After competing in the ISA London South Regionals, Bonnie and I qualified to represent our region at the ISA Nationals on June 17th which was held at Birmingham Alexandra Stadium. I was filled with both excitement because this was the venue where the Commonwealth Games took place but also with nerves to compete against some of the best athletes from all over the country.

Bonnie and I set off early at 6:30am to avoid the traffic and we got to the stadium with plenty of time to spare. We explored the venue and got familiar with everything before our events. We loved choosing our Nationals Jersey which had our names on the back.

We both did a few laps to warm up and collected our numbers and got ready for our events. Bonnie’s ball throw was first followed straight after by Y4 girls 600m running. Bonnie performed really well in both events being placed 4th for ball throw missing the bronze medal by only a narrow margin with a PB of 20.17. Bonnie had a really strong start for the 600m run but unfortunately lost her position at the last lap but still did very well getting a PB of 2.29.

Y4 boys 600m run followed after this event. I lined up at the start position with some very tall boys. I had butterflies in my stomach. However after exchanging a few good luck wishes to encourage each other, we set off at the gun pop ‘go’.

I focussed on my usual pace of running. Few metres into the run I realised I was in the lead. I tried my best to maintain my pace and was over the moon when I finished at 1st position winning the ISA National gold medal for 600m with a PB of 1.59 , London West placed 2nd with silver and a bronze for East Anglia all getting a PB for their performances.

I felt really honoured when I received my medal from a Team GB Triple Jump Olympic athlete from 1988. It was so cool to meet someone who had been in the Olympics!

Bonnie and I had a great day and on the way back home, we played lots of car games and had a lot of fun.

Alec W, Y4

Back in March, Lower Kindergarten and Kindergarten entered stories into the ISA Young Storytellers Competition. Each of the individual classes worked in groups to come up with ideas around the theme ‘The Time Machine’. We had mentions of clocks and volcanoes, dinosaurs’ and bangs. We were all very proud of both stories we entered as a school. We were even more thrilled when we were told that the Kindergarten story won for the story they entered and has now been published in the ISA’s The Time Machine book.

You can see the story that was written in the photograph that is alongside this article. Well done Kindergarten.

Mrs Dowling, Head of Early Years

On Tuesday 11^th June, we held what has become our annual Charity Book Sale. We brought in  preloved books and they were laid out in the BWA hall ready for the sale.

We managed to raise just over £214.35 for the National Brain Appeal – Funding Advances in Neurology and Neurosurgery. Leftover books were bagged up and were then collected by the Children’s Book Project which gifts preloved books in good condition to children in the UK who have few books of their own. It has been great to be able to support these two amazing charities.

Thank you to Myla P and Surina R, our school librarians, who worked so hard in preparation for the sale and on the day itself too.

Mrs Leyshon

In the Spring, Caterham Rotary Club held a Young Writer’s Competition.  Some of the Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 entered.  I came first and Sofia C and Pareesa K also won prizes.

My story was a about a baby sea turtle that became famous. I was happy and surprised that I won out of all the schools in Caterham.  I plan to spend my prize money on a new fountain pen or put it in my savings account.

I would like to thank Caterham Rotary Club for this.  I am very grateful.

Jaimin P, Year 4