won all their group games and their quarter final before narrowly losing to the eventual winners 1-0. The team played outstanding football and put every ounce of effort into all their matches. Well done to Alfie, Theo, George, Diarmuid, Noah, Andre and Adimchi and thank you for being excellent representatives of St Anthony’s.
A huge well done to our two teams that entered the Year 3/4 Football Tournament on Tuesday. Both teams narrowly missed out on the knockouts, finishing third in their respective groups and claiming three wins. The teams represented the school with pride and their attitude was outstanding. Well done to all who took part.
