Personal Development

Tag Rugby Tournament

Two teams made up of seven Year 5s and eight Year 6s took part at a Tag Rugby Tournament held at Shipston Rugby Club last Friday.

The aim of the tournament was to provide the children with the skills and knowledge of the Tag Rugby game and to instil the five rugby core values of teamwork, respect, enjoyment, discipline and sportsmanship. The games were refereed by Shipston Rugby Club coaches, who provided plenty of encouragement and tips to enable all the children to improve their skills and build their confidence.

 At the start of the day, some of the children were feeling a bit nervous as they had not played a proper tag rugby game. However, they all gave 100% in each game and by the end of the day they were confident and very adept at taking the tags from opposing team players and scoring tries. Both teams showed great team spirit and were a credit to the school. They took on board the rugby core values and many of the Quinton players were seen selflessly helping each other to score tries, showing excellent teamwork and sportsmanship.

At the end of the tournament, many of the Quinton players were selected for special awards recognising individual effort and achievement. Bertie (Y5) was awarded a Magic Moments award for an excellent try, where he managed to run the whole length of the pitch avoiding losing his tag and scoring a superb try. Maddie (Y5) was awarded a rugby ball for her speed and determination to score tries. Claudia and Olivia (both Y6) shared an award for their teamwork, determination and try scoring.

Both teams were overall joint winners of the tournament with Acorns Primary School. The impressive trophy will spend six months with Acorns and in the spring term will be handed over to Quinton. Well done team Quinton!

First recording session at Woodbine Recording Studio today and our Year 5 band The Four Gods are sounding awesome! We can't wait to hear the final mix of their original song 'Waffle Eating Kaiju Monster'! 🤣

It seems such a long time ago now, but as part of the celebration of Sir David Attenborough's birthday on May 10th, we decided to honor him by adopting an animal for the WWF. In each class the school councillors delievered a presentation on Sir David's life. The children watched a video clip of him when younger, experiencing the gorillas in the rainforest and what a magical time it was for him! The classes were then shown the list of endangered animals on the WWF website and everyone voted for the animal they wished us to adopt as a school. Over the half term, the welcome box arrived and so we can now reveal that the chosen animal was a...TIGER!!!!! We have a certificate of thanks that we can proudly display, a welcome booklet with facts in and a super cute cuddly toy! We will receive updates through the next year as to how our money is being spent to help these beautiful creatures and keep their numbers growing in the wild.

In the week before half term, and then again today, the chilodren have been helping to finish off planting in the year 1 outdoor area. They have found it so interesting and lots of dicussions have been had about what they are planting at home, how well it is growing and any bugs or insects that they may have found. We have found quite the variety of insects ourselves when digging up the overgrown weeds and  grass...just today we found a huge black beetle which we rescued and put onto the rosemary plant! Our seeds and bulbs have started growing and we now have potato, carrot, beetroot and pumpkin shoots appearing :) We have now started clearing another bed ready for some wildflowers. 

In the week before half term, and then again today, the chilodren have been helping to finish off planting in the year 1 outdoor area. They have found it so interesting and lots of dicussions have been had about what they are planting at home, how well it is growing and any bugs or insects that they may have found. We have found quite the variety of insects ourselves when digging up the overgrown weeds and  grass...just today we found a huge black beetle which we rescued and put onto the rosemary plant! Our seeds and bulbs have started growing and we now have potato, carrot, beetroot and pumpkin shoots appearing :) We have now started clearing another bed ready for some wildflowers.