Recent Events-
AFC Leyton - Girls Football Training & Trials
AFC Leyton are coming to Snaresbrook. We have been creating links with this local organisation and las year had 4 girls selected to join their team.
This year we want to add to that number, AFC Leyton will be coming in over several weeks to organise sessions with every girl in our school.
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WSA- Football Tournament
In the first tournament of the new season, Oakdale Juniors and Wanstead Church will be travelling to Snaresbrook Primary to take part in the WSA Autumn Football Championship. Boys and girls, lace up your boots and get ready to compete for the much coverted WSA Football Trophy.
Petty Son & Prestwich Sponsorhip
Off the back of Daniel's stunning world record, John Wagstaff of Petty Son & Prestwich struck up a sponsorship deal with the school football team.The new Year 6 captains Joaquin and Freya met with Mr O’Donoghue to design the new kit and send off the proposed deal. The Swans will be lining up next year in a new sleek black and gold strip ready to take on the new season. Thank you very much Petty Son and Prestwich.
SKY News Visit
Sadly the Lionesses were knocked out of the World Cup by the ladies from the USA. Our school has been sending our support to the England team through videos and tweets, to which we received video messages back from Steph Houghton and Karen Bardsley. SKY News heard about this and were straight on the phone to Mr Ford.The day after the match, they sent down their broadcast team to interview our girls.
Daniel Breaks World Record for Most Bottle Flips
On a sunny Tuesday afternoon, our very own Daniel set out to complete a task that has never been done before. Daniel wanted to set the world record for most amount of bottle flips completed inside of one minute. He had been practising for months and weeks and now it was time to complete the feat. As the community gathered to observe Daniel managed to smash the world record with 47 successful flips. A big thank you to Local businessmen John Wagstaff and Mark Mountney also acted as the independent witnesses required on the day.
https://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/news/wanstead-boy-breaks-world-record-1-6167168
Summer Fair
The Summer Fair was a great success! All of the community turned up for the lovely sunny Sunday celebration. There were Go-Karts, face painting, live music, sports and so much more. It was great to open up the school and share a fantastic Sunday afternoon together.
Aldersbrook Lawn Tennis Club
We were very lucky to have Mr Jorge Santos from the Aldersbrook Lawn Tennis Club visit us to host tennis sessions. He spent two days with the children teaching tennis skills across the school. This was a great opportunity for the children to experience high quality coaching. Mr Santos then invited our students to visit their tennis club for a free session.
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2019 'Summer Run' Cross Country Champions
In our second success of the year, our cross-country team won the 2019 'Summer Run' Cross Country. All of the children competed with great passion and sportsmanship.
Two out of three championships this year. Great work team, now we must look ahead to retaining the 'Autumn Run' Cross Country Championship.
Snaresbrook Squirrels Run the Westminster Mile
The Snaresbrook Squirrels, a running team made up from our children, went to Buckingham Palace to complete the Westminster Mile. Over thirty children took part in the race with our fastest runners, Eddie and Joseph finishing in the top twenty. They had voted and decided on raising money for the Great Ormond Street Hospital.
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Leyton Orient Mascot Appearance
Due to their outstanding sportsmanship and performances in recent tournaments, our children were chosen to act as player mascots in the Leyton Orient vs Wrexham football match. It was an exciting game and a great experience for our girls football team.
Wembley Trip
What a great day! Mr O’Donoghue, Miss Heard, Mr Sullivan and Mr Walker took twenty very excited children to Wembley. They went to watch the Women’s FA Cup Final between West Ham and Manchester City. In a very exciting match that ended 3-0 to the citizens.
A big thank you to our parent helper, Mr Walker, for giving up his Saturday to support the trip.
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Snaresbrook Snails Complete the Woodford Half-Marathon
The Snaresbrook Snails, a running team comprised of three parents and Mr O’Donoghue, took the the streets of Woodford to complete a half-marathon. Our fastest runner finished the course in one hour and thirty minutes with Mr O’Donoghue and Mr Smith crossing the line in just over two hours.
They have been raising money for ELHAP a local adventure playground for children with SEN.
2018 'Autumn Run' Cross Country Champions
In our first cross country event of the year, we won the 2018 'Autmun Run'. All of the children competed with great passion and sportsmanship. We are very proud of all of our young runners. Well done children
