Ten children travelled to the picturesque Bryanston School to participate in a range of fun activities to complete the Dorset School Games calendar. As well as cricket, table cricket (a new one for Mr Cole and certainly one to try at Longfleet), dance and orienteering, the children also got the chance to try a new sport for the first time: quidditch! The sun shone and the children reflected the spirit of the day, which was about fun and friendly competition. 

Sports Day was blessed by the weather this year. Two days of glorious sunshine followed Years 4,5 and 6 on Monday morning and Years 2 and 3 Monday afternoon. Tuesday morning was the turn of Reception and Year 1, who completed a mix of field activities and track races on rotation. The results were:

4th: Water (414)

3rd: Fire (417)

2nd: Earth (435)

1st: Air (448)

A fantastic two days had by all!

Longfleet took two teams to Poole Park on a beautifully sunny day to play a reformed version of Kwik Cricket - called Dynamos Cricket. 5 ball overs and 5 runs added to the other team's score were the new rules for this game - and Longfleet started with some great bowling, clean hitting and rather chaotic running! Team A won their group, beating Baden Powell and St Joseph's . Team B finished 3rd in their group.

The next group stage ended with Team A losing narrowly to St Katherine's school (the eventual winners) by 2 runs and drawing with Baden Powell. This meant that our two teams finished 2nd and 8th respectively. Particular highlights included a "worldie" catch from Alex for Team B and two excellent run-outs by Joseph and Harrison for Team A.

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