Sports Summer 2025
Criftins School Sports Day was an afternoon for the whole school from Nursery to Year 6, the children took part in field and running events competing for their houses, all showing determination, teamwork, passion, respect and self-belief -well done everyone!
Class 3 played scatter ball rounders this week as part of our half termly inter-house in school competition!
A group of Year 5 and 6 children took part in another tennis event at Oswestry School where they practised their racket skills and played some mini fun games. This event was kindly organised by Louis Gray, our SGO, to help encourage and improve tennis skills and is part of the “60 minute active” in school.
National School Sports Week
This year marks 30 years of the Youth Sport Trust, and they are making it bigger than ever!
National School Sports Week is calling on schools, families and organisations to get involved, host the UK’s biggest ever Sports Day, and champion 60 minutes* of PE, sport and play every day to help all young people be Always Active.
60 minutes active is so important to us at Criftin: this week we have extra lunchtime activities on the school field, run by Miss Onley, tennis and cricket coaches in school, sports afterschool clubs, sports day practice and a visit to Oswestry School to play tennis.
There are resources on the Youth Sports Trust for families to register and access-
https://www.youthsporttrust.org/school-support/national-school-sports-week
We’re excited to let you know that our school has been selected to receive a sporty kit bag as part of our National School Sports Week 2025 celebrations! Thanks to the support of Sports Direct, we have what we need to help get our children moving not just during National School Sports Week (16–22 June), but every day.
This week we have taken part in the nationwide school football initiative -Monster Kickabout Week, the aim is to encourage more children to take up football.
Naomi, from Cricket Shropshire, has joined us for 5 weeks of cricket coaching from Year 1 to Year 6. She will use fun games to teach the children fundamental skills and some match practice with the older children.
Year 6 Rounders Tournament - our team joined 11 other schools at the Marches to take part in the annual rounders match.
We have just received our award for taking part in the 2025 TCSMini London Marathon. Members of the cross country team took part in the challenge along with over 450,000 others across the country and ran two miles between 22nd April and 2nd May, an incredible achievement!
Our annual visit to Queensway Athletics Stadium took place with our team of 25 children achieving 2nd in the Year 3/ 4 small schools category, 2nd for the Year 5/6 and 2nd overall. The team ran sprints, long distance, relays, long jump, vertical high jump and throwing having practised really hard in school. A marvellous achievement!
Year 5/6 Mixed Tennis. We were joined by Moreton Hall for a fun packed tennis coaching session which was organised by Louis Gray, SGO. The children were able to practise their ball and racquet skills using games and activities and a spot of match play at the end.
Our final cross country meet took place at Marches School, the team have achieved some great placings over the last few meetings.
Some of our Year 1 children took part in a KS1 cricket festival at Moreton Hall School. The children played Moreton, Gobowen and Whittington teams in a fast game using their batting and fielding skills. It was a fantastic introduction to competitive cricket at a fun level.
Love. Play. Active. The professional tennis coach joined us for the first of 4 fun filled sessions to teach Years 3, 4,5 and 6 on a beautiful sunny afternoon.
The 3rd meet for the cross country was held at the. Marches school on a very warm and sunny afternoon, our team ran brilliant races and achieved great placings!
