In association with Uttlesford School Sport Partnership

KS2 County Cross-Country Finals

On Wednesday 2nd April, Josh went to Southend to represent Bentfield at the Essex cross-country finals. Having already got through two rounds, there was some very tough competition and Josh finished 69th out of about 140 runners at the event. We are very proud of Josh's achievements and the hard work and training that has gone into this. He is already thinking about his training to try to beat his finishing position next year! 

KS2 Archery Uttlesford Finals

A long time after 4 of our archery teams qualified for this event back in November, he headed to Lord Butler Leisure Centre to take part in the Uttlesford finals. In a very high-quality competition, everyone tried their best and all teams finished mid-table. A very good achievement since most of them had not had the chance to practise archery since the autumn term. A special congratulations ahs to go to Ruby in year 5, who was the highest scoring girl out of all of the year 5 and 6 competition! Well done to everyone for representing the school so well. 

Year 3/4 Tag Rugby Regional Finals

After qualifying from the previous 2 rounds, our year 3/4 tag rugby team went to Harlow Rugby Club to take part in the regional finals against schools from all across Essex. We had a very tough first group, losing the first 3 games, but improving all of the time and winning our final group game. That meant that we finished 4th in our group and we went up against the fourth placed teams from the other groups. We won both games against those teams, meaning that overall we finished 13th in the tournament. A fantastic achievement for all involved to finish so high up against all primary school across the whole of Essex! It was particularly pleasing to see the fair play sportsmanship, resilience and team spirit in the team. Well done to everyone! 

Year 3/4 Uttlesford Tag Rugby Finals

Having finished 2nd in the Stansted tournament, one of our year 3/4 tag rugby teams took part in the Uttlesford Finals, organised by our School Games Co-ordinator at Carver Barracks. In the initial group stage, they won 4 games and drew 1, meaning that they finished top of the group and went through to the semi-finals. They won the semi-final 4-3 in a very close game, meaning they were to head to the final with a chance of winning the whole tournament. In a game with very high quality tag rugby being played and a huge amount of skill on show, they lost 4-2, finishing as the 2nd best team in the whole of Uttlesford! A fantastic achievement and also sending the team through to take part in the Regional Finals at Harlow Rugby Club. Well done to everyone who played who did themselves and the school proud.

USSP Key Stage 2 Cross Country Finals

From the Stansted competition, 7 out of our 8 teams that took part, qualified for the Uttlesford School Sports Partnership finals. On a soggy and muddy day, the children all ran their best, competing against children from a range of schools throughout Uttlesford. Our best place team finish was 8th place for the year 3 boys. All of the children tried their best and ran very well in tricky conditions on a tricky course, well done for the excellent effort! A huge congratulations to Josh in year 5, who finished 4th in his race, meaning that he has now qualified to take part in the Essex Cross-Country Competition in April. Good luck Josh!

Key Stage 2 USSP Sports Hall Athletics Finals

Just before half term, our year 3/4 and year 5/6 sports hall athletics teams took part in the Uttlesford finals. After the running, throwing and jumping events, the year 3/4 team were bronze medalists overall. The year 5/6 team were fourth overall and silver medalists in the small schools competition. Well done to everyone for their excellent effort in representing the school so well!

Year 3/4 Tag Rugby

On 6th February we took two teams to the Stansted tag rugby tournament organised by the Uttlesford School Sports Partnership. Each team played 5 games across the afternoon and we saw massive improvements in individual and team play as the tournament went on. After all of the games, the Bentfield 'blue' team finished 6th and the 'red' team finished 2nd, qualifying for the finals in March. Well done to everyone who took part for playing so well and representing our school brilliantly!

Key Stage 2 Swimming Gala

On Friday 17th January, as part of the school sports partnership (USSP), some of our pupils from Key Stage 2 took part in a swimming gala, competing against Great Easton, Little Hallingbury, Henham and Great Bardfield. The pupils all enjoyed the gala despite it being very noisy! Congratulations to both of our teams, our Year 3 and 4 team came 1st place and are through to the final in March and our Year 5 and 6 team came 3^rd place. We had lots of team and individual winners too, well done to all of the children. 

Year 3 freestyle- Willow 3rd place and George 4th place

Year 4 freestyle- Maggie 1st place and Albert 1st place

Year 5 freestyle- Jess 3rd place and Michael 5th place

Year 6 freestyle- Zoey 2nd place and Elliot 3rd place

Year 3/4 butterfly- Harriet 1st place and Felix 2nd place

Year 5/6 butterfly- Matilda 3rd place and Elliot 4th place

Year 3 breaststroke- Olivia 2nd place and Harrison 1st place

Year 4 breaststroke- Erin 1st place and Matty 2nd place

Year 5 breaststroke- Grace 4th place and Noah 4th place

Year 6 breaststroke- Matilda 3rd place and James 3rd place

Year 3 backstroke- Elyse 2nd place and Harrison 1st place

Year 4 backstroke- Wren 1st place and Taye 1st place

Year 5 backstroke- Ryver 1st place and Isaac 3rd place

Year 6 backstroke- Isla 2nd place and Hugo 3rd place

Year 3/4 champion race- Maggie 2nd place and Albert 3rd place

Year 5/6 champion race- Matilda 2nd place and Elliot 5th place

Year 3/4 medley relay girls- Wren, Erin, Harriet and Maggie 1st place

Year 3/4 medley relay boys- Harrison, Milo, Felix and Albert 1st place

Year 5/6 medley relay girls- Esther, Zoey, Isla and Tuana 4th place

Year 5/6 medley relay boys- Harrison, James, Joshua and Hugo 4th place

Year 3 freestyle relay girls- Willow, Olivia, Molly and Elyse 2nd place

Year 3 freestyle relay boys- George, Ben, Matty and Harrison 2nd place

Year 4 freestyle relay girls- Annabelle, Wren, Harriet and Erin 1st place

Year 4 freestyle relay boys- Albert, Felix, Milo and Taye 2nd place

Year 5 freestyle relay girls- Esther, Grace, Jess and Ryver 3rd place

Year 5 freestyle relay boys- Josh, Michael, Noah, Isaac 4th place

Year 6 freestyle relay girls- Isla, Zoey, Matilda and Jess 2nd place

Year 6 freestyle relay boys- Hugo, Elliot, James and Noah 3rd place

Year 3/4 Uttlesford Dodgeball Finals

Having qualified as winners of the Stansted tournament, we took a team of year 4s to the dodgeball finals. As ever, they played lots of close, competitive games. In the group stage of the competition, they came 3rd, meaning they would play for 5th place in their final play-off game. The didn't manage to win the final game, meaning that they finished the tournament 6th overall - a very impressive achievement out of all the schools in Uttlesford!

Personal Challenges

Over this term, the children from reception right up to year 6 have been taking on a sports challenge led by our sports ambassadors. Those scores have been sent off and compared to the scores from school across the Stansted partnership and the results have been shared. Well done to the follow children who have all achieved individual medals for coming in the top 3 out of the Stansted schools!

Reception Dot-to-dot Challenge

Oscar - 2nd place boy

Year 1 Dot-to-dot Challenge

Axel and Sonny - joint 1st place boys

Year 2 Skipping Challenge

Grace - 1st place girl

Romily - 2nd place girl

Mia - 3rd place girl

Teddy B - 1st place boy

Matthew - 2nd place boy

Ellis - 3rd place boy

Year 3 Figure of Eight Challenge

Molly - joint 2nd place girl

Albie and Alexander - joint 1st place boys

Year 4 Figure of Eight Challenge

Annabelle - joint 1st place girl

Norah - 3rd place girl

Matthew and Taye - joint 2nd place boy

Year 5 Tennis Ball Challenge

Ryver - 1st place girl

Zac - 2nd place boy

Year 6 Tennis Ball Challenge

Matilda - 2nd place girl

Hugo - 1st place boy

Leo - 2nd place boy

Year 5/6 Dodgeball Uttlesford Finals

After qualifying from the Stansted competition, we took 2 teams to the finals held at Joyce Frankland Academy Newport. In the event, which included 16 other teams, our teams took on a group stage made up of 8 teams, both in separate round of the draw. After many close and competitive games, both teams finished 4th in their group meaning that it was Bentfield vs Bentfield for 7th and 8th place. In another very tightly-fought game Bentfield 'yellow' won to finish 7th, with Bentfeild 'red' finishing in 8th. Fantastic performances from everyone who took part to finish in such brilliant positions for a school of our size.

KS2 Archery

On Friday 22nd November, we welcomed St. Mary's and Magna Carta schools for the KS2 archery tournament. The children were competing in the year 3/4 or year 5/6 competition. Certificates were handed out to the top scoring teams made up of 2 boys and 2 girls and medals to the top individual scorers in each tournament. At the end of 6 rounds of archery, our teams finished 1st, 2nd and 5th in the year 3/4 competition and 1st, 2nd and 4th in the year 5/6 competition. After the afternoon competition, the scores from our teams were beaten in the afternoon session, meaning four teams have qualified for the Uttlesford finals next term. Congratulations also to the individual medallists:

 Year 3/4:

Harriet - 1st girl

Ruby - 3rd girl

Taye - 1st boy

Albert - 3rd boy

Year 5/6:

Zoey - 1st girl and top scorer overall

Matilda - 2nd girl

Ruby - 3rd girl

Sullivan - 1st boy

Michael - 2nd boy

Year 5/6 Tag Rugby Finals

On Thursday 21st November, we braved the bitterly cold weather to take part in the tag rugby finals, having qualified from the original tournament. In the first stage of the tournament, we won 2 games and lost one, meaning we would go into the group competing for the top 8 places. In very close and competitive games in the next round, we lost 6 games by just a single try and drew the other game meaning that we came 8th overall. A very impressive effort to be 8th out of all schools in Uttlesford. The children all put in as much effort as possible, played very skilfully and showed excellent sportsmanship throughout; they should be very proud of their performances.

Year 3/4 Dodgeball

On Thursday 14th November, 3 teams from across year 3 and 4 walked to Forest Hall for the Stansted dodgeball tournament. They played 5 or 6 games in the afternoon. All games were played in an excellent spirit with honesty and sportsmanship shining through. At the end of the tournament Benfield red came 1st in the 'A' tournament, Bentfield blue came 1st in the 'B' tournament and Bentfield green came 4th in the 'B' tournament where they were so close to the other teams that they had 3 games that were drawn! Well done to everyone who took part; they represented the school brilliantly. 

Year 5/6 Dodgeball

On 11th November, we took 3 teams to the Stansted dodgeball tournament. After walking up there, all teams took part in many competitive games against 5 other schools. At the end of the games Bentfield yellow finished 2nd and Bentfield red came 4th in the 'A' tournament meaning both teams go through to the Uttlesford finals. Benfield green came in 1st place in the 'B' tournament. A great afternoon of sport played in excellent spirit by everyone. 

KS2 Cross Country

We took over 40 children up to Forest Hall School for the KS2 cross-country competition on 7th November. After a 'warm-up' walk to the school, the children took part in races over approximately 1,700m for years 5 and 6 and 1,200m for years 3 and 4. Everyone tried their best and did the school proud. Overall the team results were fantastic and we had some individual medallists as well!

Year 3 girls - 2nd

Year 3 boys - 1st

Year 4 girls - 5th

Year 4 boys - 3rd

Year 5 girls - 4th

Year 5 boys - 2nd

Year 6 girls - 4th

Year 6 boys - 3rd

Well done to everyone but a special mention to Hugo (2nd place year 6 boys), Josh (3rd place year 5 boys), Annabelle (2nd place year 4 girls) and Albie (3rd place year 3 boys)!

Year 5/6 Tag Rugby Tournament

Just before half term, we had the Stansted tag rugby tournament. Two teams went to Manuden laying fields to take part and after a great morning of tag rugby with a lot of skills, effort and teamwork on display, our 'blue' team managed two draws and our 'red' team got 5 wins and a draw to be crowned champions. Well done to everyone who took part; they did the school proud! 

Year 5/6 Girls and Boys Football Tournaments

On Wednesday 9th October, we attended the Uttlesford Football Tournaments. The boys played in the morning and achieved the silver medals in the small schools category, and the girls played in the afternoon, securing the bronze medals. Both teams played brilliantly and were a credit to our school. Well done!

Year 1-6 Sports Day

Our sports day took place on Friday 12th July this year. Having been worried about the weather forecast we were lucky to have a dry day for all events. All children took part in a variety of different races in the track and field events as well. With an excellent crowd supporting many excellent achievements were seen and a lot of fun had by all.

Year 5 and 6 Dynamos Cricket Competitions

Well done to our Year 5 and 6 cricket teams who have performed amazingly well this term. At the local school’s tournament at Henham Primary School on the 23rd May 2024, the girls' team went unbeaten in their games and won the gold medals! This was matched by the boys' team on the 11th June who also went unbeaten in their tournament at Manuden Playing Fields, securing the gold medals. Amazing!

These results took both teams through to the Uttlesford finals at Saffron Walden Cricket Club on the 19th June 2024, where the girls team achieved 5th Place and the boys team achieved 3rd Place. A tremendous achievement all round!

USSP Athletics Competition

On Thursday 28th June, we took 41 KS2 pupils to Carvery Barracks to take part in the athletics competition. Everyone competed very well, representing the school brilliantly and giving their all. After all the points were added up, our year 3/4 team came 4th and the year 5/6 team finished in 1st place! A special mention goes to Helena who broke the all time Uttlesford year 6 girls 600m record - a remarkable achievement! 

Uttlesford Tennis Finals

After brilliant performances from our year 5/6 tennis teams in the Stansted tournament, 2 teams qualified for the finals. We travelled to Stebbing tennis club for the next stage. Across the tournament there were lots of excellent, competitive games of tennis with many draws between teams along the way. At the end of the tournament, both our teams returned with medals. The yellow team with bronze and the red team winning the tournament receiving gold medals and a cup to be passed onto us at a later date! Well done to everyone involved.

Quad Kids Athletics

On Wednesday, we took 16 children to take part in the Uttlesford Quad Kids athletics tournament. In the competition, every child competes in a sprint, middle distance, howler throw and standing long jump, scoring points for times and distances, with the whole team points being added up for the final team score. We took one team for year 3/4 and one from year 5/6 (4 boys and 4 girls in each team). Everyone gave their all in all of the events and should be very proud of their achievements, especially competing against much bigger schools. Our year 5/6 team managed to finish 5th out of 10 teams!

Year 5/6 Tennis Tournament

On the final day of the half term, four tennis teams made up of year 5 and 6 pupils made their way to Forest Hall School for the Stansted tennis tournament. 4 teams from 3 other schools were there to compete and after the group games, the Bentfield teams, clearly benefiting from Pam's Thursday morning practices, finished first and second in both groups, meaning as a school 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th places had already been secured! The only question was which team would finish where. After a lot of very close and competitive games, The red team finished 1st, yellow team 2nd, green team 3rd and blue team 4th, with the red and yellow teams qualifying for the Uttlesford finals. Well done to everyone involved! 

Year 3/4 Rapid Fire Cricket

After only 2 practice sessions, we took 2 teams to take part in the year 3/4 rapid fire cricket competition at Howe Green School. Both teams competed well, showed some excellent team work and individual skill during the morning. Results didn't quite go our way with our teams finishing 6th and 7th in their respective groups. Despite this, the children put in great effort and represented the school very well.

KS2 Archery Finals

Three of our archery teams qualified for the Uttlesford finals back in the autumn term and made their was to Lord Butler Leisure Centre to take part. In a competition with excellent scores from across all of the schools, the children competed well. Many 10s were scored for hitting the bullseye and some excellent maths skills on display to work out the scores as well. An afternoon of great fun with all teams representing our school brilliantly. 

Year 3/4 Uttlesford Tag Rugby Finals

After qualifying from the Stansted tournament, we took a team to compete in the finals on Thursday 7th March. The tournament consisted of 16 teams and after playing 10 games of tag rugby and feeling very tired towards the end of it, the team placed 12th overall. Some great team play through the tournament and improved performances as the morning went on. Well done to everyone!

Year 5/6 Uttlesford Tag Rugby Finals

After their victory in the Stansted tournament, our year 5 and 6 tag rugby team took part in the Uttlesford finals on Wednesday 14th February. The morning consisted of 10 very closely-fought matches with some brilliant examples of speed, skill, passing and tactics on display from all teams. At the end of the tournament the Bentfield team finished in 3rd position collected bronze medals! A fantastic team performance with performances improving as the morning went on. 

Year 5/6 Sports Hall Athletics

On Monday 15^th January some of our Year 5 and 6 pupils took part in a sports hall athletics competition. They came 3^rd place overall and lots of individual winners. Well done to all of the children involved. 

Javelin- Max 3^rd place and Leo E 2^nd place

Chest push- Poppy 3^rd place, Anabelle 2^nd place and Archie 3^rd place

Standing long jump- Helena 3^rd place and Sullivan 1^st place

Standing triple jump- Helena 1^st place, Lola 3^rd place and Hugo 3^rd place

Speed bounce- Hugo 1^st place, Lily 1^st place and Joshua 2^nd place

Year 3/4 Sports Hall Athletics

On Monday 15^th January some of our Year 3 and 4 pupils took part in a sports hall athletics competition. They came 1^st place overall and lots of individual winners and the team are through to the finals in February. Well done to all of the children involved. 

5 Bounding stride- Ryver 1^st place and Neave 2^nd place

                Myles 1^st place, Zac 2^nd place and Lorcan 3^rd place

Speed bounce- Ruby 1^st place

              Myles 1^st place and Isaac G 2^nd place   

Chest push- Taye 1^st place

Javelin- Daisy 1^st place and Zac 1^st place

Standing long jump- Ryver 2^nd place

                 Lorcan 1^st place and Isaac G 3^rd place

Vertical jump- Neave 2^nd place and Michael 1^st place