On Tuesday 28^th March a team of 7 travelled to Great Baddow High School to participate in their first High 5 Competition. We played in a pool of 5 teams. Our first game was against Writtle Junior School which we won 4-0. This filled us with confidence, but we knew that we had lots more talented teams to play. Our next game was against Newlands Spring and the final score was 4-1 to us. Next we played Barnes Farm Junior School and won 4-0 and finally we played Perryfields. We entered the final game feeling confident after our previous wins but we were anxious that they were a good team, who had also won all of their games so far. Luckily, we continued to play extremely well and won the game 5-0! We achieved 1^st place at this competition and are through to the finals on the 2^nd May. A fantastic well done to all of our players, they worked well as a team and played each position they were given with great skill!

 

The school sent 11 year 5/6 children to the Dodgeball County Championships at Deanes School in Benfleet. This was the next step on from our victorious tournament in Chelmsford.

There were 11 teams split into 3 groups, with each team playing each other in their groups to win points. The winners and runners up of each group then went into another group tournament and then on to a semi final and finishing with a final game to find the winner.

In Lawford Mead’s first game, we looked nervous, but fortunately the games were best of 3. We drew the first, and then won the following 2. We were much more confident as the tournament went on, winning the following 2 games to ease through our group comfortably as winners.

We went through to the following group confident and with winning momentum behind us. We had 2 more games to play before reaching the semi final. We came together as a team and saw out the 2 games as comfortable victors.

The semi final was over as quick as it begun, with a quick 2-0 win. Lawford Mead were progressing confidently through this competition.

In the final, we were facing a team we had already beaten twice. The other team used this to their advantage and started with a game plan that took Lawford Mead by surprise. 1-0 to the other team. Lawford Mead showed resilience and turned the game on its head, making it 1-1. The next game was the decider. Unfortunately, the game went to Bournemouth Park with a speedy attack, that resulted in half of the team being out. The game ended quickly, with Lawford Mead finishing runners up in the game AND in the tournament.

A tremendous achievement from these 11 players, finishing top in Chelmsford and 2^nd in Essex. Well done Lawford Mead.

This was our first football match of 2017 and it was typical January weather, cold winds and sideways rain. When we arrived we were told we were in Group 1 and would play 3 matches. After a quick warm up we played our first game against Writtle Junior School.

Harvey scored our first goal, followed soon by Bobby and then Harvey scored his second goal of the match. After some good chances for Writtle and great saves from Callum the final whistle was blown and we had won our first game 3-0. Our second match was against Perryfields, a team we had played before and knew how well they played. Early on Perryfields scored their first goal and despite good defending and passing from Lawford Mead, Perryfields scored a second goal with the game finishing 2-0 to Perryfields. We then had a quick break which gave us time to catch our breath and reflect after such a fierce game against Perryfields. After a quick shuffle of positions we were then up to play Baddow Hall. The game was full of equal chances and both teams played exceptionally well and the final whistle blew at 1-1 with our goal coming from Harvey.  We were then told we would be playing all the teams again as part of the round. So we grabbed a snack discussed our positions and went back up against Writtle. This time Writtle knew what to expect and played superbly, defending and attacking and despite many chances the game finished 1-1 with Matthew scoring our goal. Next up was Perryfields, we were determined to win as they were the only team we had lost against. Matthew started us off with an early goal to put us 1-0 up. Perryfields played at their usual high level but despite great defending Harvey was able to get another goal past them with the whistle blowing with a 2-0 win to Lawford Mead. After another quick break standing in the rain, we were up against Baddow hall.  Again, the game was full of equal chances and the two teams were equally matched and the game finished 0-0.

The referees then called up the teachers to tell for the results of the group stages. I then went back to tell the team that there were 3 teams in our group each with 11 points and the winner was decided on the amount of goals. She then told us we had won our group stage and were off to play in the semi-finals! We were then to play Moulsham who were the runner up of Group 2.

Moulsham got an early goal and we were pushing hard to score. Chance after chance with great saves by their keeper and suddenly Matthew scored!!! We then went onto extra time and golden goal. Moulsham pushed hard and we defended harder keeping the score at 1-1 after extra time. The winner would then be decided on sudden death penalties.

With myself and Mrs Burrells nervously biting our nails, Moulsham stepped up to take their penalty. 1-0. Bobby’s turn. 1-1. Moulsham took it to 2-1. Harvey’s turn. 2-0. Moulsham stepped up, shot and Callum saved it! This was our chance. Callum A stepped up. Our hearts were beating so fast as he hit the ball straight into the back of the net! We had made it to the final! Commiserations to Moulsham as it was a really enjoyable match to watchthe boys were polite and respectful.

We were then straight into our next match against Mildmay. They were a strong and quick team and despite wonderful defending and goalkeeping skills they managed to score 3 goals. Lawford Mead kept their heads held high and despite a phenomenal goal from Bobby from the half way line it wasn’t enough and we finished the game losing 3-1 to Mildmay. Huge congratulations to Mildmay who played a great game.

Although we didn’t win I was really, really proud of their performance. They helped make decisions about who was to play where, respected decisions I made about the squad and listened carefully to myself and, more importantly, each other during the games. It was a real pleasure to watch them play and learn. The boys were excellent role models for the school and I was really proud to be standing with them (despite the rain and wind) as they represented Lawford Mead.

On Friday 6th January, 30 children from year 5 and 6 went to Chelmsford Athletics Centre to take part in an ‘Athletics Olympics.’ There were 5 other schools competing alongside Lawford Mead.

When we arrived, we were told which activities we were going to compete in and were also told when each activity was going to start.

Just some of the activities included: vertical jump, under and over, two vs two relay and obstacle relay. Every athlete that took part competed very well, tried their very best and looked quite exhausted at the end. This resilience and passion resulted in the school coming second overall.

As well as the athletes taking part, other students also took part by being reporters and photographers. It was great to capture the winning moments.

Overall, we were delighted with the outcome of coming 2nd place because it also meant that we made it to the final! Our school showed great aspiration and resilience throughout the event. We are so proud of the whole team.

By Daniel and Charlie

 

After winning the regional finals, we qualified for the county finals, so off to Colchester we went.  This was a big opportunity for our team and we were nervous and excited at the same time to test ourselves against the best teams in the county.  There were 32 teams that had qualified and were all at an extremely high standard. Most of the games we played were draws but as a team we learnt a lot from the experience and will take away some valuable lessons to help improve ourselves as a team.  Well done boys you did our school proud.

 

This was our first girl’s football league match. The girls had been working hard developing their skills and resilience and giving up their lunch time to get in some extra practice.  As the game started the girls’ dedication really showed.  It was the first time the girls had had the opportunity to play as a team in a competitive match and played with huge amounts of enthusiasm and passion. Their determination paid off when Zainab broke through the strong Kings Road defence to score our first goal. In the second half Lawford Mead continued to push hard and Frankie struck a right footed volley straight in to the top corner of the goal. 2-0!! Kings Road matched the determination and carried on working hard to score a goal before the final whistle blew, making the final score 2-1 to Lawford Mead. Well done girls, a great first game.

Miss Lindsay, Miss Chittick and Mrs Archer took 24 year 5 and 6 children over to Melbourne Park, to say it was wet was an understatement! As we all stood huddled under the tarpaulin that we had originally brought to sit on, and the hail stones started to fall we considered turning around and returning to school. We were then ushered into the sports hall where we attempted to dry off and were told that the races would still go ahead. The children were taken out race at a time into the sunshine and onto the soggy field while the rest of us stayed in the hall playing games. The races started and LawfordMead ran as well as they could. The overall results were year 5 girls finishing 9^th, Year 5 boys finishing 6^th, Year 6 girls finishing 8^th and year 6 boys finishing 6^th. Well done all of you for showing resilience and determination.

 

 

It was that time again to host our termly Lawford Mead Dodgeball tournament.  Miss Lindsay and the children were super excited to be playing in another dodgeball competition. This time we were able to field 5 teams and welcome Bishops school and Margaretting school.  The pupils all waited eagerly and listened carefully as Miss Lindsay explained all the rules and then the competition began.  The games were all played at such a high tempo with some outstanding dodgeball being played.  As always, the crowd played their part by creating a fantastic atmosphere that spurred all the teams on.  With the crowd roaring them on the final approached it was Lawford Mead vs Lawford Mead.  The final was so tense with the score at 1-1 after 2 games. The match game down to sudden death and with the pressure mounting Lawford Mead B managed to hold their nerve and take the title! Well done Lawford Mead B and all the teams who came and competed.

 

8th November 2016

Home match v Bishops School .

This was our 2^nd league game of the season and the kids were very excited to be playing bishops a school that we haven’t played before as they are not normally in our league.it was a very cold Tuesday afternoon and the game started very brightly with Lawford Mead creating lots of early chances, the crowd roared very loudly as Matthew and Harvey both hit the post in a matter of minutes. Bishops started to get back into the game and put us under pressure and within 3 minutes we found ourselves 0-3 nil down, bishops continued to cause us lots of problems creating many chances and scored another 3 goals . at half time miss Lindsay gave her team talk ,and after some confidence boosting the team came out for the second half with a new found passion and resilience ,

Even thou Lawford Mead tried their best and even got 2 goals back, Bishops were the stronger team and finished up 10 -2 winners, well done Bishops.

15^th November 2016

League game v Baddow Hall .

This was our 3^rd league game of the season and the children were looking forward to hosting the game against Baddow, Lawford Mead starting very strongly and really played some outstanding football. With both our wingers Callum and Harvey tearing through the Baddow defence creating many chances for our forwards, it wasn’t long before our hard work paid off with clinical finish from Matthew after great play from bobby to set him up , this was quickly followed with another goal when bobby swung in a corner for Callum to head in at the far post to make it 2-0 , Lawford Mead continued to create some great goal scoring chances and with a free kick being awarded just outside the box, up stepped Bobby to fire us 3-0 ahead. The second half was played with a good pace and some outstanding football being played by both teams, Baddow created chances themselves and managed to catch us on the break and got 2 goals back , with the game quite close Lawford Mead stepped up a gear and started playing some lovely football, and their patience and resilience paid off when Bobby got his 2^nd goal of the game, followed by a great run and finish from Harvey to put Lawford 5-2 up, with further goals from Harvey, Callum  and with Bobby getting his 2^nd goal of the game, and then Baddow got 2 more goals themselves.  Lawford Mead finished 8-4 winners.

 

29th November 2016

Tonight’s game saw Kings Road come and join us.  As always, the team were very excited to be playing a match.  The game started very brightly and Lawford Mead played some outstanding football and really showed how hard they have all been working to improve their skills and fitness. With the game being played at such a high level from both teams Callum burst down the wing to put in a great cross that Harvey was able to get on the end of to put Lawford Mead 1-0 up.  With Bobby taking control in the midfield he put a great ball through to Harvey who slotted it home for his second goal of the match.  Lawford Mead continued to create chances that were blocked by the Kings Road side. Then a free kick was awarded outside the box that Bobby was able to score a lovely goal to make it 3-0 by half time. The second half continued as strongly seeing goals from Tom, Callum Bobby and Matthew, making the score 7-0 by the final whistle.

Tag Rugby

Monday 7th November 2016

Coronation Park, Chelmsford.

Squad that played:

George

Tom

Bobby

Harvey

Callum

Leon

Melissa

Megan

Matthew

Harrison

Jerron

Zaak

 We played St Michaels and Moulsham Mischief and despite playing well we lost both games. Well done to St Michaels and Moulsham Mischief

 Then we played in the playoffs. We had two games one against Bishops and another against Perryfield Juniors.  It was unfortunate that we lost against Bishops but we won against Perryfield Juniors. Well done guys you all played really well it was unlucky that we lost.

By Bobby & Harvey