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Two teams from year 3 and 4 participated in the Sunderland Athletics Finals.
They competed in four events, the 50m sprint, the 400m run, the standing long jump and a howler throw. All of the children showed determination to achieve their best times and distances to gain as many points as they could for their team.
Well done to Kyle, Zayan, Ismail, Aleeza, Aila, Saarah and Holly from Year 3, and Aiyaz, Lawk, Adrian, Yunus, Akif, Juhari, Rajaa, Alessia and Sophie from Year 4.
Mr Spoors, Aadil, Ade, Ethan, Jamie, Keyaan, Luca, Riyadh, Saiba, Yaseen, Xzander and myself enjoyed a fabulous VIP experience at the Stadium of Light during the holiday. We were gifted a special VIP box in which to watch the match which was SAFC V Bristol City – we could certainly get used to the special treatment we enjoyed!
We tucked into a special menu, served to us in the VIP area, by our own waiting team. The children, Mr Spoors and I had the most brilliant time, and come kick-off at 3pm, we were ready to cheer for the team.
The children were wonderfully well behaved and polite, and we were so proud of them, as we always are.
Huge thanks to families for your support in the getting the children to and from the ground, and to our wonderful Mr Spoors for organising such a fabulous experience for the children to enjoy – which they certainly did as did I. #wearesolucky
Two teams from Years 5 and 6 took part in the Sunderland Hockey Finals at the Raich Carter Centre.
Both teams showed fantastic teamwork, organisation and skill as they played 5 games against other schools.
Team 1 won all of their games and were eventually named as the Sunderland Hockey Champions 2024! Congratulations to Team 1 and well done and thank you to both teams for representing Richard Avenue so brilliantly.
As a school, we are keen to promote all activities that develop our children’s resilience, teamwork, cooperation and communication skills. These skills were tested to the limit last week when year 5 braved the cold and wet weather outside all day for a jungle survival workshop with Kev and Heather from Team Challenge Adventures.
The children were required to work together to complete a set of difficult challenges that tested their outdoor survival skills. This included putting up tents, overcoming obstacles whilst trying to protect the precious little amount of water they were given and even solve a difficult jigsaw puzzle with a hidden message. The children really pulled together and had a great day despite the freezing conditions.
Next stop: the jungle to put our new found skills to the test!
Congratulations to the Year 5 basketball team who are the new Sunderland Hoops4Health 2024 champions!
After a whole day of basketball in the first round, the team qualified for the semi-finals which took place at the Newcastle Vertu Arena, during a home game for the Newcastle Eagles. Our semi-final was against Barnes Junior School. A close game ended 4-4 after two brilliant baskets from Aadil and Ethan. A tense shoot-out followed with Leon and Fateha representing the team. Shots were taken for quite some time before Leon came up with the winning hoop to push Richard Avenue into the final. The final was played at halftime, in front of thousands of Eagles’ fans. An even closer game finished 0-0, after some excellent last minute defending from Isa. It was time for another shoot out. This time Fateha would be the shootout hero as she scored with the last throw – Richard Avenue were the winners!
This was a fantastic team effort with every player showing determination, passion and teamwork to contribute to the success of the team. A HUGE well done to Aadil, Isa, Fateha, Dylan, Varin, Ethan, Leon and Aisha. We are all so proud of you! Thank you to the families who were able to attend and helped support the team.
Last but not least, great big thank yous to Miss Scott and Miss Hoggett, with extra-special thanks to Mr Spoors for all he did to organise the evening and for his brilliant basketball skills and tactics.
We had a wonderful time this morning as we welcomed the Mayor and her husband to officially open our wonderful new Early Years’ outdoor area.
We were delighted the Mayor, Councillor Dorothy Trueman, could join us to celebrate alongside school governors and the Sunderland Echo, who wrote about us in the weekend’s press.
Although the weather was chilly, it did stay dry as Dorothy cut the red ribbon to officially declare the outdoor area open after saying a few words to the children and staff who had gathered outside. Dorothy said she was thrilled to have been invited to our school and spoke about the importance of high quality early education saying that at Richard Avenue, it was clearly one of the highest priorities. She was so impressed with our fabulous new outdoor area and commented on the huge financial investment we have made in our youngest children to ensure they enjoy the very best experiences and are able to make a flying start in their education at Richard Avenue.
You can imagine it was a wonderful morning and an opportunity to celebrate the many strengths of our school. Our children were brilliant, and those who joined us commented on their superb behaviour as they listened well and enjoyed the event from beginning to end. Once the ribbon had been cut, Dorothy enjoyed a tour of our school led by our wonderful Head Pupils, before joining governors for a little tea party with extra special ‘outdoor area opening cupcakes’ made by our wonderful Catering Manager, Cathy.
Yet another wonderful event thoroughly enjoyed by all who joined us.
In this week’s Friday Flyer, we’ve got news of some upcoming spooky halloween discos. We’ve again achieved in PE with awards for both the school and the staff. Also this week the children have been out and about, as well as having some exciting visitors into school. All this and much more. Happy reading!
It has been wonderful to also welcome families to this week’s class sports days which have been thoroughly enjoyable and very well supported.
The children challenged themselves in running, jumping and throwing events with future sport stars displaying individual talents, and our Y4 dance troupe again thrilling us with a superb routine.
Our thanks to: Colin Dagg our PE Link governor from Keep Active, Amy McCulloch – School Games Officer from Sunderland School Games, Abbie Corrigan – Thornhill School Sports co-ordinator, Thornhill Sports Leaders, Year 5 current sports leaders and the Year 4 soon to be sports leaders.
Last but not least, huge thanks to the staff team for all they did to make these afternoons happen, for supporting the children in so many ways, and to our wonderful Mr Spoors who works incredibly hard, often behind the scenes and is one in a million.
A fabulous week with your fabulous children!
