Thursday 15^th March was a very cold afternoon but the Netballers were out in force. Lead by the Sponne Sports Leaders, 10 teams from the Sponne Cluster meet for a fantastic afternoon of Netball.

Teams from Nicholas Hawksmoor, Towcester Primary, Greens Norton, Silverstone, Blakesley and Forest Federation all took part in a thrilling tournament and displayed great skill and sportsmanship.

It has been an exceptionally busy term for many of the Sponne musicians with combined county and school commitments. The term was rounded off on Tuesday evening with our Spring concert featuring all the Sponne music enhancement groups. Over 150 musicians took part and performed to a full house. Well done! Congratulations also to the members of Sponne Brass Band, Jazz Orchestra, String Orchestra, String Ensemble, Sponnaissance and Sponnaissance Reborn who took part in the Regional Festival of Music for Youth on 22^nd and 24^th March. The performances were very well received with some excellent feedback. Here are some extracts from the music mentor feedback:

Sponne rugby District Champions and County finalists!

On 6^th March 2018 the Year 8 Sponne rugby team competed in the District Tournament to qualify for the County Championships. The first match was against our rivals Campion who up to that point we had never beaten. We played well and won 3-1.

Second match was against CCS, again we won 7-0 (tries scored by Will Deamer (2), Josh Howkins(2), Mitchell Boffin and  Lucas Sanger)

On a mission to win the tournament undefeated, we played Moulton. Again a strong win 4-0 (2 Tries by Will Deamer (2), Jayden White and Lewis smith)

Just after half term, 16 of our students across years 7-10 participated in the Winter School Games. All students were involved in extremely intense and demanding races ranging for 2 minutes for year 7s through to 6 minutes for year 10 as well as completing in a team relay over 2017m.

Year 7 and 8 boys (Jeremy Gundle, Harry Pannell, Will Deamer and Lucas Sanger) finished 8^th overall , with a particularly notable performance form Jeremy Gundle who was county  runner up in the individual race by a mere 2m!

Here are a few videos from the Music for Youth - Northampton featuring Sponne music groups.

Thank you to Mr Milan for filming them.

Sponne Strings

Every Saturday 9-10am at Sponne School, Brackley Road, Towcester
For ages 7-15, all welcome!

Get active, learn a new skill and make friends - Just £2 per sesion.
Separate sessions for minis (7-9 year olds) and juniors (10-15 year olds)

Basic skills covered, like catching, passing, shooting and footwork. No experience necessary. Suitable for all skill levels, from beginners to improvers. We suggest trainers are worn and please bring a bottle of water.

For more information visit facebook.com/towcesternetball or email laurenellis_88@hotmail.com

After being crowned undefeated winners of the County plate earlier in the year, our Year 8 netballers made their way to Oundle knowing they had a tough day ahead of them.
In true style they showed what wonderful team spirit has developed over the last 18 months demonstrating some beautiful netball and truly selfless play throughout the court.
Sponne were placed into a very tough group with Oundle, Wellingborough and Campion, with Campion being their only victory of the day. Finally finishing 3rd in their group they are taking home a wealth of knowledge and experience. Well done girls you did yourselves proud.

Year 7
Elizabeth Freegard 7RW
Rachel Fox 7KMS
Orianne Neyroud 7RW

Year 8
Lottie Dawson 8AE
Holly Rees 8AE

All Student did really well and put a lot of effort into their posters, please do praise all the students in the 3 groups who did the work over a weekend 7KMS, 7RW and a few of 8AE

U14 Boys clinch late equaliser at EWS in District League Football

On 14^th March, our under 14 boys travelled to EWS for a district league football fixture, with a depleted squad of only eleven players.  We dominated the first half, with Tom Earnshaw pulling the strings from centre midfield, and centre halves Cristiano Primus and Max Jordan proving to be a hard  partnership to break down.  Much of the attacking play came out on the wing; goals from Charlie Wood x2 and Ethan Shelby.  EWS managed to score on the stroke of half time, as they manged to break through the Sponne defence for the first time.

World Book Day went ahead on Thursday 1^st March – despite the snow! 

Many students from Years 7, 8 and 9 made a fantastic effort with their book character costumes.  Staff also took part; with the English Department dressing as characters from Roald Dahl books; Drama as Alice in Wonderland and the Queen of Hearts; History as Mr and Mrs Potato Head, and the LRC staff were Roald Dahl’s witches.