This week our children have been taking part in their annual sports days, the final events in our inter-school sporting competition calendar. All the children had a fantastic time taking part in the wide range of sporting activities on offer, from an action packed obstacle course using our OPAL equipment in Early Years, to various track and field events for KS1 and KS2 pupils. It has been fantastic to see the children demonstrating what excellent sporting talent we have at our school! Congratulations to Griffin House who came out as overall winners this year but a huge well done to all the children who took part to make each event such a success. Also, thank you to all the parents who came along to cheer on their children!

Take a look at the pictures below to see some of our children in action…

KS1 Sports Day – Classes 3, 4, 5 & 6

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Lower KS2 Sports Day – Classes 7, 8, 9 & 10

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Upper KS2 Sports Day – Classes 11, 12 & 13

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This year we took two teams of Year 6 children to the Derwentside Cricket Festival held at Consett Cricket Ground. The festival is an early introduction to Cricket and allowed the boys to put the skills they have learnt in their PE lessons to the test against children from other local primary schools. The children all had a fantastic day and demonstrated great team spirt throughout, energetically cheering on their peers. Both teams performed very well, with Delves ‘A’ winning all their group games to progress to the finals. They eventually finished in 4th place overall from a selection of over 20 teams! A huge well done to all the boys who took part!

See below for a range of pictures from the day…

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Recently, our Year 5 children took part in their Kwik Cricket House Cup Competition. The children performed excellently throughout and as a result, every game was very close. The children displayed some excellent batting and field skills and it was fantastic to see all the children working together and supporting each other. In an extremely close final between Griffin House and Minotaur House, Griffin eventually came out on top as overall winners but a huge well done to all the children who took part!

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Recently Year 1 took part in a Multi-Skills Festival at Greenland Primary School. It was a fantastic event ran by some of the older pupils from the school. They had planned lots of different fun activities for the children to take part in including: football, bowling, running, throwing and catching designed to help our children to develop their core motor skills. Class 3 and 4 loved taking part in all the activities. The bowling activity was definitely one of their favourites! All the children were very well behaved throughout and greatly enjoyed the experience.

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A small group of children from Year 5 and 6 recently competed in the Derwentside District Athletics Competition at the Riverside Athletics complex in Chester Le Street. Although a competition in itself, this event is a preliminary round used to help select children from across our local area to represent Team Derwentside in the County Athletics Competition later in the year. All who took part put in 100% effort throughout and where fantastic representatives of our school. The children performed excellently on the day with our school finishing in 1st place overall to take away gold medals! Furthermore, congratulations to Sandra, Samantha and Jack who also won their individual events overall! Everyone who took part should be very proud of their success this week and we wish all the children who qualified the best of luck in the County Athletics Competition later in the year!

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This week our Year 2 children had a great time competing in their house cup rounders competition. The children really enjoyed learning the basics of rounders and had lots of fun trying to hit the ball as far as they could. Well done to all the children who to part for showing great sportsmanship throughout and working together well in their teams. It was a very close competition overall but in the end Phoenix House came out on top, winning by just half a point!

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We recently took two teams of Year 6 children to the Derwentside Cricket Festival held at Shotley Bridge Cricket Club. The festival was intended to be an early introduction to Cricket and allowed the girls to show off their skills against other local primary schools. The girls had a fantastic day competing against children from many local schools and both our teams showed great enthusiasm and a positive attitude throughout. The girls were fantastic representatives for our school and both teams performed very well, winning multiple games and demonstrating some excellent cricketing skill. Well done to all the girls who took part!

See below for a range of pictures from the day…

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Recently, a group of Year 4 children took part in a tag rugby festival at Consett Rugby Club. The children had a great day learning the basics of the game and competing against pupils from other schools in the local area. All the children put in 100% effort and at times showed some real skill. Mrs Stevens and Miss Stephenson were extremely impressed with all the children’s behaviour throughout the day. They were a credit to our school. Well done to all the children who took part!

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This week coaches from Blackburn Rovers FC visited our school to work with the children on a wide range of activities. The children had lots of fun taking part in a wide range of sessions including: dance coaching, fundamental movement skill games, football tuition and nutrition workshops. The coaches were very impressed with the enthusiasm and behaviour of all our children and had a great time working at Delves Lane Primary. Well done to all the children who took part!

As part of their visit, we also held special afterschool clubs on Tuesday evening for our junior children. The children who attended had great fun taking part in a range wide range of games and activities and were kept very busy all afternoon. A big thank you to the coaches from Blackburn Rovers FC for travelling all the way up to Consett to visit us this week. Take a look at the photos below to see the children in action…

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We recently took a lucky group of our junior children and parents to Ewood Park, the home of Blackburn Rovers FC for an action packed football experience.

The fun began as soon as they arrived at ‘The Brick’, one of Blackburn Rover’s coaching centres, with an action packed training session involving a range of exciting games and activities. The children had great fun during the session but before they left, there was just enough time for a special visit from the Blackburn Rover’s mascot, Rover the bulldog. After group photos with Rover and a quick medal presentation, it was nearly time for the game.

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The children grabbed a quick lunch inside ‘The Brick’ before heading over to the stadium ready to watch Blackburn Rovers FC take on Stoke City FC.

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At the start of the game the children were lucky enough to be invited onto the pitch to help lead the players out by forming a guard of honour and waving large blue and white flags as the players came out of the tunnel.

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At half time the children were invited back onto the pitch to take penalties against each other in front of the crowd and experience what it is like to kick a ball on a professional football pitch.

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The children were exceptionally well behaved throughout the day and were excellent representatives for our school. After the game, their was just enough time to take some team photos in front of the dug outs and try to meet some of the players in person.

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Thank you to all the adults who came along on the day and helped to make the whole day such an exciting experience for the children. Also, a huge thank you to Mr. Myers from Stanhope Barrington CE Primary School for making our visit possible.