Cricket at Rush Common
Zoe from All Stars Cricket Coaching visited Rush Common on Tuesday 23rd April to deliver some coaching sessions to Year 1 and 3. Both staff and pupils thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
Rugby Lesson for Year 5
On Thursday Year 5 had an exciting visit from an inspirational sportsman Graham Sage. Graham was captain of the England Deaf Rugby Union team for 3 years, scoring on his debut, when they beat Wales. He has now retired from … Continued
Netball Tournament at Thomas Reade School
On Tuesday 26th we entered 2 teams into the second netball tournament at Thomas Reade School. There were 8 teams at the event and it was a beautiful sunny afternoon. The girls played really well against some tough opposition. For … Continued
Boccia Competition
The Boccia competition was held at Faringdon Leisure Centre on Tuesday 19th March, with 25 teams from schools across the Vale participating. Boccia is similar to bowls: each team has 6 balls to play and the game is won by … Continued
Netball Club
Three teams from the school’s Netball Club attended a ‘very windy’ tournament at Fitzharrys School on Thursday 14th March. All 3 teams had victories in their group games, demonstrating excellent teamwork and encouragement throughout. The A team came top of … Continued
Rushwarts!
On Monday 4th March, Years 3 , 4 and 5 experienced a Quidditch Taster Day, led by members of the Oxford University Quidditch team. We warmed up by ‘flying’ around the field on our brooms (3 foot long plastic pipes) … Continued
Badminton in the Curriculum
The school has used some of the Sports Premium Fund to invest in equipment to enable Year 5 and 6 to learn to play badminton during their PE lessons. The children have enjoyed the lessons and are showing improvement each … Continued
Basketball Tournament
On Thursday 13th December A group of Year 5 and 6 children attended the Vale Basketball competition fas they have been covering Basketball within curriculum time. Both teams played some great games, especially as they had not played together prior … Continued
Abingdon Schools Swimming Gala
On Tuesday 13th November we entered the Abingdon Schools Swimming Gala with 4 teams. The teams had to swim a freestyle relay, a medley relay and an individual stroke race. There were some excellent techniques and lots of team encouragement … Continued