Sporting Competition Update

We have had an incredibly busy few weeks in terms of sport here at Welford. A wide range of children have been provided with many activities to compete in and have really made us proud.


The year 3 & 4 children took part in a football competition where they performed brilliantly. During these competitions, there are badges given out for determination, respect, honesty, passion and teamwork. Brilliantly, our children were given 4 out of these 5 badges and showed the exact attitude we want from our Welford children.

We then had football tournaments for the Year 4 & 5 children. The boys went first and played incredibly well, narrowly missing out on a place in the final after being beaten by the eventual winners in the semi-finals. The girls suffered much the same fate when they played in the 5 a side tournament the following week, again losing to the eventual winners in the semi-finals. Our children once again showed incredible spirits and attitudes while making us all very proud here at Welford.

We have competed in a Boccia competition which is specifically for those children who require extra support in and around school and is a wonderful opportunity for the children to take part in competitive sports. They competed brilliantly and once again came back with some badges for passion and team work.

Finally, last week we took part in a basketball competition. We took two teams to take part and both performed brilliantly. One team started off slow, just losing to an excellent Brookfield's team but soon picked up the pace winning their next 3 games. The other team won their first 3 games, only losing when they played the other team from Welford. Once again we came back with badges, this time for determination and respect.

Overall we are really proud of all the children who take part in competitions and it is always a pleasure to watch them competing.

Sporting Inspirations

We were very lucky this week to have a visit from future Olympian Feron Sayers. Feron is an incredible young athlete who is currently the second best long jumper in the UK, behind Greg Rutherford, and is hoping to make the GB squad for Tokyo 2020. He visited us to inspire the children and give them lessons that could help them in their eveyday life.

We started the day learning about Feron's life, how and why he became an athlete as well as who inspired him during a whole school assembly. Each year group then had half an hour where they took part in a circuit session looking at getting fitter. They then got to ask Feron some questions and the children really rose to the task, asking some excellent questions.

All of the children came away having enjoyed the morning and we really hope that they were inspired to continue on their journey, pushing themselves further. We were delighted to have Feron as our inspiration and will be running a sponsored mile very soon.

A massive thanks to Feron Sayers and Inspired Through Sport for giving us this opportunity.