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

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.

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…

Y5/6 Girls Football Primary Schools Tournament – Thursday 27^th September

We had a wonderful sunny afternoon to host our Primary Schools Football tournament!  Who would have thought blue sky, gorgeous sun and the girls would need to seek shade at the end of September?

Eight 5-aside girls’ football teams came to compete in our cluster competition.  For some girls it was their first ever experience playing competitive football and for others they were able to put their skills to the test against the brave and the courageous.  Over all 60 goals were scored in total with many more saved!

The play-offs took place after 6 rounds and the gold/silver match took place between Towcester Primary and Greens Norton.  Towcester eventually took the title after a well fought game with the final score being 2-1, which took their total of goals score overall to a massive 16 – well done Towcester.

Without our Sponne Leaders these events cannot take place and yet again I was very proud at the way our young people conducted themselves, organising, refereeing, encouraging and cheering on all of our young visitors.  Thank you Sponne leaders, you are fantastic.

Second half comeback not enough for the Sponne U15, who go down 7-2 against Silverstone UTC

Monday 1^st October 2018

Hot on the heels of the away win over Guilsborough, came another fixture for the U15s, as they faced Silverstone UTC at Stowe School.

Another slow start for the Sponne side, and Silverstone made the most of it, scoring six goals in a one-sided first half. Not much else can be said here apart from that the second half went much better.

The second half saw a reshuffle as Ben Dimond joined the back line, and this change in approach made a huge difference as Sponne battled back in the second half.  We got on the scoresheet as Charlie Wood scored a neat finish from the edge of the box.

Tightly fought contest at NSB for the U15s, but are just edged out of the County Cup

Wednesday 3^rd October 2018

The Sponne U15 footballers travelled to NSB for a first round Northamptonshire Schools County Cup tie.  On the back of two slack first half performances, all focus was on starting the game well, working hard and pressing as a team.

Motivational words from Mr. Trusler set the tone on arrival at NSB, before the team went through a full warm-up drill, led by Mr. Cornelius, assisted by Ben Dimond and Luke Desborough.  We were fully ready to battle and compete, and an excellent 70 minutes of football was to be played.

U15s footballers fightback from 3-1 down to secure victory at Guilsborough
Wednesday 26 th September 2018

The first U15s fixture of the season came away at Guilsborough, in glorious conditions on a late September afternoon. Early play and possession was dominated by the hosts, comfortable with the ball and also making the most of some excellent long kicks from their ‘keeper.

Two early goals were conceded, the first from a cross, and next from a corner after some suspect marking from the backline.

Congratulations to the members of the Sponne Concert band, Brass band, Jazz Orchestra and String Orchestra who took part in the band tour to Paris at the end of last term. The groups gave three amazing concerts at Notre Dame, EuroDisney and Parc Montsouris. This was quite an experience being in Paris at the same time as the world cup, especially as one of the concerts took place shortly before the kick off of the final! In addition to the concerts, the students enjoyed a boat trip down the Seine, visit to Aquaboulevard, Musee d'Orsay and the Chateau de Versailles. It is amazing what you can pack into a short trip!
Sponne musicians have a busy term 2 ahead of them with multiple performances in and around Towcester leading up to Christmas. All the extracurricular music groups will be performing at the Christmas Concert on Tuesday 18th December. Tickets will go on sale, priced £7 via TUCASI after half term. So that all participating musicians have the opportunity to purchase tickets, two tickets per musician will be available to purchase until 26th November after which point they will be released for general sale. Book tickets early to avoid disappointment as this event is always sold out!