Ipswich & South Suffolk School Games U11's Mixed Basketball

On Tuesday 11th February, Mr Jordan took twelve of our Year 5/6 pupils to represent our school at the Ipswich & South Suffolk School Games Mixed Basketball event at Inspire Suffolk. The team was made up of both a girls’ and boys’ team. During the event each match was divided up into two halves with the girls’ teams from each school playing against each other during the first half, and the boys’ teams playing the second half. Due to the number of schools competing in the event, the event was separated into a morning and afternoon session with each event having two groups of teams competing against each other. Our team was placed in group B and played four matches against Dale Hall, St Matthew’s, Copdock and St Johns Primary Schools. All four matches were played at a very fast and competitive tempo, with each team having to continually run up and down the court to attack and defend the basket. Mr Jordan was extremely proud of the teams’ teamwork and impressive basketball skills throughout the event. As a result of their hard work and effort, a number of the team received an invite to the upcoming Suffolk basketball trails and half term basketball camp! A special well done also goes to Lucas for receiving the School Games ‘player of the team’ award, voted for collectively by Mr Jordan and rest of the team. Well done everyone!

IPSSA U11's Boys Football Cup & League

Last week was a busy week for the year 5/6 boys’ football team as the team played two matches in as many days. The first match of the week (Tuesday 4th February 2025) saw the boys’ host last year’s Country Cup winners Cedarwood Primary school for their first-round cup match. As expected, Cedarwood played with high tempo, pressing football which made for a difficult match. However, in spite of this and in true ‘Whitehouse Way’, the boys showed real courage, hard work and perseverance throughout the match. On Thursday 6th February 2025, the boys hosted top of league Sidegate Primary School in their IPSSA league match. Determined to build upon their cup match performance, the boys went into the match with increased confidence. Sidegate started the match the quicker of the two teams and went into half time a goal ahead. Despite this, during the second half the boys stuck to their task and continued to work hard to press the ball. In attack of the ball the boys also linked up really well to enjoy good spells of possession and created more chances at the Sidegate goal. The boys hard work and determination paid off with a well taken equalising from Otto. The game remained in the balance until the very end of the match when unfortunately, Sidegate scored a late winner to win the match 2-1. Despite the final score, the boys were pleased with their performance and very much looking forward to their next league matches.

IPSSA U11's Mixed Netball Cup

On Thursday last week (Thursday 6th February 2025), the mixed Netball team were back in action as they played their second cup match at home against Britannia. The team knew this was going to be a tough match but they were not deterred and took to the court with increased confidence after their last cup match. As expected, Britannia took the lead scoring a last-minute goal in the first quarter. Whitehouse kept persevering and it was not long before they also scored their first goal. The team continued to keep most of the possession the second quarter which paid off as we scored our second goal, 2-1 to Whitehouse at half time. The team showed some great defensive work in the third quarter, however Britannia scored again. Moving into the last quarter, the game remained tense with both teams showing outstanding attacking and defensive play. Seconds before the final whistle Britannia managed to snatch a final goal, ending the match 3-2 to Britannia. Ms Salmon was extremely proud of every child’s efforts and teamwork shown throughout the match. A special mention goes to Ivy who received Britannia’s player of the match. Ms Salmon chose Tommie for player of the match also whose determination to try and outwit his opponent was amazing! Thank you to everyone who came and supported the team, it is always appreciated.

KS2 Inclusive Clip ‘n’ Climb Event

On Wednesday 5th February 2025, Mr Jordan, Mr Dunnett and Mrs Arnold took fourteen of our KS2 pupils to Climb ‘n Climb to take part in an inclusive indoor climbing session. For the vast majority of the pupils this was the first time they had been to Clip ‘n Climb or taken part in any kind of indoor climbing. Once the pupils had received their safety briefing and had been fitted with their harnesses, any initial nervous were quickly replaced with excitement as the pupils got to explore the vast array of fun climbing walls. Mr Jordan was incredibly proud of the effort and courage shown by all of the pupils throughout the session. It was amazing to see them all push themselves outside of their comfort zone to tackle some of the more difficult climbing walls and to climb higher and higher as the session went on. The session finished with lots of happy and smiling faces….a true sign that the pupils had a fantastic time!

IPSSA U11's Mixed Netball Cup

Last Thursday (30th January 2025), Ms Salmon took seven Year 5 and 6 pupils to take part in an U11’s IPSSA Mixed Netball Cup match. This year the cup has taken on a new format with an initial Group Stage. There are twenty teams which have been split into five groups of four teams. This will guarantee at least three cup games for each school, with the top teams from each group going through to the next round. Whitehouse have been placed in Group E along with Morland, Somersham and Britannia Primary Schools. Our first match was against Morland Primary and this was the first match our children had played together as a team. Whitehouse got off to a slow start and Morland soon took the lead scoring 3 goals in the first quarter. However, our team were determined and defended well scoring 2 goals, however Morland also scored 2 goals and the score at half time was 5-2. During the 3rd quarter Whitehouse continued to play some fantastic netball, passing the ball beautifully up and down the court. Morland continued to apply pressure and score goals. Despite the fantastic play from every member of the team, Whitehouse lost the match 7-3. Ms Salmon was very impressed with everyone for their effort and perseverance. Well done to Skye, Ivy, Imogen, Violet, Mia, Dexter and Oliver. An extra well done to Imogen who received Player of the Match from the Morland team and Mia (who is only in Year 5) who Ms Salmon awarded the coaches Player of the Match too. This was for her courage to play along with the Year 6’s. Thank you to all the parents/carers who helped transport the children to the game

Ipswich & South Suffolk KS2 Inclusive Christmas Cracker Event

Mr Jordan and Ms Salmon took ten of our KS2 pupils to Inspire Suffolk to take part in the U11 Christmas Cracker Event on Thursday 5th December 2024. This event is an inclusive one, which involved the pupils rotating around a carousel of fun and inclusive workshops including circus skills, catching and throwing activities, cricket skills, Boccia and archery. One of the workshops also included dance in which each school learnt and choreographed their own Christmas dance which they performed at the end of the event. To fully get into the Christmas spirit, each school, including staff, wore their Christmas jumpers. The event was lots of fun and the children really enjoyed completing each of the activities. Well done to everyone that took part. What a fantastic and fun way to start the Christmas period.

KS1 Primary Panathlon Event

Event Following on from the previous week’s KS2 Panathlon event, last Friday (22nd November 2024) saw the turn of seven of our year 2 pupils take part in the KS1 Panathlon event. Just like the KS2 event, the KS1 Panathlon also consisted of a skills-based competition, in which each team rotate around a carousel of fun and inclusive fundamental skills which also included sending and receiving activities and striking skills. Each activity lasted seven minutes in duration, and during this time each team aimed to score as many points as possible for their team. Each score from the six different activities were added together to give each team an overall score. The pupils had a fantastic time at the event and really enjoyed taking part in each of the activities. The pupils work amazingly as a team and really encouraged each other during the activities. As a result of their fantastic team work, the team finished the event in second place, receiving both silver medals and a runners up trophy! An amazing and well-deserved achievement, well done!

KS2 Inclusive Ten Pin Bowling Event

On Wednesday 20th November 2024, Mr Jordan took five Year 6 pupils to the U11 Inclusive Ten Pin Bowling event which was held at Tenpin Ipswich, Martlesham. As with previous Inclusive Ten Pin Bowling events, the event involved each school playing 2 games of bowling. Each school’s total team score at the end of the first game was recorded and compared to determine which position each school would finish. The team had an amazing time and played extremely well. As a result of their fantastic bowling skills throughout the two games, the team managed to score 1 strike and 12 spares between them! To celebrate their hard work and participation within the event, each pupil in the team received a medal and certificate. Mr Jordan will receive an email to inform the team of which position they finished in the event, so we will keep you updated!

KS2 Primary Panathlon Event

On Friday 15th November 2024,  Ms Salmon and Miss Huggins took five pupils to Inspire Suffolk to take part in the KS2 Panathlon event. This event is a skills-based competition, in which each team rotate around a carousel of fun and inclusive fundamental skills that include sending and receiving activities and striking skills. During each activity each pupil aimed to score as many points as possible for their team. Each score was then added together to give each team an overall score. The pupils had lots of fun completing each of the activities and as a result of their hard work and perseverance the team were extremely excited to be presented with a trophy and gold medals for finishing the event as the overall winners! An amazing and well-deserved achievement, well done!

Ipswich & South Suffolk School Games U9's Mixed Dodgeball Festival

On Wednesday 13th November 2024, Mr Jordan took ten Year 4 pupils to Inspire Suffolk to take part in the School Games U9 Mixed Dodgeball Festival. As with previous U9 Dodgeball events, the festival was again a very popular and exciting event with a total of 18 separate schools attending the event. Each school was placed into one of two groups in which each team played a Round Robin of Dodgeball matches against the other schools within their group. Each match consisted of three 2-minute games, which made for high tempo action packed matches. The teamed performed brilliantly, implementing the dodgeball skills they had been practicing during the afterschool dodgeball club. Mr Jordan was incredibly proud of the effort, team work and individual dodgeball skills in which the team showed during their matches throughout the festival. The team showed the true ‘Whitehouse Way’ as they took time to shake hands with their opponents after every match. They all represented the school fantastically, well done!

Ipswich & South Suffolk U11's Boys 7v7 Football Event

On Tuesday 8th October 2024, Mr Jordan took 10 Year 5 and 6 pupils to take part in the Ipswich and South Suffolk School Games U11’s Boys 7v7 Football event, which took place at Whitton Sports Centre. This very popular annual event begins the start of many Level 2 (Inter-school) football events throughout the year, and provides the first opportunity for our football teams to play together as a team. Eighteen teams took part in the boys’ event, and were separated into three different groups to determine which teams would progress from the group stages to the semi-finals of the event. With only four places available for the semi-finals each of the matches were closely contested and very competitive. The boys were drawn to play in group 3 and played five matches throughout the event, facing tough opposition in St. Johns, St. Marys Ipswich, Hadleigh, Britannia and Shotley Primary Schools. Despite it being the first time the boys had played together as a team in a Level 2 (Inter-School) event, they played some excellent football and really grew in confidence with each match. As a result, of their efforts the boys won two, drew one and lost two of their matches. Unfortunately, the boys did not progress to the next stage of the event. Despite this, Mr Jordan was extremely proud of the teams’ efforts, work rate and pleasing football skills shown throughout the event. A special mention goes to the Muhamad for receiving the ‘fair play’ award voted by the young leaders at the event.

Year 5 & 6 Girls Football

It has been a fantastic start to the year for our Year 5/6 girls football team, as they finish the half term unbeaten!

Year 5 & 6 Girls Football (Friendly)

On Monday 21st October 2024, the girls were back in action as they travelled to Broke Hall to play in a ‘friendly’ match. The aim of the ‘friendly’ was to allow the girls the opportunity to not just gain more game time, but also to continue to implement their skills and develop their confidence playing within a football match. The girls were extremely excited and keen to put on a good performance during the match, and they did exactly that and were again fantastic from start to finish! The girls played some brilliant football both individually and as a team. Out of possession the girls worked hard to put Broke Hall under pressure to win the ball back, making some excellent tackles and blocks to break up and dispossess any Broke Hall attack. In possession of the ball the girls showed some fantastic passing and frequently attacked the Broke Hall goal. As a result of the girls’ fantastic play, the girls went into half time ahead thanks to two very well taken goals from Millie and Scarlett. During the second half the girls continued to play some very pleasing football and were again rewarded with another goal from Ivy. At the other end of the pitch, Sakura kept her concentration and made some fantastic saves to prevent Broke Hall from scoring. Despite some late pressure from Broke Hall, the girls kept strong to finish the match with a 3-0 win! Mr Jordan was extremely proud of each and every one of the girl’s effort and performance throughout the match, well done girls!. Well done also to Millie for being voted as ‘Player of the match’.

Ipswich & South Suffolk U11's Girls 7v7 Football Event

On Thursday 10th October 2024, it was the Year 5/6 girls team turn to attend the Ipswich and South Suffolk School Games U11’s Girls 7v7 Football event, which also took place at Whitton Sports Centre. Again, just like the boys’ team, the event also provided the first opportunity for girls to play together as a team. During the event the girls were drawn to play in group 2 and faced equally tough opposition from Elmsett, Broke Hall, Cedarwood, Shotley and Britannia Primary Schools. Throughout the event the girls showed excellent teamwork in both attack and defence, implementing the tactics and skills they have been working on during the after-school club with Mr Jordan fantastically during each match. As a result, during their five matches the girls did not lose a single match, winning 4 and drawing 1 of their matches. The girls also scored a very impressive thirteen goals from five different goal scorers (Skye, Idunno, Ivy, Scarlett, Lacey) and conceded just one goal throughout the event! Mr Jordan was extremely proud of the girls’ behaviour and effort throughout the event. A special mention goes to Idunno for receiving the ‘Fair Play Award’ voted by the young leaders at the event.