Sports Afternoon will take place at the school on Wednesday 17th July at 1.45pm. Everyone is welcome to watch the children take part. The PTFA will be offering cream teas at the event and following on from the Sports Afternoon, they will be holding their Summer Fayre. There will be hot dogs to eat, cakes, candy floss and games to play – more information will
The school is holding a non-uniform day on the last day of term (Tuesday 23rd July) in return for donations to the school funds. All money raised will be put towards the development of the Class 2 outdoor area, which is designed to help those transitioning from Class 1 to Class 2.
Shirwell Competed for the first time in two Barnstaple Area Year 6 football tournaments, one for girls and one for boys. Our boys got off to an amazing start winning 2-1 against Orchard Vale after going 0-1 down. They went on to finish 8th out of 15 teams, a great achievement in their first ever tournament and considering there were only two Year Six
Earlier this term Shirwell competed in the North Devon Quicksticks final with 16 other schools. We had three teams compete in the tournament showing the great strength in depth that we have in the school. Our oldest children, Shirwell A, won the tournament unbeaten and without conceding a single goal. This is our 5th victory in this tournament in six years, another wonderful achievement
Shirwell School have been competing for some years in the schools show jumping league as Shirwell Shooting Stars but last Sunday for the first time they finished first. They jumped the 40cm class, all double clear and overall 2nd. In the 50cm class they all jumped double clear again and came first. A great achievement as they were competing against 6 teams and 28
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