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SPORTSHALL ATHLETICS EVENT - JANUARY 2024
Congratulations to our 18 Sportshall athletes who competed in the heats on Monday night at South Notts Academy, earning special praise from the organisers for their impeccable behaviour. Both teams now go on to compete in their respective ’Finals Night’ in a couple of weeks. A special mention to both Charlotte and Carter, who were representing Carnarvon for the very first time - a proud moment for them!
CROSS-COUNTRY - DECEMBER 2024
A BIG ‘thank you’ to the 27 runners (a Carnarvon record) who rose early and made the long trip to Berry Hill last Saturday to run in the rain and mud with such resilience and determination - you were all AMAZING! 1st and 2nd in the league for boys and 3rd place for girls.
MULTI-SKILLS FESTIVAL - DECEMBER 2024
Some children from Year 4 attended a Multi-skills Festival at South Notts. Academy yesterday, where they thoroughly enjoyed fun activities and problem-solving together. Four other schools attended and Carnarvon joined them in a final, whole-group ‘rock, paper, scissors’ game that was brilliant. As usual, all of the children who attended were fantastic role models and they enjoyed every minute.
Well done!!
CROSS-COUNTRY - NOVEMBER 23
Yet another record turn-out at Berry Hill last weekend, including lots of runners from Year 4. The boys continue to dominate the league; our three teams lie in first, second and fifth place, with Toby leading the individual table.
A huge turnout from Carnarvon girls has boosted their chances of a medal too, with our highest-positioned team currently lying in third place.
The final race is on Saturday morning, 9th December.
FOOTBALL NEWS - NOVEMBER 23
After their defeat to Radcliffe last week, the boys’ football team travelled to Robert Miles for their second Rushcliffe Schools league match. Carnarvon got off to a flyer and were 2-0 up inside ten minutes thanks to goals from George M (5L) and James C (5A)! Robert Miles managed to pull a goal back in the first half, but the game finished 2-1 to Carnarvon, thanks to excellent determination from all of the lads, and some fine saves from Goalkeeper Finlay S (6H). ‘Player of the Match’ was Sidney (6H), who chased every ball down and didn't leave any energy on the field!
Well done to the team!
CARNARVON BOYS’ FOOTBALL - NOVEMBER 2023
On Friday 10th November, Carnarvon Boys played against Radcliffe in our first league match. We were excellent in the first half with a score of 1-0 at half-time, thanks to a great team goal started by George M in 5L, and finished by Toby in 6H. In the second half, Radcliffe fought back and were victorious over us with 3-1 win. Plenty of positives for the boys to take away though, ready for their next league game against Robert Miles, which is taking place today. Good luck boys!
SPORTS AMBASSADORS - NOVEMBER 2023
A lovely day today to unveil our new Sports Ambassadors, resplendent in their new t-shirts.
Congratulations to them on their appointment; they’ll be involved in supporting and organising many sporting activities over the course of this year.
GIRLS’ FOOTBALL BEFORE HALF-TERM
Carnarvon Girls’ Football 19/10/2023
Nottingham High School 1 – 6 Carnarvon
“On Thursday the 19th October 2023, Carnarvon successfully won a football match against Nottingham High School. The following people that played the match were Eabha, Isla, Sophie P, Alissa, Holly L, Eve and Charlotte B.
The score was 6-1 to us and the people who scored were Eabha (1), Isla (1), Eve (1) and Rebecca (3).
We all played very well, and since we did so good we won a chocolate cookie and a drink (delicious). Throughout the whole match we were doing some amazing tackles and great defending. Our goalie, Charlotte B, did some amazing saves and only let one in. We had a very fun match and everyone played amazing.”
Match report written by Eabha.
CARNARVON BOYS V GREYTHORN - OCTOBER 2023
Carnarvon Boys 3 - 5 Greythorn
Trailing 0-4 at halftime, our lads had a bit of work to do. A magnificent second half deserved more than the 3 goals that they did score, but despite the defeat, they left the field knowing that they had put on a thoroughly entertaining game for parents on the touchline.
CROSS-COUNTRY AT BERRY HILL PARK - OCTOBER 2023
It’s been a very long time since Carnarvon have managed to field 3 girls’ teams and 3 boys’ teams for a Saturday morning event - brilliant!
And what a morning it turned out to be: Toby won the boys’ race and was followed in by another 6 Carnarvon boys all finishing in the top 13 places. Our A & B teams stand in first and second place in the league.
A special mention to Edith and Harry, who both finished in the top 20 in their respective races - fantastic running given they are Year 4 children in a Year 5/6 race!
As always, thank you to the parents for the lengthy journey to the venue and to the children for their commitment to a school event early on a Saturday morning - you did us proud!
RUDDINGTON TOURNAMENT - SEPTEMBER 2023
Pictured here are the girls who competed at the Ruddington tournament last Saturday morning.
They had a great morning of football, showing some wonderful passing and excellent teamwork in the 4 games they played. We are looking forward to seeing them shine in their next game.
Well done to you all!!
RUDDINGTON TOURNAMENT - SEPTEMBER 2023
Last Saturday some of our Year 6 boys played in the Ruddington tournament. They finished 2nd out of 6 in their group, and were unlucky not to get through to the semi-finals. Ted was the ‘Player of the Tournament’, scoring two important goals.
FOOTBALL NEWS JUNE 23....
CARNARVON v ROBERT MILES
On Tuesday, Year 5 played against Robert Miles. The final score was 5-1 to Carnarvon with goals scored by: Ted (2), Sidney (2) and Toby (1). The ‘Man of the Match’ was Finley S, who made some excellent saves and kept us in the lead. Well done everyone!!
YEAR 3 FOOTBALL
Match Report by Jake 3M:
I was a member of the Year 3 football team against Robert Miles School. We won 3-0! The team played brilliantly and we were very proud to represent Carnarvon in our first football match. We all tried our best and were so pleased with the result!
YEAR 4 FOOTBALL
Match report by Carter 4S
We played against Robert Miles and in the first few seconds we scored 1 goal, then a few more before half-time. In the second half, we played great football and by the full time whistle, we had scored 6 goals. The final score was 6-0 and we won the Alex Munn trophy. We had a picture taken with the trophy. Well done everyone!!
FOOTBALL NEWS MAY 23....
CARNARVON GIRLS v BARNABY ROAD
We are really proud of the way the girls have played throughout this year, they have reached 3 semi-finals (the Rushcliffe Cup, the County Cup and the Semi-Final of the Ruddington tournament. What a successful year you have had.
Last nights match against Barnaby Road ended in a 3-0 loss, but the girls showed a lot of fighting spirit and played really well!
CARNARVON 6 - 0 HEYMANN
It was a comfortable game in which the girls dominated from start to finish, though a tough game awaits in the semi-final...
RUDDINGTON TOURNAMENT
What a great tournament that the boys had: winning 4 games and drawing the other in the group stages, they qualified for the semi-final as group winners! Facing a very good Ruddington side, they lost 2 - 0, but could still go home with their heads held high after a good morning's work! Well done boys!
CARNARVON 1 - 9 TOLLERTON
Carnarvon played against National Finalists - Tollerton! Carnarvon had the 'audacity' to score first, though that was like kicking a hornets' nest as an excellent Tollerton side dominated the rest of the game.
CARNARVON 0 - 4 CANDLEBY LANE
Yesterday, Carnarvon Year 6 boy’s played in the County Cup quarter-final match which was held at home. They played really well against strong opposition but sadly, didn't end the game as they would have liked. Well done to everyone who played and it was great to see Saint and Lukus making their belated school debuts!!
FOOTBALL NEWS APRIL 2023…..
CARNARVON v CANDLEBY LANE
It was a confident performance in the sunshine from our girls (and a hat trick from Grace) as they breezed into the semi-final of the Rushcliffe Cup last Friday. We are sure much stiffer competition awaits! Go girls!
RUDDINGTON TOURNAMENT
On Saturday morning, the girls’ football team played at the Ruddington Tournament.
They won the group stages with 3 wins and Juliet keeping 3 clean sheets in goal. The girls played some really nice football with lots of shots on goal and some really strong defending, reaching the semi –finals where we faced Lady Bay.
The semi-final was a really fast-paced game and the girls worked really hard, but Lady Bay came out on top.
Well done girls!!
YEAR 5 AND 6 FOOTBALL MATCH AT BINGHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL
On Tuesday, some of our Year 5 and 6 children took part in a friendly football match against Bingham Primary School. Well done to everyone who played, we are pleased to say that we won the match 4-0. Arthur scored 2 and Finley A and Jasper scored 1. The ‘Player of the Match’ was awarded to Holly.
Well done everyone!!
FOOTBALL NEWS - MARCH 2023
Carnarvon Girls 2 - 0 Robert Miles
A confident and dominant display from our girls, with goals from Eva and Scarlett, sealed a well-deserved victory and a trophy against our local ‘rivals’.
Carnarvon Boys 2 - 4 Robert Miles
A fair result against a strong Robert Miles side. Only some incredible goalkeeping from Flynn kept the score to 0-1 at half-time. A fantastic fight back and two goals from Max put Carnarvon in front for a while, but Robert Miles finished strongly as deserved winners.
Carnarvon and Robert Miles have been competing for these two trophies since 2012; given the impending retirement of the Headteacher at Robert Miles, we have renamed these trophies “The Gilbey Cups” in recognition of the close sporting ties between these two schools over the years and the role that Mr Gilbey has played in that.
NETBALL NEWS - MARCH 2023
Carnarvon Netball Team has taken part in two netball tournaments in the last two weeks.
“I was immensely proud of all the girls for getting involved because, for the majority, it was their first ever proper match. The first tournament was at Nottingham High School and it was incredible to see the improvement after the first game, and by the end of day, real progress had been made, resulting in three fantastic goals by Bella and Freya, winning the match for Carnarvon. Special mention to Juliette who was awarded ‘Fair Player’ in our group.
The second tournament was at Nottingham Girls High School and the girls continued to develop their skills, winning another match and drawing second in our group (we ended up coming third due to goal difference). A lot of fun was had by all the girls and they really did Carnarvon proud. Finally, thank you to the parents that helped with lifts.”
Mrs Bailey.
FOOTBALL FESTIVAL - MARCH 2023
A cold (but heart-warming) afternoon at Nottingham High on Monday where our Year 4 boys were in action at a football festival. Great to see so much young talent in action as they won two and drew two of their four games. Congratulations to Max who collected the Players’ Player award from the organisers.
SWIMMING GALA - FEBRUARY 2023
Congratulations to our swimmers for a great result last Monday. In a gala involving 10 schools, it was great performances all round. Carnarvon secured 3rd place and received a nice medal for their efforts. The gala represents a great opportunity for Bingham Swimming Club members to represent the school, which they did with pride and aplomb! Well done all of you!
WOLLATON PARK CROSS-COUNTRY EVENT - FEBRUARY 2023
A great afternoon out at Wollaton Park for our runners on the last day of last half-term. It was lovely to see so many runners representing school for the first time and a special mention to Olivia in Year 5 who has made such fantastic progress in just a few months of running.
A great team performance from the Year 4 girls who won gold medals and a rather nice ‘Team Winners’ trophy for the cabinet!
As usual, Toby and Loxley battled it out for first and second (what an amazing season those two boys have had!), finishing with gold and silver respectively in another photo finish!
Thank you again to the parents who supported the event in such great numbers - we’d have never got there without you!
CROSS-COUNTRY COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS - FEBRUARY 2023
Congratulations to our Carnarvon runners who represented Rushcliffe in the County Championships last Saturday - a wonderful achievement.
A special mention to Siena and Loxley, who finished 4th and 8th respectively in their races and now go on to represent Nottinghamshire at the forthcoming Nationals! The very best of luck for that!
YEAR 6 ATHLETICS FINAL - FEBRUARY 2023
After qualifying for the finals in second place, our Year 6 athletics team went one better by achieving gold on Finals Night. Great performances all round, against some tough large-school opposition. Thank you very much to the parents that provided transport and also to our team coaches: Miss Wrate and Mrs Sadler.
ATHLETICS EVENT - JANUARY 2023
Last Friday some of our Year 6 children took part in an Athletics event at South Nottinghamshire Academy and finished 2nd out of 8 teams. They will now compete in the final on 6th February.
CROSS-COUNTRY BERRY HILL - DECEMBER 2022
It was cold, bright and frosty conditions for the last of the autumn cross-country series; another great turn-out and some medal-winning performances from our runners:
Loxley was the overall winner of the whole series (from all Nottinghamshire schools taking part!) with Toby a very (very!) close second place. Our boys also won overall team gold, with special mentions for Freddie (Year 4!) and Zack (Year 5), finishing an overall 7th and 8th over all three races.
The girls also enjoyed their successes too: Siena was overall 3rd place and our girls’ team finished second overall.
Absolutely fantastic results and a deserved reward for their commitment to Carnarvon in attending three early-morning Saturday events - Mr Hall is very proud of you all!
CROSS-COUNTRY TRIAL - DECEMBER 2022
Our fastest Year 5 and 6 runners were invited to take part in a trial for the Rushcliffe team at the forthcoming County Championships event.
Pitching themselves against the very best runners that the Rushcliffe region has to offer, Carnarvon ran races to be proud of. All four of our attending girls - Siena (who won the girls’ race) Matilda, Éabha and Freya all qualified for the Rushcliffe team (of 12 runners) along with Toby and Loxley - who finished 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Congratulations to all of our participating runners; what talent we have here at Carnarvon!
FOOTBALL - NOVEMBER 2022
Carnarvon Girls 2 - 4 Edmund Campion
Carnarvon Boys 0 - 2 Edmund Campion
A double-header in the constant heavy rain and cold on Monday night and two defeats for Carnarvon in the Rushcliffe mini-league. Conditions were tough, but both games were competitive, though both results were fair given two very good Campion teams. Unfortunately - as the photo shows - the boys shrank in the rain and will need to grow a bit if they want to keep a clean sheet in the next game!
BERRY HILL CROSS-COUNTRY EVENT - NOVEMBER 2022
Last weekend was Carnarvon’s BEST-EVER school turn-out in 17 years of Saturday cross-country at the Berry Hill league meeting. What a way to celebrate our achievement: Toby from Year 5 and Loxley from Year 6 were virtually inseparable all the way to the finish and picked up first and second place; Year 4 Freddie finished in the top 10 and the boys’ team lie comfortably in first place in the league.
Siena in Year 6 had a PB finish of 3rd in the girls’ race and Year 5 Éabha finished 11th.
The girls currently lie 2nd in their league with the final race on 10th December. It could be an exciting one……...
COUNTY CUP AWAY MATCH - OCTOBER 2022
On Monday our girls football team played an away match against Arnold View in the County Cup, here is the match report written by one of our Sports Ambassadors, Grace:
FOOTBALL NEWS - SEPTEMBER 2022
JESSIE GRAY 1 - 2 CARNARVON
Congratulations to our girls after their fantastic win last night. 1-0 down at half-time, but they fought back magnificently in the second half and two wonderfully taken goals - one in the dying seconds of the game- by Freya, clinched their place in the next round.
RUDDINGTON TOURNAMENT
A great morning of football last Saturday as our girls completed their group games undefeated and without conceding a single goal. As with these tournaments though, even with such great game stats, it still wasn’t enough to progress to the semis, but we finished a very creditable second place. Well done girls.
RUDDINGTON TOURNAMENT - SEPTEMBER 2022
It was a beautiful morning for a football tournament last Saturday, and on this occasion it was more about the taking part than the winning! All of the games were very close and given that many of the boys had not played together before, they did incredibly well. Team spirit and smiles were in abundance and the boys did themselves proud.
Well done to you all!!
SPORT AND WELLBEING WEEK - 24th - 28th May 2021
The children have had a fun and energetic Sport and Wellbeing Week. They had a variety of sports to take part in including: kurling, cricket, rugby, tchoukball, table tennis, dance, frisbee golf, drumba, yoga and mindfulness.
OTHER SPORTS NEWS.....
YEAR 6 INDOOR ROWING FESTIVAL - JANUARY 2020
On Monday, 22 of our Year 6 children enjoyed a great evening of indoor rowing. Some of them were representing Carnarvon for the very first time. They all worked hard and showed great teamwork. Well done to you all.
TOOT HILL FAMILY ATHLETICS EVENT - JULY 2019
There were some fabulous performances from our KS1 and KS2 children at the Toot Hill Athletics Event on Wednesday. We came second to Robert Miles this year, but it was a great event to be part of and the children had plenty of medals and lovely memories to take home. Well done to all who proudly represented Carnarvon.
Our event winners this year are:
Year 2
Matilda 50m
Nathan 50m
Joshua 300m
Amelie Shot
Juliet Long Shot
Matilda, Eve, Scarlett & Bella Relay
Year 3
Joseph 60m
Adam 600m
Ryan Javelin
Jasmine, Marissa, Evie & Freya Relay
Adam, Joseph, Dylan & Alfie Relay
Year 4
Kaiya, Freya, Beatrix & Jasmine Relay
Year 5
Marcus 80m
Marcus 800m
Marcus, Henry, Fraser & Joe Relay
Year 6
Charlie 80m
George 800m
Sophie Javelin
Charlie Javelin
George Long Jump
Charlie, George, Ben & Jaymes Relay
MILE IN STYLE - FEBRUARY AND MARCH 2019
Well done Jack, Matthew, Charlie, Joseph, Fraser and Cameron for completing your 'Mile in Style'.
Pictured here is Brett and Harry from Year 6 who completed their final 'Mile in Style'.
SWIMMING GALA - FEBRUARY 2019
There was a great atmosphere at the swimming gala this morning, with some great performances, many from children proudly representing the school for the first time.
FUTSAL FESTIVAL - FEBRUARY 2019
It was a lovely evening of football for our Year 6 girls in the Rushcliffe Futsal Festival last night. The results included a mixture of wins, draws and defeats. Clearly this didn’t matter, as they played with beaming smiles on their faces throughout the event. Well done to you all!
INDOOR ROWING EVENT - JANUARY 2019
Well done to the Year 6 children who took part in a rowing festival on Tuesday. This friendly event was a great opportunity for the children to represent Carnarvon. The group had tonnes of enthusiasm and big smiles throughout!!
MULTI-SKILLS FESTIVAL - NOVEMBER 2018
Some of our children took part in a multi-skills festival on Thursday morning. They all had a great time, put in 100% effort and were a credit to Carnarvon with their team spirit and lovely manners. Well done to you all!!
TAG RUGBY - NOVEMBER 2018
We took part in a super-organised Tag Rugby Festival at the High School last Friday. Our Year 5 girls and boys were superb, both on and off the pitch. They were respectful to all players and staff involved in the event and played some fabulous rugby too. The winning and gold medals were just a little (deserved) bonus! Well done everyone!!
SWIMMING GALA - FEBRUARY 2018
Well done to all the children who represented Carnarvon in the swimming gala which took place on 15th February. It was a very noisy and excitable event and that was just from the parent supporters!!
Overall we came 3rd. Well done everyone!!
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