Sports Blog

Girls' football: 16th October 2025

On Thursday 16th October, our Y5 and 6 girls' football team enjoyed visiting Bridgwater College to play a football tournament against other schools: Huntspill & Pawlett, St Joseph's (Burnham), St Andrew's, Eastover and Somerset Bridge. Miss Young and I were incredibly impressed with their teamwork and determination in some very close matches.

Here is a team photo:

Mixed football: 2nd October 2025

On Thursday 2nd October, our Y5 and 6 mixed team played in a football tournament at BCA. Our children played against other local schools - Hamp, Eastover, St Mary's, Somerset Bridge, North Petherton and BCA. We played very well as a team, showing fantastic determination, resilience, teamwork and communication. Mrs Fletcher and I were so proud of the team and their respect to other teams. During the afternoon, we lost four matches and drew two.

Well done to all who took part - we look forward to the next event.

Here is a match report from two of our team members:

"Last week, we played in a football tournament and drew two games and sadly lost four matches. Everyone played very well and gave it their best. We all hope we have another opportunity to play again so we could maybe win more matches. Thank you to Miss Bryant for organising this tournament for us."

Here are some photos:

Girls' futsal: 24th September 2025

On Tuesday 24th September, our Y5 & 6 girls team played in a Futsal tournament at BCA. Miss Webber proudly attended also (with the team wearing our new school sports team kit), and confirmed the following match results:

SJSF vs Westonzoyland - Game 1

1 - 2 (Scarlett scoring)

SJSF vs BCA - Game 2

3 - 1 (Scarlett Jasmine & Paige scoring)

SJSF vs St.Mary's - Game 3

1 - 3 (Paige scoring)

SJSF vs St Joseph's Burnham - Game 4

1 - 2 (Paige scoring)

Well done to everyone who took part!

We'd also like to say a very big thank you to OSCAR for funding our new match kit. We look forward to wearing this for our future events.

Here is a match report from two of our team:

"Last week, we played futsal at BCA. We played schools at BCA and won one match. We met many schools including: St Mary's, BCA Primary, Eastover and many more. We had some much fun and hope we have the opportunity to play futsal again. A big thank you to Miss Webber for taking us and a big thank you to Miss Bryant for arranging the wonderful futsal tournament."

KS1 street dance: 30th June 2025

On Monday 30th June, EYFS and KS1 were treated to an exciting and unforgettable experience. We were delighted to welcome Kieran Lai - Britain's Got Talent semi-finalist and 2020 Street Dance World Champion - to St John and St Francis Church School.

Kieran delivered a fantastic and engaging assembly that motivated and inspired not only the children but also the adults! His story, energy, and performance left everyone feeling uplifted and encouraged to follow their passions.

Throughout the day, pupils took part in dynamic street dance workshops led by Kieran himself. Some children even had the chance to attend an after-school masterclass, where they learned additional street dance techniques and moves.

It was a truly fantastic day! A huge thank you to Kieran and Next Gen Workshops for helping us provide not just one, but two incredible sporting opportunities this term - basketball and street dance. These workshops have already made a lasting impact and will continue to inspire our children for many years to come.

Here are some photos from the masterclass. Please look at individual class pages for more photos from the workshops during the day.

Triathlon: 29th June 2025

On Sunday 29th June, Miss Webber and Miss Bryant attended the Schools Triathlon at King's College, which was organised by Relentless Development. The children took part in a swim, cycle and run, with each having their favourite event! The children performed outstandingly well and we were so impressed with their resilience, support for each other, passion and attitude of both of our teams that entered.

Well done to all Year 4's and 6's who took part - we hope you are still wearing your medal with pride and look back on this, remembering with pride the event that you all completed.

Here are some photos of our children:

Health and Sports week 2025

What a week we had for our Health and Sports Week 2025! The weather was shining on us all week and we enjoyed participating in a wide range of activities during the week, including:

EYFS and KS1 circus skills.
KS2 Premier Sport workshops - Dartmoor ball.
Mental health and wellbeing workshops in class.
Orienteering class workshops.
KS2 assembly and class workshops led by Lazlo - a professional freestyle basketballer.
KS1 assembly and class workshops led by Kieran - a Britain's Got Talent Semi-Finalist and 2020 Street Dance World Champion.
SJSF Festivals for all children - all teachers led an activity to other year groups within their Key Stage.
KS2 Sports Day - activities led by Premier Sport, Inspired Schools, Mr Moore and BCA.
KS1 Sports Day - activities led by Inspired Schools, Mr Moore and our Year 6 PE Leaders - PE leader activities organised by Mrs Hart.

Please see class pages for photos of the week.

Below are some of the lovely comments we have received so far. There has also been some great constructive feedback that we aim to take on board for next year:

It’s fantastic the 2 people you’ve got in for them, last week The Trickstar and today the Street dancer (Florence is very excited for this today) Also sports day is always very good fun to come and watch them. Both of mine really enjoy sports week.

I enjoyed how excited she was every day to come home and tell me everything she had done with a huge smile.

My child being engaged in activity daily and seeing the benefits.

Variety of events Sports day is always a highlight.

Lots of outside time. Learnt a lot about safety and wellbeing. Understood about what wellbeing means.

SJSF festival, Y1 multi skills festival, circus skills, street dance, sports day.

Experiencing all the different things they did and not being in the classroom!

He loved the Basketball workshop and Orienteering.

Loved the yoga.

My daughter was very impressed, she wants sports week to be more often.

KS2 Basketball: 20th June 2025

On Friday 20th June, St John and St Francis Church School welcomed Lazlo - one of the world’s best and in demand Professional Freestyle Basketballers, a UK Red Bull Freestyle Basketball Champion, who has performed and worked with some of the world’s most recognised brands in over 30 different countries! Lazlo regularly performs his skills for the NBA and has performed in front of global celebrities such a Ronaldinho, Shaquille O’Neal & Figo.

Lazlo delivered an outstanding assembly to KS2 before each class took part in a workshop with him.

The children had a fantastic day! Here are some photos of the children during the afternoon masterclass:

Year 5 and 6 swimming gala at 1610 Chilton Trinity - 19th May 2025

On Monday 19^th May, some children in Year 5 and 6 took part in an annual Sedgemoor swimming gala at 1610 Chilton Trinity. Mrs Fletcher and I were so proud of all children who participated. Every child showed excellent resilience, perseverance, sportsmanship, kindness and teamwork when competing in their individual and team races, and also when supporting and encouraging their team members. They represented St John and St Francis Church School incredibly well during the afternoon, showcasing excellent swimming skills and talent, as well as demonstrating our school values of being ready, respectful and safe within our outside community. It really was a pleasure to take them.

Here is a team photo!

St Margaret's Colour Run - 17th May 2025

On Saturday 17^th May, Taunton Racecourse held their annual colour run for St Margaret's Hospice and some of our members of staff took part. It was so lovely to see so many children from St John and St Francis Church School at the event, dancing in the warm up, running through the paint stations and thoroughly enjoying themselves in the foam bubble station! We saw them before the race and after. Two completely different photos were taken, with some almost unrecognisable children (and adults) post-event! Well done to all children and their families for taking part and we really hope you enjoyed the day - we certainly did and it made our day seeing you all there too.

Somerset representation for Bethanie - 7th May 2025

A massive well done to Bethanie who participated in the Somerset Primary School Inter-Area Cross-Country Championships on 7th May. Beth represented St John and St Francis Church School as part of the Sedgemoor Team at Yeovil Recreation Ground.

As this is Beth's final race as part of St John and St Francis Church School, I'd like to congratulate her on an outstanding few years of cross-country running and look forward to seeing her at many local road running races in the future! Keep up the running Beth!

Year 6 dance showcase at The Tacchi Morris Centre - 28th March 2025

On Friday 28th March, Year 6 took part in Premier Sport's Easter Showdown - Dancing Through The Decades, at The Tacchi Morris Centre in Taunton. Please read below for more information regarding this performance:

Join Premier Education for an unforgettable journey through time as their talented dancers take the stage for ‘Dancing Through the Decades!’

This spectacular show by schools across Taunton will celebrate the evolution of dance, bringing history to life through movement and music, showcasing iconic styles from the 1920s to the present day.

Performances by – St. James Church School, St. John & St. Francis, Parkfield Primary School, Kingston St. Mary C of E Primary School and Neroche Primary School

Premier Education are the UK’s largest provider of school physical activity and childcare. But they weren’t always that way.

Back in 1999, their founder David Batch set up the very first Premier Education session – football camps. Since then they’ve grown, evolving into the nationwide organisation that now delivers more than 18 million hours of activity to children across the country each year. Inspiring a life-long love of sport and being active is at the heart of everything they do.

The children have been taking part in weekly dance sessions since January and it has been so wonderful to see the progress that the children have made over the last few months, developing their physical dance skills as well as their confidence and performance skills.

The children thoroughly enjoyed their day on 28th March! Well done to all performers. You should all be extremely proud of yourselves!

Here are some photos from the day (video of rehearsal is on TEAMS).

Year 5 and 6 tag-rugby - 26th March 2025

On Wednesday 26th March, St John and St Francis Church School held a tag-rugby tournament with three other local schools: Eastover, St Joseph's (BOS) and Brent Knoll visited SJSF and together, we took part in a fun and competitive tag-rugby tournament. It was wonderful to see the children applying all of their skills they have learnt in their club and in their recent tag-rugby lessons (Year 6). The children worked incredibly well together as a team and showed great respect to the other teams during and after the matches. Well done to the team for winning three of their four matches and winning the tournament!

A big thank you to Mr Moore for leading a warm-up for all schools and refereeing many matches during the afternoon!

Here are some photos from the afternoon (thank you to our great photographer and chief Mascot, Oakley, for taking some great pictures!)

Year 5 and 6 netball - 19th March 2025

On Wednesday 19th March, our Year 5 and 6 netball team took part in a competition at Bridgwater College Academy. The children represented our school outstandingly well, showing determination, perseverance, passion and excellent listening skills to take on board feedback and improve as a team significantly during the afternoon.

I am incredibly proud of the whole team and am already looking forward to hearing how they get on in their next tournament on 28th April (more details to follow!).

Here is a team photo and I can only apologise for not taking any during the matches but I got a bit carried away with coaching!

Year 5 ultimate frisbee intra-festival - 11th March 2025

Please see the link below for an update regarding a fantastic event, linking with our School Games Organiser, Alex Caird, who came in to deliver an ultimate frisbee event for our Year 5's. We enjoyed welcoming Eastover School for the afternoon. Thank you to Mrs Thompson for organising this.

https://www.stjohnstfrancisbwmat.org/Children/Year-5-Kingfisher/

Year 5 and 6 tag-rugby - 4th March 2025

On Tuesday 4^th March, our Year 5 and 6 tag-rugby team attended a tournament at Brymore Academy. The children played extremely well together as a team, which improved in each game they played! They showed great desire, teamwork and application of their ever-improving skills and knowledge of the game; most importantly, all children enjoyed themselves and loved representing the school in our first tag-rugby event this year! A big thank you to Miss Webber for attending with the children and to both Miss Webber and Mr Moore for their coaching and support before, during and after all matches!

Keep your eyes peeled for the next tournament that I am in the process of organising!

Here is a lovely team photo from the afternoon:

Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 cross-country - 21st and 22nd January 2025

On Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd January, some children in Year 3, 4 and 6 took part in a KS2 cross-country event at King Alfred's School.

Well done to all children!

Here are some photos of the children:

Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 cross-country - 11th and 12th December 2024

On Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th December, some children in Year 3, 4 and 6 took part in a KS2 cross-country event at BCA.

Miss Webber attended to watch the children on Wednesday and Miss Bryant on Thursday. It was a pleasure to watch the children put in their best effort whilst having a big smile on their faces!

Well done to all children!

Here are some photos of the children:

Year 5 and 6 Cricket workshops - 25th November 2024

On Monday 25th November, Year 5 and 6 took part in some cricket workshops led by Somerset Cricket Club Foundation. The session aimed to provide an introduction into Street Cricket, which the children engaged incredibly well within.

The Street Cricket sessions are free of charge and take place every Tuesday from 4:45-5:45pm at BCA. A leaflet with this information will be coming home today.

Please take a look at your child's class page to see some photos from the session.

Year 5 and 6 sports hall athletics - 14th November 2024

On Thursday 14th November, 22 Year 5's and 6's went to Bridgwater College for a brilliant morning of sports hall athletics. The children all took part in some track races, which consisted of: relays, obstacle and running races. They also participated in field events: javelin, speed bounce, vertical jump, long jump, chest pass and triple jump. The children were fantastic role models and representatives of our school with their impeccable behaviour. Thank you to Mrs Fletcher and Mrs Allmark for attending with us.

Here are some photos of the morning:

Year 3 Jay sports festival - 13th November 2024

On Wednesday 13th November, Jay class visited BCA to attend a sports festival - please see their class page for photos of this event.

https://www.stjohnstfrancisbwmat.org/Children/Year-3-Jay/