Year 3 returned from a Southwark football tournament this week in great spirit. This was organised at a local sports facility, with five primary schools invited to take part. We put forward three Michael Faraday teams, all based on different ability as well as mixed sex.

We found the opening matches rather tough, but like all great teams, we improved as the tournament progressed. What was really pleasing to see was that our team members responded to the instructions, and were ale to change the style of play as requested.

Tremendous sportsmanship was demonstrated. We were incredibly impressed in the way that our Year 3 pupils proudly represented Michael Faraday. You can find out more about the football tournament in the podcast below.

Year 3 returned from a Southwark football tournament this week in great spirit. This was organised at a local sports facility, with five primary schools invited to take part. We put forward three Michael Faraday teams, all based on different ability as well as mixed sex.

We found the opening matches rather tough, but like all great teams, we improved as the tournament progressed. What was really pleasing to see was that our team members responded to the instructions, and were ale to change the style of play as requested.

Tremendous sportsmanship was demonstrated. We were incredibly impressed in the way that our Year 3 pupils proudly represented Michael Faraday. You can find out more about the football tournament in the podcast below.

Sport Relief has been a huge success at Michael Faraday! We have staged themed activities each lunchtime, with adults kindly giving up their time to help put on these events. The obstacle course was very popular, and we found some very talented cheerleaders. It was great to see the elder pupils helping out the younger children during the skipping session. Over £100 has been raised from these lunchtime activities alone.

The grand event however has been the Walk a Mile that we staged at nearby Burgess Park at the end of the week. All pupils were encouraged to wear red for Sport Relief. Year 6 mapped out the mile, and the whole school spent a great morning over at Burgess.

We concluded our week of fund raising and sporting activity with the annual staging of the Faraday Tigers Vs the Faraday All Stars football match. This friendly fixture matches up our trophy winning school football team against some adult sporting staff, who perhaps have seen better days.

The whole school came out to celebrate and support our fundraising efforts. Many of the children had made their own cheerleading pom poms, adding a fun atmosphere to the occasion. You can watch a video featuring all the fun of the skipping session above, as well as view some photographs from the friendly football match below.

Congratulations to our fantastic Michael Faraday football team! Our mixed team of players managed to make it all the way to the final of a competition this term, narrowly losing against our friends from St Paul’s School. This is the first time that a team from Michael Faraday has made it all the way to a grand final!

The Year 5 and Year 6 players have been playing in a league system with eleven other schools throughout the term. The games are organised by our friends from Bacon’s College, with the aim to play fairly and have fun. Winning also helps, something which our team have been doing plenty of!

After finishing towards the top of the league, we then played a knock out quarter and semi-final. Nerves were high for the big match, but St Paul’s proved to be slightly stronger. Our team represented Michael Faraday in an outstanding manner. We all came away with runners up medals and certificates.

The Michael Faraday football team will be in action once again after the half term break. We are involved in a competition based at the nearby Burgess Park, organised by Millwall FC. Many thanks to >Siobhan and Fatima, our brilliant team manager and coach.

The Michael Faraday Tigers football team has been back in action this week, taking the good name of the school across the borough, and challenging some of our friends from nearby schools.

Under expert coaching guidance, a series of team trials were staged for the new school year. Our coaches were scouting for team members who could demonstrate expert football skills, as well as being able to represent Michael Faraday as a brilliant team player.

All of our players approached the trials with the right attitude, and we are pleased to have picked a squad of boys and girls who can represent the good name of the school.

Our first fixture is taking place later in the week at nearby Bacon’s College. Once again we are most grateful to Wilson at Bacon’s, who has been helping us to organise matches with other Southwark schools.

Initially we are playing a series of friendly matches. We are hopeful of entering the Faraday Tigers into a league later on this season.

Come on the Tigers!