Haddenham St Mary’s CE school hosted a Dance Festival on two evenings in March, featuring dancers from each of the HASSP partnership schools. This event was initiated in 2014 as part of the HASSP (Haddenham School Sports Partnership) initiative which seeks to promote physical education and sport in collaborative activities across the three schools, thereby deriving the maximum value from extra government funding for PE. Great fun was had by all and the children really enjoyed performing collaboratively.
On a cold and blustery, but thankfully dry, afternoon, the HASSP schools got together for some cross country races at Haddenham Junior School.
Ten races were held for boys and girls in Years 1 to 5. They were of different lengths but all took in the small wooded area and the school’s only ‘hill’ for a genuine ‘cross country’ experience.
The children held out against the chilly weather and supported each other enthusiastically.
Medals were awarded for the first three finishers in each race. (see table of results)
Well done all competitors!
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
| Y1 Girls | SkyHadd St. Mary’s | ZoeHadd St Mary’s | AmeliaHadd St Mary’s |
| Y1 Boys | AlexHCIS | NathanHadd St Mary’s | CharlieStone |
| Y2 Girls | LoisC and D | RubyStone | AvaGrt Kimble |
| Y2 Boys | Elijah BelsonStone | PatrickGrt Kimble | OllieGreat Kimble |
| Y3 Girls | Reya FarlamStone | Lilly Easton-WhiteStone | Lucy ChantryC and D |
| Y3 Boys | SethStone | HaroldHCJS | RileyStone |
| Y4 Girls | CharlotteHCJS | PhoebeHCJS | AmeliaHCJS |
| Y4 Boys | DanielHCJS | JamesHCJS | IsaacStone |
| Y5 Girls | Lizzie PearceC and D | SophieC and D | EmilyHCJS |
| Y5 Boys | HarryHCJS | MatthewHCJS | JackHCJS |
HASSP Cross Country March 2nd 2015
I want to do Cross Country Running again and again and again!!
The Dance Festival was the best night of my life…
One of the first public events that the HASSP collaboration has produced was the Spring Dance Festival, hosted at Haddenham St Mary’s CE School on Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th March.
The local schools taking part were Haddenham Community Infant School, the Community Junior School, Cuddington and Dinton CE School and, of course, host school Haddenham St Mary’s.
Children of all ages performed some highly energetic and creative dances, delighting a capacity audience of parents, guardians and staff.
The event was a wonderful expression of the local schools’ collaboration, reflecting the obvious effort that had gone into choreographing and practising the dances and the delightful ways in which young children can be encouraged to participate in physical activities beyond the traditional sports and games.
On Wednesday March 19th Haddenham Community Junior School hosted the HASSP Cross Country Competition. This included teams from all schools in the Partnership, from Years 2 to 6. A great time was had by all. Medals were awarded to the first three runners in each race. Please see the results below:
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
| Y2 Girls | Penny Dell
Great Kimble C of E |
Alice Grapes
Cuddington and Dinton |
Josephine Freeman
Haddenham St Mary’s |
| Y2 Boys | Jack Swash
Haddenham St Mary’s |
Matthias Bockmeuhl
Cuddington and Dinton |
George Caille
Great Kimble C of E |
| Y3 Girls | Lucy Barlow
Cuddington and Dinton |
Emma Witty
Stone |
Amilie Luckett
HCJS |
| Y3 Boys | James Baldwin
HCJS |
Ben Elmer
HCJS |
Mungo Hytten
Cuddington and Dinton |
| Y4 Girls | Lizzie Pierce
Cuddington and Dinton |
Jasmin Corbett
HCJS |
Cuddington and Dinton |
| Y4 Boys | Matthew Purdy
HCJS |
Joshua Jones
Stone |
Callum Sharp
Stone |
| Y5 Girls | Annie Sutcliffe
Cuddington and Dinton |
Hannah Porter
Cuddington and Dinton |
Lily Evans
HCJS |
| Y5 Boys | Fionn Leaney
Cuddington and Dinton |
Shaun Richards
Stone |
Joe Pulic
HCJS |
| Y6 Girls | Shuhan Chen
Stone |
Holly Welch
Stone |
Willow Wheatley
HCJS |
| Y6 Boys | Jonathan Pickup
HCJS |
Aidan Manley
HCJS |
Matthew Jones
Stone |
Here are the details for another event