School Games Mark 2015/16
38 schools in Thurrock successfully achieved the School Games Mark for 2015/16, this was 72% of schools in the borough and an increase of 4% on 2014/15.
Every school that applied achieved the award. The number of schools achieving the Gold award increased by 233% on Thurrock’s 2014/15 results which was 57% above the national average!
All schools should not have received their SG Mark collateral along with instructions of how to download your logo for letterheads.
Congratulations to all our award winners!
Competition Results
Year 5/6 Table Tennis:
Little Thurrock A were the winners of our first Table Tennis competition, with Deneholm runners up and Little Thurrock B 3rd. They represented Thurrock at the Essex School Games in November.
Year 5/6 Girls Football:
Warren Primary won the Thurrock Year 5/6 Girls football at St Cleres and went on to represent Thurrock at the Essex finals finishing as runners up against 14 schools from across Essex! They agonisingly lost on penalties after the full time and extra time score was a draw!
Year 5/6 Boys Football:
Gateway Free School won the year 5/6 Boys Football with Stanford le Hope runners up and Thameside 3rd.
Year 5/6 Tag Rugby :
Thameside Primary were the winners of the year 5/6 Tag rugby and will go on to represent Thurrock in the Essex Spring Games in March.
Year 3/4 Mixed Football :
Warren Primary were the winners of the year 3/4 mixed football competition for the 2nd consecutive year beating Little Thurrock and Woodside into 2nd and 3rd places.
Year 5/6 Basketball :
Little Thurrock (pictured) were crowned winners of the Year 5/6 basketball beating Thameside with a golden basket in the final. They will now represent Thurrock in the Essex School Games.
Year 5/6 Dodgeball :
Warren were winners of the year 5/6 dodgeball beating Dilkes and Graham James in the round robin final. They will now represent Thurrock in the Essex finals on January 13th
KS2 Cross Country
Our annual KS2 Cross Country was again a huge success with 24 schools from across Thurrock participating – nearly 1200 children taking part across the 8 races!
All teams finishing in the top 3 have now been sent their medals. Results were as follows:
Year 3 Girls:
1st Belmont Castle
2nd Kenningtons
3rd Thameside
Year 3 Boys:
1st Belmont Castle
2nd Giffards
3rd Little Thurrock
Year 4 Girls:
1st Belmont Castle
2nd Harris
3rd Little Thurrock
Year 4 Boys:
1st Belmont Castle
2nd Thameside
3rd Woodside
Year 5 Girls:
1st Belmont Castle
2nd Quarry Hill
3rd Harris
Year 5 Boys:
1st Thameside
2nd Quarry Hill
3rd Giffards
Year 6 Girls:
1st Belmont Castle
2nd Gateway
3rd Tudor Court
Year 6 Boys:
1st Thameside
2nd Little Thurrock
3rd Belmont Castle
The winning team from each category will go on to represent Thurrock at the Essex Team Finals in March, and the top 3 individuals in each race qualify for the Essex Individual Finals.
Photo: Thameside XC team.
The Daily Mile
We are continuing to promote the Daily Mile in Thurrock and now have around 13 primary schools in the Borough participating.
The Daily Mile is an excellent initiative that is going on across the country designed to make children more active!
It is proven to improve physical, social and mental well being.
It is fun, friendly and social – which is vital to ensure sustainability
It it not a race or competition – it is fully inclusive, with no need to change in PE Kit.
Children enjoy a sense of freedom in the fresh air!
Active Essex our County Sports Partnership presented their first award to winning schools last week and I am delighted to announce that one of the 2 schools awarded was East Tilbury Primary.
The Daily Mile pack is available to download from the SSP website along with school data return sheets for you all to get involved and be as equally successful as East Tilbury!
Schools Medal Table
The Schools Medal Table is in full swing with points being awarded to schools for participating, finishing in 3rd, 2nd and 1st place.
The current leaders are Little Thurrock with 380 points, Warren are not far behind in 2nd place with 350 and in 3rd Thameside with 305.
There is still plenty of time for those schools who have not yet competed in any events to get involved. All our competitions for years 3-6 are completely free to enter so there are no excuses to not participate and give chlldren from your school the opportunity to be involved! All our events can be booked online at www.thurrockssp.co.uk.
