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MESSAGE FROM THE HEADTEACHER
Newsletter 09 February 2018
This half term we have welcomed several new members of teaching staff to Ernulf Academy; Ms Karpathiou, Mrs Alford, Mr Howell, Mrs Haigh-Smith and Mr Schleising. Additionally, four new Teaching Assistants joined the team; Mrs Ali, Mrs Buckham, Mrs Wells-Haggis and Miss Patterson. Finally, two new Administration Assistants joined the School Office; Mrs Jackson and Mrs
Reyaz.
We wish Mrs Howell well who has left us after 19 years and wish her well for the future. She has supported many students during her time with the learning support
department and will be missed.
Year 11 Destination Interviews have now been completed. All students had an interview to ensure that they have plans in place for post-16 and to determine their next steps. Staff involved have been very impressed with the thoughtful approach students have taken towards this. The majority have had clear ideas
about what they want to do next year and what they need to do. It has also been very encouraging to hear how hard many of the students have been working both in school and at home in preparation for the examinations in the summer. Next half term there will be interviews for those who have applied
to the sixth form.
We received the excellent news that the Edexcel Awarding Body has recognised the school as a “centre of high integrity” in Business Studies BTEC. This is something which only happens very rarely across the UK and is a comment on the high level of consistency and accuracy of assignment marking over a substantial period of time. Our congratulations go
to Mr Cook, who leads Business Studies.
Year 9 students have started the process of choosing their Options. Students and their parents attended an Options Evening on 01 February to find out more about the courses on offer and the
process. Students will be given support, guidance, information and time to ensure
that they make appropriate choices.
Year 10 students have now started the process leading up to work experience in the summer term. All Year 10 students will have a two week placement and it was very encouraging to see so many students attend the Information Evening
with their parents and carers.
Finally, our best wishes go to the students in Year 10 and Year 11 and staff who will be visiting Kracow in the half term holiday. I know that they will have an i n c r e d i b l e
experience.
Ms Tracy Brogan Headteacher
Barford Road St Neots Cambridgeshire PE19 2SH Tel: 01480 374748 Email: [email protected] Web: www.ernulf.cambs.sch.uk
GETTING TO KNOW YOU
Deputy Head Boy :
Hello, my name is Ethan Sydes, and I am proud to have been picked for the role of Deputy Head boy. Under this role, I have helped out back stage at parental consultation evenings and I have helped make improvements around the school with the Ernulf Academy Student Council. Next year I plan to go to St. Neots
Sixth Form College to do A-levels.
Whilst at Ernulf I have enjoyed completing my Duke of Edinburgh
Bronze award, and I have almost completed my Silver award.
When outside of school I like to play tennis.
Deputy Head Girl:
I am Roya and I am a very keen student and enjoy my subjects, one of the main subjects I am passionate about is Music. Currently we are focussing on making our own concert as part of our scheme of work, I very much enjoy the performance part to Music. I was lucky enough to perform
at the end of year Awards Assembly.
I am also very engaged in drama and partook in the schools production of Hairspray. It was a great experience
and I gained new friendships. As a prefect, I get many privileges to participate in school yearbook teams. I am in charge of design which I enjoy. I am also involved with school charity work and Student Voice at Ernulf which makes you feel
great as you feel part of the school.
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TOILET TWINNING FUNDRAISING In the lead up to Christmas Mrs Thatcher launched a Charity
event to Twin our Toilets!
1 in 3 people across the world don’t have somewhere safe to
go to the toilet and bad sanitation is one of the world’s
biggest killers! The worst affected are women, children, old
and sick people and sadly, every minute, a child under the
age of five dies because of dirty water and poor sanitation.
Around half the people in the world have an illness caused by
bad sanitation! Toilet Twinning (through Tearfund) works with
communities in some of the poorest and most affected areas
to provide education and support, with the end result being
the community building a toilet together. For more information
go to: https://www.toilettwinning.org/
Tutor groups were in competition to raise as much as they
could. There were some wonderful events organised, for
example bake sales, sponsored silences and pie the teacher
(well done to Mr Day for having a face everyone wanted to
splat!), but the winning tutor group were 8PU, whose fantastic
fundraising saw them raise enough to twin two toilets by
themselves!
There were some wonderful individual fundraisers, for
example Callum and Kenzie who everyone was happy to pay
to keep quiet, as well as Peggy who also silently raised a
huge sum of money. Barney raised money at his rugby club.
Mason, Ben, Ben and Sekinat ran a bake sale and raised a
significant amount for 10BC and there were other individuals
who also donated significant amounts of money to support this
event.
The total raised was £1080, which was a fantastic result and
means that we have been able to twin 14 toilets and a school
block. This will help lots of people make positive changes in
their lives. Well done to all involved.
CAMPS INTERNATIONAL Ernulf Academy has partnered with Camps International, once again, to offer students in Years 10 and 11 the opportunity to go on a life-changing 4-week expedition to Costa Rica and Nicaragua during the summer of 2019. This expedition will allow students to live alongside rural communities and work on projects helping build communities, or combating deforestation. Students will also undertake an adventure element, and this year we have chosen a PADI Open Water
Scuba Diving course.
Students have started organising events to raise funds for this
upcoming expedition. Here is a plea from one of our students:
Hello my name is Tom Wilkinson. I am writing this as I am
planning to do a sponsored 165 mile bike ride with two
friends over the course of a weekend on 03 and 04 March
2018. We are doing this to raise money towards an
expedition to Costa Rica and Nicaragua. This is a once in a
lifetime opportunity for me and while I am out there I shall be
helping out with building foundations for schools and helping
out with local wildlife preservation. However, this trip comes at
a cost of £4080 and the only way I can source this is through
fundraising and sponsors etc this is all part of the project and
the experience. If anyone would be willing to sponsor me
p l e a s e c o n t a c t t h e s c h o o l o f f i c e a t
[email protected], it would be greatly
appreciated and would help a lot with my ambitions.
SEVERE WEATHER WARNING With the cold weather upon us there may be the possibility
of school closure. The School will only close in exceptional
circumstances and the decision will be made before the start
of the school day.
We will post notifications on the school website, on our
Facebook page. The Local Authority will also publish
academies closures information on its website
finally, the following local radio stations will be notified:
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
Heart Radio 103 and 102.7
Star 107 FM Radio.
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SPOTLIGHT ON... ENGLISH On Friday 02 February
some Year 7 & 8 students
and I went to Potton Middle
School to meet a poet
called Neal Zetter. While
we were there, Neal asked
us to create a superhero of
our own so we could write a
poem about it later. Meanwhile, we were put into pairs and
between our pairs we had to think of 100 adjectives to
describe a book. They could be about the story, the
appearance of the book or the feel of the book. The majority
of the class managed to achieve 100 words in the time.
After break, we had to write
a ‘Kenning Poem’ about our
superheroes that we had
created earlier. Mine was
about a mind reader called
‘Mind Intruder’. Later on, we
were put into groups of 4. In
our groups we were all given
a different subject, some of the subjects were animals or
food. Our group’s subject was on the colour blue. We were
given half an hour to write the poem and ten minutes to
practice and create some actions for the poem.
After everyone had finished their poems, we had to perform
them. One of my favourites was a poem by a different group
and was called ‘Mud or Poo’. I liked it because the actions
were interesting and related to the poem, it was funny and
made the class laugh. I enjoyed meeting Neal Zetter and
meeting the other pupils from the different schools. Also, I
loved creating and performing the poems. I learnt lots of new
things including the ‘Kenning Poem’ which I had never heard
of before.
By Rosa Lomas.
Mind Intruder
Mind Intruder
Mind Reader
Thought Creeper
Feeling Creeper
Dream Believer
Villain Destroyer
City Saver
Crime Fighter
Justice Creator
Cape wearer
Roof Jumper
Water Walker
Baddie Defeater
Trouble Vanquisher
Crook Annihilator
Identity Keeper.
The Music Department is delighted to welcome Agust Sweinssohn, drum tutor to Ernulf. Tobey Dore, Mickey Macey, Declan Walton and Archie Palmer enjoyed their first drum lesson this week and learned technique, a basic three part rhythm and a fill. Well done lads!
Well done to Year 7 students who completed their Make A Set of Panpipes Home Learning Task. Some excellent fully working panpipes were produced showing the use of recycling, and how to produce different pitch. The task ties in to the
Unit of work that focuses on Latin American Music.
SAFARI STU
On Wednesday 07 February SEN and Cabin students were visited by 'Safari Stu' a local Animal Ranger. This educational visit was designed to provide a 'hands on' close encounter experience with variety of animals including
reptiles, invertebrates and mammals.
MUSIC DEPARTMENT
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POETRY LIVE
FOCUS ON… LIBRARY
On Thursday 08 February 35 Year 11 students attended this year’s Poetry Live event at Cambridge Corn Exchange. I had
the greatest pleasure to attend the event with the Year 11s.
The Poets responded to student questions and discussed how poems connect to and influence other poems. The day was split into sessions. The first session looked at how students might deal with unseen poems in the exam, both how to think about them and how to write for the best possible results. The second session looked at comparing poems, whether they are studied poems or unseen, and how to write most effectively in either situation. The sessions have proved invaluable to students’ thinking in the past and are an outstandingly
successful aspect of GCSE Poetry Live!.
The students were an asset to the school! It was an absolutely wonderful experience. We sat at the front row within yards of poets such as Gillian Clarke, Carol Ann Duffy, Simon Armitage and John Agard. Not only did each poet read their
poems, but they performed them dramatically as well, we
were all totally enthralled!
John Agard was the last poet, but certainly not the least to perform for us. He had us all repeating the words of his poems, we enjoyed every moment, he was an incredibly
funny and entertaining individual!
Ms D. O'Hara
A lot has been happening in the library this academic year. We have built up new collections of graphic and manga novels, which are proving very popular with many students. These can range from the well-known Marvel and DC series, to the BBC’s Doctor Who, animated Shakespeare, classics such as Dickens and Bronte to the harrowing ‘Complete Maus’,
which tells the story of the Holocaust.
When added to the more conventional fiction, which has also seen a boost of much-needed new stock, this means there have been over 400 new books added so far this school year, with another 250 ‘waiting in the wings’ to be added in the
coming weeks and months.
The graphic and manga novels can be borrowed one at a time for a period of one week. ‘Regular’ fiction and non-
fiction have loan periods of three weeks.
Of course none of this is any use if you can’t find the books, and this has also changed over the past few months, hopefully
to make life a little easier.
There are two ways that you can find what we have in the library from anywhere. The first is by the academy website at ernulf.cambs.sch.uk Clicking on the information button at the top left of the page will open up a further page where you can see a link titled ‘library book search’. This will take you to the page on the right, which shows a constantly refreshing page of top ten resources, recent returns, newly added stock, book of the week (computer generated), trending subjects and authors, and suggested reading with a short synopsis of
each book.
If we don’t have a particular book that you would like to read, if you do exactly the same on the Longsands website, and the book you want is in stock at Longsands, I can lend the
book between libraries for you to read.
The second way to search the library stock is via an app, which is available for android and ios devices for free, called IMLS. This works in exactly the same way as the website catalogue, but is obviously more portable. Note that the first time you use it you will have to select the Ernulf library to make it relevant. You can search for particular authors or subjects, or simply see what has recently been returned to the library by others. If you ask me in the library, I can also set up your account so you
can check what you have on loan and see
when your books are due for return.
Do come in and see how the library has changed, and browse through the stock – new and old. Most importantly, if you borrow a book and are not enjoying it, bring it back and find another. Reading should be for
pleasure.
Mr A Hynes Librarian
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YEAR 9 OPTIONS
Ernulf Academy has set up a new sports leadership
programme for selected students in Year 9 and Year 10.
Through this programme the Sports leaders will be involved in a number of PE based projects to develop their leadership skills, including helping to run sports events and delivering PE sessions. The students will be awarded a Level 2 Sports Leadership qualification, upon successful completion of the
programme.
Our leaders have recently been designing and delivering high quality sport and Physical Education sessions to Year 5 students. This has been done working in partnership with Winhills Primary Academy, where our leaders are providing
an hour of PE lessons per week over a 4-week cycle.
The leaders have worked in small teams to design their lesson plans, and have delivered the sessions with great success. The feedback from Year 5 students has been extremely positive.
It is going to be a busy time for these fantastic leaders!
For more information on the sports leaders program, please
contact Mr Bond.
As you can see from the picture, Tilly-May, Zoe, and Angel
started us off with a fantastic netball session!
Over 160 students and parents joined Ernulf staff for the Year 9 Options Evening on Thursday 01 February. This was an ideal chance for staff and students to discuss the structure of the courses on offer and so aid the decision
making process.
This year we are offering our widest ever choice of qualifications including
several subjects that are new to Ernulf.
So whether you are looking to study Music, Business, Sport, ICT or Catering
there is a BTEC available for you.
Alternatively for those wanting to follow a more academic route Geography, French and History represent excellent
possibilities.
The Options Evening was just the first in a series of events designed to support students with their choices. After the half term all of Year 9 students will have an Options Guidance Talk with a senior member of staff, as well as the chance to try out some GCSE style lessons in a
range of subjects.
Good luck to Year 9 with their choices - remember the deadline is 07 March
2018.
SPORT RELIEF Ernulf Academy is again proud to support the Sport Relief
2018 fundraising campaign. The Sport Relief week is back by
popular demand!
To raise funds the PE department are organising Staff v
Students sporting challenges from Monday 19th March
through to Thursday 22nd March 2018 during lunchtimes in
the lead up to the main event. Early whispers from the PE
team suggest that the volleyball and netball matches are
back on the agenda! More details of the challenges will be
released in due course.
On Friday 23 March 2018 is Sport Relief day. The good
news is that the Ernulf Sport-a-thon is back!! In previous years
this has been a highly successful fundraising event, and this
year we are hoping to smash all previous records. Please
keep an eye on the PE department Twitter feed as more
details of this event, and the Staff v Student challenges, are
released.
SPORTS LEADERS @ ERNULF
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PE FIXTURES AND EVENTS
On Thursday 25 January 2018 Ernulf
Academy entered an under-13 (Year 8)
team into the 2018 School Games Level
2 Handball championships. The
t o u r n a m e n t w a s h o s t e d b y
Hinchingbrooke School, and the
competition winners would qualify to
represent Huntingdonshire schools in the
next round of competition.
Following a ’crash’ course in the rules of
Handball, our intrepid squad of 9 took
to the road full of confidence. How
would they get on?
Upon arrival at the venue our squad
quickly undertook their warm-up,
including some time to practice the
defensive and attacking formations we
would play.
Barney Humphreys was g i ven
stewardship of the defence, with Ben
Mu sgrove and F rank i e A r l ow
spearheading the attack. We were
ready to go!
First up was the Hinchingbrooke A team.
A slightly frantic opening minute as both
teams settled into their rhythm. The Ernulf
team took a bit of getting used to their
defensive tactics, but soon settled.
Within two minutes Freddie Jupp showed
some real attacking promise, and his
shot cannoned off the crossbar.
Promising!
After four minutes, Jupp again drove at
the defence and demonstrated a superb
run and turn. The resulting shot just going
narrowly wide of the target.
The game continued to ebb and flow,
with goals being scored at both ends.
Some controversy with one of the
Hinchingbrooke goals — where is goal
line technology when you need it?
However, the ball did appear to cross
the line. With one minute to go the
scores were tied at 2-2. However,
disaster struck, Hinchingbrooke scored to
take the lead at 3-2.
The Ernulf players were disappointed,
but not down. A quick call to the
timekeeper established 20 seconds
remained. A chance for one final attack,
and BOOM! An equalising goal for
Ernulf meaning the final score was 3-3.
The goals were scored by Musgrove (1),
and Arlow (2). A cracking game to start
the tournament.
The next game was against the
Hinchingbrooke B team. A slightly
lacklustre start from the Ernulf team, and
within minutes a penalty was conceded.
Fortunately, the penalty was missed but
this was a clear wake up call for our
boys.
The Ernulf team began to pass the ball
more clinically, and eventually the
pressure told. Musgrove getting on the
score sheet again, this time from a
penalty award. Arlow then scored to
give the team some breathing space at
2-0, and there were s igns of
improvement all around.
The defensive troops led by Humphreys
were now clear in the strategy, and
were putting in some great blocks to
deny the Hinchingbrooke players. A final
goal from Musgrove, from a lovely
textbook jump shot, meant that the Ernulf
team had won 3-0. More importantly,
they were in to the FINAL!!
The final was to be against the
Hinchingbrooke team that they had
beaten in the group stages. However,
this team had improved significantly as
a result of their group games, so this
would be a tough encounter.
The final never really went Ernulf’s way,
with some tough calls being made. The
competition was fierce, and the boys
battled well especially when reduced to
6 men.
The final score was a 4-1 loss, but the
boys should be extremely proud of their
performances. Handball is now the new
favourite sport, and I look forward to
seeing this team in action again at our
district tournament.
Squad
Freddie Jupp, Frankie Arlow, Ben
Musgrove, Barney Humphreys, Danny
Ben-nett, Dom Benevento, Finlay Sayer,
Charlie Osborne, George Day.
Players-of-the-Tournament
Tough call, but the awards go to:
Ben Musgrove (jump shot
extraordinaire!)
Barney Humphreys (the general at the
back!)
UNDER-13 LEVEL 2 SCHOOL GAMES HANDBALL
CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018
Keep up to date with the PE department on twitter :
@Ernulf_PEdept
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PE FIXTURES AND EVENTS
YEAR 8 BASKETBALL On Wednesday 31 January 2018 Ernulf
Academy sent two teams to the Year 8
Girls District Basketball tournament. The
girls have been working hard in their PE
lessons, and have really enjoyed
basketball.
With their skills improved, Miss Webber
and Miss Moniz were hopeful of some
good performances in this tournament.
They put in some fantastic performances
throughout the tournament.
The B team put in some strong
performances, although they suffered
some unlucky defeats. Emily Matzk was
awarded the ’coaches player of the
tournament’ award for this team, as a
result of her excellent defending and
quick breaks up the court when the team
managed to regain possession. The B
team finished a very creditable 6th
position out of the 8 teams taking part—
a good result, well done!
The A team took to the court full of
confidence. The ‘coaches player of the
tournament’ award went to Lilly Bailey.
She could not stop scoring! In fact, she
even scored for the opposition in the 3rd
game!!
Other performances of note included
Sophie Caunt, who caught the eye with
some excellent dribbling skills and
crucial passing to create scoring
opportunities for her team mates. Ellie
Hicks also played brilliantly in defence,
regularly managing to wrestle the ball
from the opposition to gain possession
and set up more attacking opportunities.
As a result of all of this excellent play,
the Year 8 A team were crowned
WINNERS of the tournament!! They are,
therefore, district champions 2018!! This
is a fantastic achievement, and huge
congratulations to all the players and
both Miss Webber and Miss Moniz.
Squad
B Team
Henna Begum, Emily Matzk, Meadow
Doherty, Rosa Lomas, Lauren Clark,
Olivia Peckham
A Team
Lilly Baily, Sophie Caunt, Libby Nash,
Ellie Hicks, Ella Rowland, Lottie Fuller
On Tuesday 30 January 2018 Ernulf
Academy sent a squad to the Hunts
District Gymnastics Championships.
The event was again hosted by the
Huntingdon Gymnastics Club, and was
seamlessly organised by Miss Broughton
from Longsands.
The 2018 competition saw a record
level of entries from the schools in
attendance, a great sign of gymnastics
flourishing in the district. The Ernulf team
had worked hard in preparation for the
event, and the squad were excited as
we arrived at the venue.
The competition was split into KS3 and
KS4. All gymnasts were entered into
novice, intermediate, or advanced
categories depending on their level of
experience.
They all had to complete a floor routine,
and a set vault. The exact routine and
vault depended on the age group and
experience level of the performer.
For many in the Ernulf team, this was a
f irs t experience of competit ive
gymnastics. To perform so well, under
fairly intense scrutiny and pressure from
judges and spectators, is a real credit to
all that took part. I am delighted to
report that we did bring back some
medals!!
Jessica Childerley (Year 7) performed
amazingly in the very competitive KS3
Advanced category. There was some
seriously tough competition, but Jessica
finished in a fantastic 2nd place to take
silver. What's more, she only missed out
on first place by a score of 0.1— A
brilliant performance.
In the KS3 boys Novice category, Finley
Sayer also took silver medal for Ernulf!
This was a great performance, and
again Finley missed out on top spot by
just 0.1.
Finley was only beaten by his Ernulf
colleague, Lewis Webb! Therefore,
Lewis is district champion for this
category, proudly taking the gold
medal! Well done Lewis — a great
achievement.
A huge congratulations to all of our
competitors who did a truly fantastic job.
I look forward to these students
continuing their gymnastics in the future.
Thankyou to Miss Moniz and Miss
Webber for putting in the extra hours of
floor practice in the lead up to the
competition!!
Squad
Lilly Bailey, Henna Begum, Lewis Webb,
Finley Sayer, Jessica Childerley, Skye
Pim, Lucy Freeman, Olivia Potter, Hollie
Evans.
HUNTS DISTRICT SCHOOLS GYMNASTICS CHAMPOINSHIP 2018
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PE FIXTURES AND EVENTS
ERNULF VS LONGSANDS FOOTBALL 2018 The Year 8 squad had a fantastic turn
out for their first fixture of 2018. Some
new additions to the squad included
Baxter and Nixon, alongside the more
usual faces, meant that we travelled with
a full squad of 15 players.
With their fantastic National Cup run
only recently finished, Mr Walker took
the opportunity to rest some of his
squad, providing the opportunity for
others to be selected .
Under the guidance of the new look
coaching team of Bond and Dunnett, the
squad took to the field in a new 4-3-3
formation. The 11 players looked eager
to get started, and were clear as to their
roles in the side.
The early passages were very even
between the 2 sides, and this clearly
looked like an even contest. On 4
minutes, the first clear-cut chance fell to
Ernulf. The Longsands goal-keeper made
a good save to keep the scores level.
On 10 minutes, some indecision in the
Ernulf defence meant that Longsands
had a fantastic opportunity to take the
lead. The player was composed, and
finished well to put Longsands 1—0 up.
Despite this set back the Ernulf team
cont inued to work hard. Their
determination paid off on 20 minutes, as
Adam Chapman levelled the scores at
1—1 with the half time break
approaching.
The team talk focused on remaining
closer to the opposing players when in
defence, and also maintaining possession
for longer phases when in attack.
Just 4 minutes into the second half,
Frankie Arlow was through on goal.
With a good finish to put Ernulf ahead
1—2.
The game continued to ebb and flow,
with our new additions getting some
valuable game time. With the score
close at 1-2 the Ernulf team could never
relax. However, with just 5 minutes to go
Ben Musgrove scored to give some
breathing space at 1-3.
The score finished 1-3 to Ernulf—a great
result and performance for this squad.
Well played!!
The Squad
Danny Bennett, George Day, Freddie
Jupp (c), Sam Walker, Dom Benevento,
Charlie Osborne, Frankie Arlow, Ben
Musgrove, Matthew Albone, Finley
Sayer, Adam Chapman, Adam Elsby,
Jacob Nixon, Tommi-Leigh Baxter, Sean
Smith.
Coach Dunnett’s Man-of-the-Match
Difficult choice, but joint winners were
the 2 Adams:
Adam Elsby & Adam Chapman
Scorers
Chapman (1), Arlow (1), Muscgrove (1)
SEN students have been enjoying an
exciting new PE activity thanks to the
dedication of our Disabilities PE
Specialist TA Mandy Hall. When Dave
Lawson, an experienced SEN worker
from Cricket East in Huntingdonshire
contacted Ernulf Miss Hall knew that this
was something her students would enjoy
in KS3.
The activity is an adapted game of
cricket, in many ways similar to the way
Subbuteo is a table top game of
football. The principles and ethos of
cricket remain intact, alongside the
competitiveness, the team work,
sportsmanship, respect and the skills
required.
The game is accessible to all abilities
and has proved to be very appealing.
The students have grown in confidence
and shown that they have understood
the concept and demonstrated skills and
qualities they don’t often get to share.
Without exception, students are
demonstrating team work, camaraderie,
support and tolerance for each other
and most importantly having fun!
The enthusiasm for Table Cricket is such
that the team are aiming high; they are
working towards the county finals and
success would mean that a team from
Ernulf could be representing the
Academy at Lords in the summer of
2018!
Our students have done extremely well
and Ernulf is hoping to enter two teams
into the Lord Traverner’s Competition on
07 February at Luton. Here they will not
only represent Ernulf Academy but also
Huntingdon District.
With Dave’s help Ms Hall is hoping to
roll out this activity to Year 10 SEN
students incorporating a Sports Leaders
Qualification; a fantastic idea and a
wonderful opportunity for those students
to gain essential skills in KS4 and build
their CV.
LORD TAVERNER’S TABLE CRICKET
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