Today (6th March 2025) was our first fixture of Term 4 and only the second game for our lower keys stage 2 girls with one girl (Evie) playing in her first ever football match. The match kicked off and looked to be quite even at the start, however once the nerves had settled NBJS took control and had the majority of play and managed to hit the post. Our pressure soon paid off as Annabel took the ball and confidently dribbled down the pitch and slotted the ball past the Greenfields keeper!! This goal helped us to finish the first half 1-0 up!!! 

The second half saw one of our brave year 4s step into the goalkeeper position which allowed Bea to come out and run at the Greenfield defence. Now that everyone understood what was required and had developed a stronger desire to win, NBJS continued to run and terrorise Greenfields. We had many chances on goal which went narrowly wide and the all of the girls were tackling fiercely on the pitch. In goal, our new goalkeeper was very brave when faced with an attacker running at her with the ball, but she showed great courage, stood her ground and saved the ball!! Lots of great passing and dribbling from all of the girls allowed Bea to take the ball and slot three more goals (one of which was a penalty) past the Greenfields goalie, and Annabel converted a cross into the back of the net for our fifth goal of the night! 

A great team effort, the girls didn’t give up once. I’m a very proud PE Teacher; a special thank you to Mr Howland for being our cheerleader tonight. Well done to all of the girls; they made us all and themselves very proud. 

The last day of Term 3 (14th February 2025) saw us take both of our upper key stage 2 boys and girls teams to play against East Borough. The boys were on a low after a couple of defeats and desperately needed a win to perk them up and raise their self confidence. 

Thankfully luck was on our side as both teams went on a goal rampage, netting 19 goals between them and conceding only 3!!! North Borough came out emphatic winners, with score lines of 9-3 to our boys and 10-0 for our girls!! 

A great night and a fantastic way to start half term! 

After school, Mrs Barling took a team of girls to South Borough to compete in a league game for the Maidstone School's League.

It was feezing cold and very muddy but the girls didn’t seem to be bothered; as soon as the whistle went the girls didn’t waste anytime getting stuck into the game. They passed well, dribbled like pro’s and battled hard against a very tall South Borough team. Half way through the first half, Johanna managed to put the ball into the back of the net after the goal keeper couldn’t quite reach it! 1-0 to NBJS!

After out first goal, South Borough appeared to be getting stronger and managed to get a goal back, breaking our hearts a little. 1-1.

Half time - a quick team talk and confidence boost and then they were back on!

The second half saw us getting stronger- we battled just as hard and didn’t give up. Suddenly, we found a way through their defence with some great balls from Senuli and Lexi and Lexie, which allowed us to set Lexie free to take the keeper on and score a lovely goal in the top corner! 2-1 to NBJS!

The game continued: more battling and great tackling from Annabelle in defence, and Daniela, Lola and Tilly in midfield – all girls pitching in to maintain our lead. A great double save from Betty kept us at 2-1, but then, with 5 minutes to go, Senuli set off and managed to curl the ball into the back of the net from what looked like an impossible angle! 3-1 North Borough!

A great team performance which showed how much more confident, skilful and determined they have become.

Well done girls!

On Thursday, we were able to take our year 5 and 6 children to compete in the Primary School sports hall athletic event at Aylesford Secondary school. It's an exciting event which involves all children participating in at least two running and two field events (jumping and throwing) each.

The boys started off with the running races; all ran very well and were very competitive running their fastest, and were successful winning the relay races and the obstacle races. Meanwhile, the girls were competing in the field events, jumping as far and high as they could, throwing foam javelins and chest pushing a basketball for the furthest distance. The furthest distance of the girls long jump was achieved by Ellisiyah and Lexi, who proved that kangaroos have nothing on them!

After all of the events were completed they then swapped with boys jumping and throwing and the girls running as fast as possible. Both the boys and the girls were successful with the girls winning the majority of the running races and the boys managing to secure some of the longest jumps and throws.

After such an exciting event the children were asked to sit down in the school groups and wait for the results, there were medals available for the top three teams, we knew we had performed our best but...

WE CAME THIRD PLACE AND WERE GIVEN BRONZE MEDALS!

Well done to everyone who participated and represented the school, you should all be very proud of yourselves!

The children competed in separate boys and girls competitions doing a mix of field-type activities and running events. The field activities were speed bounce, standing long jump, 5-stride long jump, foam javelin and chest push amongst others. The running activities were mainly sprint-based with a mix of straight sprinting and obstacle races. 

The boys competed in the running events first and were very competitive! They all ran very well and showed excellent confidence and sportsmanship, and managed to come a solid second in all of the races which is excellent! At the same time the girls were competing in the field-based activities with everyone trying their best and really striving for the longest and furthest distances. Two girls achieved the longest 5-stride jumps of the day, which were Annabelle and Betty sharing first place! 🥇 🥇

Once all of the activities are compete the children swap over and it was the girls turn to run and the boys were now throwing and jumping.  We took a first place again with Ronnie jumping further than his own height and eveyone else at the same time! 🥇 Meanwhile the girls set off with fire in their bellies competing in the running races. The strength, determination and shear desire to win was impressive and also meant that the girls won 4 or 5 (the result for one race hasn’t been confirmed yet but it was extremely close!) out of the 6 races they competed in!

We are still awaiting the overall result for which school won the whole event but it was a very successful night out for our children and a very long, hectic but extremely enjoyable and proud night for myself and Mr Phillips!

Well done years 3 & 4, you were all amazing!!! 🥇