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On Friday, Year 5 and 6 represented St White's in the second round of the Pro Stars football tournament at Cinderford Rugby club. Despite the challenging weather, the children showed excellent determination and self-belief. Both teams did incredibly well finishing 4th in each of their groups. Both teams conceded very few goals and cheered each other on amazingly. Thank you to all the parents who helped transport the children to and from the event and cheering us on in the rain!

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A team of Year 2 children went to Dene Magna to take part in a KS1 cricket event. They took part in 7 different activities, that included fielding, throwing, catching and learning how to bat and bowl properly. All of the children improved their skills throughout the morning and represented the school with resilience, teamwork and great enthusiasm. All of them came away with a new love of cricket and enjoyed being 'cricketers' for a day.

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St White's competed in the first ever darts competition for schools at Berry Hill Social club today. The team were brilliant in the group stages winning 4-1, 5-0 and 4-1 in legs. They progressed to the semi-final and successfully won 3-1 with some fantastic darts. After going 1 leg down in the final, the team pulled out all the stops hitting 121s, 125s and a 75 - Greenzone checkout to win 3-1 in the final. The team were brilliant and showed fantastic sportsmanship throughout. Mr Jones will be putting the dart board back up in his class so if any other year 5s and 6s would like a go please speak to him!

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On Friday morning 2 children from each of the KS1 classes attended the first KS1 give it a go event. They all took part in 11 different activities which included: Football, bowling, golf putting, dancing, target throwing, curling, balloon volleyball, floor tennis, cricket, standing long jump and a teamwork gutter run. The range of activities enabled all of the children to thrive with them all enjoying different aspects of the morning. Each child demonstrated school values, learning how to improve and trying to beat their own scores and results each time. They can't wait for the next one!

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Last week St White’s tried their hand at table cricket. The team travelled to Newent as part of the school games. The children worked brilliantly as a team and showed excellent sportsmanship. We are super proud of their can do attitude and they represented school brilliantly.

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On Monday 1st December, St White’s represented the Forest of Dean at the County Finals in Gloucester. After previously qualifying earlier in the term, the girls were battling it out to be the best in Gloucestershire. The girls started strong winning their first 2 games. Unfortunately, we lost our final group game and finished second in the group. After making into the semi finals St White’s were knocked out on penalties after a fierce 2-2 draw! The girls made history by finishing 4th in this years Competition (a highest ever finish for St White’s boys and girls). We are all super proud of what you have achieved and the brilliant team passion you showed. Thank you to the parents who came to cheer the girls on.

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Today, St White’s completed in the School Games, Sports Hall Athletics tournament at Dene Magna. The children all worked together in individual field events and team track events. The team showed excellent determination and passion cheering each over the finish line. They were lightning fast and finished in an impressive 2nd place. Well done to all of the children who gave 110% effort!

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On Tuesday years 5 and 6 from St whites competed in a hockey tournament at Newent Secondary School. Both teams showed great determination to try and win the tournament. One team won took home the victory and the other team finished outside of the medals. It was brilliant to see both teams cheering each other on and supporting one another. Well done team. Report written by Reuben.

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This week St White's have been playing lots of football. On Thursday we competed in a play-off match with Forest View at Dene Magna in attempt to get through to the county finals. Unfortunately the team were beaten on the day but showed some excellent determination to keep on going when things were tough.

Today, years 5 and 6 competed in the first ProStars football tournament at Cinderford Rugby Club. The two teams showed each other great encouragement whilst playing lots of other local schools. On the day, St White's Albion finished 5th in their group while St White's United finished 2nd. Both teams points will be added to the next round of games later in the year. Thank you to all of the parents and carers who helped transport the children to and from the event.

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Today, St White's competed in the School Games cross country event at Five Acres High School. The children competed against over 100 children to try and score the lowest possible score. Unfortunately no medals this year, however the team all displayed excellent determination to keep on running until the very end. Thank you to parents for helping us transport the pupils to and from the event.

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On Friday year 3&4 went to a football tournament at Cinderford rugby club. We entered two teams who both did very well, only losing one game each and winning the rest. We had lots of fun and scored some great goals.

Written by Corniel and Niamh.

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Today, St White’s competed in the girls football qualifier tournament at Dene Magna school. The team played some excellent football, scoring brilliant goals and winning matches 6-0, 5-0, 6-0 and drawing 2 games 0-0 and 1-1. After going down to goal difference, St White’s finished top of the table! Now the girls will go through to representing the Forest of Dean at the Gloucestershire county finals on the 1st December. Thank you to all the parents who helped transport the pupils to and from the event. Thank you to all the ex-pupils for cheering St White’s on in their break and lunch time. Well done girls!

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On Friday some year 5 and 6 pupils represented the school in a cricket tournament in Lydney. They played very well and showed amazing sportsmanship, teamwork perseverance and they came in 2 place.

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Today, St White’s competed in the National Primary School Dodgeball Championships in Stoke-on-Trent. The team were competing to be the best dodgeball team in the whole of England, after their success earlier in the year. St White’s faced some very tough competition against other regional champions and battled extremely hard. Finishing 3rd in their group with 1 win, 1 draw and 2 loses. St White’s finished 12th in England!!!! We are all very proud of what they have achieved this year. Thank you to all of the parents for coming to support and cheer the team on. Well done St White’s.

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Year 4, 5 and 6 played in the final girls football event of the year today. After previously qualifying through an indoor football event at Newent, the girls came out champions of the Forest of Dean. They played brilliantly as a team (despite the warm weather), winning 2 matches and drawing 1. Well done girls and thank you to the parents that came along to support.

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Well done to the children who represented St White’s at the last Pro Stars football event. For some of the year 6s this will be the last football match with St White’s. Both teams displayed excellent sportsmanship and worked brilliantly as a team. Unfortunately, no medals this time but well done for giving your all. Well done teams!

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Today our y5/6 girls represented the Forest of Dean in the County Cricket finals at Cheltenham College. The team played really well giving it their all, taking wickets, making runs and winning a game against very tough opposition from around the county. Although they got knocked out in the group stage they had an amazing time. A great achievement to have made it that far.

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Today, 6 year 6s competed in the Central England Finals in Birmingham after finishing second at the Gloucestershire championship earlier in the term. The team were brilliant showing off their hand-eye-coordination, aim and agility. They eventually finished in a brilliant 3rd place in all of central England. Well done team for making St White's history!

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Year 5 and 6 entered an open cricket tournament at Westbury Cricket Club recently. They played superbly, winning all their games only losing out by 6 runs in the final but taking the most wickets. Thank you to the parents who helped us transport the children to and from the event. Well done team!

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Today, a group of year 4 children were chosen to represent the school in a cricket tournament in Newent. We played three groups games and after winning them all we battled coalway in the semi finals to a hard fought 68-58 win. We then played Ann Cam in the final and unfortunately lost by 4 runs. It was an excellent day out and we showed great sportsmanship we battled really well.

Written by Arthur and Leo J

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On Friday, some year 2, 3 & 4 girls competed in a series of football games and managed to successfully win the competition without conceding a single goal. They showed great sportsmanship and had a fantastic attitude throughout the whole tournament.

Written by Poppy, Penny and Josephine

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Our year 6 girls netball team welcomed, from Lydbrook Primary School, Mr Bowkett and his mixed year 5/6 team to a friendly game on the MUGA. Both teams showcased some great netball skills, team work and determination. The game was evenly matched with a score of 0-0 up until the last quarter and then the nets started to land with each team scoring. St White’s managed to pull away at the end with a final score of 4-2, making it an exciting last quarter of play. Congratulations to all who participated and a special thank you to Jenna Sargeant for giving us your time to umpire the game.

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After coming first in the Forest panathelon, six children had the opportunity to travel to Gloucester to compete in a chance to go to nationals in Birmingham. They worked extremely hard as a team and showed great passion and came second overall! This means that on Thursday 26th of June they will be travelling to the national panathelon final. Well done all!

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Despite the weather not being on our side, the girls cricket team showed determination and resilience throughout the tournament. With a cricket bat in hand, ever time we encountered a problem we hit it away. Only losing our first game, we took wickets and made cricket history for the girls and won the finals. Our highest score was 65 runs which was the greatest in the whole tournament (Which is amazing!) Now we are on our way to the county finals in Cheltenham!!!

-Kacie Lowri Evie Piper

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Introducing the SOUTH WEST OF ENGLAND DODGEBALL CHAMPIONS. After successfully winning the Gloucestershire round in Cirencester last term, St White’s competed in the regional finals in Bristol today. The children had been practising very hard after school to prepare for the event and their hard work paid off. For the first time in St White‘s and the Forest of Dean’s history, the team are now the South West of England Primary school Dodgeball Champions. By winning all of their group games (8-2, 9-1, 10-0, 6-4 and 10-0) the children successfully won their semi final and the final. St White’s competed against schools from Bristol, Exeter, Devon and Bournemouth to come out as champions. We are all super proud of how hard they have worked to achieve this and the excellent sportsmanship and determination on show. Thank you to the parents who helped transport the children to and from the event - we couldn’t have attended without your help. Next stop, Stoke-on-Trent on Friday 4th July to compete to be the best primary school in England for dodgeball. Good luck team.

@MSB @BritishDodgeball

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We took two teams to go and play tag rugby, St Whites sharks made it to the finals and played amazing rugby. The other team played well but unfortunately got 4th place but in the last game they won 6-2. But the sharks got 2nd and lost 2 games only. But everyone played well and had amazing teamwork also sportsmanship. Jayden

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Yesterday , year 5 and 6 went on a football event . Our first game we won 4-0 and in the second game we won 2-0 . Unfortunately , we lost 2-1 . Finally , against forest view , we beat them 1-0 . Leading altogether we came second place on goal difference. We are all very proud of what we have accomplished and played some brilliant football. Jonah

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On the 30th of April, 2025, 6 year six’s set out of school to do archery. Our school's team learnt how to shoot bows and arrows. In total, we won… 140 points: beating the other 3 teams in our 4-team-group. However, we are still awaiting if we actually won because other teams competed in their own groups. We are still proud of how many points we won.

-Connor :)

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On Friday, Mr Cassidy took a group of year 3&4 children to a football tournament at Five acres. Both teams showed excellent sportsmanship and played really good football, only conceding two goals in the whole thing! Well done everyone.

Written by Valentin & Mr Cassidy

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Last Friday, we took 2 teams to the tournament. They both came 3rd in their groups. The lions and tigers teams only conceded 2 goals and they scored 3 goals during the tournament. Everyone showed amazing sportsmanship and determination to their football. Overall it was an outstanding tournament were we played amazing football. Report written by Bradley.

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Six year six pupils participated at a bowling event in Gloucester. We played with great determination even when the ball got stuck twice in the bumpers! We didn’t come first, second or third but we did get super amazing medals! We played against a lot of other schools and it was intense, but we didn’t let that stop us trying our best. We all had loads of fun and would definitely do it again! Our whole team showed excellent sportsmanship and we were all cheering each other on. We had an incredible time! Report written by Alexa.

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After 6 weeks of hard work, St White's entered two year 5 and 6 teams into the county dodgeball championships at Cirencester College today. The children have been working hard practising their skills after school and each team pushed each other on at the tournament. The Lions came out on top of the day finishing in 1st place winning 5 games. The tigers finished in 6th place and played some excellent dodgeball against tough opposition. Each team worked fantastically together and worked as a brilliant St White's team. The Lions will go through to the South West finals in Bristol in June to compete to be attend the National finals. Well done to both teams - looking super in their @msbsteel kit!

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Today, seven year 6’s had the opportunity to participate in the pentathlon tournament at Hartpury. They did various events such as: Bowling, Ping Pong, Beanbag toss and others. They had a splendid time at the event and displayed spectacular sportsmanship.

-Connor

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On Friday, a new group of children got their chance to represent school in a footballing competition. Every child on the team showed fantastic effort and brilliant sportsmanship. They all thoroughly enjoyed themselves and left with it smiles. Well done all!

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Yesterday, St White’s were very excited to unveil their new sporting kit at Newent Secondary school. A huge thank you to MSB Steel for their kind donation and the children were super proud to wear such an amazing kit.

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We were all split into 2 groups A and B. Team A were up against 5 other teams and our A team got 2nd place. Our B team placed 2nd out of the top five in the competition. But both teams showed brilliant sportsmanship and determination. We all had a fantastic time and worked really hard all through out the competition. The teamwork and support that was shown between both teams was outstanding! There were amazing shooting and passes throughout the games. Report written by Piper, Bradley and Poppy.

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Yesterday some year 2s went to Dene Magna to try out some cricket activities. We played some 3 vs 3 and worked on some batting, throwing, rolling each others spaceships down and bowling. We all had a super fun time and worked really well as a team. Report written by Melina.

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Year 5s went to Dene Magna last week to complete some team working activities with three year 11 students. The mini boost group came from Gloucester and asked us to create a team name so we were called Booster Team. One of our challenges was to build a tent in the quickest time possible against other schools and we were the quickest! We talked together as a team and we beat the challenge. We also looked at how to calm ourselves in tough situations and look after our friends. We all had a super fun time. Report written by Savannah.

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Last week, Mr.Cassidy took a team to Newent secondary school. Seven out of ten people qualified to the county finals at Cheltenham private school where they will represent the Forest of Dean. We were very proud of all ten people. We really want to get to the national finals later in the year. If we get the exciting opportunity to qualify we will be over the roof with joy! If more than 2 people get into the national championships finals it would be a great joy! It was roughly 2k which is very far so we all should be proud of the children contesting .

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Last week, St White’s attended the New Age Kurling event at Newent Secondary School. The children were brilliant and showed excellent sportsmanship by shaking hands and congratulating the other teams. Well done to everyone!

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On Monday 25th November, year 5 and 6 competed to represent the Forest of Dean at the county finals in football this year. The girls played some great football winning 5-0, 4-0, 3-0 but unfortunately losing 1-0 to Offas Mead Academy in the deciding match. The girls showed excellent determination and teamwork but finished second on the day meaning that they won’t progress this year. Thank you the parents who came and supported the girls on a cold Monday!

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Well done to the girls who represented St White’s at Newent School today in the indoor football tournament. The team played amazingly scoring 15 goals and only conceding 1. The girls will be going through to the next round later in the year and we wish them the very best of luck. Thank you so much to the parents who helped support and transport the team today. It was great to hear you cheering them on!

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After a short wait on the results, team St White’s finished in second place at the Sports Hall Athletics tournament at Dene Magna school on Thursday. The team worked together in running races, javelin, long jump, triple jump, chest push, vertical jump, speed bounce and relay races. The team displayed amazing passion and encouraged each other brilliantly. Thank you to the parents who came to cheer on the team. Well done St White’s.

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On Thursday 7th November, St White’s competed in the football play offs at Dene Magna to try and compete to represent the Forest of Dean at the county finals. The team displayed excellent passion and determination winning 5-0, 2-0 and narrowly losing 1-0 to Forest View. Unfortunately, the team won’t be progressing this year but we are super proud of their efforts and we wish the best of luck to Forest View in the next round. Thank you to the parents who helped transport the children to and from the event as we really couldn’t do all these events without your help.

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On Friday the 18th year 3&4 travelled to Forest High for a footballing competition. Both teams played some excellent football, winning matches in each group and keeping clean sheets. St Whites Lions finished the group second and the Tigers finished third in their group. Both teams demonstrated excellent sportsmanship and determination but most importantly had fun. We can’t wait for the next one! Thank you to the many parents who helped transport the children and cheer the teams on.

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On Thursday, the year 5 and 6  entered a hockey tournament at Newent Secondary School. We showed great enthusiasm and skill and we showed incredible sportsmanship. One team finished 3rd in their group with 3 wins, 1 draw and a loss. The other team placed 3rd overall finishing top of their group and won every game in the group. But we lost in the semifinals

unfortunately and that was the only game we lost. We managed to win the third place place off vs Tibberton winning on golden goal. All of pupils showed great commitment and thank you to the parents who helped transport the teams. Report written by Bradley and Evie (house captains).

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On Monday, our 3&4s went to Forest View for a friendly game of football. This is the first time they’ve played together as a team and they put up and excellent battle. Being 2-1 down at half time, the team were hopeful to turn things around and win the second half but after some well-worked goals by the opposition we were defeated 5-1. The team put up a brilliant show and there were lots of positives to take from the performance! We’re looking forward to the tournament on the 18th!

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Report written by Alex (House Captain). On Monday 7th October, St White’s Primary had a friendly netball match against Forest View. We showed outstanding commitment and sportsmanship. In the first quarter we scored 1 and in the second we scored 2 and Forest View scored 1. In the final two rounds we made it 6:2 final core. If there was one thing to say it would be that the two teams played brilliantly. Thank you to parents who helped transport us to the match, your support was amazing.

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Report written by Evie-May (House Captain). On Friday, the girls football team played a tournament at Forest High School. They showed great determination and sportsmanship and had a great can do attitude. They won 2 games, drew 1 game and lost 1 game. In total,they scored 8 goals! The girls finished in fifth position. Thank you to the parents who helped transport the children to and from the event.         

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Report written by Evie-May (House Captain). On Friday, the girls football team played a tournament at Forest High School. They showed great determination and sportsmanship and had a great can do attitude. They won 2 games, drew 1 game and lost 1 game. In total,they scored 8 goals! The girls finished in fifth position. Thank you to the parents who helped transport the children to and from the event.         

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On Wednesday, year 5 and 6 entered the Forest of Dean cross country tournament at Five Acres. The boys and girls showed great determination and sportsmanship. The girls finished in 2nd place with a very low score of 67 points and the boys finished just outside the medal position with 184 points. The lowest scoring team were the winners. It was a great challenge for all of them but all they all showed great commitment. - Bradley - House Captain.

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On Friday, year 5 and 6 represented St White’s at the first Pro Stars football tournament of the year. We entered 2 teams finishing joint first in one group (narrowly missing out of the final on goal difference) and the other team finishing second in the group. Both teams displayed excellent determination and teamwork. Thank you to the parents who helped transport the pupils to and from the event.

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St White's kicked off their sporting events this week with a friendly vs Forest View. It was the first time the team had played together and worked very hard in the heat. St White's displayed excellent determination to come out 3-1 winners. Thank you to all the parents who helped transport the pupils and to those parents who turned up to cheer us on.