Partnership News......

Sussex Gymnastics Finals

A massive well done to Downs Juniors who won the Key Step 2 gymnastics competition at Uckfield. For the second year running (Queens Park won it last year) a school from the Brighton & Hove School Sport Partnership have been crowned the Sussex Champions. We are all extrememly proud of Downs so congratulations to everyone involved.

Tag Rugby Tournaments
Congratulations to Cottesmore (winners) and Elm Grove (runners up) who will be representing Brighton and Hove Schools in the forthcoming Sussex Final in May 2011. 25 Schools took part in Small and Big Schools Tournament resulting in a final 8 held at Hove Rugby Club on Thursday 7th April. All Schools conducted themselves well with a very high standard of Tag Rugby played. A huge thanks must go to John Tolhurst, Tim Holgate and Becci Camis for making these tournaments so enjoyable for everyone involved.

Hi Five Netball Partnership Final
8 teams battled it out in the Hi Five netball final at Patcham High School on Wednesday 16th March. Netball leaders from various secondary schools across the city umpired the matches and gained the young official award in netball. Thank you to all the umpires. St Nicholas were winners and Goldstone were runners up, congratulations to both teams that will represent Brighton and Hove at the Sussex Hi Five finals on Monday 28th March.

Double County Champions!- St Margarets double football success
Two teams from St Margaret’s C.E. School, Rottingdean represented Brighton and Hove at the Sussex County Finals of the ESFA (English Schools Football Association) 7-a-side Football Tournament at East Brighton Park on Friday 21st January 2011. Both teams had already won tournaments to represent the city in these finals.
The boys played three games against other small schools from across Sussex who had won their respective tournaments to reach the county finals. St Margaret’s drew 0-0 against Loxwood School before beating Western Road School 2 – 0 and St Peter’s School 3 – 0 to become Sussex Small Schools Boys Champions.
The girls’ team played four teams from schools of all sizes from all areas of the county. They beat Harlands School 3 – 1 before suffering their only defeat 1-0 to Sacred Heart School. They went on to beat The Oaks, Crawley 3-0 and then drew their last game 0-0 with Ocklynge School, Eastbourne, the largest school in Sussex. Three schools finished level on points, but St Margaret’s were declared winners due to superior goal difference.
Both teams will go on to represent Sussex in the southern regional finals to be played in London in early April. The teams must be congratulated on their tremendous performance – they worked hard and played together as a team to accomplish this magnificent achievement.

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Brighton and Hove School Sport Partnership in the News:

Brighton and Hove SSP are featured in The Observer Sunday 21 November 2010.
With 1,650 pupils of its own, Dorothy Stringer is also the "hub" for Brighton's so-called "schools sports partnership" (SSP), which means it manages £320,000 a year of central government funding that benefits tens of thousands of children across the area. With the money, the man in charge of the SSP, Andy Marchant, organises "sport for all" in 72 other schools in and around Brighton, providing expert PE teachers and sports coaches for all ages, from those in infant schools to sixth-form colleges. He and his team run after-school clubs, inter-schools competitions and nationally acclaimed dance and sports festivals. But not for much longer.
Click here to read the article in full.

Brighton and Hove Sports Awards
Congratulations to Bob Schooley, Portslade PE teacher and SSCo, on winning the Brighton and Hove Sports Award P.E teacher of the Year Award. Nerine Standen from St Bernadette’s was also high commended in this category.
Bob will now go forward to the Brighton and Hove Public Service awards on Monday 15th November. Good luck to Bob!

TAKEPART Yellowave World Cup Beach Volleyball Tournament
Well done to those schools who took part in the TAKEPART event in June.
Go to: http://www.yellowave.co.uk/Gallery/Default.aspx  to view pictures and a video from the event.

Queens Park County Gymnastics Champions
A huge congratulations to the Year 3/4 Gymnastics team for their amazing win at the Key Steps Gymnastics County final. Maggie Comer, the coach was delighted and extremely proud of her triumphant team. It is amazing that Brighton and Hove won this pretigious award with our lack of gymnastics facilities, we are working hard to increase gymnastics club provision in the area.
Congratulations and well done to the whole team.

Year 6 Hi Five Netball Partnership Final
Last wednesday 17th March Patcham High School hosted the Partnership Hi Five Netball finals. 11 schools battled it out in 2 pools at a very exciting and closely fought tournament. The top 4 places in pool 2 were separated by only 3 points. The top 2 places in pool 2 played off against the top 2 places in Pool 1. St Nicholas played Stanford Juniors in the 1st and 2nd place play offs and St John the Baptist played Balfour in the 3rd and 4th place play offs. Congratulations to St Nicholas who came 1st to regain their winners title, Stanford in 2nd place, Balfour in 3rd and St John the Baptist in 4th. Both St Nicholas and Stanford Juniors will both repesent Brighton and Hove in the Hi Five Netball Sussex finals on Tuesday 30th March at K2 in Crawley. The partnership wish them all the luck at these finals. Thank you to umpires from various secondary schools across the partnership who are members of the area netball squad who did a brilliant job umpiring the matches. Full results can be found in the results section and pictures below.

St Margarets Successful Girls Football Team
Congratulations to St Margarets Girls football that have had a very successful year. Their achievements this year include ESFA Brighton and Hove Girls winners, Brighton and Hove Partnership Small Schools winners, Brighton and Hove Partnership Cup winners, Sussex Schools Partnership Shield winners and ESFA Sussex Schools Runners Up. A huge achievement- well done to the whole team.

Year 3/4 Uni Hoc Tournament
On 10th February Portslade Community College (PCC) hosted the 1st year 3/4 Uni Hoc tournament. The leaders from PCC planned and delivered the tournament in a professional and organized manner. 7 teams competed to in a round robin tournament with all teams playing each other all playing each other. All pupils showed skill and technique in hockey at such a young age. The top 2 places places were tightly fought with only 2 points separating them. The overall winners were Cottesmore, with Elm Grove in 2nd place and St mary Magdelens in 3rd.

Sussex Primary Schools Cross Country Saturday 6th February
Over 200 primary school runners ran at Stanmer Park on Saturday, all of these runners were representing their partnerships at this Sussex final. A big well done to all of those students who ran for the Brighton and Hove team. Congratulations to Archie from Patcham Juniors who won the year 6 boys race by at least 600 - 800m clear of the rest of the field. Archie won the 'Athlete of the race trophy'.
 The girls also ran well with top 10 finishes for Grace from Cottemsore and Henna from St Margaret's - well done to them!
 The Brighton and Hove squad finished 6th out of 9 partnerships, not bad for out first outing in this event.
 All of the runners have been given certificates and these will be given out to them in their celebration assemblies this week.
Click here for a copy of the results from the Brighton and Hove team.

Year 5/6 Basketball Tournament
On Tuesday 26th January 14 teams battled it out at BHASVIC College in a fun packed and exciting basketball tournament. Two separate pools of 7 played against each other resulting in the top 2 from each playing off in semis and finals. This resulted in over 120 pupils playing in the tournament. Downs Junior ran away with Pool 1 with Stanford A and Westdene filling 2nd and 3rd positions. Similarly in Pool 2 Stanford B were clear winners with St Margarets C and Carden B coming 2nd and 3rd.
The 3rd/ 4th place playoff between St Margerets C and Stanford A was such a closely fought contest that it was forced to go to extra time, resulting in St Margarets scoring the only basket giving them a 2-0 win. The 1st and 2nd place playoff between Downs Junior and Stanford B was such an exciting game full of skillful and talented play. The final score was Downs Junior 12- Stanford B 8. Congratualtions to Downs Juniors for being overall winners. The top 4 places were as follows:
1st Downs Junior
2nd Stanford B
3rd St Margarets C
4th Stanford A

Year 3/4 Boys Football Tournament

On Tuesday 19th January 2010 the Brighton and Hove School Sport Partnership hosted a Year 3/4 boy’s football tournament at Waterhall. The following schools entered teams, St John the Baptist, St Lukes Junior, Downs Junior, Westdene, Middle Street, Woodingdean, Saltdean primary, Patcham Juniors, Hertford Juniors, Carden Primary, Elm Grove, St Marks and Cottesmore. A total of 16 teams competed against each other, totaling in the region of 200 keen footballers. Pool 1 was a tightly fought contest with 4 points separating the top 4 places, Cottesmore, Carden A, Patcham A and Woodingdean A with Cottesmore becoming Pool 1 winners.
In pool 2 Saltdean were clear winners with Elm Grove, Woodingdean ‘B’ and Hertford battling for the next 3 places.
First team Brighton player, Adam Virgo circulated around the tournament talking to pupils, teachers and spectators and spent time talking to aspired footballers and had photos taken with all the teams.
1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th place playoffs were played between the 2 pools. Cottesmore and Saltdean battled out for the overall 1st and 2nd positions. The score was 0-0 until the final 30 seconds when a striker from Cottesmore scored from just inside the halfway line to make Cottesmore overall winners. Cottesmore Team Manager (Dave Butler) said ‘is was such a great tournament, the boys had a fantastic time, especially as the team won'
Lee Argent at Woodingdean said ‘We all enjoyed the football tournament yesterday...the boys..the parents and the staff.
..thank you to you and all the people that helped out...'

Brighton and Hove Indoor Athletics Final Wednesday 9th December

Over 100 children packed into the Dorothy Stringer Sports hall to compete for a place at the Sussex Primary Schools Indoor Athletics Final. Cottesmore, St Lukes, Queen’s Park, Carden, St Bernadette’s and St John the Baptist primary schools all took part in a closely fought competition. After 32 events St Lukes primary were victorious with their final score of 586 points. Well done to all of the schools taking part and a big thank you to the Sport Leaders from Dorothy Stringer School who officiated at the event. Go to the results page for all of the final scores.

Year 5 and 6 Girls Football Final

Congratulations to St Margarets who not only won the Brighton and Hove final on Monday 23rd November, they also went onto win the Sussex Final on Tuesday 3rd December. Well done to the team!

Newman Cluster Year 4, 5 and 6 Cross Country Wednesday 2nd December
 
Over 90 runners took part in the 2nd Newman Cluster Cross Country, after weeks of rain the sun shone as St Mary’s, St Mary Magadalen’s, St Bernadette’s and Cottesmore primary schools all took part in the races.
A big thank you to all of the Sport Leaders at Newman who marshalled the event and ran the funnels.
Congratulations to the 6 runners in year 5 and 6 who will now be representing Brighton and Hove at the Sussex Finals in February at Stanmer Park. Good luck!

Falmer Cluster Swimming Gala

On Wednesday 18th November saw Falmer's cluster of Schools compete in their annual swimming gala held at Surrenden Swimming Pool. Coombe Road, Fairlight, Moulsecoomb and Elm Grove Year 5 and 6 children all took part in various width and length swimming activities. All the children were fantastic and, along with parents and teachers, thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Congratulations to Elm Grove who were worthy winners!!

Blatchington Mill Indoor Athletics Wednesday 11th November

Thank-you to Cottesmore and St Bernadette’s primary schools who took part in the Indoor Athletics Agility Challenge. 15 leaders from Blatchington Mill helped run the event which saw all of the children have ago at a circuit of 10 different athletic disciplines.

October 19th - 23rd National Walk to School Week - Pedometer Challenge

Children from Brighton & Hove trekked nearly 5,000 miles during this year’s Walk to School week – the equivalent of walking from the city centre to Mount Everest!
Around 500 children, from 7 city schools, took part in the Schools Pedometer Challenge, to celebrate National Walk to School Week.
The event was organised by the Brighton & Hove School Sport Partnership and JourneyOn, the city council’s sustainable transport project.
The aim was to encourage the children to think about how they travel to school and to get them to use the JourneyOn website.
Children from seven schools took part – Goldstone Primary, St Bartholomews CE Primary, Westdene Primary, St Margarets CE Primary, Somerhill Junior, Fairlight Primary, Hertford Junior, all hoping to walk the most miles and win a prize for their class.
At the end of the week, Squid Class from Fairlight School emerged as the winners, walking a total of 446 miles to and from school. Their prize is an afternoon visit from the Adventure Unlimited climbing wall to their school, due to take place on Tuesday November 10.
Hertford Juniors are pictured below with their Pedometers. Thanks to SNAP and JourneyOn for the picture.

Second and third places went to Westdene School and Goldstone Primary.

Councillor Vanessa Brown, Cabinet Member for Children and Young People, said: “Walk to School Week is healthy, sociable and fun, and a wonderful way for our young people to discover the many benefits of making more of their journeys on foot.

“We are delighted with the results from the seven schools taking part which I hope will result in many families changing the way they travel to and from school each day.”

Year 6 Girls Small Schools Football Tournament
On Tuesday 20th October 7 teams played in this years Year 6 Girls Football small schools tournament The rain held off to allow each team to play over an hour of high quality football each. Young leaders from Dorothy Stringer worked in a very professional manner and refereed fairly and confidently. Undefeated St Margeret's A team and Queens Park will join the winner and runner up from the large schools tournament in the partnership final to decide who will represent Brighton and Hove in Decmeber's Sussex final. Well done to all teams that took part.

KS1 TAKEPART Mini Olympics
BHASVIC College hosted the 1st TAKEPART Key Stage 1 Mini Olympics as part of the TAKEPART festival. 12 pupils from 4 schools, St Bernadettes, Middle Street, Carden and St Margarets took part in a range of activities. The activities were trampolining, tennis, football and athletics. I would like to thank leaders from Dorothy Stringer and Varndean College who assisted with the running of the day professionally and with immense enthusiasm. Click on the about us tab for pictures of the day.

Year 7 and 8 TAKEPART Triathlon
Brighton and Hove hosted their 2nd TAKEPART Triathlon as part of this years festival. Athletes from Dorothy Stringer, Varndean School and Tideway competed against each other to gain individual prizes. They also competed as a team to win the overall school award. Members from Phoenix Athletics Club and Gary from Urban Race played a pivotal role in the running of the event. Please see the results by clicking the competition tab.

Primary School TAKEPART Swimming Gala
On Wednesday 1st July the School Sport Partnership hosted the 1st Takepart Primary Swimming Gala at Prince Regent swimming pool The following schools took part in the gala- Carden Primary, St Lukes, Cottesmore, Balfour, Downs Junior, St Margerets, St John the Baptist, Saltdean, Elm Grove and Queens Park. The Swimmers competed in heats of individual races and relays trying to qualify to be in the top 6 to be in the finals. The top 3 swimmers in the finals received a gold, silver or bronze medal. Shields were awarded to the overall girls winning school and overall boys winning school- the results are as follows:
Girls:
3rd- Cottesmore
2nd- Queens Park
1st- Saltdean
Boys:
3rd- St Lukes
2nd- Cottesmore
1st- Balfour

Longhill and Patcham Clusters enjoy the tennis in Eastbourne
On Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th June over 200 children and staff from the Longhill and Patcham clusters enjoyed fantastic days at the Eastbourne tennis championships - the children were on centre court and watched both mens and womens matches featuring the French Open Champion Svetlana Kuznetsova and British number 3 Alex Bogdanovic. Lots of the tennis players posed for photos and signed autographs for the children including Jamie Murray. The schools that attended were Patcham House, Patcham Junior, Westdene, Carden, Coldean, St.Martins, Woodingdean, Saltdean, Rudyard Kipling and Our Lady of Lourdes. Thankfully the weather was also brilliant - the members of staff have already volunteered to accompany the trip next year!

Patcham High School Sports Leaders delivering Curriculum PE
Patcham High School sports and dance leaders are planning and delivering curriculum PE sessions in dance, athletics and striking and fielding games for Patcham Junior children throughout the summer term. The young leaders will be working with the Junior School each week utilising the skills learnt and putting them into practice, they are producing high quality PE lessons for the children showing good planning and teaching points. The sessions even include plenaries! The young leaders will also be delivering various events and festivals during the two week TAKEPART festival which will see over 500 children taking part in the many events.

Year 5/6 Tag Rugby Tournament- Middle Street Surprise Winners
On Monday 18th May Hove Rugby club were hosts to the 'Small' Schools Tag Rugby tournament. Ten sides were involved in a total of 23 matches played. St Margerets won with Middle Street finishing as runners up to qualify for the finals. Other qualifiers from the Small Schools tournament were Queens Park and Fairlight In the 'Large' Schools tournament on Tuesday 19th May hosted by Brighton Rugby Club 13 sides played a total of 37 matches with St Andrews B defeating Hangleton by 6 tries to 3 in the final. They were joined in the finals by pool runners up Saltdean and Cottesmore. MIddle Street were overall Brighton and Hove Tag Rugby winners by beating Cottesmore in the final by 6 tries to 5. Coach Katie Whiting said 'we were underdogs, we dont have a playing field as we are right in the middle of town. For the past 3 weeks we were training in our hall and we also went to Hove lawns a couple of times'. Middle Street went on to represent Brighton and Hove in the Tag Rugby Sussex finals on 3rd June at Horsham Rugby Club.

Brighton and Hove Gifted and Talented Academy
Over the May Half term break Mrs Millington ran Brighton and Hove SSP's first Gifted and Talented academy. The first year of the academy worked with year 5 students from across the city who had been selected via a number of Gifted and Talented workshops since Feburary. The 3 day academy was a huge success with 36 students taking part in various different activities. The academy also used Sport Leaders from the Leadership Academy. These students came from Varndean College, Hove Park , Longhill and Blatchington Mill secondary schools. Please check for photos and further reports from the G&T academy.

Blatchington Mill Cluster Multi Skills Festival
On Tuesday 19th MaySport Leaders from Blatchington Mill ran a Multi Skills Festival for year 4 and 5 students from St Joesph's, St Mary Magadalens and St Mary's Primary Schools. Over 40 students took part with St Joesph's being crowned the winners.

Sportshall Athletics
Students from Queens Park, St Bernadette's, Cottesmore, St Nicholas and Carden Primary took part in a Sportshall Athletics Decathlon event at Dorothy Stringer on Thursday 30th April. The event was also supported by 20 Sport Leaders from the Sports College who are now all trained to assist at Sportshall events.

British Universities Rugby Finals
On Wednesday 22nd April over 300 children from the Longhill and Patcham clusters as well as children from Queen's Park Primary, Whitehawk Primary, Hertford Juniors, St Mary's Primary and St Mary Magadalen's Primary visited Twickenham Stadium to see the British Universities Rugby Finals in baking sunshine!! The Womens final was won by University of Wales in Cardiff (UWIC) who defeated Leeds 34-12 and the Mens final was won by University of West England Hartpury who defeated UWIC 49-30 - both games were excellent with lots of tries. All children who attended had a fantastic day out at the National Stadium as did all the staff!

Community Cup Local Tournament
Cottesmore St Marys Primary won the Community Cup Local Tournament on Tuesday 24th March, at Withdean Stadium. The competition is run by the Football League and Brighton and Hove Albion in the Community. Cottesmore now go onto the national finals to represent Brighton & Hove Albion at Swindon FC and play teams from other League clubs. Good luck to the team.

Brighton and Hove Primary Schools High 5 Netball League
Well done to Goldstone Primary and Elm Grove Primary who won their respective West and East leagues. The two teams met on Tuesday 16th March for the league play off. After 3 very tense quarters with the score remaining at 0 – 0, Elm Grove scored with 2 minutes remaining to win the game 1 - 0. Congratulations to Elm Grove who now go through to represent Brighton and Hove SSP in the Sussex final on Tuesday 31st March at East Grinstead G4 Sports Centre. Good Luck!

Year 5 and 6 Basketball Tournament
On Wednesday 18th March 7 teams took part in the Year 5 and 6 Basketball competition at Portslade Community College. The following schools entered teams; Balfour, Carden, Queens Park, Downs and St Martins. The pupils battled their way through 6 games of basketball all playing each other displaying an excellent standard of the game. Results can be found on by clicking the competition tab above. Photos of the event will follow shortly. Congratulations to Carden who won the tournament.

Special Schools Sports Day
On Friday 13th March 5 special schools took part in the the 3rd annual Special Schools Sports Day at Portslade Community College. The schools that entered were Downsview, Downs Park, Patcham House, Hillside and Cedar Centre. 75 pupils took part in the following events; trampolining, indoor cricket, mini soccer and indoor athletics. A big thank you to leaders from Blatchington Mill and Porstslade Community College who all assisted in the delivery of events in a mature and responsible manner. All pupils taking part had a brilliant day experiencing a range of exciting activities.

Inter Cluster Cross Country Event for Patcham and Longhill
On Thursday 12th March an inter cluster cross country event was held at Patcham High School for the Patcham and Longhill Cluster schools.
The four races saw over 130 runners take part from the various cluster schools in preparation for the Waterhall championships later this month. The first 5 runners in each race received medals and all other runners received certificates. Many thanks to the Sports leaders from Patcham High School for helping Mr.Hambrook (SSCo) and Mr.Hulks (Patcham PE dept) with organising the event and for also acting as 'hares'. Photos will be on the website soon.
 
Year 1 and 2 Gymnastics Festival
On Tuesday 2nd March 70 Year 1 and 2 pupils took part in the first Key Stage 1 Gymnastics festival in Brighton and Hove. The pupils were from the following schools Carden, Fairlight, Queens Park, Davigdor Infants, St Bernadettes and Balfour Infants. Every pupil took part in body manangement, floor and vault elements of gymnastics. The gymnasts were incredible and it was evident that alot of hard work and practice was put in prior to the event. A big thank you to leaders from Dorothy Stringer who judged the event. For results please click on 'competition' tab and photographs can be found on 'about us'. Well done to all the pupils that took part.

Year 3 and 4 Boys Football Tournament
Monday 2nd March showcased the first Brighton and Hove School Sport Partnership Year 3 and 4 Football Tournament. The event attracted 20 teams throughout Brighton and Hove, forcing it to be played in 2 seperate pools of 10. Congratulations to the top 4 teams in each pool who reached the final playoff. These teams in no particular order were Elm Grove, Cottesmore A, Patcham, Aldrington, St Mary Magdelens A, Saltdean, Balfour and St Lukes B. The playoff for 1st and 2nd place was a very close match between Saltdean and Balfour Ju niors. Congratulations to Saltdean who came away with the winning trophy. Thank you to all those that took part and we hope you all had an enjoyable afternoon. A very big thank you to leaders from Falmer High School, Dorothy Stringer School and Brighton and Hove Albion for all their help and expertise without whom the event could not have taken place.

Table Tennis Competition
Congratulations to Patcham Junior School who won the table tennis competition held at Patcham High School on Thursday 26th February. It was a fantastic afternoon that allowed all children who attended to gain a greater understanding of the game, each competitor had to referee, score and play in lots of matches. A big thank you to the sports leaders from Patcham High who supported the event and also to Hollingbury Table Tennis Club who came along to provide an exhibition of superb skills and to provide all children with an opportunity to take part at the club. Well done also to the children from Westdene and Carden who attended. Photos will be available shortly.

Uni Hoc Tournament
Well done to Elm Grove who were the winners of the 2nd Brighton and Hove SSP Mixed year 5 & 6 Uni Hoc Tournament at Portslade Community Centre.
Over 50 children took part with teams from St John the Baptist, Elm Grove, Carden, St Martins and Saltdean primary schools. Thank you to the Sport Leaders from Portslade Community College who did a great job umpiring and Bob Schooley SSCo and Emma Mead SSCo who ran the tournament.

Cardinal Newman Cluster Cross Country
On Wednesday 11th February over 80 year 4, 5 and 6 children from St Mary's, St Bernadette’s, St Joseph's, Cottesmore St Mary’s and St Mary Magdalene’s took part in the first ever Cardinal Newman Cluster Cross Country. The conditions were prefect for the races as the sun shone and there was plenty of mud! A big thank you to the Sport Leaders from Newman and Miss Froud and the P.E department who supported the event.
To read more about the races please go to the Cardinal Newman Cluster pages.

David Beckham Academy
This week saw over 350 children from the partnership go up to the David Beckham Academy in Greenwich, South East London. Cottesmore Primary, Coombe Road Primary, Fairlight Primary, Moulsecoomb Primary, St Mary's Primary, Middle Street Primary, Hertford Juniors and Dorothy Stringer High School all sent students up to experience the academy.
The students took part in a variety of activities ranging from ball handling skills to creating their own newspaper to being team managers and finding out about the importance of nutrition and diet in sport. All of the schools also took part in a football tournament to finish off a fun packed day.
To read more about the schools experiences up at the academy click on the Falmer and Varndean cluster pages.
Pictures will be updated in the Picture Gallery watch this space!
 
Swimming Gala Finals
Wednesday 14th January saw Cottesmore, Elm Grove, Westdean, St Margarets and Balfour all take to the water in the final of the recent swimming galas at Surrendean Pool.
The closely fought gala saw Westdene take the cup home in first place, Balfour second and Cottesmore third. A big well done to all of the swimmers and parents who packed out the pool to make this a fanastic event. Thank-you to the teachers for bringing along their teams and Colin Root - Surrendean Pool Manager for helping run the event. Click here to see the full set of results.

Brighton and Hove Indoor Cricket League
Simon Tidman- the PLT at Queens Park Primary School set up the first indoor cricket league in the city this winter. The schools that entered the league were Queens Park, St Lukes, St Andrews, St Margarets and St Bartholomews. The pupils thoroughly enjoyed being able to take part in cricket matches throuhgout the winter months found it to be good preparation for the outdoor cricket season. A big thank you and well done to Simon Tidman from the School Sport Partnership. If you would like further details of the indoor cricket league please contact Simon Tidman on tidmano@hotmail.com. Results can be found by clicking the results tab in the competition section.

Year 3 and 4 Gymnastics Festival
A number of schools across Brighton and Hove took part in the Key Step 2 Gymnastics festival last Wednesday 10th December at Dorothy Stringer High School. The event showed a fantastic display of gymnastics in the following 3 disciplines: floor, body management and vault. The pupils were judged by pupils from Dorothy Stringer whom all took their gymnastic judging course last academic year. Congratulations to Middle Street who won the event and are now through to represent Brighton and Hove in the County final.

Blatchington Mill Cluster Uni Hoc Tournament
On Tuesday 2nd December Goldstone, St Mary Magadalen and Mile Oak took part in a Year 5 & 6 Uni Hoc Tournament at Blatchington Mill High School & 6th Form College. All 3 teams had an enjoyable afternoon with some great Uni Hoc skills on show from all the teams. Thank you as well to the Blatchington Mill Junior Sport Leaders who organised and umpired the games.

Longhill High School Cluster Charity Festival of Sport
On Wednesday 26th November a Primary School Sports Festival took place at Longhill School. The different activities were planned and led by Year 11 Sports Leaders from Longhill.
Over 100 children from Saltdean, Our Lady of Lourdes, Rudyard Kipling and Woodingdean attended. To read more about this event please go to the 'Longhill Cluster Page'.

Patcham High School Cluster Charity Festival of Sport -
On Wednesday 19th November children from years 4, 5 and 6 took part in a Festival of Sport at Patcham High School. Over 100 children from Coldean, Carden, Patcham Junior and Westdene schools attended with Junior Sport Leaders from Patcham High assisting at the event. A big well done to Mr Hambrook and all those involved who raised over £200 for the Martlets Hospice. To read more about this event please go to the 'Patcham Cluster Page'.

Brighton and Hove SSP Girls Football Tournaments -
Congratulations to Patcham Juniors who won the Brighton and Hove Year 6 girls football final and now go onto represent Brighton and Hove in the Sussex final on Thursday 4th December, best of luck girls.
Well done to all of those girls who have recently competed in the year 5 & 6, year 8 & 9 and year 10 & 11 girls football tournaments at Waterhall.
All four competitions saw over 300 girls from across the city taking part. A big thank you goes out to the Junior Sport Leaders from Blatchington Mill, Dorothy Stringer and Falmer High who officiated at the three events. They did a great job.
To see where your school came in these events please go to the results page.
Best of luck to the year 5 & 6 finalists who are playing in the Brighton and Hove final on Monday 17th November, the winner of which will represent Brighton and Hove in the Sussex Final. The schools in the Brighton and Hove final are: Patcham Juniors, St Nicholas, Bevendean, St Bartholomews and Fairlight.

Brighton and Hove SSP High 5 Netball Festival – After the recent success of a High 5 Netball course run by the Partnership and Sussex Netball a High 5 Netball Festival took place on the 23rd of October at Moulsecoomb Lesiure centre. Over 120 boys and girls took part, many of these playing High 5 Netball for the very first time. Thank you to Katy Ritchie – Sussex Netball Development Officer and the Young Netball Leaders and Junior Sport Leaders from Dorothy Stringer who helped run and umpire at the event.
A new High 5 Netball league has now developed from this which will start in Jan 09 – 10 schools from around Brighton and Hove have signed up! Watch this space for further details!

St Mary's Catholic School in Portslade took part in a team building day at Hove Park on the 19th of September. Miss Garner's Year 5 Class spent the day Bouldering, Orienteering and playing various trust games such as the Blindfold String Maze. All of the children had a fantastic day and learnt skills such as team work and cooperation. Pictures of the day can be found below and more will follow in the Photo Gallery.