Autumn Term 2025

In all of our JMAT Schools we understand the importance of Increased Physical Activity for our children inline with the 60minutes Physical Activity per day. Alongside Active Playgrounds our schools facilitate numerous afterschool Sports Clubs that our children can attend. #TEAMJMAT #PhysicalActivity #ExtraCurricular #Sport 🏀⚽🏏💪🧠

CYP | Utilita Kids Cup Winners! Bramley Sunnyside! 🏆 An incredible day at Dinnington Resource Centre saw 28 teams, 250+ Year 5/6 pupils, and a huge 195 goals in this year’s Utilita Kids Cup! ⚽🔥 Bramley Sunnyside clinched the title after scoring 20 goals across the tournament and edging a tense penalty shootout against last year’s winners, Aston Hall. 👏 They now progress to the regional finals in early 2026, with the ultimate prize: a place in the Wembley Stadium final befo

On Friday 17 th  October, 23 Rotherham schools competed in the Premier League Primary Stars Girls Regional Finals at Dinnington Resource Centre, in a bid to claim their place in the regional finals.  After 62 matches and 133 goals across the tournament, congratulations to Waverley Junior Academy who will represent Rotherham United in the Premier League Primary Stars Girls Regional Finals. Three of our JMAT Primaries Wath CofE, Anston Hillcrest and Bramley Sunnyside topped thr

Kiveton Park Meadows invited CreActive Urban Activities into school again in Autumn 2 to deliver a Scooter Stunts Skills Workshop. This was a new workshop that all children thoroughly enjoyed and it a fantastic way to try new Physical Activities in School. The School also used CreActive Urban Activities in Autumn 2 to lead a full day Parkour Workshop for all classes. For more information visit www.creactiveurbanactivities.com  or email Jack on jack@creactiveurbanactivities.co

On Friday 28th November there was a Rotherham Active Schools meeting organised by the Rotherham School Games Organisers and Yorkshire Sport Foundation at Rockingham PDC. At this meeting the latest Dfe guidance and future plans for PE, School Sport and Physical Activity was shared with schools along with updates from the Rotherham School Games Organisers. Mr Bennett was present at the meeting along with PE Co-ordinators from our JMAT Schools. Mr Bennett will be sharing this in

We enjoyed hosting our JMAT KS1 Festival afterschool on Tuesday 25th November at Wath Academy. The children enjoyed learning new floor routines and linking this to new pieces of apparatus. Thank you to Wath Academy Sports Leaders. We look forward to hosting other KS1 Sports events in the near year 🤸🤸🏻‍♀️💪😁 #TeamJMAT #Gymnastics #SchoolSport Schools Involved Brampton Cortonwood Infants Brampton Ellis Mexborough St John Wath Central

The Rotherham School Games Organisers have organised a comprehensive competition calendar that all of our Rotherham JMAT schools can access. Please speak to Mr Bennett if you would like to find out more information for these events #TeamJMAT #SchoolGamesCompetition #InterSchoolCompetition #SchoolSport 🏀🏑⚽️🏆

Well done to all 5 schools who took part in our Y3/4 Hotshots Basketball Competition at Wath Academy. All of the children enjoyed the event and the standard of the competition progressed as schools played more games. Thank you to Wath Academy Sports Leaders for your support with running the event. Congratulations to Ferham on winning the event for the second successive year. #TeamJMAT #HotshotsBasketball #SchoolSport 🏀💪🏆 Final Positions 1st Ferham-20 points 🏆 2nd Bramley

On Tuesday 12th November we hosted our popular JMAT Y5/6 Tag Rugby Competition for the “Matt Burrows Shield” . Matt was a parent of children at Wath CofE and had a massive impact on Rugby in the local area and supporting Rugby with our JMAT events. This trophy was won previously by Wath CofE in 2023 and also in 2024. The event went really well with the rain holding off and he had 6 schools taking part in total. We had Rachel in attendance from Wath Rugby Club Wildcats program

On Tuesday 4th November Mr Bennett & Mrs Smith was lucky enough to announce the opening of the MUGA (Multi-use Games Area) at Hooton Pagnell All Saints Primary. The School has fundraised with the support of parents and the local community to make this dream a reality. The MUGA will have a massive impact on PE lessons and increased Physical Activity for the Children with Active Breaktimes/Lunchtimes & Afterschool Clubs. Well done to everyone involved and we can wait to the MUG

Each half-term, Kiveton Park Infants select students who have demonstrated outstanding qualities in PE lessons, focusing on resilience, teamwork, positive attitudes, and respect. Congratulations to all the winners! 🎉⚽️🏏🏀💪 #TeamJMAT #TeamKPI #PE #Resilience #Teamwork #Respect

After the success of the Y5/6 Hillcrest Football Cup we decided to organise a Y3/4 Hillcrest Football cup at our schools. This event took place at Anston Hillcrest Primary on Wednesday 22nd October and involved Anston Hillcrest (two teams), Harthill Primary and Kiveton Park Meadows Junior School. The event well really well with all children enjoying the competition with other schools. Thank you to Mr Smith and Mrs Raynor with allowing us to host this event at you school. We l

On the 15th October staff from our JMAT schools attended the Free England Hockey Staff training. This training gave staff more understanding and knowledge on how to teach Hockey within the PE Curriculum across all Key Stages. Thank you to Ross Inglis (Rotherham School Games Organiser) and James Swinscoe (Rotherham Hockey Club) for facilitating this training. For more information on Rotherham Hockey Club and resources on how to teach Hockey further then please visit our resour

It was great to host our first ever JMAT KS2 Netball festival at Wath Academy Netball Courts. With the fantastic support from Miss Greenfield, Mrs Cunningham and the Netball Scholars we organised numerous activities for the children to try with Netball. Mrs Thickett from Wath CofE and Brampton Netball Club was able to signpost children to the local Netball Club which is a fantastic club link. Thank you to all 6 JMAT schools in attendance which was Wath CofE, Brampton Ellis, W

Kiveton Park Meadows invited CreActive Urban Activities into school on Tuesday 14th October to deliver a Beatboxing and Breakdancing workshop to their classes. It was fantastic day and the children thoroughly enjoyed the activities delivered by Jack. The School also used CreActive Urban Activities in Autumn 2 to lead a full day Parkour Workshop for all classes. I know the children fully enjoyed learning Parkour with the apparatus in school. For more information visit...

On Friday 10th October over 600 children took part in the Rotherham Cross Country finals at Herringthorpe Stadium. Five of our JMAT schools took children along to this fantastic event organised by Rotherham Harriers AC and the Rotherham School Games Organisers. The JMAT schools involved was Wath CofE, Wath Central, Bramley Sunnyside Juniors, Meadow View Primary and Harthill Primary. Well done to all of our schools. Three of our schools finished in the top 3 categories in the

Eight of our Year 3/4 pupils took part in a football tournament hosted by Waverley Primary Academy. The boys played five group-stage matches, winning four and drawing one, which saw them finish top of their group. They cruised through the semi-final with a confident 1–0 win, creating plenty of scoring opportunities. In the final, Alfie made a superb penalty save early on to keep the team in the game. Despite a late goal from the opposition, the boys finished as runners-up — a

Well done to all schools who took part in our KS1 Football Festival at Wath Academy Astroturf. At this event the children started by learning different football drills led by the excellent Wath Academy football scholars. At the end of the festival the children competed against each other in games. The schools involved was Wath CofE, Brampton Ellis, Brampton Cortonwood Infants and Wath Central #TeamJMAT #Football #SchoolSport ⚽️🏆💪

We hosted our first JMAT PE Lead meeting at Meadowview Primary on Tuesday 7th October 2025. It was a fantastic turnout with 15 of our...

Highfield Farm Primary and Kiveton Park Meadows are enhancing the delivery of their PE Curriculum with the support of Rotherham Titans Community Foundation under the umbrella of Rotherham Titans Rugby Club. If you would like more information on how Rotherham Titans Community Foundation can support your school with PE, School Sport & Physical Activity the please visit www.titanscommunityfoundation.org #TeamJMAT #Collaboration #PESSPA #TitansCommunityFoundation 🏉💪