Year 9 Netball v Cleeve Park

The year 9 team played really well and won 7 – 0, even though they played versatility netball.  Player of the game
Naomi
S. Valentine

U13 Football Tournament

St Catherine’s played in a U13 football tournament held by Charlton Athletic Football Club at their training ground in New Eltham.  The girls competed twice against 4 other schools.  The standard of play displayed by St Catherine’s was excellent with fantastic teamwork demonstrated throughout the tournament. 
We ended the tournament finishing joint top with Erith School on 17 points.  Unfortunately it was decided on goals scored and Erith had scored more goals than ourselves.
The girls had a fantastic day and were a credit to St Catherine’s in the way that they conducted themselves.
Eltham Hill 2-0 (Maisie.J, Natalie.S)
St Ursulas 0-0
Erith 0-1
Colfes 1-0 (Maisie.J)
Eltham Hill 2-0 (Maisie.J, o.g)
St Ursulas 1-0 (Natalie.S)
Erith 0-0
Colfes 3-0 (Rosie.N 2, Maisie.J)
Team: Amelia Houghton-Boyle, Lauren Feeney, Maisie Joyce, Jasmine Okoye, Natalie Summers, Rosie Norman, Neve Hamilton, Amber Fennell
Player of the tournament: Maisie Joyce
K.Sayer

Year 10 v Bexley Academy

The girls played a fantastic match considering there were only 6 players.  They showed real determination and went onto win 11 -0.  All 6 players were players of the match
Farren Cliburn
Eleanor Casserly
Niam Sharp
Amy Greenin
Laura Burn
Shannon Saunders
S. Valentine

Year 9 and 10 League games V Townley

All the games were off a high importance to decide who would win and who would end up as runners up of the league.
Year 10 won 5 – 4 player of the game Laura Burn
Year 9 A team lost 4 -1 player of the game Mary
Year 9 B team lost 6 – 0 player of the game Elizabeth Farinto
Well done one and all
S. Valentine

U14 Football

St Catherine’s played their next league game against Townley Grammar.  The standard of play from St Catherine’s was excellent and this resulted in a 4-0 win.  We defended very well and marked the Townley players very closely, giving Amelia an easy game in goal.
Player of the match was Lillie Fruvall.
Team: Maisie Joyce, Lauren Feeney, Amelia Houghton-Boyle, Jasmin Okaye, Neve Hamilton, Rosie Norman, Natalie Summers, Amber Fennell, Lillie Fruvall, Phoebe Franklin.

K.Sayer

Christmas Junior Camp 2011, click for PDF.

Girls' Bexley District Cricket Trials - Year 7 & 8, click here for more information.

Year 9 v Erith
The year 9 team played fantastically well on Tuesday and won 19 – 2.  Players of the game were Kelly Kouassi and Ife Animashaun.
S. Valentine

Year 10 climbing
Well done to the GCSE year 10 climbing group who achieved 100% A* - C in their controlled assessment. Excellent effort.
S. Valentine

U14 Football

St Catherine’s played Erith B in the Bexley League and had a convincing win of 4-1. The girls played well, passing and moving effectively as a team. The goals were scored by Natalie Summers, two from Rosie
Norman and Amber Fennell scored her first goal of the season. Well done girls, let’s keep up the winning streak!

This week we found out some fantastic news that our school has been selected as the ‘Get Set network school of the month’ for October 2011!

We were selected out of all secondary schools across the UK in the Get Set network because we have demonstrated outstanding commitment to living the Olympic and Paralympic Values in both creative and innovative ways.

They based this selection upon the fantastic blog entries made by Mrs Valentine and Miss Moore,  in particular for celebrating Black History Month by learning about the 1968 Games, holding Every Child Matters Olympic Days and Brazilian Inspired Fitness Sessions, as well as your cross curricular work.

As a result of this achievement they are going to reward our school by showcasing our hard work and organising a surprise visit - more information to follow!!!!

S. Valentine

Year 9 and 10 netball V BGS

Both teams played some excellent netball.  The year 9’s won 16 – 6 and players of the game were Adele March and Phoebe Franklin.  The year 10’s drew 7 – 7, player of the game was Farren Cliburn.
S. Valentine

Zumba!

On Wednesday 12th October classes in years 10 and 11 were lucky enough to take part in the latest fitness craze Zumba in their PE lessons.  Zumba is a dance fitness class, with its moves drawing inspiration from South American dance. The sessions were enjoyed hugely by all the girls and I am in the process of setting up an after-school session for year 10s and 11s, which I am sure will be very popular.

Year 9 and 10 netball v Bexleyheath academy

Both teams played absolutely brilliantly.  The year 9’s scored a goal at least every minute winning 25 – 0 and the year 10’s won 15 - 2 even though they only had 6 players.  Players of the game Phoebe Franklin, Jordan Sullivan 9C and Amy Grennin 10H.
S. Valentine

Sporting achievements 2010-2011

• Year 8 Netball Bexley league champions
• Year 9 Netball Bexley League runners up
• Year 8 and 9 Borough Athletics runners up
• U14 Basketball league winners
• Year 7/8 Charlton Athletic Football winners – represented South East London
• Year 8 Rounder’s borough runners up
• Year 10 Rounder’s borough runners up
• School rounder’s team played the England national rounder’s team
• Young sports leaders

Cricket
Handball
Tag Rugby

U14 Football League

St Catherine’s made a fantastic start to their first league game in the Bexley league with a 10-0 win over Haberdashers Askes Crayford.  The game was slow to begin with before St Caths opened the scoring. After the first 10 minutes the girls started to play exceptionally well together, passing and moving the ball fantastically.
Maise Joyce scored 4 of the goals, Lillie Fruvall 2, Rosie Norman 3 (2 of which deflected off the opposition and Phoebe Franklin 1 (deflected off the opposition.
Other team members, Jasmine Okoye, Amber fennel, Neve Hamilton, Alex Adebowale, Amelia Houghton-Boyle, Lauren Feeney.
Well done girls, such a fantastic start to the league, let’s keep up the fantastic play!
K.Sayer

Year 9 Netball team V Chis and Sid

The year 9A and B teams had their first game of the season and both teams showed real promise.  It was the first time many of these players had played together and it looks very promising for the rest of the season.
A team won 11 – 0
B lost 5 – 1
Players of the game Elizabeth Farinto 9n, Naomi 9N and Jordan Sullivan 9C

S. Valentine

Fitness Test

For fitness test results please click here.

Netball

For the first time in over a decade we managed to have two teams for our year 10 netball team, this is a tremendous achievement considering many in the borough don’t even have 1 team.  This was the first time each team had played together with many new players being drafted in.
All the girls played really well but the three players of the match were – Rebecca Timeny, Eirinn Ounsworth and Farren Chillern.

Unfortunately we lost both games – A team 6 – 2 and the B team 6 – 0.

Well done to one and all

S. Valentine

Lunchtime Cycling Club
These extra curricular cycling clubs are open to everybody but will be on a strictly first-come, first-served basis to the first fifteen girls to arrive.  The clubs will start very soon – we are just waiting for our lovely bikes to be delivered to us! I will let you know as soon as they do so that you can get cycling!

Step into Dance – Extra Curricular Dance for all!

The Step into Dance extra curricular dance sessions last year were been extremely successful, with the group making it into the overall London show at Sadler’s Wells.

I am very keen to keep this after – school lesson going, here is some more information about the classes. The sessions are taken by a teacher recruited by The Royal Academy of Dance, and these classes are partially funded by the Jack Petchey Foundation.  The classes will continue to be on a Tuesday after – school, between 3.15 – 4.45pm.  There are several performance opportunities each year, with the most notable being the Borough performance which then leads onto the overall London performance at the end of the school year.

All abilities are welcome, the key point is that pupils must be 100% committed to attend rehearsals every week, and display a positive attitude.

Due to changes in funding this year, we are asking for a very nominal fee of £20 for the whole year to help pay for the sessions, which I am sure you will agree is very reasonable indeed.  If you are interested in joining, look out for the letters in your registers or see Ms Husband.