On 5th October 2023 we held our Yr 1-2 Football Festival at GOALS.  This was an Develop themed event and was for pupils who enjoy taking part and come to have a try but don't want to solely focus on winning and losing, instead they focus on supporting pupils wider development of their physical, personal, emotional and social health. All Pupils received a participant certificate and the school games value celebrated for this event was Respect. All children were encouraged to display the school games values and fair play but each team nominated one pupil from their school who stood out the most for showing Respect School Games Value. 

We had the following 19 schools attended our event:

• Astley
• Barford
• Bawburgh
• Bawdeswell
• Beeston
• Cawston
• Dereham Inf
• Garvestone
• Ghost Hill
• Gt Witchingham
• Grove House
• Hockering
• King's Park
• Litcham
• Lodge Lane
• Queen's Hill
• Reepham
• St Mary's
• Toftwood Inf

The schools participated in 4 different activities on each pitch and the new DESA sports leaders, who were brilliant at supporting and encouraging the children to do their personal best. It was great to see over 190 children involved in various activities and a great opportunity for the pupils to represent their school in a sports event. The pupils were active and improved across the day. Following on from todays event, we encourage schools to provide the children an opportunity to develop and improve  their skills further by putting on clubs before/after school, break and lunchtimes.

Youth Voice - Quotes from the pupils at the event;

• "I enjoyed scoring goals"
• "I had fun"
• "I wish I could do it tomorrow"
• "I liked being goalie and saving golas"
• "I liked tackling the man!"