​I have been to many competitions and felt  overwhelmed by Virginia's spirit and performance,but today I am utterly speechless.
Our Year 5/6 Girls Kwik-Cricket stormed all the way through their matches at the London Youth Games and finished in 3rd place taking home bronze medals.  Out of 6 matches, starting in the group stage all the way to the semi finals, they won 5. They worked as a team and performed with such drive and passion. 
Every single one of them brought something to the team and made it a day to remember. I am so proud that not only did we get asked to represent Tower Hamlets, we are now titled as the 3rd best Year 5/6 Girls Kwik- Cricket Team in LONDON!!!

The London Youth Games is Europe's largest youth sports festival.  It is now a season of events taking place over 9 months including both School and Community Competitions across 30 different sports. The competitions are part of the national School Games Programme.uding both School and Community Competitions across 30 different sports. The competitions are part of the national School Games Programme.

Words cannot explain how proud I am of all the girls who played today. I have seen amazing progression in you all and admire your teamwork. Well done for being the best you can be!

Today I took 16 children from Year 4/5 to compete in the Year 5/6 Kwik-Cricket Competition. The standard was extremely high however both teams were very successful. Both Team A and Team B won their group stages early on and went straight through to the quarterfinals.  Team B had a very challenging game and lost out on a place in the semi finals. Team A battled their way  to the semi finals and had a close match, however the other team scored more runs which won them the game. I am so proud of all of you for stepping up and taking part in a competition which was very challenging. Well done Team A for 3rd place. You are all amazing!

Special mention to Shahrirar year 5 - Your fantastic batting in the close quarter finals match resulted in us making it through to the Semis.

Sajida and Habibul Yr 5 - AMAZING fielding and catches from you both! 

Emily

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On Saturday 13th May, 9 year 6 students had the opportunity to experience the SSE Womens Cup Final match between  Birmingham and Manchester City. For many of them, this was their first
time being at the heart of the action and hopefully it has inspired them to push themselves further in their own abilities so that one day they can take part in such an amazing sporting event with record breaking crowds!  We all had a fantastic day! 

​Emily

Throughout spring term PE at Virginia has been absolutely incredible! The children have enjoyed a range of different sports and the teachers have all remarked that the skill, behavior and effort shown by each class has been excellent. 

Special mention to Year 5 for their excellent performance in the 6 week Handball coaching.
 Mohammed (THYSF handball coach) and I were able to watch them all grow from strength to strength, They are all truly gifted and talented in this sport!

Well done to the children and staff for making PE this n and exciting this Spring Term 2017!
Emily 

 On the 27th April Year 5 attended the MCC and Middlesex County Cricket Club Schools Engagement Day at Lord’s Cricket Ground. All students had the opportunity to watch the Middlesex V Gloucestershire Royal London One-Day Cup, partake in a self-led tour, and play game of B20 Cricket in the MCC Cricket Academy!

Cricket is our 'Focus Sport'and I hope that the children felt inspired to push themselves further in this fantastic sport! 
A fantastic day was had by all, and we hope to visit again next year! 

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17th March was a very special day for the Year 6 Girls Football Team.
This team had worked really well together in school, and constantly praised and supported one another, resulting in the day being one they will always remember.  

​We started the competition in a strong group of 4 schools and battled our way to the quarter finals, recieving the best runners up of all the groups. We then went on the quarter final match against St.Marys and St. Micheals who are very talented. It was a tough game and both teams gave a fantastic performance, but no goals had been scored so it was all down to penalties! Again, it remained neck to neck but VPS won on the final goal scored by Shaheda. 
 This goal put us forward to the semi finals. We were so proud to get this far, especially as there were approximately 14 teams competing who were also the best of their borough! Unfortunately we lost in the semi finals against Blue Gate Feilds.

As a sports leader, I am utterly impressed with how much these girls worked as a team and bonded over their love of the game. Well done girls, you make me smile each and every day!
​Emily  

On Thursday 3rd March Rohema and I took 12 very talented children to compete in the Basketball competition at Bow School. This years competition was better than ever with a fantastic turnout of over 250 children!
We had 3 teams of 4 representing Virginia in each group.
Group 1 and 2 won the group stages and Group 2 went on to play in the semi finals against the overall winners Manorfeild. 

I am really impressed that with little practice, our children stepped up the challenge and came 4th,
Well done to you all.