U9 Inter Schools Netball Tournament

Halstead St Andrew's School hosts a netball tournament between 5 local schools. This is a long running event. 

Aims

To share our facilities with local schools in our area and to give the opportunity for the schools to compete against each other in a High5 format. The immediate beneficiaries are all the children in the schools, including our own. 

Background

We had already set up a football tournament for local schools but wanted to introduce a new sport. St. Andrew's identified the opportunity having spoken to the Sports staff at the local schools and gauged interest.

Resources

Staffing resources from St. Andrew's plus the St. Andrew's facilities. We use our teaching staff plus the Marketing Manager. The tournament lasts for approx 2.5 hours. St. Andrew's also supply a cup, medals and certificates and provide a tea for both the children and parents after the tournament.

Impact

We are hoping that by hosting these tournaments, the children from all schools will benefit by using our facilities and that the tournaments may give rise to further opportunities to work together with our local schools. 

Pupil Involvement

Pupils are involved from Year 4 at our school. All our pupils were girls in this instance. From the other schools the Year 3 and 4 children were mostly girls. 28 children from other schools attended the last tournament.