Year 6 were lucky enough to be offered the opportunity to take part in the Brownlee Triathlon at John Charles Centre for Sport. A group of 30 representatives travelled to the event which involved the three disciplines of swimming, cycling and running. After arriving at the centre we were met by a team of triathlon specialists who talked us through the competition before handing out kits and swimming hats. We then all gathered in the incredible swimming facilities to take part in our opening event where we were met by Olympic Gold Medal winner and European and Commonwealth Triathlon Champion Alistair Brownlee - wow! Alistair met the children as they entered the pool and chatted with them before they set off on their swim. After exiting the water the children then had a matter of 60 seconds to put on their shoes before they jumped onto a bike and started their circuits of the 400m track. Following the completion of the riding stage they then did a running lap before crossing the line to be met by Olympic Bronze medal winner and former World Triathlon Champion Jonny Brownlee who was signing medals. It was an incredible event, a fantastic experience and a great taster for just what a triathlon is like and our children had a wonderful time...inspiring future athletes!

We would like to say a massive thank you to all those people who visited the coffee morning/afternoon to support our Year 6 children in their quest to raise money for Macmillian Cancer Charity.   We don’t know the final figure yet as the children are still serving people as this is being written but I am sure they will have raised a great amount! 

We also give huge thanks to those who provided buns and cakes and raffle prizes to be used.  We were very proud of the children for their hard work and some regular visitors even commented that it was some of the best service they had ever had at Springbank! Both classes worked their socks off selling tea, coffee and cake to hungry families.  Well done to all.

And a final thank you to the rest of the school, who supported Year 6 by coming to school dressed in green and/or white.  I certainly wasn’t worried about falling ill today as we had a huge amount of doctors and nurses on hand to help out if that was the case!  Well done to Reception, Year 3, 4 and 5 for getting into the spirit of the day and bringing their money to buy a bun.  A brilliant team effort for a great cause!

Thank you to all the parents and carers who arrived at school last Thursday to help the children make their scarecrows for Farsley Scarecrow Festival; we really couldn’t have done it without your help.  The children worked really well in their mixed groups and, as always, were very creative in their designs.  This year we had Dumbledore, a pirate, 2 Micky Mouses, Spongebob and his friend Patrick, a minion an octopus, a Wilmot Dixon builder, Mario, Mr Bradshaw and Homer Simpson to name but a few! We hope you enjoy looking at our scarecrows!