Teamwork in the Panathlon

02 Jun

Years 5 and 6 were very excited to visit the secondary school sports hall and take part in a Panathalon event, as part of National Panathlon Week! The children were divided into teams and straightaway started competing in the challenges set. Some of their favourite events were curling, table tennis cricket and the beanbag throw.

Each team had 1 minute to score as many points as they could. Some of the children managed to achieve scores in the triple digits -wow! There were gold, silver and bronze medals awarded for the highest points achieved in each year group.

Overall it was a brilliant afternoon with all children demonstrating the school virtues of teamwork, sportsmanship, perseverance and resilience. It was a tense and exciting afternoon, reported Jamaal. Lexi said she cannot wait to take part in another Panathlon event!

Eastbrook School is an Ofsted rated Good, all-through school in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and is part of the Barking Abbey family. Founded in 1933, Eastbrook has a well-established history of serving the local community, with many generations of families attending as students and even joining as staff. The primary school opened in 2016 and is growing in size year on year. The secondary school transferred into new, state of the art buildings in 2017, benefiting from purpose-built specialist learning environments with industry level resources and outstanding access to green outdoor spaces.

Eastbrook is a thriving and growing community school, welcoming students from a broad range of backgrounds, culturally, economically and in terms of need.

Eastbrook School: PROUD TO BE