Bredhurst Church of England Primary School

On Thursday our football team representing Gillingham FC travelled all the way to Milton Keynes for the Regional Final of the EFL Cup.   The team were very excited on arrival and were soon warming up ready for the start. The level of football was very high and our first match was against Barnet Town which we drew 1-1. Kairo scoring the goal, unfortunately Kairo was already harbouring an injury which was exacerbated by the physicality of the match. After treatment, assessment and discussion with the Gillingham Coach Kairo was told he would not be playing in any more matches. This was a blow to the team and a great disappointment to Kairo who could now only watch and encourage his team forward.

All the team played really well, Marcell and Harper battling at the front, Freddie, Tate and Toby taking control of midfield with Felicity and Jude in defence Thomas in Goal.  Our team looked so small as they were mainly Year 5’s against some very tall year 6’s. But they played to their best ability. We lost against Bromly 3-1 with Tate scoring a goal. Third game was against Crawley which we won 2-1 goals from Harper and Freddie. Forth game was against Cambridge United losing 4-0. Our final game in the group was against Walsall losing 6-1 goal scored by Toby. We then had the play-off for final position which we lost giving Gillingham FC a final position of 10 Place. Well done to the whole team especially persevering once they knew Kairo had been benched.

Our netball team entered the Mini Youth Games. There were 29 teams competing and our first match was against Mierscourt Primary the game was very fast paced and we wone 3-0. A very good start, we then had another 5 successful matches winning 5-0, 1-0, 4-0, 6-0 and 3-2. Our team was feeling very confident but, harder teams were to come, we drew the next match with St. Andrews 2-2 and the final match against Halling we lost 3-0. We finished 4 overall just missing out on a medal. The team played brilliantly together. Well done to Freddie, Marcell, Lennie, Mia, Morgan and Millie.

On Friday we held our annual Mothers Day Breakfast. I can’t believe how busy it was, the hall was awash with mums, nans and children – what a lovely way to finish the week. 

A massive thank you to Julie MacLeod for organising, buying, and cooking all the Mother’s Day Breakfast food. Thank you also to Mrs Sage and Mrs Green for their help in the kitchen.