2021-2022

Dilkes Academy Summer Term Sports Review 2021/22

Quadkids Athletics KS1 & KS2 Success

Congratulations to all our athletes who performed so well at the Thurrock SSP (School Sport Partnership) event.

Our 8 athletes from KS1 finished in 2^nd place. Year 3 & 4 finished in 8^th overall, whilst the Yr 5 & 6 finished in Gold medal position. Congratulations to Christian & Glory who took 1^st place in the Yr 5/6 individual boys & girls competition. A fantastic achievement from all 3 teams.

Borough Olympics KS1 & KS2

Both Key Stage Teams finished second in their respective events, scoring well in both the track and field events through the school years and competed at a very high standard. We are very proud of their efforts and also the way they represented the school on and off the track at Blackshots stadium.

Dilkes Sportsday and Finals

Congratulations to all the pupils that took part in the Dilkes Sportsday event and also the children that made it through to the Finals day on June 18^th. Some excellent performances in running, throwing and jumping across the years.

Sports Day House competition results:

Supersports Rounders Update

The Year 6 Supersports team completed its 3 event competition with a Summer term Rounders event held at William Edwards recently and finished in 5^th position overall.

Well done to the following pupils who took part: Logan, Charlie, Ben, Max, Penny, Evie, Emmy, Miya, Isabella, Riley, Ronnie, Jessica & Le-Arnie

Cricket KS1

The KS1 team competed at a 3 tees event recently at Orsett Cricket club and got there first competitive taster at cricket and had a great time, finishing 4^th. The team who performed so well:

Ismail, Luqman, Mattas, Kuba, Marwa, Annabel, Amelia & Kiera-Louise.

Cricket KS2 Yr 3 & Yr 4

Congratulations to the team that took part in the Thurrock SSP Rapid Fire cricket event recently, with some great batting and fielding skills and should be very proud of their performance, winning all of their matches.

The squad: Riley, Eliana. Elisa, Abbie, Freddie ,Jake, Albie & Kayson

Cricket KS2 Yr 5 & 6 Girls

The Girls cricket team competed in a league format programme and finished in 2^nd place winning 4 matches and playing to a great level and showed improvement in every game. Well Done Girls The squad:

Olivia, Fatima, Jayla, Ginelle, Mya, Eliana, Ella, Emma, Evie, Daisy & Gabriella.

Cricket KS2 Yr 5 & 6 Boys

Pride of place goes to the Boys Year 5/6 Cricket team who won the Thurrock Schools Cricket Cup final against Quarry Hill.

The team has excelled in all their cup matches and performed to a very high level in all elements of the game winning by 62 runs. A very proud moment for me as the team organised, managed, supported and encouraged each other in a complete team performance. Well Done boys, a truly fantastic achievement by all of you.

Catalyst Cup update

This term we competed against the other 4 Catalyst schools in various events such as Athletics, Archery, Quadkids, Cricket & Dance, with the main highlight being at the KS2 Catalyst Olympics at Blackshots stadium with all 5 schools being represented by approx 30 pupils from each school taking part in various events with Dilkes coming out on top in a tightly contested event.

The finishing positions in the Catalyst Cup table for 2021/22:

Dilkes House Competition Table 21_22: FINAL table positions.

Congratulations to Team Houghton (Blue), the Winners of House Cup 2021/22

Our thanks to all our pupils and parents.

We just wanted to thank every single pupil from their hard work and positive attitude in PE lessons, after school clubs and Inter sports events who have made this year such a fun, exciting and successful year in our sporting achievements both individual and as part of a team, you are all amazing, well done.

Thank you, to you, the Parents for your help & support throughout the year.

From The PE Team