Sponne School

On Tuesday 15 th January, Sponne took part in the Year 7 District Sportshall Athletics Championships held at Parker Eact School in Daventry. For many of the athletes, this was their first experience of athletics and they did themselves proud with both girls and boys finishing in second position and hence qualifying for the County Championships in March.

For the boys the star performer was JA with outstanding performances both on the track and on the field. Sponne had two individual victories in the girls event with PB winning the 4 lap race and CA winning the shot. Congratulations to all those that took part.

Mr Gercs

Year 7 Sportshall Athletics Team

Dear Parent/Carer

Further to the email sent yesterday regarding the closure of Church Street. With effect from this afternoon (16.1.19) the boarding/drop off point for West End students will be Crofts Store, Stocks Hill. Please ensure your child is at the bus stop 5 minutes before the departure time of 8.05am. If you have any queries regarding this contact details are below.

Thank you.

Tess Dearden
Student Services
tdearden@sponne.org.uk
01327 350284 ext 126

I arranged for the talk to take place on 12th November and we invited year 11 PE students and our year 12 and year 13 students who consisted of our prefects, members of our Sixth Form Debating Society and any Sixth Form student who is interested in football. David did a highly engaging presentation for 50 minutes which although it was centred around the theme of football, consisted of key messages about how to be successful in life - hard work, positive attitude and keeping both your mind and body active. We met with our students last week to draw up a list of questions for the q+a session (which lasted approx 20 mins) and David was happy to answer any questions such as 'What job would you do if you were not involved in football?', 'What has been the most difficult decision you've ever had to make?', 'how will Brexit affect football?' David also gave copies of his DVD on the premier league entitled 'A whole new ball game' to those students who asked questions.

Sponne PFA would like to say a big thank you to the 155 participants who have signed up for easyfundraising so far, which has raised over £2380 for the PFA, simply by going through easy fundraising when making online purchases.

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As you may have heard, we have had some wind damage to part of the roof on E block (maths). I would like to reassure you this is just superficial damage to some roof felt and underlying insulation panels, and it does not pose any health and safety risk to students or staff.

Repair work will be carried out over the next few days, and there may be some room re-allocations for the classrooms affected. However, I expect the disruption to be minimal.

with kind regards

Mr Iain Massey

Headteacher

We are pleased to announce that Klaus Bond and Barbara Gundle have been elected as new parent governors on the Local Governing Body for Sponne School.
Mr Bond is returning to a second term as a parent governor, and we look forward to welcoming Mrs Gundle as a new member of the governing body.

Congratulations to Mr Bond and Mrs Gundle!

After winning the County round of the English Schools Cup, Sponne’s Inter girls (Yr9 and 10) team took part in the regional round of the competition against the eleven other qualifying schools from an eight County area.

The competition was understandably extremely challenging but the girls did themselves proud. The race started at a frenetic pace with E H in the second group behind a small leading pack. E H held this position throughout and eventually finished in an outstanding 7^th position. The second counter for Sponne was A H, who produced her best ever run, to finish in 9^th position after a strong second lap. The team was completed by G C, E H and J P, all of whom ran well against high level opposition.

The team finished in 4^th position overall – the best ever performance by a team from Sponne – a huge well done to all!

Top 5 schools were as follows

1	Dr Challoner's High School, Amersham, Buckinghamshire	1 2 4 5 ( 6 15 )	12
2	Headington School, Oxford, Oxfordshire	3 10 11 17 ( 31 )	41
3	St Helen and St Katharine, Abingdon, Oxfordshire	8 12 16 21 ( 23 30 )	57
4	Sponne School, Towcester, Northamptonshire	7 9 22 40 ( )	78
5	Aylesbury High School, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire	14 19 27 32 ( 34 38 )	92

The beautiful poppy art installation and poppy cascade at St Lawrence church was created by the community of Towcester. Staff and students from Sponne School contributed towards the artwork and the individual poppies.

Students met on Wednesday lunchtimes to knit and sew individual poppies. These formed part of the external display and those within the church. The project was very successful and there was lots of support from the local community.

The overall display was extremely poignant to commemorate the Armistice of World War 1.

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Sparks - Launch Stage 2. Students can now cash-in!

This week, you will find out what form you need to complete. You can claim:
25 Sparks – Jump the Queue
250 Sparks – School Shop purchase
500 Sparks – Cucina purchase
500/1000/2000 Sparks – £5, £10, £20 Vouchers from Amazon, i-Tunes, Google Play, Game, Costa
Or – save up…

Year 9 boys' rugby team played against Magdalene School on the 8th October. They drew 19 -19 after playing 35 mins of the game with only 14 boys after an injury.

The team then went on to play in a 10's tournament over at Kettering on 10th October. Sponne played 7 other schools and came 4th over all.

Well done to everyone who played and thank you to the supporters.

Sportshall Athletics

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Wind Damage

New Parent Governors

English Schools Cross Country Cup

Towcester Community Poppy Project

Sponne Sparks

Year 9 Rugby fixture v Magdelene School

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