On Wednesday 17th June we hosted our first ever JMAT KS1 & KS2 Mini Olympics Festival at Wales High School. In total we had 5 of our schools involved and 272 children which is fantastic. The children took part in numerous activities which was led by the Wales High School students. Thank you to Miss Underwood for your support and we look forward to continuing with this next year and making it bigger and better for everyone involved #TeamJMAT #MiniOlympicsFestival #SchoolSport

On Monday 15th June we hosted our JMAT KS1 and KS2 Girls Shooting Stars Football Festival. This event was done in partnership with Mr Flowers at Wath Academy and organised with the Girls Football Scholars. In total we had 5 schools and nearly 100 girls taking part in football activities. The event was a huge success with loads of the girls enjoying taking part 💪⚽️👧 Schools Taking part Bramley Sunnyside Highfield Farm Brampton Cortonwood Infants Wath Central Wath Victoria #T

On Wednesday 6th June Mr Bennett worked with Miss Webster and staff at Wath Central on developing their Active Playgrounds. Miss Webster is looking at ways to develop their 60 minutes Physical Activity offer for the children and has changed their Break and Lunchtime activities. The staff discussed and took part in new activities and discussed how the different zones would work. Mr Bennett can’t wait to visit Wath Central again and see how the schools Active Playgrounds have c

On Tuesday 2nd June we hosted our JMAT Y5/6 Boys Football league at Wath Academy Astroturf. Unfortunately our first round of fixtures was cancelled due to the weather so this event was organised as a tournament rather than a league. The tournament went really well and enjoyed by all. Thank you to Wath Academy students for your support with the event. Congratulations to Kiveton Park Meadows who won the event and have their name on the shield for the first time. We look forwar

We hosted our second ECT training of the year at Meadow View Primary on Monday 18th May. The training went really well with all members of staff fully engaged in the whole training and some great collaboration between staff. At the training we looked at the progression of Dance from EYFS, KS1 and KS2 and looked at some practical examples of how the lesson would look. #TeamJMAT #DanceCPD #NationalCurriculum

On Monday 20th April Mr Bennett worked with 12 of our Early Careers Teachers (ECT’S) at Bramley Sunnyside Juniors to deliver some Gymnastics CPD. The session looked at understanding how Gymnastics aligns with the National Curriculum and developing teachers confidence with teaching Gymnastics. Thank you to all members of staff for your input and to Bramley Sunnyside for allowing us to host the training at school including the children who supported with the training. Upcoming

We had a successful JMAT Girls football league over two nights with 7 schools in total taking part. We all agreed that the standard of the Girls Football league has increased every year since it started 5 years ago. Thank you to Mr Flowers and the football scholars at Wath Academy with your support with the event. It was a very close league with Wath CofE infront of Bramley Sunnyside by onepoint at the start of Round 1 of fixtures. On Fixture night two Bramley Sunnyside was o

We organised our popular JMAT Y3/4 football competition at Wath Academy Astroturf on Tuesday 10th March afterschool. In total we had 6 schools involved with a really good standard of football. More importantly every child enjoyed representing their school and playing football. Thank you to Wath Academy scholars and Mr Flowers for your support with officiating the event. #TeamJMAT #SchoolSport #Football #Teamwork ⚽️💪🏆 Results Table Bramley Sunnyside-23 points Wath Victoria-1

Our schools access Inter School events that are not only Schools Games but other external events such as through local High Schools, private companies and Local Cluster Competitions. This ensures that all of our children gain access to competitive opportunities #TeamJMAT #SchoolSport #InterSchoolCompetition 🏀🏏🏃⚽🏆💪🧠

Bramley Sunnyside Girls UKS2 Footballers represented Rotherham at the County Finals at Honeywell in Barnsley. The girls plays 5 games - won 3 and drew 2 meaning we topped the table with 13 out of a possible 15 points. So the Final contested by Bramley Sunnyside and Burton Road, with a 1-1 stalemate, before extra-time with no further score then to the penalty shoot-out, where Burton Road triumphed 3-2 to now go to the Northern Area Finals. The girls did incredibly well and re

On Tuesday 20th January we hosted our popular Y5/6 Sportshall Athletics competition at Wath Academy Sportshall. This is one of Mr Bennett's favourite events of the year with the all action and varied events that the children can do. In total each of our schools will do 8 track events and 5 field events. The event went really well and was enjoyed by all. A special mention to Wath Academy Sports Leaders who ran each of the events fantastically alongside Mr Bennett. Congratulati

On Thursday 15th January it was the Rotherham PE Conference at New York Stadium in partnership with Yorkshire Sport Foundation. Mr Bennett attended this event along with PE Leads from our JMAT Schools. The Conference was awell attended and included updates on the PE Curriculum from AfPE (Association for Physical Education) and workshops around Physical Literacy, Physical Activity and Hollistic PE Lessons and Curriculum. Mr Bennett came away with loads of ideas that he is look

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 🏀⚽🏏💪🧠

Bramley Sunnyside took part in the Rotherham School Games Parkour Festival at Novacity in the Autumn term. It was an amazing afternoon of parkour where children learnt a variety of different skills and even had a go at breakdancing! A huge well done to Fynn who achieved 11 points on the bar hang - which was hanging from a bar for a massive 275 seconds which is over 4 and a half minutes! #TeamJMAT #TeamBSJS #Parkour #SchoolSport 💪🤸‍♂️🚶

Bramley Sunnyside Juniors Road Safety Officers (JRSOs) led an assembly to encourage children to take part in our Active Travel Week – Christmas edition. Based on the JRSOs’ research, the school hosted walking buses from five different locations in the local community. On the final day, they met at Isobella’s for toast before walking to school in their Santa hats! The School are looking forward to their next planned Active Travel Week. Well done everyone! #Team BSJS #TeamJMAT

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

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 🏀🏑⚽️🏆