Disability Swimming Fun for All
May 2nd, 2013
On 1stMay pupils from Durham City and Easington took to the water at Freemans Quay for a disability swimming event. The event was for both primary and secondary pupils no matter what their swimming ability. The pupil’s were split into 3 groups; the first group were building their confidence......Mini Tennis Serves Up Great Competition
April 26th, 2013
The Year 3 Mini Tennis Final took place on 26thApril at Maiden Castle. Five clusters were represented by; Kelloe, Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, Silver Tree, Finchale and St. Margaret’s. The format of the competition meant each school had a team of 4 boys and 4 girls, each ranked......First Soccertots A Real Success
April 24th, 2013
What better way to celebrate St. George’s Day than a festival for one of the countries most popular sports! Meadowfield played host to our first ever Soccertots festival for Key Stage 1 pupils. At the request of schools the partnership delivered this exciting football festival to give more......Girls Football Heats Up Chilly Conditions
March 28th, 2013
Despite the artic conditions the Year 5-6 girls football county cup managed to provide some fiery competition. First up were Silver Tree and Finchale and in a close match Silver Tree scored in each half to win 2-0. Next were Blue Coat and Finchale and only a solitary goal for Blue Coat could separate......County Success for Durham at Sportshall Athletics
March 28th, 2013
Early this month teams from County Durham, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear descended on the Seaburn Centre in Sunderland to take part in the U13 and U15 Boys and Girls Sports Hall athletics finals with the winning teams qualifying for the National Finals in Birmingham in April. Out......Schools love SSOC's
March 26th, 2013
13 schools came along to our very first School Sport Organising Crew (SSOC) training held on 25thMarch. The new Youth Sport Trust initiative aims to get groups of young people involved in planning and delivering sport and physical activity in their school. Each school selected 4 students to come along......Year 4's Entertain at Football Cup
March 26th, 2013
It was a great day to be a neutral at the Year 4 football cup on 19thMarch. 9 schools all brought their A-game and certainly didn’t disappoint in the entertainment factor. The competition was split into 2 mini leagues with the top 2 progressing to the semi-finals. The leagues were extremely......Fantastic Display from Durham and Chester-le-Street at County Finals
March 18th, 2013
Friday 15thMarch was the County Durham Primary Cross Country Finals with 5 of the 6 school sport partnerships across the county being represented there was going to be some tough competition. Both Durham and Chester-le-Street were represented by 2 teams of 6 runners and 3 individual runners in each......Primary Schools Put on Their Dancing Shoes
March 13th, 2013
The annual Primary Dance Festival took place on 11thand 12thMarch at the Gala Theatre, with 28 schools performing. This years’ theme was numeracy and teachers and pupils took on the challenge of creating a routine with a numeracy link. A lot opted for using numeracy related music with popular......Fantastic Netball Display at Finals
March 6th, 2013
The High Five Netball finals took place on Tuesday 5thMarch at Maiden Castle. Three teams had qualified from their leagues; Esh C.E from DCBC, Shincliffe from Durham Johnston and Pittington from Belmont. Each team played each other and despite some good pieces of netball Pittington couldn’t......