Pupil Achievement and School Games Events
Please find below the latest news stories with information and photographs from school sports events. We also publish sports achievements on our weekly newsletters.
Leadership Workshop
This week our Year 6 pupils who are moving to BGN in September had the opportunity to attend a Leadership Workshop. They were joined by their peers from St Joseph's school and current year 7 BGN pupils who attended the same event last year.
They had the chance to talk to each other about their concerns and ask questions to the…
Cricket
Our Year 5 and 6 cricket teams played in the BGN family competition this week.
We played teams from Orchard Fields and St Mary's Aston Le Walls schools at Banbury Cricket Club under beautiful blue skies. Some amazing batting, bowling and fielding skills were on show as well as great teamwork and determination. Congratulations…
Girls Football County Finals
Congratulations to the girls from our Year 5/6 girls football team who represented Bishop Loveday at the County finals this week.
The top eight teams from across Oxfordshire came together at Tilsley Park in Abingdon and played 5-a-side games in two groups initially and then progressed to the knockout phase.
There was some…
Quadkids Competition
This week got off to a very busy start with the BGN family Quadkids competition.
Teams from across KS2 represented BLS in this large athletics event in which teams of up to five boys and five girls take part in a sprint, vortex throw, standing long jump and a middle distance run. All individual scores are compiled and br…
All Stars Cricket Festival
Some of our Year 2 children had a lovely morning at the NOSSP All Stars Cricket Festival.
We took part in lots of activities that focused on the cricket skills: throwing, aiming, batting, bowling & running.
Lots of other local schools attended too and it was led by BGN Sports Leaders with the support of Zoe Pugh from Oxford…
Orienteering Festival
Some of our Year 4 pupils had a lovely morning at Wykham Park Academy this week.
We joined schools from: Deddington, Hanwell Fields, Queensway and The Grange and Sports Leaders from WPA. They all took part in an orienteering festival with each small group led by the secondary school leaders. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves…
NOSSP Bee Netball Friendly Festival
The Year 5 and 6 pupils from our netball club attended the first ever NOSSP Bee Netball Friendly Festival this week.
The focus was on skill development within game play and the players were encouraged to self umpire, with the help of their school adults.
So lots of honesty was on display when rules were 'broken' from al…
Football Festival
Our Year 3 and 4 football teams had a wonderful football filled morning at BGN this week.
We took five teams to take part in the BGN family Football Festival and were joined by teams from St Josephs school.
There were some fabulously close games between our teams and with the School Games Value of RESPECT it was reall…
Girls Football Competition
The postponed Year 5 & 6 girls Football Competition took place this week at BGN school.
We took a team of Year 6 who competed in the Cup, and the Year 5 team competed in the Plate Competition.
Playing against teams from St Mary's Aston Le Walls, Longford Park, Orchard Fields, St Joseph's and William Morri…
Hockey Festival
This week was the NOSSP Banbury Area In2Hockey festival at Wykham Park Academy.
We took Year 5 and 6 pupils from our after-school Hockey Club, who were joined by their peers from Dashwood, Orchard Fields, St Mary's Aston Le Walls, Hanwell Fields and Hill View school.
The event was played in a round-robin for…
Cross Country
The first NOSSP inter-school sports competition took place this week at Wykham Park Academy.
We took four teams to the Banbury area Key Stage 2 Cross Country event, which had a record number of 14 local schools competing.
With the School Games value of Determination, Bishop Loveday runners demonstrated that in spades…
Playground Leaders
We welcomed Rory, our NOSSP School Sports Co-ordinator from BGN, into school this week. He spent a day training our new Year 5 Playground Leaders and preparing them for their new role, supporting our younger pupils with playground games at lunchtimes.
Everyone really enjoyed the training and are looking forward to taking on their…
Cross Country
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We started our sporting calendar of events last week with the Cross Country Competition for all Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 pupils.
The weather was certainly not kind to us, but with lots of determination and perseverance most children completed the course.
Congratulations to all who finished and tried their best, conditions certainly…