SPORT, politics, theatre – pupils at St John and St Francis Primary School in Bridgwater are excelling in all of them.
The past year has proved incredibly successful for the school, and here are just a few of their achievements: *Musicals, plays and concerts have been staged and the school won the Sing Up gold award.
GYMNASTS Madison Taylor and Grace Williams are in the picture - they finished third in a gymnastics competition.
TILLY Milburn, Lewis Ateyo and Demi Webber with their cross country medals.
*Runner Lewis Ateyo won gold, while Demi Webber and Tully Milburn picked up silver and bronze in a cross country event and the athletics team scooped first place in the Local Cluster Schools Indoor Festival.
*The unbeaten netball team won the East Bridgwater Schools cluster tournament and the Bridgwater local league.
*The boy’s football team have won the Cluster Championship and the Pritchard Sedgemoor and Mendip Cup.
*The tag rubgy team won the Cluster Schools Tournament.
DANIEL Biddiscombe, Kieran Newton and Harry Sheehan from the basketball team won the Somerset Schools 3x3 tournament.
KYRA Moule, Luke Fella, Izzie Draper, and Jordan Onslow from the parliament team which was victorious in the Somerset Schools Children’s Parliament and has been invited to the Houses of Parliament.
Mike Flatley, head teacher, said: “To say we are proud of our pupils is an understatement.
“Both Mrs Pidoux and I would like to thank all the pupils and staff for their effort, resilience, and perseverance in making St and St Francis such a successful school.”
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