St Andrew’s Primary School pupils excel in sport

Over the last year our sporting teams have had some fantastic achievements and we are particularly proud that St Andrew’s qualified to represent West Devon in the county finals in tag rugby, hockey, indoor athletics and cricket. The children have also taken part in both Tavistock Area Schools and West Devon tournaments competing well in handball, dodgeball, tennis, swimming, cross-country and triathlon.

The much-awaited PTA triathlon last term was a great success kicking off with a warm-up led by Stacey O’Conner and a fun run for KS1 before KS2 showed everyone what they were made of in the main event. The parent marshals could not believe how fast the children completed all the stages, and have already started training in order to keep up with them next year. The event was supported by Tesco Tavistock and sponsor money collected by the participants raised over £1000 for Cancer research UK.

We are also really pleased that St. Andrew’s was awarded gold in the School Games Mark, which is a government-led awards scheme launched in 2012 to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition in physical education across their school and the community. The award application process takes into account various factors including extra-curricular sports activities, involvement in inter-school and intra-school competition, developing sports leaders and providing opportunities to attract less active young people to participate in physical activity. As this is the second year the school has achieved gold, we are delighted to have been invited to apply for the new platinum award which opens in October.