Stanningley Primary School

Congratulations to FE and OR on qualifying for the level 3 county finals for cross country. This is a brilliant achievement which you should be so proud of. Today, Wednesday 11th March 2020, we were very proud to take our 2 wildcard runners to the West Yorkshire School Games Cross Country Final. The final was held at Temple Newsam Estate, Temple Newsam Road, Leeds. On registration our two girls were given district coloured T Shirts and chipped race numbers. We were extremely proud of the efforts of our runners. FE, who was not feeling her best on the day, ran the course in a time of 05.28. She came 110 out of the best 136 Year 3 girls in West Yorkshire. OR, ran the course in a time of 04.22. She came 25th out of the best 138 Year 4 girls in West Yorkshire.

SO PROUD! Today, we were very proud to take a team of children from class 4 to represent Stanningley Primary in a TAG Rugby competition. Due to the bad weather we were unable to use the facilities at LWA so a big 'Thank you' to ValleyView for the loan of the school field. It was great to see all the children progress throughout the evening. The event was so important in terms of helping many of the children to understand more of how the game is played.

A team of 6 boys represented Stanningley Primary School at the West Leeds Primary PANATHLON Event at Pudsey Leisure Centre on Thursday 13th February 2020. The Primary Panathlon is an inclusive sports event and featured a maximum of 8 teams competing across activities such as * Boccia Blast * New Age Kurling * Tri Golf (Flight Path) * Precision Bean Bag * Table Cricket * Ten Pin Topple * Harlem Hoops All schools took part in a carousel of activities as a group. The boys were very excited when the results were given. WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT TEAM STANNINGLEY CAME THIRD. They all received a bronze medal and a team trophy.

Today, Wednesday 5th February 2020, we were very proud to take 4 teams and 2 wildcard runners to the Leeds Cross Country Final. The final was held at Temple Newsam Estate, Temple Newsam Road, Leeds. The children in Years 3 and 4 completed a course of approximately 900 metres and Years 5 and 6 1500 metres. Well done to all of our runners for completing the course. Your attendance at the final was a big accomplishment. The event had close to 1200 young people from across the city taking part in the races which was fantastic. WE ARE VERY PROUD TO ANNOUNCE, THAT FOLLOWING THE RESULTS, WE HAVE 2 WILDCARD ENTRIES FOR THE WEST YORKSHIRE CROSS COUNTRY FINAL. The West Yorkshire Final will be held on the 4th March 2020 and we will be entering a Y3 Girl and a Y4 Girl. Well done to all the children who competed.

Congratulations to Stanningley Primary School on reaching the West Leeds Final in Sports Hall Athletics. Mr Charlie Pyatt opened the event by announcing that the schools at the event tonight were the Best Six Schools in SHA, out of the 37 West Schools. THE BEST OF THE BEST IN THE WEST. Mr Pyatt explained that this event was part of The School Games and that this was funded by the National Lottery. Congratulations to Farsley SpringBank and St. Barts who will now progress to the Leeds Final.

Wow! What a fantastic effort the Year 4 children gave at the Dodge Ball event this evening! The children worked fantastically as a team and were the overall winners at the event! Well done to all!

During this evenings event, the children has the opportunity to practise for the main competition next week. They were AMAZING! We have never seen our children so confident ad able with the track events and know that next week they will be just as good...if not better!

Today Wednesday 6th November, a team of children attended the School Games West Leeds, Cross Country qualifier at Stanningley RL Club. It was a very wet afternoon and the children did a fantastic job running in some very muddy conditions. We are proud to announce that several of our children received a medal for placing in the top three in their event.

Click the link below to see an attached copy of the results from the West Leeds SSP Cross Country competition. The Stanningley Primary School Cross Country put in an outstanding performance and many of our children have qualified for the Leeds SG Finals @ Temple Newsam the afternoon of Wed Feb 5th. Well done to all of our runners.

• West Leeds SSP School Games Qualifier Results

Due to the adverse weather, we were unable to compete outdoors against the other cluster school in our netball practice event. Nevertheless, all of the schools adapted incredibly well to the space available to us indoor in order to practise basic skills for our upcoming SSP netball event. Well done to every child involved for coping with this change!

On Friday 4th October we were pleased to be part of a competitive team duathlon. The event required teams to complete the standard duathlon race format of run, cycle, run. The distances were 750 metre run, 2.5km cycle, 350 metre run. The team consisted of six team members. Three boys and three girls. This event was open to year five pupils only. The children event was at the Brownlee Centre. The Brownlee Centre is named after Alistair and Jonny Brownlee, two of the most successful triathletes of their time and two of the University of Leeds most successful sporting alumni. The Brownlee Centre is the UKs first purpose built triathlon training centre and is the permanent home for the world leading Leeds Triathlon Centre, of which the University of Leeds is a key partner.

Click the link below to see an attached copy of the results from the Year 5 Duathlon competition. The Stanningley Primary School Duathlon team were incredible and put in an outstanding performance. We were all very proud!

• Y5 Duathlon Results

We were really proud to take a Y4 team to represent Stanningley at the Handball competition. This was the first time the boys had played in a competitive handball event and the emphasis was on participation and enjoyment!

Click to see an attached copy of the results from the handball competition. Well done to team Stanningley who finished in first place.

• Handball Results

On Thursday 26th September Stanningley Primary attended the Cross Country Event at The Farnley Academy. Stanningley entered 4 teams for the event including Year 4 boys, Y5 Girls, Y5 Boys and Year 6 Boys. Team scores were given to schools with 4 or more runners finishing in a single race. Medals were awarded to the first 3 individuals in each race. Two children from Stanningley were presented with a medal with a third child narrowly missing out. We were extremely proud of all the runners from Stanningley. YOU WERE ALL AMAZING!

Click the link below to see an attached copy of the results from the KS2 Cross Country competition. Well done to team Stanningley.

• KS2 Cross Country Results

Stanningley Primary used the opportunity to take as many runners as they could manage to the cross country event at Leeds West Academy. Yr 3/4 will ran approximately 900m and Yr 5/6 1500m. This was a great opportunity for children to get used to running long distances ahead of the upcoming SSP events.