Children from ACE were invited to attend a game at the Horsfall Stadium, on Saturday, November 30th.
At half time our children took to the field in attempts to score penalties. It’s a nerve racking situation and look at the concentration on the faces of Liam and Nivan both Year 3. Matthew Poole Year 4 and Ben Chambers Year 5 with Bernat Year 4 also took penalties. We are so proud you all and that you were brave enough to take part!
I would like to say a huge thank you to all the parents who supported the event, and brought their children along.
With a 4-1 win against Sherwood Collieries and a great performance from Dan Francis, who is one of our ACE coaches, it was a nice afternoon.
ACE hosted Fountain Primary from Morley on Tuesday 26th. It was a lovely sunny afternoon and our U9s squad were very excited with the prospect of a possible cup run.
Yasa scored early and went on again to score in the first half. ACE had control of most with several bear misses on goal.
In the second half there were lots of positive passing opportunities and ACE quickly used those options well, as William scored. A short while later Nivan threw the ball into play. Yasa and William teamed up to create another goal for William.
Matthew in goal made two good saves. ACE defence was strong once again.
ACE played away on Tuesday, 26th November at St Paul’s. We walked to the game and spirts were high.
Our squad have really begun to be a very positive team and enjoy lots of humour in training.
In the first half we were confident and with speed and trust in each other, the goals began to flow. With Amy and Erin on the wings , and Suraiya storming with great pace through the middle the girls were very difficult to stop.
The second half was exactly the same. More goals were flying in and the girls kept their composure, whilst holding their defensive line.
Some great saves from Murewa including a leap to ground the ball.
On Friday 22nd November Miss Patchett and Mrs Connolly took 12 KS2 students to Roundhay to compete in the North East Leeds School Games Cross Country Festival. 29 schools took part in the competition with over 100 children running in each race.
Our Year 4 students, Ava, Mollie, Ethan and Seb all took part in the competition for the first time and gave it a fantastic effort. They had to run 1 lap of the course which was 900m. They loved experiencing the event for the first time and really pushed themselves to some brilliant finishing places. They all completed the lap and even finished with smiles on their faces!
Year 5 students, Alice, Thembi, Dominik and Ben had to run 2 laps, this distance was 1500m. Again, they all finished the race and gave 110% effort. The sun was shining down as they Year 5s completed their race. For some of these students it was also their first time at the festival.
Last up to run was our Year 6s, Erin, Suraiya, Oscar and Jeremiah. They also had to do 2 laps and complete to 1500m distance. Jeremiah ran half the race with 1 shoe as his shoe lace came undone in the first lap! He never gave up and continued right to the end. Suraiya is a fantastic runner and used her motivation to keep going when the others in the race started to tire.
A special shoutout goes to Ben (Year 5) and Erin (Year 6) who both finished their races in the top 10. This is outstanding! We are very proud of all our students who took part in the festival, they never gave up and it was nice to see them cheering and encouraging other schools. We now await the final results to see if any of our students qualify to the next round.
After lots of work on compass points and directional skills development, including coordinates and developing keys our plans for one afternoon had to be amended.
Mrs Cosgrove and 6D found themselves in pouring rain and no indoor space. We decided to have a competition displaying our cartography skills.
The children did not let me down. Benji’s winning map used a grid system and clear coordinates. Aubrey came second with a neatly drawn map with a lovely easy to read key. Third place was a group effort with a holiday type village complete with hotels clear signage to the spa, rooms, restaurant etc
All the children who won received logic style puzzle books and novelty pens.
ACE U9s played Immaculate Heart at home on Thursday, November 14th.
The game at times was fast and furious. Yasa opened the scoring for ACE with a blistering top corner goal which was applauded by both sets of parents watching. Immaculate Heart equalised some 5 minutes later. ACE were attacking often with several near misses. Our defensive players with Ethan, Daniel and Gryff were staying strong and clearing away potential problems.
A fast attack and ball through to Yasa once again hit the back of the net.
Immaculate Heart equalised in the last few minutes of the game.
Special thanks to parents and family members who continue to support the children and school at these events.
ACE girls proved their worth in an away game against Carr Manor, on Thursday. 7th November.
ACE scored first and then Carr Manor equalised. This was closely followed by another ACE goal. From this point on ACE produced a glittering performance with 5 goals from Erin and 3 goals from Amy. Another first class performance by Bella in defence.
We made some excellent passes which allowed ACE to storm to victory. Training session did come into play.
On Tuesday, 22nd October ACE hosted Gledhow Primary, for an U9s fixture.
This was an extremely competitive game with both teams giving their all in the game.
ACE hit the net first, with a goal from Yasa . Gledhow then equalised. ACE scored again from Nivan, and celebrations bought lots of energy. Towards the latter end of the game, Gledhow scored again. Yasa was voted player of the match by the opposing time.
We would like to thank all ACE parents for their fantastic support in all our recent games. Once again we had a good crowd!
Some of our Year 5 & 6 football team were selected to take part in the Road to Wembley football tournament this week which was held at Boddington Football Hub.This competition is always fun, energetic and is a great opportunity to see children from all over the city of Leeds compete and play against each other.
Our first game saw us beat St Therseas 2-0, our second game ended as a draw against Talbot 2-2. We then had an unlucky loss against St Augustines who were a fantastic team 2-1 and then our final game of the group stage was a success as we beat Meanwood 2-0. We qualified to the second round in third place.
We had to play St Augustines again in the second round and this time it finished as a 0-0 draw. Then we had an absolute storming end to the second round and beat Talbot 5-0. These results meant we finished the day in second place! Unfortunately only the first place team qualified through to the next stage but we are super proud of our team for putting on brilliant performances and really taking on what they have been learning in training and putting this into competition settings.
Leeds United scouts came to have chats with both Oscar and Jeremiah and invited them to go and join their programme. This is an amazing opportunity and a credit to all their hard work.
A special shoutout goes to Miss Backhouse who took the team at the last minute and also to Ben Chambers dad who helped Miss Backhouse coach the team throughout the day.
Tuesday ACE U11s played against Alwoodley and once again stormed towards victory with a 3-0 win. Oscar’s safe hands as always made it very difficult to score. Goals by Harlee 2 goals and Cristian.
Tuesday ACE Girls played their first ever game together against Alwoodley. The girls lost 2-3 after a great fight. Bella was outstanding in defence. Amy with Erin proved to be hard to contain. Erin scoring once and Amy forcing an own goal by Alwoodley. Suraiya was very lively throughout the game.
Friday ACE U11s were in action again on Friday against St Urbans. ACE were off with power, speed and skills with a dramatic 10-1 victory. Harlee scored 5, Dominik 3 and Ben 2.
