District Football Success!

A selection of Arthur Terry students have had an excellent year in District Football!

The students represented Aston, Erdington and Saltley District FA throughout the season and all achieved well as part of their respective squads. The pitcures below summarise the students' achievements. 

(Background L to R) Aidan Jeynes, Joe Maguire, Jake Lamb.
(Foreground L to R) Joe Delaney, Jonathan Grigg, Ajay Pammenter, Jack Nation. 

Aidan Jeynes and Joe Maguire represented the Under 15's, winning the West Midlands League Title and the Divisional Cup, where the final was played at Wolverhampton Wanderers FC!

Joe Delaney, Jonathan Grigg and Ajay Pammenter were all part of the successful Under 13 team who were crowned Warwickshire Champions!

Jake Lamb and Jack Nation represented the Under 12 team, who were crowned West Midlands Champions and Warwickshire Champions!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL STUDENTS SELECTED TO REPRESENT THE DISTRICT AND WELL DONE ON A FANTASTIC SEASON!

York Crowned Athletics Champions on Sports Day 2015!

It was that time of year again last Friday (10th July) where hundreds of Arthur Terry students descended on Royal Sutton Coldfield Athletics Club (Wyndley) to compete for their houses in a range of track and field events on sports day!

2014 saw York take the crown of sports day champions, so the weight of expectation was on them once again to deliver. 

Boys and girls from Years 7, 8 and 9 competed on the day and represented their house in their chosen events, with some students filling their individual quota and taking part in three events!

Track Events: 100m, 200m, 800m, pursuit relay, 4x100m relay and obstacle relay. 

Field Events: Shot putt, vortex throw, long jump and accuracy throw.

FINAL STANDINGS! (points totals to be added shortly). 

1st place - York - 603 pts

2nd place - Gloucester - 549 pts

3rd place - Hereford - 519 pts

4th place - Lincoln - 502 pts

Below you can see some pictures from the day! Well done to York on the successful defence of your sports day crown!

Taking shade on what was a very warm day!

Students lining up in preparation for the 4x100m relay event!

800m runners. 

Students even had a chance to grab an ice cream in between their events!

SCORES FROM THE AFTERNOON COMPETITIONS FOR YEAR 7 AND 8 WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY!

Arthur Terry in School Games Success!

Wednesday 8th July saw us take four teams over to King Edwards School (Edgbaston) to attend the finals of the Birmingham School Games Finals, and what a successful day it was!

We had girls teams from Year 7/8 in Rounders, Netball and Cricket as well as our Year 9 Softball team competing in their own respective competitions against some of the best schools in Birmingham. Each competition varied in terms of teams taking part, but there were at least 7-9 other teams competing in each competition, so the odds were not in our favor! 

The students were absolutely exceptional in how they performed and also how they represented the school during the day. The absence of minibuses meant we took the 45 students involved to the event via train!

I am delighted to report that our Netball, Cricket and Rounders team's all achieved Silver medals (2nd place), with our Year 9 Softball team achieving Bronze medals (3rd place). ALL TEAMS achieved a top-three spot. Despite having no Gold medalists the teams did exceptionally well, crowned in the top three of all Birmingham schools in each area!

Weather was perfect for a full day of sports competitions! Here the Softball competition (foreground) and Cricket competition (background). 

Year 9 Softball Team - Bronze Medalists - (Back) Nathan Blundell, Conor Roberts-Kennedy, James Bevington, Joe Newey, Jake Ellis, Ethan Sinclair, Jack Carwardine, Matt Cotter, George Pegg, Will Edler. (Front) Sam Grimshaw, Jake Dunn. 

Our students, pictured with their medals after a very successful Birmingham School Games Finals!

CELEBRATION TIME!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL STUDENTS WHO TOOK PART IN THE EVENT AND WELL DONE ON YOUR SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS!

Sports Awards 2014/15

Monday 6th July saw the PE Department at Arthur Terry host the third of its' annual Sports Awards events. The event, which took place in the main hall gives us an opportunity to recognise and reward those students who have made an outstanding contribution in Physical Education throughout the year, be it practically or at GCSE/A-Level. 

The event has been met with extremely positive comments from both students and parents and continues to move from strength to strength each year. Headteacher Mr Gill was in attendance to present the awards alongside various members of the Physical Education department speaking about each students prior to collecting their awards. 

Below you can see a selection of our award winners, along with a list summarising all of our winners on the evening. 

Sportsman of the Year - Year 7 - Oliver Clayton - winner of the award for outstanding performance across the curriculum and success in a range of extra-curricular activities. 

Sportswoman of the Year - Year 7 - Sophie Westlake - a star in the making! Sophie's attitude and effort in PE lessons has been faultless. She represents Warwickshire in Cricket and has represented the school in Cricket, Rounders and Athletics!

Sportswoman of the Year - Year 8 - Elley Cridde - Elley is exceptionally talented in so many areas. She has an outstanding attitude towards Physical Education. She has represented her County in Netball and Indoor Athletics where she has competed in the UK Athletics finals in Manchester. She has represented the school in a host of areas incl. Netball, Football, Rounders and Athletics

Sportsman of the Year - Year 9 - Joe Maguire - Joe is a very able sportsman across a range of areas. He has captained the year 9 football team this year, leading by example. Joe is also a district representative in Football, recently winning a Cup Final held at Wolverhampton Wanderers stadium. He is also an exceptional sprinter!

Our awards also allow us to recognise the achievements of our students in theoretical aspects of Physical Education. There are awards for our GCSE and A-level students which recognise high levels of progress or excellence in these areas. Again, a sample of our award winners is shown below. 

GCSE Progress Award - Year 9 - Rajan Singh - Rajan has shown a constant desire to improve and act upon feedback provided by his GCSE PE teachers. Rajan recognises the challenge the GCSE PE presents and has shown an excellent level of resilience in his learning. 

GCSE Excellence Award - Year 11 - Rebecca Gill-Parsons - 'Becky' is an extremely talented individual. Her practical prowess has stood her in good stead for her GCSE course. Alongside this however, Becky has shown a superb understanding of the theoretical content that forms the GCSE PE course. She is a role-model to others and has shown excellence in all areas of the GCSE course. 

A-Level Excellence Award - Robert Leslie - Robert arrived at Arthur Terry this year from Bishop Vesey's School. Robert has taken extremely well to the theoretical aspects of the A-level course. He has performed at a consistently high level in all assessments over the course of the year and we are very hopeful he will secure a top grade when he receives his AS results. Robert has excelled in Anatomy and Physiology in particular. 

Below is a summary of all our Award winners. I would like to congratulate each and every student on their awards and we were delighted that so many of you could join us to celebrate. WELL DONE!

Award Title	Boys	Girls
Sportsperson of the year -Y7	Oliver Clayton	Sophie Westlake
Sportsperson of the year -Y8	Sam Palmer	Ellie Criddle
Sportsperson of the year -Y9	Joseph Maguire	Amie Oseman
Sportsperson of the year -Y10	Harry Swift	Emily Farmer
Sportsperson of the year -Y11	Scott McCombe	Molly Shuttleworth
GCSE Excellence – Y9	William Smith
GCSE Progress – Y9	Rajan Singh
GCSE Excellence – Y10	Kyriacos Iezekiel
GCSE Progress – Y10	Chloe Harrison
GCSE Excellence – Y11	Rebecca Gill-Parsons
GCSE Progress – Y11	Joe Haigney
A-level Excellence – Y12	Robert Leslie
A-level Progress – Y12	Sam Lang
National Sporting Honours	Joshua Eeles
Sports Leadership Gold Award	Rhys Walker