The Cooper School Yr 5&6 Sportshall Athletics

The Cooper School hosted the Year 5 & 6 G & T Sportshall Athletics event with pupils from Burepark, Charlton-on-Otmoor, Langford Village  and Glory Farm showing off their athletics skills.

The schools were welcomed by the sports leaders who immediately started warming the children up in preparation for the events. During the warm up the children had the opportunity of trying out some of the obstacles in preparation for the events. The Games School Value was Teamwork and this was clearly shown by the enthusiasm and competiveness when the children were taking part, as well as all the cheering for the athletes. The morning started with the field events: standing long jump, triple jump, chest push, foam javelin, vertical jump and speed bounce, followed by the obstacle relays, over and under relay and the sprint relays. The sprint relays the roof was lifted as teams cheered each other on.

Langford Village were convincing winners, followed by Burepark taking 2nd place, Glory Farm came 3rd and Charlton-on-Otmoor came 4th. I would like to wish Langford Village athletes the best of luck in the next round. A big thank you to our sports leader and Steve Flynn from Bicester Athletics Club for all their help.