STB entered the Newcastle District Swimming Gala on Tuesday 10th February. This is always a difficult competition as some school have swimming pools and train regularly, along with many club swimmers in other schools. Notably Greg Butler, from Clayton High School, is the national breaststroke champion and he is aiming for the Olympics in 2020. […]
The U13 5-a-side team took part in the Stoke City Power League competition on Thursday 25th February against schools across the county. They had 3 games in our section. In the first game, we played against St Margret Ward who took an early lead, whilst STB struggled with the small pitch size and we eventually […]
STB U16 Girls 5-a-side team played their first match of the Stoke City ‘Glow in the Dark’ Football League at Chesterton Vision Centre. This is a new indoor competition where the lights are out and the players wear fluorescent clothing, along with fluorescent lines, ball and goals. The team played Madeley in a 20 minute […]
Year 7 pupils were invited to take part in a British Cycling training and racing session at STB. Pupils rode on new Chris Hoy bikes on the school yard. They were coached by British Cycling Coach Louise James, who taught them cornering and gear changing. Races were held with individual time trials and races against […]
STB A team beat St Josephs College A team, but the B team lost their game. The final game of the league is next week at St John Fisher. A team – Freddie Doorbar (c), Archie Doorbar, Jake Sant, Kian Cooper. B team – Hamish Snape, Harry Brownsword, Eddie Smith, Thomas Litchfield.
3 pupils from STB umpired the Year 5/6 County School Games finals at Fenton Manor Sports Complex on February 2nd. Rachel Glover, Rebecca Day and Loan Nguyen were selected to umpire following their good display at the Newcastle District tournament. The organiser of the competition, Julie Tinsley from Newcastle Netball club emailed to pass on […]
Year 7 and 8 pupils took part in Level 3 Bikeability training in November, run by Cyclist Training. Pupils had to ride showing good road sense and negotiate junctions and roundabouts as part of the training. The instructors complimented the pupils on their good behaviour and enthusiasm. Jack Barlow, Year 7, completed the training with […]
10 STB pupils undertook an umpiring course, as part of their Young Netball Leaders course with Julie Tinsley, from Newcastle Netball Club. This follows on from the girls coaching sessions in primary schools and running a Year 3 and 4 Netball festival at STB. Julie was very complimentary about the girls, saying they were a […]
The Sainsbury’s School Games Mark is a Government led awards scheme launched in 2012 to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community. Schools in England are able to assess themselves across bronze, silver and gold levels of the Mark. This is the third consecutive year […]
Clearly the PE department got their ‘Sun Dance’ right this year, as the weather could not have been better. For once, all of the pre-sports day events had gone without a hitch and the teams were set to battle it out for the trophy. Pupils and staff were in fine voice and we even had […]