30 Year Three children travelled to Cumberland School, having been selected to push aside the competition for an intra-school competition. The event began with many nervous looking faces, hoping to perform at their best when it mattered. After an intense first hour of dancing through two physically demanding stages, the children waited patiently with many …
Double commonwealth champion James Goddard visited the school on the 3rd March. James began his visit with a whole school assembly which had a strong focus on commitment, perseverance and resilience. Kitted out in his full team GB outfit, James engaged in discussion with lots of curious children in the hall, sharing stories of his …
30 Year Five children had a special treat on Thursday 23rd March, as they attended the annual Crystal Palace Fanfest with over 3000 children in attendance from all over London. As an added unexpected surprise, the children had an opportunity to meet Lutalo Muhammad who is a British taekwondo medal winner at both 2012 (silver) …
The Southern Road badminton teams attended the first ever badminton competition at Newham Leisure Centre during March. All the children were excited to put their skills learnt during PE lessons to use in an intra-school competition. It was a huge success, and all the teachers commented on how well everyone’s badminton skills had improved by …
During February, Southern Road attended one of the largest team events held in the school year – The Newham Winter Games. We entered 3 teams into 3 different sporting activities: Netball, Boccia and Tag Rugby. Southern Road pupils showed excellent team spirit and sportsmanship throughout the whole visit. Mr Permaul was particularly impressed with the …
During a very windy spell in March, Mr Permaul took four teams to a cross country relay event for schools at West Ham Park. This was the first event of this kind and the children were really excited. Each member of the team, consisting of two boys and two girls, had to run a distance …
