Rising Stars - Year 3 and 4 Athletics
On Tuesday 17th December we took 8 rising stars to the Hathershaw athletics competition. They worked very hard together and won the competition!
Here's what the pupils said about the event....
Nora - "The competition was amazing and the people who helped were really nice."
Fakhr - "I…
Guest Bloggers Ellee, Satara, Albert and Serod - East Manchester Athletics Champions
As part of our P.E lessons (Autumn 1- Athletics) the whole school were taught and measured in all athletics events. We were then chosen to represent the school in Athletics because of our high scores in different events. We practiced running every lunch time and our field events every Monday and…
Guest bloggers Michelle and Lulya - Be our guest
Dance is a huge passion of ours at St. Francis but unfortunately in the Manchester area there are very few opportunities for us to share our love and talent. When we were invited to a competition in Oldham we were sure not to miss out!
The competition was a little different than we're used to…
Manchester Cross Country Finals
It was a wet day for the Manchester Finals but the pupils from St. Francis were focused and ready to race.
Look at the photographs for the individual results, which are our best results we have ever had at these finals. Mr Lowe was very proud of all the pupils.
Well done…
Guest Blogger Amber Louise - Lacrosse
Blog written by Amber-Louise
On Monday 18th November, eight pupils from St. Francis went to the Manchester Schools Lacrosse competition. With only two practices I think we did amazing!
Our first game was against Withington Girls School (whole have won for the last two years). During the…
Guest Bloggers Dolapo and Sarah - Girls - Let's stay confident!
Blog written by Sarah and Dolapo
On Wednesday 13th November the girls in Year 6 were very lucky to attend a workshop with two ex professional athletes, their names were Jenny and Emily. Jenny was an Olympic 800m runner and Emily was a 200m Great British runner (I know.... we're lucky…
Guest Blogger Ginevra - New Age Kurling
Blog written by Ginevra (Year 6)
On Thursday 14th November four girls from Year 6 were selected to go to a Kurling competition at Levenshulme High School. If you don't know what Kurling is (I didn't) then I can tell you. There is a target on the floor which both teams need to reach using…
Fun Cross Country Run
We had a great morning at Whythenshawe Athletics Track taking part in a fun cross country run. The children from St. Francis were exhausted by the end of the event but loved every second.
Sienna even won a bronze medal for coming 3rd place in the girls category.
Well done Justin,…
Boccia professionals
A huge well done to our Boccia team for competing at the Manchester Boccia competition and leaving unbeaten! The team were extremely respectful to the other teams and made sure they shook hands before and after each game.
All four players were outstanding and Emmanuel won player of the…
Bronze for the handball team
A huge well done to the handball team for winning the first medal of the year. The squad have been training every lunch time for two weeks and fighting for their position on the team, which was very difficult to choose.
The team won the first four games of the tournament, gaining us a well…
Cross Country
We went to the first Cross Country tournament of the year at Chorlton Park. The sun shone and our legs ran like Mo Farah's! It was our most successful showing yet, with two first places, a second and the rest were in the top 20. Ethan and Satara, who both came first in their races, were…
Celebrating our dance superstars!
These four fantastic children took part in individual and group dance competitions over the weekend and all returned to school with first and second place trophies and medals. We are SO proud of our St Francis superstars! Well done Lexi, Lewis, Lily and Mario.
