Sports Results
Year 10 Football Cup Final Winners- 03.05.18
The Year 10 football team have won the Dartford and Gravesham District Schools cup final!
Mr Wheeler
Year 9 Basketball- 02.05.18
Year 9 took part in a Basketball fixture at NTC yesterday and played 40 minutes with only 5 players. We lost 41-40 on the buzzer to an experienced NTC side and the opposition coach was full of praise for all of our Orchards team. Well done to all
Mr Wheeler
Year 8 Basketball
On Tuesday 24.04.18 we took a Year 8 basketball team to Northfleet Technology College to participate in a basketball tournament. There were 4 teams at the tournament and each team played each other once.
Orchards Academy won all of their games and showed a good standard of play throughout. Well done to all involved!
Mr Halsey
Year 7 Basketball
Well done to the YR 7 Basketball team who played in the PEA district tournament held at NTC on 23.4.18. The students who were playing in their first competitive match did really well but lost out in both matches they played, 16 - 10 to a more experienced NTC team and by just one basket in their second group game. Training continues to take place on Wednesday lunchtimes all students welcome to attend.
Sports Tour 2018 to Barcelona
Over half term, the PE department & 25 students from years 8, 9, 10 went on a sport tour trip to Barcelona. We flew from Gatwick on Monday morning landing in Barcelona City in the afternoon where we transferred to Playa Park 4* Hotel in Salou for a 4 night stay.
On Tuesday the students enjoyed the day at Port Aventura Theme Park in Salou on all the rides, shows and attractions. In the evening we took our coach to Salou FC, a local Spanish side, where we had two fixtures to complete in front of a large crowd of parents and supporters. We came away with 1 win and 1 loss from the games with the older boys winning 5-0 with some amazing team goals being scored. Salou FC presented two Man of the Match awards going respectively to Max Lesson and Josh Wigmore.
Wednesday morning all students travelled to a state of the art sports complex in Salou for their first training session with professional coaches. In the afternoon we walked down the beach and spent the rest of the day playing games in the sun and sea until dinner in the evening,
Thursday saw our busiest day of the tour where we had a training session with coaches in the morning then the Masterclass Tournament in the afternoon. Both teams played extremely well with the U15 sides not losing a game nor conceding a goal in the whole tournament. There were some moments of individual brilliance from Blake Birmingham & Max Carey who linked up for goal of the tournament in the U15 games and only what can be described as an world class pass from Brendan Foster to Morgan Wallis to score their finest goal in the U14 Tournament.
In the evening the students enjoyed watching the football in the champion’s league and the Masterclass Disco which gave them an opportunity to mix with the other students in the hotel.
Friday saw our last day on tour and again it was a busy one. We checked out of the hotel in the morning and transferred back to Barcelona City for a self-guided all access tour of the Nou Camp Stadium and its 100,000 fan capacity. We spent the afternoon sightseeing in the city and enjoying the sunshine before our transfer to the airport and flight home.
The Sports Tour was a huge success and every student was impeccably behaved. It was pleasing to see the students enjoying themselves so much in an environment outside of school and create memories that they can keep forever. The students can’t wait for the next tour to come along already.
Mr Wheeler
Kent Judo Championships
A massive well done to Kaitlin Chapple Allen who recently won a Gold Medal and the Kent Judo Championships and because of her huge success has been selected to be part of the Kent Judo Squad.
Congratulations Kaitlin all the PE staff are extremely proud of your achievements.
Mr Wheeler
Tuesday 13th March the YR 7 & 8 Rugby festival took place being held at Swanley Rugby Club, despite very wet conditions the game was played in good spirit and all enjoyed the experience of playing on a full sized pitch.
Monday 12th March the YR 7 Football team played a tournament style fixture with Ebbsfleet Academy, in the first game playing a full sided fixture the final score was 2 - 2. Following this several small sided 5 v 5 games were played in which Orchards won 3 and lost one of these games.
22nd November- Year 7 Rugby
Well done to the YR 7 Rugby team who took part in the festival held at Bexley Rugby club on 22:11:17.
For many Orchards students it was their first experience of competitive rugby, they played really well and enjoyed representing the school.
New players are welcome to attend the training sessions that take place on Tuesdays after school.
14th November
Year 8 Netball
Orchards Academy's Year 8 Netball team took part in a netball tournament last night at Dartford Science and Technology College and played really well winning one of their games 8-0. The girls should be really proud of themselves and continue to come to netball club on Thursdays.
Miss Haworth
18th October
Well done to the Yr 7 Football team who managed to win 6-1 against Longfield Academy. The team played really well throughout the match to record their win.
5th October
On Thursday at Leigh Academy the girls took part in a football tournament against 5 other schools. The girls won 3 out of the 4 games they played, winning one of their games 9-0. In the end they won the tournament, the girls should be really proud of themselves as it was some of their first experiences in a football tournament.