Sports News
We are the children of Waberthwaite School. We are athletes, team players and sportspeople!
November 2024
County finals in January!
I have just received the cross country final information and I am delighted to share that of 48 representatives from South Copeland, we have earned 10 of those places! Well done to everyone who took part in the races but a particular congratulations to our county finalists from Class 3! These are:
Franklin, William, Jack, Jacob C, Joseph, George, Charley, Molly, April and Olivia C.
Great work Team Waberthwaite! Flourishing is not a solo endeavour!
South Copeland Cross Country
We are the children of Waberthwaite School... we show endurance and determination!
Huge congratulations to all of our Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 pupils who participated in the South Copeland interschool cross country competition. This was held at Black Combe Junior School and children raced against pupils from 4 other local primary schools.
A huge well done to Joseph on becoming Y4 boys champion (to add to his Year 3 boys win last year).
Congratulations also to Charley for completing her hat-trick and becoming the South Copeland girls Year 5 cross county champion to match her championship titles in both Year 3 and Year 4 in previous years.
Well done also to our other award winners: Molly (2nd) and April (3rd) in the Year 5 girls races and Erin (2nd) in the Year 3 girls race.
Children who finished in the top 8 positions of each of the Y4, 5 and 6 boys and girls races, will be invited to join together with pupils from both North and South Copeland and represent Copeland at the Cumbria County championships at Sedbergh School in January.
October 2024
We love to celebrate the sporting achievements form both inside and outside of school so this week in assembly, our award winning gymnasts from the Millom Recreation Centre gymnastics team brought in their amazing awards from presentation night.
Here we have:
Lola: Rising bar star award
Molly: All round gymnast and competition team awards
Isla: Competition team award
April: Rising star award
Amelia: Rising star award
Erin J: Listening award
Erin H: Intermediate bar star award
Billie: Hardest working gymnast award
An amazing set of awards from an amazing set of children. Well done everyone! ⭐
September 2024
September 2024
10 pupils from Year 5 and Year 6 participated in a tag rugby festival at Millom Rugby Union Club. They were presented with the sporting value of passion for their drive and commitment to the game!
June 2024
And Waberthwaite take GOLD!
Huge well done to Team Waberthwaite!
April 2024
Years 4, 5 and 6 joined pupils from St James' in Millom for a tri-golf festival with our School Games Organiser Chantal. We played a variety of trigolf games and spent time getting to know our new friends and playing together. Thank you to the pupils from Millom School who were the sports leaders for the morning.
March 2024
All of our Key steps 1, 2 and 3 teams will be representing Copeland at the County Key Steps Gymnastics competition in Penrith. Wish us luck!
February 2024
Our Key Steps 3 gymnastics team competed at Netherall School in Maryport in the South Copeland Small Schools . They were victorious and will go on to represent Copeland in the small schools County Key Steps 3 finals at Penrith at the end of March!
Our Year 3 and 4 Key steps 2 gymnastics team took part in the South Copeland regional competition in Millom. Our 6 competitors completed both a floor routine and a vault in an attempt to make it to the County Finals... and they did! Well done to those pupils who will be representing Copeland in Penrith next month!
January 2024
Our 10 qualifying children represented Copeland at the Cumbria Schools Athletics Association finals at Hunter Hall School in Penrith. With 90 schools represented from 6 districts of Cumbria, the atmosphere was electric!
Congratulations to all of our pupils for showing such resilience and endurance in some very large and competitive races!
Results:
Year 4 girls: Charley (6th), Molly (48th), April (49th) and Isla (98th)
Year 4 boys: Jack (78th)
Year 5 girls: Olivia (78th), Amelia (79th)
Year 5 boys: Franklin (60th), Casper (102nd)
Year 6 boys: Logan (90th)
South Copeland Sportshall Athletics
14 Year 4, 5 and 6 pupils represented our school at the South Copeland athletics festival - competing against other schools from the Millom area. They partoicipated with great enthusiasm and came 3rd in the competition. Well done!
November 2023
Class 3 completed their residential visit to Manchester and took part in a skiing lesson at Chille Factore and also a climbing session at Rock Up, Manchester.
October 2023
We are the children of Waberthwaite School... we show endurance and determination!
Millom Area Inter-Schools Cross Country Event
Huge congratulations to all of our Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 pupils who participated in the South Copeland interschool cross country competition.
Congratulations to Joseph on becoming Millom area's inter-schools Year 3 boys cross country champion! What a race!
Also, huge congratulations to Charley for becoming Year 4 girls cross country champion following on from last years win too!
A huge well done also to George (Y3 boys) and Molly (Year 4 girls) on coming second and April (Year 4 girls) and Franklin (Year 5 boys) on placing 3rd in their races.
Thank you so much to Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 for a fabulous afternoon at the Millom Schools Cross Country competition held at Black Combe School. The sun shone and the children could not have represented us better. Mrs Cummings and I were so fortunate to be able to join you at this event and were so proud of your achievements. (Mrs C)
In the team competition the results were:
Year 3/4 team: 3rd
Year 5/6 team: 4th
September 2023
All of Year 3 and Year 4 represented our school at the South Copeland Inter-school multiskills festival. They showed teamwork, passion and honesty. Well done everyone and we hope you had great fun!
July 2023
100% of our Key Stage 2 children have completed 2 terms of swimming this year and 100% of our Year 6 pupils are leaving us having achieved all of the national curriculum requirements for swimming and water safety. Living in the Lake District and by the sea - nothing could be more important for the safety and wellbeing of our children.
We are proud of our commitment to and investment in swimming!
July 2023
We are the children of Waberthwaite School and... 'We are sailing, we are sailing!'. We love our outward bound days at the Water Park centre at Coniston!
June 2023
We are GOLD School Games award winners!
March 2023
We are the children of Waberthwaite School and we are Cumbria Small Schools Key Steps 2 Gymnastics Champions!
Our wonderful gymnastics team represented Copeland in the small schools category of the Cumbria Key Steps Gymnastics competition in Penrith. The team were such a credit to the school and their families. We are so proud of you girls!
February 2023
We are the children of Waberthwaite School and we are Copeland Small Schools Key Steps 2 Gymnastics Champions!
Our amazing team of 6 children from Year 3 and 4 competed in the Copeland area gymnastics competition and won the small schools division and are now off to the County finals to be held in Penrith. Well done Team Waberthwaite!
Class 2 held an intra-school Key Steps 2 gymnastics competition since as all of the children had worked so hard practising the moves and perfecting their routine. All of the children achieved gold or silver awards - well done everyone!
The return of the playleaders!
We are the children of Waberthwaite School... we show friendship.
It has been lovely to see our Year 5 and 6 children volunteering to lead games with the younger children and teach them focused play. What fantastic role models you all are!
January 2023
Wheelchair basketball
We are the children on Waberthwaite School... we are inclusive!
We had a visit from Nat and Jack at NP Inclusive Sports. All of the children, from nursery to Year 6, enjoyed participating in the inclusive sport of wheelchair basketball and learning more about how sport can be adapted to be fair and enjoyable for all.
November 2022
We are the children of Waberthwaite School... we have fun!
Millom Area Inter-Schools Multikills Festival
All of our Year 1 and 2 pupils had a fantastic time at the multiskills festival at Millom Recreation Centre. Well done everyone!
October 2022
We are the children of Waberthwaite School... we show endurance and determination!
Millom Area Inter-Schools Cross Country Event
Congratulations to Charley on becoming Millom area's inter-schools Year 3 and 4 girls cross country champion! What a race!
A huge well done also to Max on coming second in the Year 5 and 6 boys race and to Molly on coming 3rd in the Year 3 and 4 girls race.
Thank you so much to Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 for a fabulous afternoon at the Millom Schools Cross Country competition held at Black Combe School. I was literally bursting with pride watching all of our children run in their cross country races. The determination and self-belief they showed was incredible and the compassion and respect they had for others was fantastic. The behaviour of our children was, as usual, second to none and it was an absolute pleasure to join them on the trip. (Mrs Cummings)
In the team competition the results were:
Year 3/4 team: 2nd
Year 5/6 team: 4th
October 2022
Millom Area Inter-Schools Dodgeball Event
Year 3 and 4 pupils represented the school fantastically at the inter-school dodgeball competition held at Millom Recreation Centre- well done!
If you have any further queries, you can contact our school administrator, Mrs Yvonne Hey, in a number of ways.
Our postal address:Waberthwaite CE SchoolWaberthwaiteMillomCumbriaLA19 5YJ Telephone:01229717664 Email:admin@waberthwaite.cumbria.sch.ukPlease direct any queries relating to Special Educational Needs to: Miss Natalie Sharp (SENCO)