TMA PE Newsletter May 2024

Association for Physical Education Quality Mark with Distinction

We are VERY pleased to announce that Two Mile Ash School has been awarded the 'Distinction' afPE Quality Mark for PE, School Sport, and Physical Activity!

To achieve this prestigious award, we underwent a process in February 2024 which involved a written application and visit from an afPE validator. A panel then assessed the impact of our PE, School Sport and Physical Activity offer and commended us for demonstrating outstanding commitment to PESSPA. The award lasts for 3 years.

To support with this application, we used feedback gained from recent pupil and parent surveys. Thank you to the 136 parents that completed the PE and School Sport survey in February. We really appreciate the time so many of you took to write wonderfully kind comments. Having reflected on the survey responses, we have started work towards further improvements in our PESSPA offer, including investment new play equipment for lunchtimes.

Thank you all for your continued support,

Mr Saville & Mr Hobley

Football

We are extremely proud of our Year 5 & 6 Girls football team that finished 4th in a very competitive MKPSFA Girls Football League this term. Their record was 5 wins, 1 draws and 3 losses in 9 great matches of football! A big well done to all of those involved.

We are thrilled to say that our year 3 & 4 Boys Football Team won the MKPSFA Football league, picking up only 1 loss during their campaign. This success then led to the boys gaining a 3rd place spot across the Milton Keynes schools at the final’s night. We are so proud of each one of you that have taken part in the football fixtures throughout this term, well done!

In May we held four House Football competitions. 390 children took part, including 149 girls across 135 matches in total! Well done to everybody involved - lots of goals and enjoyment. Overall winners for each year group were Year 3 - Hawthorne; Year 4 - Emburey; Year 5 - Rutherford; Year 6 - Rutherford.

On Wednesdays 8th & 15th May, we both hosted and travelled to Girls’ football festivals. It was great to see so many girls enjoying themselves and growing in confidence! Some excellent goals scored too – Well done!

Swimming

On Thursday 23rd May our Year 3 & 4 swim team competed in the Year 3 & 4 Swimming Gala at Bletchley Leisure Centre. The team competed against 14 other schools but remained focussed and determined! The hard work and determination all paid off, with our team securing top 3 places in nearly all races. This resulted in us securing a 1st place finish and being crowned champions! We are so incredibly proud of you all on such an amazing achievement. Thank you to all the parents and families that took the time to come and support, creating an amazing atmosphere!

Tennis

On Friday 17th May, we hosted a Milton Keynes Primary Schools Tennis Festival welcoming 40 young people from Two Mile Ash, Tickford, SMSG, Bushfield and Wavendon Gate Schools to take part in a series of fun games. With no winner announced, children enjoyed developing their skills and they all showed great improvement throughout the afternoon - well done to you all!

A huge thank you to ex-pupils Viktoria, Eve, Elma, Ollie, Jess, Emily, Dhilan and George for volunteering their time to support with officiating games.

Korfball

On Monday we hosted a Milton Keynes Primary Schools Korfball Competition with over 40 children from five different schools taking part in lots of action-packed games. The tournament, organised by MK Youth Korfball and including one of their youth teams, gave children the chance to try out a new sport! Two Mile Ash had three teams in the competition, taking 1st, 2nd, and 4th overall and displaying excellent play in their games - well done to all! Thank you to one of last year's winners and ex-pupil, Mia for visiting to present the trophy!

Netball

We are so proud of our Year 6 Netball Team, who represented Milton Keynes at the County Netball Finals at Kingsbrook School, Aylesbury on Monday 20th May. They won 7 out of their 9 matches, scoring 40 goals! Despite this incredible record and wonderful Netball on show throughout the whole tournament, they missed out on the medals, finishing an impressive 4th out of 10 overall! Well done to all of you on a great year of Netball, you have been a pleasure to work with. Thank you to Kym from MK Netters for her coaching and support too.

On Tuesday 26th March we hosted a Netball festival with children visiting from SMSG, Bushfield and St Monica's Schools. 50 girls in total enjoyed friendly games showing lovely teamwork, communication, and determination - well done to you all! Thank you to ex-pupils Nicole, Eve, Jess & Emily for supporting with umpiring.

Handball

Well done to the 17 Year 6s that represented TMA at Handball competitions in April at Shenley Brook End / Radcliffe School. Lots of impressive teamwork, goals and saves in exciting matches against lots of other MK Schools.

Basketball

On Wednesday 24th April, a group of Year 6's played Basketball at Portfields School. All 13 played with great energy, teamwork, and skill. Well done to you all for representing the school with pride - keep enjoying your basketball.

Orienteering

Well done to the Year 6 Orienteering group on Friday 19th April at an event hosted by Bushfield School. You all worked hard in your small groups to navigate a fun course and solve the challenges.

Rounders

Well done to the Year 6s in their Rounders games on Thursday 16th May! We had visiting schools Bushfield, Whitehouse and Heronsgate over for a fun afternoon with lots of great play on show from all!

Cycling

On Thursday Mr Saville, together with TMA pupils Michaela and Amber (& Dad) joined the new MK Mayor on a Flower Bike Ride from Station Square to Campbell Park - A lovely event to kickstart the Mayor’s ‘Year of Cycling’!

There are spaces for Year 5/6 BIKEABILITY Training in June/July- head to the ‘clubs’ section of your MCAS account to find the booking section.

Well done to the Year 5's that took part in the Bikeability Olympics Heat at Bushfield School on Tuesday 16th April! You did great at all five challenges each and represented the school brilliantly.

On Monday 29th April, a group of Year 6 children participated in a cycling festival at Bushfield School - consisting of drag races, long distance races and some relays. A very tiring, but enjoyable, afternoon of a trying new sport. Well done to all that were involved and a special mention to our MVP Saira, finishing 3rd place overall – well done!

Volleyball

On Wednesday 1st May a group of Year 6 children participated in a Volleyball tournament. We participated in 6 very competitive games and had lots of fun spiking the ball!

Baseball

Well done to the Year 4s that played at a Baseball Festival on Tuesday 14th May at Bushfield School! Lots of big hits, great fielding and team work on show in 3 exciting games!

Marathon

Inspired by our very own marathon-queen Mrs Potter, hundreds of our children that took part in the TCS Mini London Marathon in Schools on Friday 10th May. In warm weather, it was amazing to see so many enjoying walking and running the course set out at break and lunchtime on our field - most you achieved the 2.6 mile target OR MORE! #WeRunTogethe