Saturday mornings in autumn has traditionally seen the Salterford Cross Country team at Berry Hill braving all sorts of weather. This year, the competition has moved to Sutton Lawns. A far more picturesque location. If you have never been, it has a wide variety of play equipment, an outdoor adidas gym, a skate park and plenty of open space for running around.
After much persuading, seven fantastic Salterford children turned out on Saturday for the first race in a series of three. Tatziana, Jessica K, Sarah, Jessie and Lois did Year 6 proud. They all worked extremely hard and completed the course in style. It takes an enormous amount of courage to tackle a cross country race and the girls had it in spades. Jessica took the honours as the first girl from Salterford to return to Mrs Sunman for a well deserved mini-roll, the rest followed quickly behind.
The boys, though smaller in numbers, were no less lacking in courage. Despite being the youngest runners at the competition, Daniel and James (both Year 3), performed fantastically. Being surrounded by older and somewhat larger boys did not frighten the boys. They set off at a terrific speed and were soon making their way around the course. Daniel was the first to return and finished in a very creditable position, beating over forty much older boys. James ran fabulously for two-thirds of the race. Unfortunately, he developed a stomach cramp and found it very uncomfortable to run. Any lesser boy would have stopped but not James. He struggled through the last 400m and bravely finished his first Cross Country race.
Mr Britten was very proud of all the children who gave up their Saturday morning and represented the school in a most outstanding way. A mention must also go to Jorja (Year 3) who came along to support the team and was very helpful looking after an unwell James at the finish line.
National Baking Week
Monday 15th October - Individual Photographs
Tuesday 16th October -
Wednesday 17th October - On this day, in 1979, Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Thursday 18th October - It's Paul Elliot's birthday! 64 Today!
Quiz of the week
Mrs Venn's run has come to end. Joshua G from Year 3 correctly named Mo Farah's twins Aisha and Amani
This week's question - A new James Bond movie comes out during half-term. James Bond was created by Ian Fleming. He had an unusual way of writing. He used to write an exact number of words every day. Question is - How many?
Joke of the week
What do you call James Bond in the bath?
Bubble 07!
