Froebelian reaches the final in prestigious

Schools netball tournament

The Froebelian School based in Horsforth is proud to announce that their pupils have done exceptionally well in a netball and cross country sports tournament which was organised with seventeen other schools held at Queen Margaret’s School, York.

Playing particularly well and coming runners up, nine Froebelian girls from Years 5 and 6 played netball teams from as far north as Scotland and as far south as Suffolk with the day culminating in a very exciting and closely fought final.

In the cross country event, a team of four girls ran 2km with Molly Hamilton (Year 5) coming in 10^th place, Emma Peacock 13^th place, Phoebe Ridyard 22^nd place and Amy Peacock 26^th place.

At the end of a very enjoyable day prizes were presented by none other than footballing legend Gareth Southgate and the School was delighted that their very own Games Captain Melissa Shepherd was awarded “Player of the Netball Tournament”.  This accolade was voted for by the other school coaches attending.

Philippa Stanworth, Sports Co-ordinator said – “The girls were fantastic, participating with enthusiasm and true sportsmanship.  The children were well looked after at Queen Margaret’s School and had a fabulous day.  Melissa being voted player of the tournament was the icing on the cake for us as a School.  She thoroughly deserved this award.”

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GHYLL Royd School hosted the Wharfedale Football Festival and were blessed with glorious weather which brought out many supporters to watch the 130 boys and girls who took part.

The event for under-7s and under-8s football teams was supported by seven schools including Moorlands, Froebelian, All Saints, Burley Oaks, Menston Primary, Burley and Woodhead and Ghyll Royd.

The boys and girls enjoyed a terrific afternoon of football when many goals were scored.

As per Football Association guidelines, all the under -7 participants received a certificate of congratulation for taking part and each school’s achievements were celebrated.

In the under-8 competition all participants received certificates with eventual winners Froebelian being awarded medals and two separate trophies – one for the school to keep and one to return back for next year’s tournament.

Children at The Froebelian School in Horsforth, Leeds, have been involved in a whole school Art Project, celebrating the diversity of cultures and fashion around the world.  At a time when there is much political unrest in so many countries around the world, the project portrays a powerful visual image of how we could all live together in harmony.

The impressive display is made up of individual characters, each created from an ordinary wooden spoon.  Every child in the school, from the three year olds to the eleven year olds was given the opportunity to work on the art project, creating their own “Spoon person”.  These “people” were based on themselves, famous people, or well-known characters, which were brought together at the end of the intensive Art Week to create a collection of more than 200 people from around the world.

Froebelian school were delighted to invite the renowned Alan Hydes, ‘artist to the stars’, into school who commented upon our themed mural ‘All around the world’.

Alan Hydes pictured with Bethany, School Art Captain

Alan said ‘I am very impressed with what I saw and the Art Coordinator, Mrs Nicky Smith, should be commended for introducing an interesting project for the children of this age group’.

He went on to say that ‘this is a terrific idea to use something as simplistic as a starting point as a wooden spoon to allow children’s imagination to go wild with ideas by creating characters either by simply drawing onto the spoon or creating such elaborate and detailed designs’.  

Froebelian School, Clarence Road, Horsforth, Leeds LS18 4LB: E mail: office@froebelian.co.uk Tel:0113 258 3047 Fax:0113 2580173           Headmaster Mr J. Tranmer MA PGCE