Hey sports fans! Welcome back to our school sports blog, where we are excited to tell you about our annual Inclusive School Sports Festival that took place at the High School, where children from all schools in the locality can come together to celebrate the joy of...

In a vibrant display of skill and camaraderie, the local primary girls' football competition took centre stage this week, captivating spectators with its intensity and sportsmanship. Held at Stocksbridge Junior School, the tournament brought together budding...

In preparation for the upcoming girls' football competition, where Stocksbridge will be hosting four other schools in a round-robin event, the Year 6 girls have been eagerly refining their skills in our Monday after-school football club. We are delighted to see a...

Dodgeball is a high-energy sport that is increasing in popularity, and our students really enjoy it when we play in PE. This year, SHS hosted the local cluster competition with three other schools from both Stocksbridge and Bradfield clusters, all hoping to secure a...

This has to be one of my favourite events: the inclusive curling festival taking place at Sheffield Ice. Curling is an Olympic sport that is played across the UK; however, it is particularly strong in Scotland, and they have had considerable success over the years. It...

In the morning, starting at 8:30 am, we run a Wake & Shake club to get our children into school and off to a healthy, active start. We know that exercise improves the focus, concentration, and learning potential of our young people, and just a short burst of...

This week, our Year 5 basketball team went to the Canon Medical Arena in Sheffield to take part in a citywide competition sponsored by Westfield Health. Twenty schools, all of which have been part of the schools' basketball initiative focusing on key areas of the PSHE...

On a beautiful sunny morning at Graves Park, we had our final race of the season at the Sheffield City Championships where children's efforts from the whole season is celebrated and the final standings are announced. We had some very enthusiastic children attending,...

This week we took at team of Y5 children to Ponds Forge for a swimming development festival which had a nice combination of supported races and relays along with some expert tuition from swimming coaches.  This was part of the development programme to provide children...

This weekends race is the last of the league fixtures before the City Championships later in February. A really great effort from all the children who took part and I can see a huge improvement from everyone along with some Personal Best results. Nathanial who is...

Just to let you know that SJS will be in the next issue of Look Local (dated Thursday 25th Jan) but it is online to view now at https://www.looklocal.org.uk/latest-issue 

This week, we have been conducting another pupil voice to contribute to our school improvement by involving our pupils at SJS in the self-evaluation, planning and decision making processes. In PE, we aim to listen to our children's' views and take them into account...

Stocksbridge Junior School is delighted to announce the remarkable success of its Year 6 Sports Hall Athletics Team, who demonstrated exceptional teamwork and determination throughout their journey to the Sheffield City Final. After rigorous training and hard work,...

Earlier this week, our Indoor Athletics squad participated in the Links Sports Partnership Final at All Saints School, having progressed through the first round of the competition against local schools. The squad gave yet another impressive performance to be crowned...

Over the last 6 week, we have been receiving additional PE provision delivered by Brady Sounders from Yorkshire cricket, which was additional to the children's normal PE lessons. Each session allowed 30 selected pupils, including our Hub children to horn their cricket...

Last Friday 8th December we joined in to be a part of this years National Santa Dash 2023. This is for all schools across the country to join together in organising a fun run/walk around our playgrounds, similar to the daily mile. We know that short bursts of physical...

This week, some super brave Year 3 children walked down to Stocksbridge High School to take part in a Christmas Sports Festival along with both Deepcar and Stocksbridge Infant Schools. The team had chance to work with children from other schools in a circuit of...

We would like to welcome our Y6 Sports Leaders to the lunchtime SJS team The following children have now successfully completed their Sports Leaders training and have been released into action, working on the small yard at lunchtimes. They have done a great job so far...

Another bitterly cold cross country race doesn't put off our amazing and dedicated team with another fantastic turn out. We welcomed Mason to the team for his first ever race at Longley Park on a tricky course with some steps and steep climbs. Max (66th), Nathanial...

The Inclusive Boccia is one of my favourite competitions to attend as it is so well organised and is set up to be inclusive for all children to take part. Stocksbridge took 3 teams this year and played alongside 12 other Sheffield city schools. Boccia is a Paralympic...

In recent weeks, our children lower school had the opportunity to take part in a cycling workshop in partnership with Links School Sports Partnership. We were very grateful of Mr Malkin and his expertise in delivering such a programme and the support from British...

We are delighted to have taken part in the Sheffield Schools Skipathon Week 2023 with over 50 Sheffield schools and an incredible 15,000 children taking part. The project is about fun physical activity with a motto of ‘fitness through fun for everyone’. The aim is to...

This week, our Year 5 children have had their final session with the Sheffield Hatters basketball players, learning important messages around bullying and self esteem. We are very grateful to Westfield Health for sponsoring the programme and providing our children...

The local cluster Sports Hall Athletics competition this year was even more competitive with the addition of Wharncliffe Side and this made for an exciting evening of sport. The events include individual and relay races alongside field events such as the speed bounce,...

Over the last 3 weeks, we have had the opportunity in collaboration with the Sheffield Hatters to have professional athletes into school and lead our Year 5 children in a curriculum enrichment programme. This included free coaching for all the children, workshops that...

On a beautiful Saturday morning in Bradfield, the Stocky Cross-Country team were in action for Race 3 of the season. Again, we had a fantastic number of children taking part from Stocksbridge Junior School and we now have an upper and lower school team to entre both...

This new school year, in addition to the Y6 Sports Leaders, the school have further developed our lunchtime provision to be more active and provide lots of opportunities for children to get out of breath, while developing their physical and social skills. On the top...

Our Y6 boys football team was in action competing in the ESFA Cup competition against neighbouring schools, Deepcar, Grenoside and Oughtibridge. Sportsmanship was our key focus, playing within the rules with respect to opponents and officials and being gracious in...