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Upton Junior School

Upton Junior School

One Childhood - One Chance

Cross Country - Enter by Friday 14th September!

For more information on the upcoming cross country event......

One of the most popular sports events in the school year open to all children is the Thanet Primary Schools Cross-Country. This event takes place just twice a year and attracts close to 1000 children on each occasion. Our main focus is always on getting as many children involved from the school as possible, regardless of how good they are at running, to involve them in sport and in a school team. The first event of the year takes place at Quex Park on Saturday 6th October 2016. At the last event in February, we had 200 Upton children entered– more than four times the entry of any other school.

The race itself is not long and all children will finish inside 10 minutes: 1km for Year 3 & 4; 1.5 km for years 5 & 6.  There are separate races for boys and girls in each year group. There is a fantastic feeling of accomplishment for children when they finish the race, regardless of position, and the event is always really exciting to watch with parents and schools cheering on their children. All runners receive a medal just for taking part and stand up during assembly for congratulation.

Even though the event is on the morning of 6th October (see attached sheet for times) entries must be in by 14th September (THIS FRIDAY). I appreciate that pupils may have other clubs or sports events on a Saturday morning, but all charter-standard or quality kite-marked clubs will make the effort to switch kick-off times, training times, etc, to support children competing for their school –especially as this is a one-off event – as long as they know in advance.

To enter the event (and claim a free sports team t-shirt for first time runners) parents need to:

Return the attached form with the £3 entry fee in a clearly marked and sealed envelope before the closing date of  14th September (the sooner the better)

A race entry form is attached below and we will send out a second letter with more details to those entered closer to the time. I hope to see you there.

Mr Walker

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Upton Junior School
Edge End Road
Broadstairs
Kent
CT10 2AH

(01843) 861393