Six girls from school took part in a fantastic ‘Girls active day ‘ at Archbishop Holgates School last Friday. The day was organised by Youth Sport Trust whose main aim is to ensure ‘more girls are more active’ and to prolong the amount of time they spend being active in P.E and sport as they get older. The girls listened to a powerful presentation from Jenna Downing, the world inline skating champion, took part in lots of different activities and produced a performance with an inspirational message at the end of the day, to show to the teachers and pupils from all the other schools in attendance. They did so well! The girls will now lead a project in school to raise the profile of girl’s sport and in addition, secured £200 of funding to help with this! Go girls! Our Girls Active Team are these superstars from Year 5.
Cross Country Report from Mrs Rowntree:
The Y3/4 team took part in a Quick sticks hockey festival at Vale of York School on Tuesday. They played 4 other teams – winning two, losing one and drawing the final match. This put us in a position where we were playing out for 2nd place overall. The team demonstrated great skill, teamwork and enthusiasm which resulted in them coming joint 2nd with Ralph Butterfield School. Thank you to all the parents who supported and transported their children.
We were all very excited yesterday to have the Cricket World Cup displayed in school, due to the village’s connections with Jonny Bairstow. Emily and Catelyn from the England and Wales Cricket Board brought the cup and talked to the children and answered lots of questions about it. Photographs of the occasion will be on display in school after half term. 
Recently, another of our talented Year 6 pupils played in the Yorkshire Closed Girls U11s Squash Championship in Pontefract. She fought off stiff opposition, against seeded players who are nationally ranked and with determination and skill, went onto win the finals and took the title. Ruby’s coach said “she is a credit to both her parents and Dunnington School”. Well done Ruby! 