Farringtons Cross-Country - 26 January

Despite the bitterly cold weather, our six teams from West Lodge bravely set out to compete in the Cross-Country race at Farringtons School on Tuesday afternoon. We were able to enter two teams each from Year 3 and 4, (boys and girls), and a girls’ team from both Year 5 and Year 6. Our thanks to Parisha P. who volunteered to make up the numbers at the last minute to enable the Year 6 team to compete. Congratulations to Kishen P. and Katrina G. who both had excellent timings in their races and well done to all those who took part in order to represent our school. We’re proud of you all!

Year 4 - Netball Matches - 1 February

Year 4 went to Merton Court after school on Monday 1st February to play friendly Netball matches against Merton Court and Colfes. When we arrived, Colfes were playing Merton Court and we watched their game, trying to spot any good dodging and passing. We played Merton Court after that and it was a very tough game with Merton Court having majority possession throughout the game and some superb shooting. Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, the game ended 7-0 to Merton Court. Feeling a little downhearted but nevertheless still determined to score, we played Colfes. A few girls changed positions and against Colfes, our defence seemed much stronger with possession being very even. Colfes took the lead to start but we quickly pulled back and scored another to make the score 1-1. In the last few seconds of the game, Colfes got another goal making the final score 2-1 to Colfes but West Lodge felt much more positive having scored and should be very proud of the way they played. Thank You to all the parents who helped with transport and came along to cheer the girls on.

Year 6 - Netball League Matches - 22 February

Today our team played 2 more matches in the 2009/2010 league. First up were Blackheath Prep school. Although West Lodge played really well in the first half, keeping their opponent’s score down with super defending, in the second half Blackheath Prep pulled ahead to make the final score 8-4 to them. The second game was against Blackheath High. West Lodge kept up the good defence and maintained majority possession of the ball. After a couple of superb shots from our shooters, this game ended with West Lodge beating Blackheath High 3-2. Well done to all the girls who played and thank you to the parents who helped with transport and came along to support.

Trip to O2 - 23 February

Today a group of 22 pupils, parents and staff went to the O2 to watch the England Netball team play their third and final test match against Australia. The match was the decider as each team had won one of the previous matches. The match got off to a really fast start with England taking the lead and increasing it to 6-1 within minutes. The game continued like this throughout the first 3 quarters with England increasing their lead to 8 goals at one point. In the last quarter though, Australia began to close in on the England team’s score and suddenly they were level! The whole arena were cheering England on, willing them to pull back the game which was theirs but Australia managed to score 2 more goals ending the game 45-43! Although the result was disappointing, the evening was really exciting and all the girls all enjoyed the match and supporting their national team.