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• Thursday 25 June 2026 Gloucestershire Schools Cricket FINALS Last week, Dylan had the privilege of taking these fabulous cricketers to the final of the County Cricket. This was the highest level of team sport that Northleach has attended. It was such a special day, in the most beautiful setting; what a wonderful experience for them. They held their own against some very tough competition from big schools with County players, worked as a team, supported each other and thoroughly enjoyed the experience!
• Wednesday 24 June 2026 Year 5/6 Part 2! After a successful morning climbing outside, we had a picnic lunch in the shade, and then headed inside for some more fun on the indoor climbing walls!
• Tuesday 23 June 2026 Year 5/6 Trip - 270 climbing Wow, what a day! 270 you did not disappoint. The sun was shining, and spirits were high. These amazing children took to the high ropes, challenged themselves, pushed themselves, conquered fears, supported each other, worked as a team and had FUN! This was a reward for working so incredibly hard, and every single child had a thoroughly enjoyable day. As a teacher, what impressed me most, was the support and encouragement the children gave each other;
• Thursday 18 June 2026 Year 5/6 (and 3/4!) Cricket tournament On Friday, Mr Miles and I took 2 teams of Cricketers to Cirencester, for the Area Tournament. It was a fantastic day of cricket, filled with pride, resilience and sporting excellence. It was the pinnacle of our sporting year, topping off a series of successful team events for our small school. Both teams played exceptionally well, considering they had never played together before! With the support of Mr Miles, they put into place all of the skills and tactics they had learned in PE, and one of the teams managed to take home the win! They are now off to Cheltenham, to play the winners of the individual Area tournaments, against the best teams in Gloucestershire (and Bristol). We, as always, and immensely proud of these children, this is such a high profile win for our small school, they are just AMAZING!
• Thursday 4 June 2026 SCHOOL GAMES MARK 2026 We are delighted to announce that we, NORTHLEACH PRIMARY SCHOOL, have achieved the School Games Mark GOLD Award for the 2025/26 academic year. The School Games Mark is a Government-led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success.
• Monday 1 June 2026 Area Athletics Heats At the end of last term, 40 AMAZING athletes took to The Cotswold School to take part in our biggest event in the sporting calendar. Just to be invited to take part is a huge accomplishment. There were 12 other schools in attendance and we managed to secure lots of 1st and 2nd places in the finals for 17 children, meaning they qualify for the Area Finals at Kingshill Secondary School on the 26th June. This is a fantastic accomplishment, and 50% more children qualifying for the finals from Northleach year on year, so the progress the whole school is making is phenomenal. 6 children have qualified for more than one event, and we have a staggering 6 triple jumpers - this is clearly our event! 7 of the qualifying children came from year 3, what a successful introduction to this level of competition. Proud moment for our school.
• Thursday 21 May 2026 Oak - Sunny's Salad Oak Class received a letter from Sunny the Meerkat. He was so delighted to be home again after his adventures in Meerkat Mail, that he'd decided to make his family a special meal. He had some couscous, but it tasted very boring. Could the children help him make it more delicious by designing a couscous salad?
• Tuesday 12 May 2026 Oak - All Things Wild Visit 2026 We had an amazing day at All Things Wild. We couldn't have asked for a lovelier day - the sun shone, but it wasn't too hot, and the animals were all very sociable and wanted to see us. We did have an issue with some naughty goats who were desperate to escape, but otherwise everyone behaved beautifully!
• Thursday 23 April 2026 Swimming Gala Year 5/6 One of the highlights of the sporting year! Our phenomenal swimmers took to the pool in Cirencester to show off their superb swimming skills. It was a team event, and they ALL played their part. It was a day filled with so much to be proud of, both individual success and team success; whether that be overcoming nerves, trying something new, trying competition or physical skill. There were so many 1st and 2nd places, so many places secured in the finals, so many finals won, it was outstanding. The team managed to secure the win, bringing home a fabulous trophy!
• Friday 17 April 2026 Cheerleading Year 3/4/5 WOW! What an event. Thank you SO MUCH to our School Games Organiser and the Cheer Club who put on a FANTASTIC event. The smiles on their faces say it all. Whether they tried something new, pushed themselves out of their comfort zone, or honed their gymnastics and cheer skills, they all had a successful evening!
• Sunday 12 April 2026 Class Assembly The last day of term saw Alder Class present their class assembly, the first class of this academic year. The children put on a condensed version of the Mock Trial that they recently competed. They were brilliant, as always, and it was my pleasure to share with them that they were awarded the best team costume trophy and prize.
• Thursday 26 March 2026 Coach Dylan At Northleach Primary, we are very lucky to have our qualified and dedicated PE Coach, Dylan. He really embraces our philosophy of building 'Physical Literacy', which is the motivation, confidence, physical competence, knowledge, and understanding to value and take responsibility for engaging in physical activities for life. It is a holistic, lifelong journey that fosters a love of movement, starting in early childhood to build foundational skills, and is not limited to sports but applies to all forms of movement.
• Wednesday 25 March 2026 British Science Week and Explorer Dome
• Tuesday 24 March 2026 Oak - Explorer Dome We had a great experience on Friday. The Explorer Dome came to our school. We got to crawl inside using a tunnel and Sian and Archie told us stories and information whilst amazing images were projected onto the inside of the dome. I was really proud of the children showing off their amazing knowledge of our planets, and just how brave they were, as it was very dark inside at times.
• Tuesday 24 March 2026 Maple Explorer Dome What a treat we had today with Sian and Archie from Explorer Dome!
• Sunday 22 March 2026 Willow Class British Science Week
• Wednesday 18 March 2026 Year 3/4 Gymnastics Last week ended on a high, with our Year 3/4 competitive gymnasts taking part in a floor and vault competition. There were individual and team places up for grabs, and I was so impressed with their dedication to practising and their composure when competing in a quiet room in font of a panel of judges and their peers. This is such a tough discipline, as you start at 10.0 and take marks off for errors - the slightest wobble, a toe not pointed, not holding a move for long enough. It is such fine margins. They were phenomenal in supporting each other, exhibiting such great team spirit. Individually, we got two bronze medals on vault, and as a team they secured the bronze spot, with all of them contributing to this amazing result.
• Wednesday 18 March 2026 Year 5 Dodgeball 2026 Another day, another sporting success story! This time, the turn of Year 5 at Dodgeball, and boy did they show everyone what tough stuff this small school is made of. Some fabulous individual performances, but as always, you can't win on your own; they exhibited excellent teamwork, accuracy and passion, finishing the tournament in 1st place.
• Wednesday 18 March 2026 County Cross Country Finals These 5 superstars gave it their all at this SUPER competitive County Final, running for the North Cotswolds, an area stretching from Chipping Camden to Cirencester. Just to be at this event as one of the top 10 finalists for each age category, is a phenomenal accomplishment. They were running against the best in Gloucestershire to try to gain a place in the National finals. No places at this event, but when you consider there are circa 7000 pupils in Year 5 and 7000 pupils in Year 6 in Gloucestershire, just to get to this stage is a major accomplishment. To have 5 out of our cohort of 31 Year 5/6 students qualify is outstanding.
• Wednesday 18 March 2026 Year 5/6 Netball 2026 Warning, long post incoming! I am blown away by these children. I cannot put into words how impressed I was with them at this event. It was the biggest event that Northleach has entered, with 18 teams, and our small school SHONE. When I say I was BURSTING with pride, I mean it! We hadn't practised much, and one of our players was a reserve that got the call up that morning, but you would never have known. Netball is a technical sport; you have to consider footwork, held ball, learn where all the different positions can go on the court, plus learn the different roles that the positions play when you rotate around. Netball is my sport, and I can honestly say that these children could hold their own against Secondary teams. They won all 7 pool games, and went through to the final where they were drawing until about 10s before the full time whistle. This was an amazing accomplishment, they are just phenomenal. Individually they were excellent, but more importantly they understand the conce
• Tuesday 17 March 2026 Year 5/6 Tag Rugby Cirencester 2026 WOW, what an amazing evening. The toughest competition to date, and the smiles on their faces say it all! These children were absolutely INCREDIBLE. I cannot put into words how impressed I was with their attitude, behaviour and teamwork. The medal around their necks, showed their physical capabilities and their teamwork, but the thing that made me most proud was their attitude. I am so privileged to be able to take these children to all of these events. They were fair in taking it in turns on the pitch, freely offering to take their turn off, they offered to help out schools who didn't have enough children on their team, and they ensured that ALL children on the team had turns and an equal time to shine. It is not a co-incidence that these children consistently perform well in these competitions, they are true role models, and deserve every opportunity and investment.
• Monday 16 March 2026 Cheltenham Town Hall Music Ensemble What an amazing day! Today, Maple Class took their brass instruments to Cheltenham Town Hall in order to play as part of a large scale musical ensemble. The children performed in front of over 250 other children and adults and had an absolutely incredible time. Although many of them felt nervous about the idea of being on stage, they all got up and performed their hearts out. Lots of them decided that the spotlight was definitely for them!
• Monday 16 March 2026 British Science Week Maple We had great fun this week celebrating British Science Week. The theme this year was 'Curiosity - What's your question?'.
• Friday 13 March 2026 Year 3/4 Tag Rugby 2026 These 2 teams of 21 children took to the fields of Bourton Primary School, to take part in a Tag Rugby tournament. It was a cold day, but they soon warmed up, as they worked their socks off! It was a fabulous morning, with both individual and team success. For some, they tried something new, pushed themselves out of their comfort zone, and they all put everything they had learned in PE into practise.
• Saturday 7 March 2026 World Book Day - Oak Thursday was World Book Day. The children looked gorgeous in their book character costumes and snuggly bedtime story clothes. We took part in an online story session and had great fun, working with a partner, to find lots of different items in lots of different books in a story scavenger hunt.
• Friday 6 March 2026 Maple World Book Day On Thursday we celebrated World Book Day and came to school dressed as a character in a book or in snuggly clothes ready for a bedtime story.
• Thursday 5 March 2026 World Book Day Willow Class We had a lovely time celebrating World Book Day! Some of us came dressed in cosy pyjamas ready for a bedtime story, while others came dressed as a favourite book character. As the sun was shining, we all chose a book and went up to the beautiful school garden. Here, we spent time reading, sharing and discussing books with each other. What a way to spend World Book Day!
• Wednesday 4 March 2026 Maple Performance Poetry On Wednesday, for our annual performance poetry competition, Maple performed 'Walking with my Iguana' by Brian Moses, in front of the whole school and 3 invited judges.
• Saturday 28 February 2026 Year 5/6 Tag Rugby 2026 Mud...what mud? A little bit of rain, and a LOT of mud, didn't stop these two magnificent Tag Rugby squads from getting stuck in and proving, yet again, that 'Teamwork makes the dream work!' As a cohort they exhibit all the best qualities of successful athletes; they work hard, persevere, are resilient, are competitive, they work as a team, listen, take on board feedback and advice, and most importantly, they are kind and supportive. They ALWAYS make me proud. When you have all these building blocks, then individual and team success happens. 2nd and 3rd place is such a fantastic result for a school that is small, BUT MIGHTY!
• Wednesday 25 February 2026 Year 2 Science Fair Test Which toy car will travel the furthest?
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