The last couple of weeks the children have been participating in lots of different sports in school and outside competing against other schools!

Some children from year 2 and year 4 have been very Lucky trying Parkour.
They had to jump, swing, hang and crouch on lots of different obstacles and even jump onto a crash mat from a height!

Last week 48 KS2 children went to Tabor High School to compete against lots of other schools in cross country!

All of the children showed great determination and didn’t give up.

Congratulations to Thomas, Remi, Keeley, Gracie and Montana who came in the top 5 of their races!


Well done!

Last week 8, KS1 children participated in a rugby festival at Holy Family School.

They played different mini games to introduce them into rugby.

The children loved playing a new game and competing against other schools!

On the 24th June, eight year 3/4 children participated in a cricket competition.

They had never played together before and showed themselves to be great team players!

They finished 2nd place in their group. Well done.

This week 38 KS2 children took part in district sports.

They competed in different events including running, jumping and throwing.

All of the children were excellent ambassadors to our school and showed outstanding sportsmanship! Well done!

Six KS1 children went to play 3Ts cricket at Howbridge Infant School.

They all really enjoyed it and showed brilliant teamwork and sportsmanship during all the games they played!

Well done!

On Friday 26th April, we had two children competing in the county cross-country finals!

They were both excellent ambassadors to our school and showed brilliant determination in their respective races!

Thomas in year 5, finished 60th.

Righteous in year 6, finished 9th.

In February half term, we ran our fourth Sports and Activity camp in school and twenty-six children attended.

The children completed fun activities including: Dodgeball, football, fencing, New Age Kurling, blindfolded painting, paper aeroplane making and team games.

Throughout the day, all of the children worked in teams to win prizes.

We are looking forward to the next one!

This week a coach from Essex Cricket Club came into school to run a FREE session for a year 1, 2 and 3 class.

The children participated in lots of different activities, which helped to improve their agility, speed and batting.

They showed great desire to learn new skills and work as a team.

On the 5th of February, 18 KS2 Children went to Braintree hockey club to play in a tournament.

We split them into two teams - one team drew two games and lost one; the other team won three and lost one.

Overall, both teams showed great teamwork and were great ambassadors to our school! Well done!

Last week we took two teams of year 5/6 to Braintree Rugby club to play in a tournament. One of the teams played three games but unfortunately did not win any of them. The other team played five games, winning four and losing one. All of the children showed great sportsmanship and were brilliant ambassadors to our school - Well done!

On the Wednesday, the 12th January 4 children went to Ramsey Academy to play in a curling competition. They played two games winning one and losing the other. They showed great teamwork and were outstanding ambassadors to the school - Well done!

On the 27th of November, 10 year 5/6 children went to Ramsey Academy and played in a Basketball tournament. They played 3 games winning them all! This meant they got through to the next round and received a gold medal each. The children were extremely proud of themselves!

On the 12th of December, the basketball team went to Rickstones Academy to play in the next round of their competition. They were up against some very competitive schools but managed to come second out of six teams! The team showed great desire, teamwork and sportsmanship during the tournament! 

The girls recently played in a football match against John Ray primary school. Unfortunately, they lost 2-0 but even in defeat, they showed great sportsmanship and teamwork! They are looking forward to their next match!

On Tuesday 14th of November, 10 year 5/6 children went to Notley High School to play in a dodge ball tournament. The children played a number of games against very tough opposition. They came 7th out of 8 but showed great team sprit and were brilliant ambassadors to the school!
Well done!

On the 31^st October John Bunyan hosted a boot camp event on the school field. We welcomed four different schools who brought ten year 3/4 children; we also had three teams ourselves. The children participated in a number of different exercises, which needed a lot of teamwork, determination and grit!

We would like to thank Mii Bootcamp who run the event and gave the children some new experiences.

On Wednesday 10th of October eight girls went to Witham Town Football Club to play in a tournament.

They played extremely well and came 4th out of 8, showing off all their skills they have been practicing in training!

Last week eight KS1 Children went to Beckers Green Primary school to participate in a Teddy Bear run. There were some outstanding individual performances.

All the points from each race went towards a team score; we came 2nd out of seven schools. Well done!

Bunyan Bear also enjoyed his day winning his race against the other teddies!

Last week, six year 2's went to Notley High School to participate in a cricket competition.

They played lots of games to help improve their skills and team work in match situations.

The children were great ambassadors to the school well done!

This week 37 KS2 children went to Tabor High School to participate in district sports. They were against 5 other schools from the Braintree area and came 4th overall. As a team they showed great sportsmanship and determination in every event!

We had 5 children who came first in their events which were shot put, chest push, long jump and 600m.

Well done everyone!