Well done to our Y5/6 football team who finished as runners up in the 7 a side tournament at Long Eaton United on Monday. A great effort from all the boys. Thank you to the parents who came along to support and transport children. Thank you to Mrs Wenham and Mrs Littlefair for stepping in as team managers!

On Tuesday 1^st October, following a late call up, Mr Bunhejee took the Y6 football team to the 7 a side tournament at Friesland. In a close first game we edged out Ashbrook 1:0 with a goal from Harry. In our second game we started to grow in confidence and played some brilliant football, beating Dovedale 3:0 with goals from Jack, Theo and Harry. With confidence a plenty we played fantastically in our final game beating Firfield 4:0 with goals from Kyedan and a hat trick by Theo. We finished with a perfect record of 3 wins and 8 goals, none against. This means we have qualified for the Erewash Finals! Well done Harry, Theo, Dylan, Jack, Christian, Kyedan, Isaac and Jake. Thank you to all the parents who helped transport the team and came along to support on a wet and windy evening. I’ll let you know when the finals are to be played. Next game is vs Homefields a week on Thursday in the league. IB

Today, we (Dylan, Jake, Barunka and Eleanor) were lucky enough to go on a trip to Derby University for a special sports event. The drills focused on four different skills (which were agility, balance, co-ordination and speed and strength). The day was ran by four professional athletes: a swimmer, a hurdler, a badminton player and a heptathlete. They helped us improve our skills and encouraged us how to think big. They shared their experiences and gave us advice on how we can succeed and be the next big sporting champions.  An extra special thank you to the amazing Mr Roper for taking us. (*_*)

Boccia Competition at Kirk Hallam 11.6.19

On Tuesday 11^th June, Mr Bunhejee, Mrs Attenborough and Miss Cove took five enthusiastic children to the Boccia competition at Rutland Sports Park. The children had been practising hard to defend their title. The children played 7 close games, winning 3, losing 3 and drawing 1 meaning we finished with 10 points. Enough to finish in 4^th. Well played to Thomas (Y3), Katie (Y4), Thomas (Y5), Alex (Y5) and Archie (Y6). Thank you Mrs Dainty for helping with transportation.

Mr Bunhejee took Holly, Milan, Ethan and Callum, from year 6, to the area heats of the maths quiz championships at Derby High School today. The children represented the school fantastically, answering 35 questions, 20 arithmetic and 15 problem solving. Midway through the arithmetic questions the team were in second place but unfortunately a couple of low scoring rounds meant the team finished in sixth place out of 10. A big thank you to Milan’s mum, Ethan’s mum and Holly’s mum and dad for helping transport the children and supporting the team. Mr Bunhejee

Erewash South Schools Swimming Gala 11^th April 2019 at West Park Leisure Centre

Mr Bunhejee and Mrs Dainty had a great time at the swimming gala on Thursday 11^th April. We took 11 enthusiastic year 4, 5 and 6 boys to West Park Leisure Centre to compete against 9 other schools in 20 races. All races were over 25 metres in front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly and ended with boys and girls front crawl and medley relays. The boys were represented by Jack from year 5 and Logan, Oliver, Milan and Ethan from year 6. While the girls were represented by Maria from year 4, Emmanuela, Megan and Amelia from year 5 and Hope and Lily from year 6. All the children raced fantastically, showing real determination against their competitors, finishing in the top 3 in every one of their heats. A superb effort. At the end, all schools gathered round and results were announced in reverse order. Longmoor finished in 2^nd place, 1 point ahead of Shardlow and just behind Firfield who won. A fabulous result for Longmoor. Well done to all the children for their hard work in our practice lessons. Thank you to Mrs Wenham for helping with transporting the children and all the parents and relatives who came along to support the children, it was great to see so many people supporting the team.

On Monday the 28^th January, Miss Edwards and Mr Roper were lucky enough to take 11 children to a Dodge Ball Festival held at Wilsthorpe. This was a fantastic opportunity for the children to have a taster of the sport and learn and develop new skills, including; throwing - overarm, underarm and chest passes. Catching – eyes on the ball, hands ready to catch and pulling the ball towards the their chest. And, of course, Dodging! The children (and teachers) had a great time at this event and their behaviour was exemplary and they did a fantastic job representing Longmoor. However, Leah and Gabby seemed to have the most fun by throwing the balls at Mr Roper!

A big well done to all our Dodge Ball Superstars – Beila, Kaydon, Tayler, Karla, Dylan, Christian, Gabby, Leah, Frazer, Maria and Emmanuela!

Mr Bunhejee and Miss Mills took the Y5/6 Futsal team to Wilsthorpe for an Erewash School Sports Partnership competition on Thursday 17^th January. Logan, Dylan, Archie, Ethan, Tommy, Harry and Theo played really well and represented Longmoor fantastically in matches against other local Primary Schools.

Our first match was against Brooklands who we beat 1:0 with a goal from Theo. Our second match was against Dovedale A who we beat 1:0 with a goal by Harry. So far so good. Two wins with three games left. In our second game we conceded a late goal to lose 2:1 to Harrington. Dylan had earlier scored an equaliser from the penalty spot. This meant we had to win all our remaining games. In our fourth game we beat Dovedale B 3:0 with a brace from Harry and one from Theo. This meant it went to the last game against Chaucer who were unbeaten. In a tough, tight game we lost to a strong Chaucer 2:0. Meaning we finished in 3^rd place with 9pts.

Well done to all the boys who played some fabulous Futsal and scored some impressive goals. Thank you to Mrs Wenham, Mrs Tuck and all the other parents and carers who came along to support the team.

Futsal Competition at Long Eaton School 8.11.18

Mr Bunhejee took 7 eager year 3 and 4 children to Long Eaton School on Thursday 8^th November for the annual 5 aside Futsal competition. The team played 3 games and managed to stay unbeaten. It was very competitive and Leon, Luca, Edward, Noah, Karla, Loucia and Spencer all represented the school with pride and passion. In their first game they beat Dovedale 1:0 thanks to an early goal by Noah. In the second game an own goal game them victory over Ashbrook Juniors. This meant that it was all down to the final game against Brooklands. It was a tense game but Loucia managed to give us the lead early on, which settled our nerves. In the end we had to settle for a 1:1 draw. This meant, after a recount, that we won the competition! Well done Longmoor, some excellent play and determined performances. Thank you to everyone who came along to support the team and especially Edward’s mum who helped with transportation.