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Player of the Year

Fri 24 May 2019 Mrs Le Hunte

Noah Hutchings has been awarded player of the year by his football club, Burnbridge JFC. Well done Noah, a great achievement.

U12s Girls Football Somerset Cup Final

Fri 24 May 2019 Mr Waterfield

The day we have been waiting for a long time - the cup final vs Gordano school. This was played at Wedmore JFC.

We knew that this was going to be a very tough match as Gordano have a great reputation especially for football, and In last years final Gordano beat us 1-0.

The girls were told believe in themselves and let their football do the talking, it was a very hot day and the short walk to Wedmore JFC from school was perfect for our warm up!

Hugh Sexey’s won the toss and opted for the kick off. Our captain and goal keeper Edie Pargeter was sadly unable to play due to illness, Cerys Webb stepped up and played between the sticks.

After a few minutes Freya Wills latched onto a superb pass from Maddy Durrant to race through and score a superb finish, putting Hugh Sexey’s in the lead.
Gordano came back in the game, only to find superb defending from Alice Steckler and Sarah Weaver who didn’t let anyone pass them. Midfield trio Jemima Seagrove, Olivia Fuller, and Jocelyn Rigby worked tirelessly running from box to box battling to win the ball and defending superbly under pressure. Katie Radford, playing attacking midfield played her best game this year. She caused havoc for Gordano using her skills and superbly linking with Maddy Durrant, who was in great form and was Gordano’s goal keeper's nightmare with her shooting; she smashed the cross bar twice.
Gordano captain who is a great player, saw goal keeper Cerys Webb off her line and decided to go for a 30 yard screamer, only to see it bounce over Cerys and bobbled in the goal.

Half time 1-1. A positive team talk from the girls and especially captain for the day, Olivia Fuller, who said “Don’t give up, let’s keep on playing attacking football!”
After few minutes we brought on some fresh legs, Asha Leavey and Bryher Wright, who came on and immediately made a huge impact - we could clearly see that Gordano were struggling with the pace and energy these two girls were bringing to the game.
A superb tackle from Redford who then set Seagrove through on the wing who then slipped the ball to Durrant who smashed home a superb goal to give us the well deserved lead. For some time Gordano just couldn’t get near us, our passing football was superb moving the ball around the park which then enabled Durrant to race through and score her second of the game. We then changed our tactics and started to defend to protect our lead. Finally the whistle went and we were over joyed that we had won 3-1 and became Somerset Cup Champions.

A truly well deserved win and definitely our best performance on the pitch by far this season.
Special mentions to Jemima Seagrove who was chosen by Gordano players as player of the match. Also to Cerys Webb for a superb display in goal; she was fantastic and put in some great saves.
Well done girls. You have been a superb bunch of players to coach this season and your school is very proud of you.

Mr Waterfield

Year 8 Sports leaders

Fri 24 May 2019 Mr Waterfield

The Year 2’s from our local feeder schools came to Hugh Sexey's today for their annual Multi Skills Festival.
The festival consists of doing different skills such as football, rugby, hockey, tennis, etc.
On this glorious day the Year 2 children loved it and had a really good time; I was very impressed by how they all got on with the activities and just kept going in this heat - they had great fun!
The success of the afternoon was all down to our excellent Year 8 Sports Leaders, who were fabulous. They led the warm- ups, ran the festival and delivered/coached all the sports. More importantly they were great with the younger children and gave them lots of encouragement.

Well done everyone, it was a superb afternoon of sport.

Mr Waterfield

Ollie - motorbike racer.

Tue 21 May 2019 Mrs Le Hunte

Ollie (6ILH) races motorbikes all around the country and occasionally abroad. Last weekend he was racing in Yeovil in the Mini-GP70 category (under 15s) for Cool Fab Racing, where he got two 3rd places and one 1st, leading to a 2nd place overall.

Ellie-Mae receives Sea Cadets' badge

Tue 21 May 2019 Mrs Le Hunte

Ellie-Mae (6ILH) has recently been awarded her yellow badge at Sea Cadets. This was earned for learning the basics, including supplying drinks to senior members of staff at cadets and also studying the book of consequences (including various ages of legal responsibility).

Year 5 Visit Bristol Zoo

Tue 21 May 2019 Mr May

Bristol Zoo

Our trip to Bristol Zoo was good because we saw multiple types of animals like lions and flamingos. My favourite animal we saw there was the Silverback Gorilla because it was getting teased by the younger monkeys.

In the workshop all of us if we wanted to, got to hold a Meal worm each. The Meal worms were very wriggly in your hand and really wanted to move around a lot. Also, in the workshop we had to find a tiger in a bush of shade with its camouflage coat. We also got to touch a snake and feel it but then we touched and stroked a Rat. After we had some lunch we went to the reptile houses where we saw lots of reptiles like snakes, poison dart frogs and crocodiles. The reason we went to Bristol Zoo was because we were learning about adaptations and habitats. Michael 5OM

BRISTOL ZOO

First we saw the flamingo, the viewing area was good. I saw one flamingo was doing a kind of yoga. It was funny and amazing.

Then we saw the lions lying down. Did you know lions are predators because they are meat eaters, they have forward facing eyes, his skin blends in and he has sharp claws. The female kills and then the male steals the food.

We went inside to check on some animals and touch them, I touched the meal worm - it’s tickly! The meal worm walks backwards because if an animal holds it will be on the back so they can pull away to escape. They have six legs, they live in sandy soil. They become a type of beetle. Xavier, 5OM

Grace Competes in Cardiff

Mon 20 May 2019 Mrs Le Hunte

Grace ( 6ILH) competed for her cheerleading team (Weston Supernovas) this weekend in Cardiff. They came first and hit zero (made no mistakes at all).

Year 8 Rounders versus Wells Blue

Fri 17 May 2019 Mrs Allen

The year eight girls have consistently enjoyed this sport since they began at school in year 5. Their skills reflected this commitment in a very enjoyable fixture held today at school.
Due to the large numbers of players we hosted an eleven a side match ( normal number in a team is nine) Wells Blue were short of a player and Lucy O kindly volunteered to play for the opposition as did Polly F .
The first innings was 33 good balls and our team fielded first. They looked like a well oiled machine with some great fielding from all the team. Evie CD ( captain) was able to throw with great accuracy to each post and despite a very new and hard ball the catching was good. Wells ended on 9.5 rounders.
When it was our turn to bat each girl batted well, Mary F and Rachel displaying backhand technique which threw the opposition . We ended the first innings on 10.5.
After a second innings our girls increased their lead and the final score was 21 rounders Hugh Sexey and 11.5 to Wells Blue.
Well done to all the team. A thoroughly enjoyable fixture played in good competitive spirit.
Mrs. Allen

Western Power Competition Winner

Thu 16 May 2019 Mrs Le Hunte

Maddie (6ILH) won the Western Power poster competition for her age group. She won tickets to the Bath and West Show.

She will be presented with her certificate on Thursday, 30th May at the Bath and West Show.

Thursday - French Trip Update

Fri 10 May 2019 Miss Kendall

Today has been fun! We visited Mont St. Michel in the morning, where the children had a tour of the island before doing some souvenir shopping and exploring in small groups. We were very lucky with the weather, which cleared up and brought sunshine for the afternoon barefoot walk across the bay back to the coast. We celebrated out last night in France with some snail tasting and a French fashion show - but we still have one day left! Tomorrow we visit the Bayeux Tapestry before getting on the ferry back home. À bientôt!