Gold Award

Just when I thought things couldn’t get any better Mr Allen burst into my room to tell me we have achieved a GOLD AWARD for PE at Grange! This is amazing news and reflects the hard work that has been done not only be Mr Allen, as our PE Lead, but also to every member of staff who teaches PE, is part of OPAL Play, runs a sports club and our PE curriculum. Mr MacDermott will be taking over from Mr Allen as PE Lead in September. I had a meeting with him today about PE and he is on a mission to achieve the GOLD AWARD for the next 3 consecutive years as we will then qualify for the PLATINUM AWARD! Mr Mac already has some exciting developments for this area of the curriculum up his sleeve- we will reveal more in the months to come!

Running Club

Congratulations to our Year 3 and Year 4 runners. We run about 2 miles every Friday before the start of the school day. It’s a great way to start the day and we are looking forward to our new team of runners in September. I hope our Year 4 children join the athletics club at GCMS.

Stephen Miller Paralympian

On Tuesday, Stephen Miller visited Grange. He is a paralympian who has won lots of medals throwing a club. His main message was - “Let’s celebrate what makes us different and what makes us special. We are all good at something.” He was truly inspirational and the children LOVED listening to him and completing his athletic challenges.

Mr Allen, our new PE Lead, arranged for a group of 8 children from Year 2, 3 and 4 to go to South Gosforth First School on Thursday to take part in a Taekwondo event.

Our Year 3 and 4 running teams certainly achieved this when they competed in the Northumberland Schools’ Cross Country event at Temple Park in South Shields. It is a challenging course across the grass and up quite a steep hill. We entered 4 teams into the event and they all did brilliantly. They were all determined to cross the finish line as fast as they could. Congratulations to them all. We are very proud of you!

Quad Kids

On Tuesday, Mr MacDermott took a team of KS2 children to Ravenswood Primary to participate in a Quad Kids event. We took part in running, throwing and jumping events. Our children demonstrated an excellent sporting attitude, determination and resilience. Well done to all of them!

Mr MacDermott took a team of Year 4 boys and girls to Kenton High School on Wednesday for a Gosforth  First School Tournament. They played so well and came home with a silver medal! They were very respectful of the officials and supportive of each other. Well done Team Grange!

On Tuesday, we hosted a cross country event for all Gosforth first schools. 12 boys and 12 girls from Grange ran the challenging course in the heat and did themselves proud! Our Year 3 team and Year 4 team both came second out of 7 schools - well done everyone!