The
@OrchardMead
community will be pleased to know that today we have agreed personal terms with Tom Ford to sign a contract extension, which will keep him working within the PE department until July 2023! Well done Tom, your hard work has paid off!
#OMAlegend
It’s been a great week for sport at OMA. Capped off tonight with our Year 7 Football Team winning 1-0 at Rushey Mead. Great to have
@moldman83
down there to provide some extra motivation for the boys
@OrchardMead
#WeAreOMA
Goals galore for our Year 7 & 8 football teams tonight winning their semi finals 7-2 and 7-0! ⚽️🔥Great to see new staff creating excellent relationships with our new year 7s & to have our very own
@moldman83
coming down to support & lead the cheerleading 🕺🏻🤸🏻♀️
#getthemacciesin
A battling and resilient performance see’s the Year 8 boys through to the next round of the county cup. They ran out 1-0 winners against English Martyrs’ 🏆
Great 1-0 win in the year 7 football final against St.Paul’s!
The lads showed great character and showcased some quality defending to grind out the win at times! We are very proud of you all - congratulations! ⚽️
Another success for Orchard Mead at year 8 girls basketball tonight! We won all of our matches... whooopp!! A shout out to our year 11 sports leaders and awesome coach Mr Jarram for their help tonight 🏀⛹️♀️
Well done to the Y10 boys football team for winning their R16 county cup fixture against a very competitive
@FullhurstPE
side 3-2. The entertaining, end to end game could of gone either way but the boys dug deep second half to maintain their lead. Great effort lads! MOM Wesley ⚽️
After a very tight game, our year 9 basketball team came 2nd for
@TeamLeicestershire
!! We are so proud of you and everything you have achieved to get here!
#proudtobeorchardmead
We came 2nd in the Regional Dodgeball competition out of 12 schools! Huge achievement from our year 7 and 8 team. Onto the next round, the National Dodgeball comp! 🥈🏆
Our year 9 boys football team won 4-2 this evening against a resilient COL side. MoM goes to Jayde CA for a dominant performance in midfield ⚽️ Well played boys 👏🏻
Another successful night for the Y7 Boys Football team. Winning 2-1 away at Judgemeadow, controlling the game from the first whistle. Massey and Keen with the goals ⚽️👌🏻
#WeAreOMA
Does it ever not rain on a football fixture? 🌧🌧⚽️⚽️😂 The boys played well and worked hard despite the conditions👏🏻 We won 1 & lost 1 but took lots away from both games to take into our next fixture 👍🏻 Our very wet management team were proud of your efforts & conduct 😄
Our Y9 boys basketball team finished 2nd in the East city league final this evening, losing narrowly 14-13 in a thrilling final against St Paul’s. Proud of how much these boys have improved in such a small amount of time in their first season together 🏀🏀
Huge congratulations to our first ever cohort to complete their Silver Duke of Edinburgh award!! The group learnt so many new skills, volunteered in the local community and made some amazing memories on expeditions ⛺️ We are very proud of you 🎉
Unfortunately, our Y10 boys exit the county cup at the quarter final stage after losing to a very talented
@WigstonAcadPE
, who were excellent in all areas. Our team have had their most successful season yet & can take a lot of positives forward into year 11 ⚽️👍🏻
Very proud of our Year 11 boys basketball 🏀 team tonight who competed well against two very good sides from
@rusheymeadpe
&
@StpaulsLeicPE
Could not fault your work ethic and attitudes 👏🏻🥔 Great effort lads!
Well done to the year 7 football team progressing to the next round of the County Cup beating Fullhurst 3-2. The team work ethic was fantastic and every player did themselves proud, goals from Lucas, Zweli and Ibrahim and a MOTM performance from Kaden, well done boys keep it up⚽️
Proud of our year 11 boys basketball team tonight 🏀😃 3 Year 10 pupils played up an age group and 6 pupils experienced their first Basketball game. 1 win and 1 loss 👏🏻 Well done boys, great effort 👍🏻
The Y7 and Y8/9 girls football teams thrived in the 8-a-side tournament this evening! Some impressive team goals were scored, as well as a beautifully slotted penalty to seal a win! It was great to welcome new players to both teams. We’re proud of you all ❤️ ⚽️🏅
Today was the launch of the
@OrchardMead
Golf club as part of our rewards week!
@EnglandGolf
Looking forward to getting these pupils started and more engaged next year. Great effort today lads 🏆⛳️🏌️♀️🏌️♂️
Our Y8/9 Girls football team had a brilliant evening tonight! Winning two, drawing one and losing one! Their resilience in the horrible weather and kindness to others in the tournament was outstanding, well done girls ⚽️💪
#orchardmeadrolemodels
Very proud of the year 7 football team this evening! They came out 3-1 winners against JudgeMeadow but took an agonising loss against St Paul’s despite dominating for large periods of the game.
The Year 8’s won the East Leicester City league final 6-5 tonight in a game which was end to end from the start. Michael scored with the last kick of the game to seal the win and secure his hat trick 🥇
Well done to the year 9 football team tonight winning their semi final 6-1 against a well spirited
@rusheymeadpe
side. A special mention to Camron G for 2 goals on his debut 🔥👍🏻⚽️👏🏻 A great performance from all 16 lads involved ✅
Today Year 10 pupils received their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award and Badge!
We are extremely proud of the hard work and resilience they have shown. They have developed new skills, volunteered in the local community and continued to be physically active. Bring on Silver!
🏆🏕️🧗♂️
So proud of the Year 7 Girls Basketball team tonight! Brilliant teamwork and resilience, successfully winning both of their games! Lovely to see our year 9 leaders supporting them with the rules and tactics
#bekind
#workhard
#dreamteam
Well done to the 80 pupils across Y7-10 who represented
@OrchardMead
in the East Area Athletics competition today 👏🏻👏🏻🥇🥈🥉 You all gave 100% and we are very proud of your efforts! 👏🏻
Proud of our Year 11 and supporting Year 10 pupils who performed superbly in today’s GCSE PE Moderation 👍🏻🏀🤸🏻♂️ Students were a credit to the school and gave it their all 😃 Well done to all involved 👏🏻
The first day of year 10’s silver duke of Edinburgh expedition yesterday! Pupils showed huge amounts of determination and resilience with the weather! Now for day two after a good nights sleep, fingers crossed for sunshine ⛺️🌧🌤
Congratulations to the Year 11 boys football team who came from behind twice to win the East City league final tonight, 4-2. It was a very entertaining, evenly matched game and all boys battled well in a much improved 2nd half👏🏻⚽️🥇Chadx2, Wesley & Jake with the goals 👏🏻👍🏻⚽️
A massive congratulations to our Year 8 Netball Team who are the CITY CHAMPIONS this year! They worked extremely, demonstrated resilience and teamwork. Shout out to Miss Dillion who arranged for each pupil to get an individual medal 🏀🏆
A fantastic afternoon yesterday & the creation of the
@OrchardMead
golf club. Students & staff participated in a scramble event
@HumberstoneGC
& it was great to see pupils enthusiastic about a new sport we look to delve into more! Looking forward to the next one!
@EnglandGolf
Big shout out to the KS3 boys Volleyball team this evening! The boys won 2 games & lost by only a few points in the others👏🏻They represented the school with pride & great commitment to one another. Congrats to Alex representing the school for the first time, a credit to OMA 🏐👏🏻
So proud of all 70 pupils who participated in the East Area Athletics Competition. We had some fantastic results and the PE department thoroughly enjoyed a wonderful afternoon, with a brilliant bunch of committed, kind, hard working pupils🎽👍🏻👏🏻😃
Thank you to our year 7 and 9 pupils, who have been refereeing the primary basketball competition the past couple of weeks. They have had some amazing feedback from the other schools 🏀⛹️♀️
#proudtobeorchardmead
OMA’s Year 7/8 netball team had their 1st round of fixtures tonight, winning 2 and losing 2 games.
The team showed great resilience, fantastic skill and a desire to improve with each game.
MVP- Tilly
MSP- Cienna
Well done team! On to the next round!
Well done to our
@jrnba
year 8 mixed team. Representing the
@AtlantaHawksUK
in their first round of basketball fixtures tonight! One won and lost one but we are extremely proud of their teamwork and resilience💪Thank you to our year 11 sports leaders for helping referee 🏀
16 of our Year 9 pupils thoroughly enjoyed their Sports Higher Education & Careers trip at
@loucollsport
today! Thank you for having us, our pupils loved their gym, wheelchair basketball, esports and theory sessions! 👏🏻🏀🏋🏼♂️📚
Great atmosphere in PE this evening with over 60 students at football club 👏🏻⚽️ Another 30+ attended Badminton 🏸👏🏻 And the year 11 Netballers were out in force preparing for an upcoming Staff vs Student fixture 👀🏐
#Needallthepracticetheycanget
👀🤣
Well done to the boys Y9 Rounders team winning 3/3 in tonight’s East City fixtures. Mr Hill, Mr Gonsalves and Mr Quinn were very impressed with your skill, nerve and team spirit!
@OrchardMead
Shout out to our very own Miss Brighton for organising an amazing trip for our pupils! They all had a brilliant time and made some incredible memories!!
#memoriesforlife
An absolute thriller down at
@rusheymeadpe
tonight. 3-0 down at half time, bring it back to 3-3 however it goes on to finish 5-3.A great effort from the Year 8 Boys.Congratulations to Rusheymead and good luck in the next round ⚽️
#WeAreOMA
Busy day in the PE department today! Our year 11 GCSE PE students took part in practical moderation. Well done to all those who took part, all your hard work and resilience over the last two years was reflected today. ⛹️🤾♀️⚽️
There was only ever going to be one winner in the STAFF Vs STUDENT netball game this afternoon 🥇🏆👀🏐 10-2 to the STAFF was the final score 🔥 Better luck next time year 11’s!
Lots of snow and fog on the slopes today but we’re all slowly improving! ⛷⛷👏🏻👏🏻🌫🌫🌨🌨✅✅ Stopped off for a trip to the local supermarket and now for a pool, cards and table football competition. 🏆🏆🎱🎱♣️♠️♦️♥️
Thank you to
@leicesterssp
and
@CoachAnnieZ
for delivering our brand new footballs to help promote girls participation in football! Cannot wait to put these to use ⚽️
Great effort from the KS3 Boys Volleyball team finishing 2nd in the East City competition tonight, losing out on top spot by points scored 😫👏🏻 A fantastic turnaround from losing their first 2 games 👏🏻👏🏻 Thank you to
@rusheymeadpe
leaders who were brilliant ✅
Well done to our Y11 basketball team finishing 3rd in the East City league, winning 2 and losing 1 on the second night of fixtures 🏀👏🏻 Great effort from a committed set of lads who did themselves proud in their first run of games together 🏀👍🏻🥉
Well done to our year 10's who successfully completed their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh award and Certificate of Achievement! It was a difficult year to complete the award but they were resilient and worked extremely hard. You have all truly displayed the Orchard Oath!🏕️🎖️
Another brilliant performance yesterday by our year 8 netball team! You should be very proud of yourselves, you are truly embodying the Orchard Mead oath 💪🏻🏐👏
Netball and Football PGL complete ✅
Shout out to all the staff and pupils involved! Everyone fully immersed themselves into the weekend and had a lot of fun! Congratulations to our year 10 netball team who came 3rd overall in their category 🥉
Today we had our Sports Awards Ceremony, recognising the effort and commitment our pupils have demonstrated throughout the year 👏🏻🏆 Congratulations to all pupils who represented the Academy this Academic year and a huge well done to the winners of the individual awards 👍🏻🤩🏆🥇
A huge congratulations to ex-student Mo his achievements in football to date. An amazing footballer with a bright future. Good luck Mo! OMA are behind you 100% of the way
Two gritty wins for our Year 10 Boys Football team tonight ⚽️👏🏻 The boys played well in two very competitive games against good sides. Well done gents ⚽️
Lunch break after a hectic morning skiing. A broken chair lift slowed things down this morning, but the slopes are starting to become more clear for our afternoon sessions ⛷⛷⛷
Excellent performance tonight from our KS3 Girls Volleyball team! They smashed the competition winning all 3 games and coming home with the trophy 👏🏆
#soproud
#workhard
Congratulations to the KS3 Boys Badminton team tonight for winning their group and progressing to the next stage ✅👏🏻 Smit, Dhruv, Jan and Billy all played their part in some very close games and were well managed by Team manager Harry 👏🏻🏸 Well done gents!
Congratulations to ex pupil Alfie Bailey, who today secured a PE teaching job with
@judgemeadowpe
!! We are very proud of you and can’t wait to see you continue to flourish. They have got some teacher on their hands 👏🏻 Looking forward to seeing you on the playing fields Alf 👍🏻
We are here at the East Midlands Regional Dodgeball Tournament!! Played our start game and won 4 of the 6 sets 🎉🎉 Looking forward to the rest of the tournament!
Year 9 Girls Basketball took place tonight! Brilliant performance with the girls winning their qualifying match and then going onto win a friendly and draw another - we are ready for the next round 🏀⛹️♀️
Well done to the Y7 girls for finishing 2nd 🥈 in the East city basketball league 🎉👏🏻
@InspireTogeth3r
The girls learnt a lot throughout the competition and are already looking forward to next year 👏🏻👍🏻🏀