In association with Uttlesford School Sport Partnership

Year 1-6 Sports Day

Our sports day took place on Friday 20th June this year. 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. The children did very well in the heat! As you can see the results were very close but Normans won overall: 

Romans- 187 points 4th place

Saxons- 188 points- 3rd place

Vikings- 210 points- 2nd place

Normans- 221 points- 1st place

KS2 Uttlesford Athletics Competition

On Wednesday 25th June, we headed to Carver Barracks for the athletics competition organised by the School Games Co-ordinator. We took 37 children from years 3-6 and competed in long jump, triple jump, javelin, howler, sprints, middle distance races and relays. Every single child finished in the top 3 in at least one of their events and when all the scores were added up, we finished first in the year 3/4 competition, 1st in the year 5/6 competition and therefore, 1st overall, bringing the small school's athletics trophy back to Bentfield! Well done to everyone involved for their effort, determination and excellent behaviour across the event.

KS2 Quad Kids

On Wednesday 4th June, we took a year 3/4 and year 5/6 to the quad kids athletics event. Each team member completed a howler throw, standing long jump, sprint (50m or 75m) and middle distance run (400m or 600m). Each event then brought a score from the distance or time which then got added together for the team score. After all the scores were totalled, the year 3/4 team came 6th out of 10 teams and the year 5/6 team came 9th out of 11 teams.  

Year 5/6 Tennis Tournament

On the last day before half term, we took 4 teams from across year 5 and 6 to Forest Hall for the tennis competition. Competing against 4 other teams, our 'red' team won the tournament, qualifying for the Uttlesford finals. The 'blue' team finished in fourth and the 'yellow' and 'green' teams finished 7th and 8th respectively. Lots of great tennis was played in a wonderful spirit and some good experience for the year 5's in preparation for next year!

Key Stage 1 Three Tees Cricket

On Monday 19th May, the whole of our year 2 class took part in the Stansted three tees cricket competition. They were split into 4 teams and all played 4 or 5 games. It was clear they had been practising with some excellent play from all teams during the competition. The 'red' team came third in the 'A' competition, meaning that they qualified for the Uttlesford finals; unfortunately this is on the same day as sports day so they will be unable to attend. The 'yellow' team came first in the 'B' competition and the blue and green teams played very well also. A very enjoyable afternoon had by all.

Year 3/4 Rapid Fire Cricket

On 7th May we took two teams to Manuden Playing Fields to take part in the Stansted rapid fire cricket tournament organised by the School Games Co-ordinator Due to illness, some of the children playing hadn't even practised the game before we went! Everyone put in a lot of effort and represented the school very well. Bentfield red won 4 games and lost 1, finishing in 2nd place overall. Bentfield blue didn't manage to win any games, but as we were the only school with two teams, they were awarded first places in the 'b' tournament! Bentfield red will move on to the Uttlesford finals in July. 

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!