2025/26 PE & Sports at St Andrews Primary School

Harlow Schools Cup - Semi Final Matches - Friday 22nd May

What a way to finish the half term!

2 semi final cup matches in the sunshine 🌞

The girls took to the pitch first against Hatfield Heath girls. In a close fought first half St Andrew’s eventually took the lead thanks to a scrappy own goal. Hatfield Heath equalised at the start of the 2nd half before St Andrew’s took control of the tie, eventually winning 4-1 thanks to 3 goals in the 2nd half from Bea, Flo & Brontie ⚽️⚽️⚽️

After the girls booked their place in the Final the pressure was on the boys (and Maisie) to see if they could do the same.

Also playing Hatfield Heath it was always going to be a close game at the semi final stage. Ralph S gave St Andrew’s the lead with a lovely strike from outside the box.
St Andrew’s were leading at half time but the 2nd half was a much tougher story with Hatfield Heath having multiple attempts on the St Andrew’s goal.

Deniz calmed the St Andrew’s nerves with a beautifully taken goal before Maisie made it 3....and then 4 ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️

Final score, 4-0 and we now have two Cup Final matches to look forward to next term. Thank you to the parents who withstood the heat to cheer both teams on.

St Andrew’s march on! Friendship, courage and confidence...always!

Summer Term Update - May 2026

It has been a jam-packed start to the Summer term sports wise.

Two Quarter Final football wins in the first week followed by Year 5&6 Tennis at Theydon Bois last Friday, and finally Year 3&4 Tennis at Theydon Bois today. There has been plenty of sport played outside St Andrew's which is great, but it has also been wonderful to see so many little sportsmen and women attending our Summer term clubs offering.

We have more children than ever filling the school in the mornings and after school, some seasoned club attendees, many attending a sports club for the first time, its exactly what this job is all about!

Football on Mondays, morning Athletics on Tuesdays, our incredibly popular Cricket on Wednesdays, our newly launched Cheerleading club, before Tennis on Thursdays, I am so incredibly proud to see so many children accessing sport and having smiles on their faces!!

A huge thank you to the staff who help put these clubs on in their own time, especially Mr Dawson and (an injured one-legged cheerleading coach) Ms Banks, alongside the volunteers from North Weald Cricket Club, we really are so incredibly lucky to be able to offer these opportunities to our children.

A very thankful and grateful,

Mr Leverington

Last week we saw the start of the 2025/26 Sports Club offering with Football, Cross Country and Tag Rugby proving extremely popular. All 3 clubs were oversubscribed, and additional spaces have already been released to keep up with demand! It's fantastic to see so many of our little ones keen to push their sporting endeavours this year!

To end the week, Friday was our first competition of the year with children from Years 3&4 competing in the West Essex Tag Rugby Competition at Epping Upper Clapton RFC. After a week of wind and rain the weather was on our side with the children playing under blue skies and sunshine. It wasn't just the sun that was smiling, all of the children had a fantastic day. We took two teams to the event and both upheld everything about our school values of friendship, courage and confidence.

St Andrew's A competed in the cup competition against the very best teams from across West Essex. St Andrew's B were entered into the plate competition where they came a very respectable 5^th out of 14 teams, scoring some fantastic team tries! St Andrew's A rose to the challenge and topped their group unbeaten. The standard of their rugby was highly commended by a large number of the club staff who were extremely impressed by their skills & abilities, we have some future rugby stars at St Andrew's! The team progressed to the days Cup Final where they were pipped to the gold medal with a last second try. Again, showing our school values and incredible sportsmanship, the team collected their silver medals with beaming smiles on their faces. As a result of their fantastic performance, (as runners up from over 30 teams) they will now represent St Andrew's in the Regional Finals later in the school year.

A huge thank you to the parents and carers who transported the children and cheered them on through every try and tag. It was fantastic day for all involved.

If week one was anything to go by we are in for another jam packed year of sport at St Andrew’s!

Thank you for your continued support,

Mr Leverington & Mr Dawson