We had a great preparation experience on Saturday at a very busy Indoor Athletics event held at Testwood School. The Sportshall was full of both competitors and spectators with lots of people watching and cheering. This made for a fabulous atmosphere but was also quite busy for our young team of Year 3 and 4’s! Each child took part in a running, jumping and throwing event and then there was the exciting mixed Year sprint relay. Our children were superb in both demonstrating patience; waiting for their turn, motivating each other and doing their best throughout the 4 hours. Although the Year 4’s were reasonably well practised, for the Year 3’s, this was their first taste of real competition and we came away pleased with our results - placing 13th out of 18 teams. We all really enjoyed it and will be looking to encourage more children to join in the preparation after school club next year. Thanks again to all the help and support from parents for being there with snacks and words of encouragement.

Just in time for Spring, Wild Art Academy and the children from Ringwood Junior School began our sculpture workshop focussing on birds. Using card, Paper Mache, and acrylic paint students had the freedom to explore the materials and processes and have lots of fun whilst producing a sculpture they could be very proud of. Wild Art after school sessions give the children freedom to explore, experiment and build self confidence through mixed media art and our natural environment.

We have enjoyed a fantastic celebration of Safer Internet Day this week! This year's theme focuses on protection from scams. 

In class, pupils engaged in meaningful discussions about the various forms of scams, effective avoidance strategies, and the importance of reporting suspicious activities. Classes created informative posters and mind maps, showcasing their top tips for staying safe online. 

Additionally, we held a whole school assembly where some Year 6 students presented valuable insights on the topic. 

It was the turn of our Year 3 and 4’s to experience the variety of gymnastics equipment and expertise of the Noadswood Young Leaders this week. We enjoyed all of the different stations on offer to challenge our balance and co-ordination, but our favourite was the Trampoline, Acro and Vault. We really pushed ourselves to improve our skills on the beam, with high kicks and walking backwards and we created some fabulous floor sequences. It was great to work together, in fact we didn’t stop moving all afternoon!
If you are interested in joining a gym club, our local one is Gymstars in Ferndown.

15 teams from across the New Forest participated in the Sportshall Athletics finals on Saturday at Testwood School. All athletes raced against each other over 3 events a run, a jump and a throw ending with an exciting mixed relay event. It was all about the experience and taking part as we encouraged each other to achieve some really standout individual performances, whether it was a good placing finish in the sprints, a well- executed or accurate throw or speedy jumping.
We showed tremendous teamwork and also enjoyed supporting our fellow Ringwood- based school teams, cheering on our friends from Poulner School.
Thank you for giving up your Saturday morning to represent Ringwood Junior School so well!

A fabulous but nonetheless dream shattering morning was spent playing some really skilful football at the Community hub on Tuesday with dedicated Year 6 boys. 16 schools attended and we were put in a tough division. All the matches were intelligently played and exciting so we were pleased to not lose a match and thrilled to put 2 goals against the favourites. Sadly, with the way other matches played out we didn't quite earn enough points to win the division and to qualify for the knock-out semi final but our boys can be proud that they played with their hearts on their sleeves and showed great teamwork supporting each other in every match. Thanks to our great team of supportive parents, as always much appreciated.
We are looking forward to a few more football events before Easter to involve all the other Year groups.