ORCHARD JUNIOR SCHOOL
Growing Together. Branching Out.
Headteacher: Mrs Carol Taylor
Phone: 02380 843162
SPORTS AT ORCHARD
Our aim is to provide ample opportunity to our students to experience as many sports as possible during their time at Orchard Juniors. Entering in to the New Forest School Sport Partnership competitions, Southampton Football Leagues and Cup, as well as hosting numerous sporting events throughout the year ourselves at Orchard Juniors with other local schools; to provide a range of opportunities and events from inclusive festivals to competitive pathway events to allow opportunities for all levels of sports participation.
Children are encouraged in assemblies to attend lunch time training sessions for upcoming events, from which we select our teams.
Yesterday, our Year 5&6 Table Tennis Teams competed in the New Forest regional event at Testwood School. A huge array of table tennis talent on display and some very intense contests throughout the evening. Our players have practiced for the last 2 weeks, with only 3 of our 16 previously playing competitive table tennis. All the children performed incredibly, with great attitude, resilience, focus and in the spirit of the Schools Games, well done team!
Results:
Boys Gold Medal Winners!
Girls Silver and Bronze Medal Winners!
Both our boys and girls "A" teams have progressed to the county finals!
Congratulations and good luck!
On Wednesday we held our first football fixtures of the year. We hosted Beaulieu in a boys and girls fixture.
Our boys drew 2 - 2 in a fantastic match, played with great teamwork and determination. Well done boys.
Our girls won 4-2 in a confident display, which sets us up nicely for next weeks tournament at Applemore! Good luck girls.
We plan to hold more football fixtures throughout the year to maximise participation opportunities. If your child is interested in playing in school matches they need to attend lunch time training sessions - shin pads, football boots and a change of sports clothing essential.
Boys every Tuesday
Girls every Friday
On Wednesday, we took two Year 5&6 Girls' Football Teams to compete in the New Forest Schools Tournament at Applemore. Both teams competed excellently all day against tough oppositions. They even had play each other in the second round of matches! The highlight of the day was both teams only conceding 1 goal each across all 6 matches, showing excellent defensive resilience and team work. Well done girls. Looking forward to a fantastic season of Girls' Football once again at Orchard.
On Wednesday we took two teams to the New Forest Schools Dodgeball Festival. A very fun afternoon playing lots of dodgeball matches against other schools from across the New Forest. Well done everyone for excellent enthusiasm and teamwork, it was great to watch.
This week during PE each year group competed in our first round of Inter-House sports events. It was great to see everyone working well together and competing in friendly competition.
Year 3 competed in Throw Tennis
Year 4 & 5 competed in End Ball
Year 6 competed in Benchball
Well done Orchard!
Last week, we competed in our first New Forest Schools Athletics Meet of the school year at Testwood School. We took a team of 8 talented athletes to compete in three events each; 1 track event, 1 field event and a team relay. All of our athletes competed with great attitude and determination to strive to achieve personal bests in their events and represented Orchard Junior School impeccably, showing great teamwork throughout. We currently sit in second place and look forward to Meet 2 in January. Well done team!
Yesterday, we took three teams to the Year 5&6 Sportshall Athletics Qualifying Competition at Testwood School.
All children competed in 1 run, 1 jump and 1 throw event as well as a team relay. We saw some incredible individual and team performances in the events, multiple personal bests were achieved and even a new school record in the Girls Speed Bounce event! Well done to everyone who competed, great teamwork and determination throughout!
Results:
Orchard A - 2nd Place (Silver Medalists)
Orchard B - 4th Place
Orchard C - 12th Place
On Wednesday, we took two teams to the New Forest Schools Basketball Competition at Noadswood School. After practicing in PE last half term, this was a fantastic opportunity for the players to showcase what they had learned and apply those skills in competitive matches.
Both teams had excellent opening rounds. Our A Team won all three of their seeding round matches without conceding a single point, demonstrating exceptional defending throughout. Meanwhile, our B Team won two of their three seeding round games, showing outstanding teamwork and determination.
In the Tiered stage, the B Team secured a spot in Tier 2 and continued to battle hard in each game against talented opposition. Our A Team advanced to Tier 1 and competed for the overall winners' medal. After a tightly contested draw with Abbotswood, followed by a win and a loss in their next two games, the points total came down to points scored. Ultimately, our A Team finished 2nd overall—our highest placement in this competition in recent years.
Well done to both teams, and congratulations to our medal winners!
On Thursday the 5th December we took a group of girls to a Dance Festival in Brockenhurst. The afternoon was divided up into 2 parts. The first hour the girls learnt a dance routine with the other 7 schools present. Then in the last hour the girls had to choreograph their own dance to show to the other schools and adults watching. It was a delight to see all the girls working together, sharing ideas and growing in confidence throughout the afternoon. Well done girls!!
On Monday 9th December our year 5 and 6 Table Tennis teams competed in the County Table Tennis Finals at Blue Coat School in Basingstoke.
After winning a Gold and Silver Team Medal in the New Forest regional event the standard was going to be even higher.
Both the boys and girls teams did exceptionally well against very good opposition. Despite every team member winning at least one of their games, it was not quite enough to progress to the semi-finals.
Well done to both teams and congratulations for reaching the County Finals.
