Sports – 2026/27 – written by Mr. Aldridge

8th October – LSSP Football Festival Winners!

A huge well done to our Years 5/6 boys’ football team who won the LSSP football festival at St. Dunstan’s. Here’s a short report of each match from Coach Callum:
Match 1
John and I were a little concerned when we went 2-0 down inside 30 seconds. But the boys held their nerve. Gray scored with a determined shot to get one back, then Hunter scored from the right to equalise. We were the better team playing really high-quality passing football. A particular mention to Samuel who distributed brilliantly from the back. The final score was 2-2.
Match 2
Ethan, AJ, and Noah made their Fairlawn debuts. Hunter opened the scoring with a slick shot, then AJ zinged one in with Ethan linking the play impressively. The final score was 2-0 to Fairlawn.
Match 3
The third game was more physical, with Romiah and Marley standing up against and absorbing some tough challenges. This opened up space for more goals. One for Ifeatu with a characteristically powerful shot and one from AJ with his quick feet. Noah in particular tackled like a monster to help keep our lead. The final score was 2-0 to Fairlawn.
The boys gelled really well with amazing passing out from the back, feeding off goalkeeper George’s sharp distribution. A fantastic start to the season!

5th October – 6A Sports Leaders

A huge well done to the following children who have been appointed as Year 6 sports leaders for this year:
Abdalla, Ella, George, Jessica, Hunter, Maerose, Chyna-Rose and Gray.
Today, they received 90 minutes of leader training from Lewisham’s Dave McLaren. In spring 2, 6S will have their opportunity to apply for the role of sports leader.

Years 5/6 Boys Football Squad

Over the past two weeks, we have held trials for the Years 5/6 boys football team. In total, there were 19 triallists. Well done to the following children who have been selected by the coaches to be a part of this season’s 16-player squad:
Retained from last season:
Year 6 – Ifeatu, Hunter, Gray, George, Romiah, Archie, Samuel and Marley
Selected from the trials:
Year 5 – Ethan, AJ, Noah, Arthur, Kai, Teddy, Archie
Year 6 – Kal’el

Autumn 1 Sports Heroes

Every half-term, the children learn about a different sports hero, past or present. This half-term, the focus for each year group is international men:
Reception: Usain Bolt
Year 1: Michael Jordan
Year 2: Muhammad Ali
Year 3: Pele
Year 4: Arthur Ashe
Year 5: Tiger Woods
Year 6: Jessie Owens

Sports – 2025/26

17th June – Year 4 Cricket Festival at Cyphers Cricket Club

‘Last Wednesday, 10 of our Year 4 pupils attended a cricket tournament at Catford and Cyphers Cricket Ground. The children approached the competition with great enthusiasm and determination. In their first match, they performed well and showed resilience despite their opponents putting a daunting batting score on the board and running out as winners. In their second match, they were outstanding. The team raised their performance level significantly, demonstrating excellent teamwork, communication, and sportsmanship throughout. Even from the sidelines, teammates offered encouragement, support, and helpful advice, contributing to a wellearned victory. At the end of the tournament, Fairlawn proudly received their second-place medals and graciously congratulated their opponents with handshakes. Well done to our Year 4 team on a fantastic tournament and an excellent achievement.’ (Reported by Mrs Perren)

8th June – Fairlawn 2-3 Kilmorie

‘Match 2 in the Monday Night Football League was against Haseltine. After a determined performance from both teams, the first half finished 0–0 with our team showing great cooperation and resilience, everyone working hard all over the pitch and creating several opportunities. The second half was full of excitement. We conceded in the opening seconds and then again, a few minutes later, to fall 2–0 behind, but the team responded brilliantly. Refusing to give up, they battled back with two well-worked goals to level the score at 2–2 and put the opposition under real pressure. With the game heading towards a draw, a late goal in the final seconds gave our opponents a 3–2 victory. Despite the result, the character, determination and fighting spirit shown by the whole team was outstanding and should leave all of our players feeling proud of their performance and ready to go again,’ (Reported by Coach Kylah)

Summer 2 Sports Heroes

Every half-term, the children learn about a different sports hero, past or present. This half-term, the focus for each year group is British women:
Reception: Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill
Year 1: Kelly Smith MBE
Year 2: Dina Asher-Smith MBE
Year 3: Virginia Wade
Year 4: Nicola Adams OBE
Year 5: Baroness Katherine Grainger
Year 6: Victoria Pendleton

18th May – Fairlawn 0-2 St. Bart’s

“Although the team lost their first match in the Year 4 Monday Night League, they worked incredibly hard against one of the toughest sides in the competition, showing great determination and teamwork throughout. Archie, Kai and Raiya were outstanding in defence, looking strong, composed and confident under pressure, while Joshua produced an excellent performance in goal with a string of superb saves to keep the team in the match. Behind just 1–0 at half time, the team continued to battle brilliantly after the break, with regular rotations to keep energy levels high. AJ, Ethan, Alice and Teddy worked tirelessly to create attacking opportunities, and although the game finished 2–0, the resilience, positivity and team spirit on show give us great confidence for the remaining matches.”
(Reported by Coach Kylah)

14th May 2026 – Intra School Skipping Champions

25th April – London Mini Marathon 2026

A huge well done to the 40 children from Years 3-6 who took part in the London Mini Marathon events on Saturday – the weather was extremely kind to us all and we had an amazing time.

24th April – Year 6 Future Stars Football Festival

On Friday, we sent 8 boys from our Years 5/6 football team to compete in the ‘Future Stars’ football festival at Goals Eltham. This brand-new competition was hosted by ex-Charlton player Josh Umerah.

Here’s Art’s (6A) report on how the team got on:
‘Our first 2 matches of the tournament ended in defeat, losing 5-2 to Worsley Bridge and 5-3 to Trinity House. However, credit must go to the players as they fought with grit and determination for every ball, showing excellent sportsmanship throughout. In the heat of these 2 games, Shay played his football with flair, speeding past players, whilst Louie was the key to starting every attack; he was so sharp and aware andmade great decisions all over the pitch. In our third match, we recorded an impressive, hardfought win over St Winifred’s 4-3 that went right down to the wire. Corey rallied the team superbly during this game, and scored another of his many magical goals this season with an effort from outside the box. Alongside him was Miron who never seemed to run out of energy and fought hard in crucial 1v1 battles. After the win, a painful defeat followed as we lost 3-0 against Heath House. Zach made many saves that kept us in the game, using catlike reflexes even against the most dangerous shots. At the other end, our attackers played with confidence and made many chances but just couldn’t quite convert them. The next and final game, against St Olaves, was a comfortable 4-1 win, played out with style. Nadeem and Otis were very solid at the back and even managed to score a goal each! As well as that, they used fantastic teamwork, looking like professionals. I also chipped in with a couple of goals myself.’

17th April – Intra School Skipping Finals

Today, we hosted our annual intra school skipping finals. A huge well done to all of our finalists who skipped with great skill and determination. Here are the results (number of skips in brackets):
KS1: 1st Sapphire 2K (125); 2nd Quentin 1C (87); 3rd Millie 2K (86) and Iqraam 2K (82)
LKS2: 1st Laurie 4R (245); 2nd Teddy 4R (227); 3rd Otis 3B (200) and Aliyah 4R (130)
UKS2: 1st Miron 6S (263); 2nd Faith 6S (258); 3rd Archie 5E (220)
All of our finalists took home a medal. The three winners will receive an engraved trophy over the coming weeks.

13th April – Intra School Skipping Results

At the end of last term, Years 1-6 took part in the intra school skipping competition. Here are the results:

The following children have qualified for our upcoming finals:
KS1: Sapphire (2K), Quentin (1C), Millie (2K) and Iqraam (2K)
LKS2: Laurie (4R), Teddy (4R), Aliyah (4R), Otis (3B)
UKS2: Miron (6S), Faith (6S) and Archie (5E)

Summer 1 Sports Heroes

Every half-term, the children learn about a different sports hero, past or present. This half-term, the focus for each year group is British men:
Reception: Lewis Hamilton MBE
Year 1: Sir Mo Farah
Year 2: Bobby Moore OBE
Year 3: Anthony Joshua OBE
Year 4: Sir Steve Redgrave
Year 5: Sir Chris Hoy
Year 6: Adam Peaty MBE

26th March – Year 4 Football Festival

On Thursday 26th March, we took the following 8 footballers from Year 4 to an LSSP football festival at
St. Dunstan’s: Ethan, Alice, Raiya, AJ, Milo, Joshua, Noah and Archie.
Despite having never played together as a team before, they battled hard, supported one another brilliantly and grew in confidence as the evening progressed, finishing the event with an excellent 2-1 win over Haseltine. A huge thank you to Coach Kylah and Coach Duggie for guiding the team and to Tulina (4P) who kept a record of all the scores.

25th March – Hockey Heroes

Well done to Ruby Harry (2K) and Zadie Saddington (2K) who recently competed in a hockey tournament for the Honor Oak Panthers at Kings Sports Ground in Brockley. They faced Wayfarers and H&W.

21st March – Blackheath Saturday League Finals

A huge well done to our boys’ football team who had already qualified for finals day. On Saturday, there
were two groups of four teams competing with Fairlawn recording one win from their three matches; this was not enough to progress to the semi-finals:
Fairlawn 2-0 Prendergast
Rathfern 3-0 Fairlawn
Fairlawn 0-3 Gordonbrock

18th March – Swimming Achievement

A huge well done to Alfie and Kal’el (both 5E) who recently swam one mile at Forest Hill Pools – this is a fantastic achievement!

16th March – Fairlawn 2-1 St. Mary’s

Today, our girls’ football team secured a hard-fought 2-1 win over St. Mary’s in the Monday Night League. Here’s a report from Faith (6S):
‘In the first half of the game, Faith was in goal with Ella and Madeline defending in front of her. The midfielders were Angelica and Rose with Elif up front. In the first few minutes of the first half, St Mary’s scored a very lucky goal; however, Seconds later, Ella scored an amazing goal from defence – what a goal that was! In the second half, Madeline went in goal, Chloe came on in defence and Rose took a well deserved rest. We were passing and dribbling with great precision before Faith scored with a fantastic shot into the left-hand corner. Soon, the final whistle blew and Fairlawn had won the game 2-1. What an amazing game!

13th March – Years 5/6 Lewisham Swimming Gala

A huge well done to the following children who represented Fairlawn so brilliantly in the Lewisham Schools Swimming Gala:
Year 5 – Nahla-Rose, Florence, Tali, Aoife, Niall, Kal’el, Alfie, George
Year 6 – Ruby, Rose, Abi, Carolina, Jesse, Ethan

11th March – New Fairlawn Football Kits

A huge thank you to the school’s PTA who have funded brand new football kits for our girls and boys teams:

7th March – Blackheath Saturday Football League

On Saturday, our girls football team played their latest round of matches at Blackheath, recording an
emphatic win in the first match and an excellent comeback in the second. Here are their results (goalscorers in brackets):
Fairlawn 4-0 Horniman (Elif 3, Ruby)
Holbeach 2-2 Fairlawn (Elif 2)

2nd March – Fairlawn 5-1 St. Bart’s

Today, our girls’ football team secured an emphatic 5-1 win over St. Bart’s in the Monday Night League. Here’s a report from Elif (6A):
“We started the first half strongly with amazing saves from our goalkeeper Elodie. The first-half ended with us 3-0 up following two fantastic goals from Angelica (6S) and one from Rose (6A). In the second-half, Faith scored to make it 4-0, although we did let one in. However, with only a few minutes left, we scored our last goal and I got my name on the scoresheet. We were very happy with a 5-1 win.”

Spring 2 Sports Heroes

Every half-term, the children learn about a different sports hero, past or present. This half-term, the focus for each year group is Paralympic men:
Reception: Jody Cundy OBE
Year 1: Jonnie Peacock MBE
Year 2: Will Bailey MBE
Year 3: Lee Pearson CBE
Year 4: David Weir CBE
Year 5: Sascha Kindred CBE
Year 6: Ali Jawad CBE

6th February 2026 – 6S Sports Leaders Appointed

A huge congratulations to the following children from 6S who have successfully secured the role of sports leader for the remainder of this year:
Freddie, Ruby, Elodie, Jesse, Miron, Angelica, Faith and Amy
They received their training from Lewisham’s Dave McClaren this afternoon.

5th February 2026 – Millwall Community Cup

Today, the boys’ football team headed to Millwall to take part in the annual Community Cup competition. Here’s Jesse’s (6S) report:
‘The boys had a strong start, and won 5, drew 2 and lost 1. There were five teams and each team played
each other twice. We scored 11 goals in total and these were shared between Louie, Shay, Corey, Mason, Samuel and myself. We played great but finished one point away from first place, (so ended as runner’s-up). Across all the games, we only conceded 2 goals, so we all played very well.’

24th January 2026 – Blackheath Saturday Football League

On Saturday, our boys and girls football teams played their latest round of matches in the Blackheath League. Here are the match reports, written by two of the players themselves, detailing how they got on:
Match 1: Fairlawn 3 – 1 Coopers Lane
We won our first game against Coopers Lane comfortably. Gray scored a great goal from Nadeem’s long throw in. Corey grabbed the second with a fantastic goal from outside of the box. Coopers Lane grabbed a goal back to make it 2-1 after having a few shots that were denied by George’s brilliant saves. Corey provided Gray with an assist for our final goal.
Match 2: Fairlawn 0 – 1 Childeric
Our second game against Childeric was more evenly matched with some solid defending and great team work, including some wonderful passes from Marley and Art and some skilful runs from Zach and Hunter.
Ifeatu had a great shot denied and the match resulted in the opposition scoring a late winner.

Written by Otis (6A)

Fairlawn Girls Match Review:
Our first game was against tough opposition (Gordonbrock) who had technical skills and a great range of passing; however, the Fairlawn girls managed to grab a 1-0 win. In defence, Angelica and Madeline were amazing with Angelica taking a ball to the face but she kept playing brilliantly. On the wings, Faith and Alice were constant menaces out wide whilst Ruby in centre mid was up and down the pitch all game and with Elif up front was always prepared to take a shot. It was a great run from Faith, who beat 3 defenders before delivering a perfect pass into the box for Ruby to score the winning goal. A big shout out to Elodie in only her second time playing as Fairlawn’s keeper who made lots of match winning saves. This was Fairlawn’s first victory of the season.
Our second game was against Stillness, who are one of the best teams in our league. It was a challenging match but we kept to our gameplan, good in attack and defence but unfortunately lost 2-0. Well done to Elodie for winning player of the match with Ruby and Faith a close second.

Written by Ruby (6S)

10th January 2026 – Blackheath Saturday Football League

On Saturday, our boys and girls football teams played matches in the Blackheath League. Here’s two reports, written by the two of the players, detailing how they got on:

Girls Match 1 – We started against Good Shepherd. For many of us, it was our first game of the season, and Alice and Elodie’s first game for the school, meaning we definitely needed to warm up. Many of the opposition were a lot bigger than us and more physical but we had more possession and created some good chances including shots from Elif, Angelica, Ruby and Alice. Also, an incredible free kick, hitting the cross bar, from Ruby. Sadly, we could not score and Good Shepherd took the lead with one goal. Final score 1-0 to them.
Girls Match 2 – Again, the Fairlawn girls started well, but despite some amazing defending from Ella and Faith, Torridon went one-nil up with a lucky goal. Just minutes later, Faith drove out of defence with swift speed and played a great pass to Ruby, who neatly finished it off. One all. Both teams itching to win, we fought hard, with a few more free kicks (taken by Ruby) but we still had no luck. A bit later, Torridon’s striker scored another goal. Final score 2-1 to them.

Written by Angelica (6S)

Could this be Fairlawn’s biggest ever win?
Fairlawn 10 – 0 St Winifred’s.
Fairlawn 3 – 0 Dalmain
This Saturday, we had two exciting matches with Fairlawn taking the lead early and continuing to dominate both times. Gray with a total of five goals added up across both matches. That’s a lot! Nadeem and Otis doing some brilliant defending and causing Dalmain and St Winifred’s to not score a single goal, and causing problems in attack as well as defence by making some brilliant runs. Miron’s first goal of the season was a brilliant touch into the bottom corner.
Goalscorers Match 1: Gray 4, Hunter 2, Shay 2, Jessie, Nadeem
Goalscorers Match 2: Gray, Shay, Miron
Our squad was: George, Gray, Hunter, Jesse, Mason, Miron, Nadeem, Otis and Shay.

Written by Hunter (5B)

Spring 1 Sports Heroes

Every half-term, the children learn about a different sports hero, past or present. This half-term, the focus for each year group is Paralympic women:
Reception: Lauren Steadman
Year 1: Ellie Simmonds OBE
Year 2: Dame Sarah Storey
Year 3: Hannah Cockcroft MBE
Year 4: Sophie Christiansen CBE
Year 5: Kadeena Cox
Year 6: Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson

12th December 2025 – Intra School Speedbounce Finals

This afternoon, we had the pleasure of watching our Intra School Speedbounce Finals. A huge well done
to all the finalists – they each took home a medal. The winners will receive an engraved trophy in the new
year. Here are the final results (number of successful jumps in brackets):
KS1: 1st – Aaron 2W (48), 2nd – Ella 2W (45), 3rd – Quentin (absent)
LKS2: 1st – Raiya 4P (75), 2nd – Noah 4P (65), 3rd – Laurie 4R (51) and Alice 4P (49)
UKS2: 1st – Jasper 6A (70), 2nd – Rose 6A (66), 3rd – Miron 6S (55)

Today, we welcomed Billy Mitchell and Danny McNamara to Fairlawn. During the afternoon, they
joined in with 6A’s Joy of Moving session outside, whilst they also paid a visit to 6S for a Q&A session.

6th December 2025 – Saturday Blackheath League

On Saturday, Fairlawn Boys played at Blackheath. It was an outstanding team effort in both matches against two of the stronger teams in the competition. Each game was decided by a goal. In the first game, Jesse scored early with a great finish. In the second game, their striker scored late in the match. Shay nearly equalised but we were denied by a good save by their goalkeeper.
Here are the two results:
Fairlawn 1-0 Holbeach (Jesse 6S)
Fairlawn 0-1 Gordonbrock

Reported by Nadeem 6A

25th November 2025 – Years 5/6 LSSP Basketball Festival

Well done to our Years 5/6 basketball team who competed in a 4-team festival at Sydenham School last Tuesday. They grew in confidence as the event went on and even posted a hugely impressive victory over eventual winners Haseltine in the final roundrobin match. Here are the results:
Match 1: Beecroft 1-0 Fairlawn
Match 2: Fairlawn 2-0 St. Winifred’s
Match 3: Haseltine 3-0 Fairlawn
Match 4: Fairlawn 1-1 Beecroft
Match 5: St. Winifred’s 2-0 Fairlawn
Match 6: Fairlawn 2-0 Haseltine

24th November 2025 – Fairlawn 1-0 Haseltine

On Monday 24th November, Fairlawn won 1-0 due to a stunning second half team goal finished by Shay. Some brilliant saves by George and Zac kept us competitive during a very back and forth match but we hung onto the win and remain unbeaten in the Monday Night League.

Our squad for the match: George, Hunter, Nadeem, Zach, Miron, Shay, Jesse, Mason and Corey.

Reported by George 5B

15th November 2025 – St. Michael’s 2-3 Fairlawn

Fairlawn boys started strongly in the Monday night Haseltine League. We won 3-2 against St. Michael’s. It was a great team effort, with everyone playing with pace and energy, giving it their all. Zach made some fantastic saves, Gray and Nadeem were excellent and really held the opposition back, Jesse and Louie were superb in midfield, and there were fantastic goals from Samuel, Ifeatu and Corey. Well done, team. (Reported by Coach Sam)

Intra School Speedbounce Competition 2025

For the past two weeks, our annual intra school speed bounce competition has been taking place for children in Years 1-6. Each child had 20 seconds to complete as many bounces as they could. Our whole school finals will take place in December.
A huge well done to the following children who achieved the highest number of jumps in their classes:

8th November 2025 – Blackheath Saturday League

On Saturday, the boys’ football team kicked off their Blackheath League campaign. Here are the results from the two matches that they played:
Match 1: Fairlawn 1-1 John Ball
Match 2: Fairlawn 2-0 Good Shepherd
The next round of fixtures is scheduled for the 22nd November when the girls football team will also begin their campaign.

Autumn 2 Sports Heroes

Every half-term, the children learn about a different sports hero, past or present. This half-term, the focus for each year group is international women:
Reception: Serena Williams
Year 1: Lindsey Vonn
Year 2: Billie Jean-King
Year 3: Nadia Comaneci
Year 4: Simone Biles
Year 5: Megan Rapinoe
Year 6: Katie Ledecky

6th October 2025 – LSSP Years 5/6 Football Festivals

Our boys and girls teams competed in the annual Lewisham School Sports Partnership football festival at St. Dunstan’s Jubilee Sports Ground. Here’s the reports from the teams’ coaches:

Coach Alan: The girls team came within a whisker of winning the tournament on Monday. Having won 3 of their 4 group matches, thanks to goals from Faith, Elif, Angelica and Ruby, they found themselves in the final against a very strong Gordonbrock side. The girls started brilliantly with Ruby scoring a stunning goal that saw Fairlawn on the brink of victory until Gordonbrock came back with a last-minute equaliser – penalties would decide the final. Elif, Faith and Ruby stood tall to take our penalties but with one miss and Gordonbrock faultless, despite Rose’s best efforts in goal, the girls had to settle for runners up.

There were fantastic performances from the whole squad: Rose and Ruby sharing goalkeeping duties, Amy, Ella, Madeline and Rose in defence and Angelica, Elif, Ruby, Madeline and Faith in midfield and attack. They made the school proud and left the tournament wearing their runners-up medals.

Coach Sam: We started the competition off slowly. With matches that only last 4 minutes, you really have to get off to a fast start. But by our third game, we began to play with more speed and energy. George made some impressive saves and kept us competitive. Our defence was solid, and Nadeem and Otis worked hard to hold back the opposition. In our final match against Kilmorie, we played excellent, creative football. Gray scored a fantastic goal, and Jesse scored two. Mason, Corey and Shay all came close to scoring. Our other new players in Year 5, Hunter and Ifeatu, performed superbly as well—well done to the whole team.

6A Sports Leaders

A huge well done to the following children from 6A who have successfully applied to become a sports leader this year:
1) Otis Hassell
2) Corey Wilson
3) Elif Cafer
4) Rose Morgan McKeown
5) Ana Laura Da Silva Melo
6) Cora Lascelles
7) Carolina Paintner
8) Abigail Clayton

Millwall FC – Joy of Moving Project

Through our partnership with Millwall FC, our Years 5 and 6 classes will be taking part in a Joy of Moving project this year. Today, 6S will begin their 6-week block of sessions, combining classroom learning with outdoor activities. Later in the term, we are expecting for a visit from one of Millwall’s first-team players.

Autumn 1 Sports Heroes

Every half-term, the children learn about a different sports hero, past or present. This half-term, the focus for each year group is international men:
Reception: Usain Bolt
Year 1: Michael Jordan
Year 2: Muhammad Ali
Year 3: Pele
Year 4: Arthur Ashe
Year 5: Tiger Woods
Year 6: Jessie Owens

Sports – 2024/25 – written by Mr. Aldridge

17th July – Year 5 Harris Academy Football Cup

Our Year 5 boys competed in a 6-team tournament against other Year 5 primary school teams, all from the local area. We played 5 matches and won all five matches. Instead of singling out any player, it was truly a fabulous squad performance with great team spirit, sportsmanship and excellent levels of skill.

The boys won their first match 2-0. After the match, the opposition coach commented on the Fairlawn
boys ‘playing like Barcelona’. The 2nd match was tight with Fairlawn winning 4-3. We then then went on to win the next matches 2-1 & 6-4, all hard-fought matches and all played with great team spirit which culminated in Fairlawn reaching the final.
The final ended up being one of our easiest matches and we can only put this down to heightened endeavour, commitment and a will to win with Fairlawn coming out 4-0 winners against a strong Stillness. The best thing about the tournament, aside from winning, was the way the boys played, with some great passing, great link-up play, great sportsmanship and great team spirit. The boys were a credit to Fairlawn school with their behaviour and how they played their football throughout the whole tournament. Congratulations to: Zach, Otis, Nadeem, Jesse, Corey, Shay, Mason, Miron & Art – there are exciting times ahead in 2026.
Reported by Coach Mike

10th July – Year 2 LSSP Football Tournament

A huge well done to the following children from Year 2 who competed in the LSSP football tournament at St. Dunstan’s School last Thursday:

Matilda, Aymara, Ezrah, Bali, Henry, Sam, Elian and Sebby

After a shaky start in their first match, the team grew in confidence and finished with an excellent record of 2 wins from their 4 matches.  A huge thank you to the parents who came with us and to the team themselves who showed fantastic skill and desire despite the incredibly high temperatures.

4th July – Sports Day Sprinting Results

RF Boys: 1^st Rudy; 2^nd Bemnet; 3^rd Orhys

RF Girls: 1^st Xia-Rose; 2^nd Aaliyah; 3^rd June

RK Boys: 1^st Mikel; 2^nd Fred B; 3^rd Rory D

RK Girls: 1^st Isra; 2^nd Audrey; 3^rd Iris

1P Boys: 1^st Gabriel; 2^nd Daneil; 3^rd Rory D

1P Girls: 1^st Ella; 2^nd R’niah; 3^rd Primrose

1C Boys: 1^st Enzo; 2^nd Idris; 3^rd Jackson

1C Girls: 1^st Millie and Milarni; 2^nd Elektra

2K Boys: 1^st Blue; 2^nd Bali; 3^rd Leo

2K Girls: 1^st McKenzie; 2^nd Ada; 3^rd Shania-Rose

2W Boys: 1^st Leo; 2^nd Bronze; 3^rd Emmanuel

2W Girls: 1^st Matilda; 2^nd Aliza; 3^rd Aymara

3B Boys: 1^st Noah; 2^nd Lewie; 3^rd Felix

3B Girls: 1^st Naylarey; 2^nd Mimi; 3^rd Lara

3E Boys: 1^st AJ; 2^nd Thomas; 3^rd Kai

3E Girls: 1^st Raiya; 2^nd Paloma; 3^rd Alice

4P Boys: 1^st Hunter; 2^nd Ifeatu; 3^rd Abdalla

4P Girls: 1^st Maerose; 2^nd Chyna-Rose; 3^rd Jessica

4R Boys: 1^st Tyshawn; 2^nd Archie; 3^rd Kal’el

4R Girls: 1^st Tali; 2^nd Noa; 3^rd Ayana

5E Boys: 1^st Martin; 2^nd Jesse; 3^rd Rueben

5E Girls: 1^st Ella; 2^nd Angelica; 3^rd Faith

5B Boys: 1^st Shay; 2^nd Corey; 3^rd Nadeem

5B Girls: 1^st Georgina; 2^nd Emerald and Rose

6A Boys: 1^st Justin; 2^nd Patrick; 3^rd Jace

6A Girls: 1^st Lucia; 2^nd Alarni; 3^rd Lois and Basi

6S Boys: 1^st Hamish; 2^nd Edwin; 3^rd James

6S Girls: 1^st Lealaurel; 2^nd Zs’Raeya; 3^rd Eloise

26th June – Millwall ‘Play on the Pitch’ Tournament

The team performed exceptionally well and they should be very proud of themselves. The standard of football was high with some closely contested matches. The players have demonstrated significant improvement throughout the season. They showcased some lovely link-up play with players running down the left wing, passing to each other and crossing the ball into the box, which resulted in a goal scored by one of our players. We scored three goals in this way. Other goals came from Tait, Hamish, Maggie and Caleb, all scoring great goals. Patrick B made some fantastic saves that kept us in the matches. Patrick E and Justin were excellent on the wings, while Edwin and Nicolo held up the opposition and made some superb tackles. (Reported by Coaches Mike, Sam and John)

24th June – Year 4 Platform Cricket Tournament

On Tuesday 24th June, 10 of our Year 4 pupils took part in a cricket tournament organised by Platform Cricket at Peckham Rye Park. Each child had the opportunity to represent our school and the team proudly made it through to the quarter-finals. Throughout the day, the team demonstrated outstanding sportsmanship—cheering on their opponents and supporting one another with enthusiasm. Well done to all involved! (Reported by Mrs. Perren)

23rd June – Fairlawn Girls 1-1 St. Barts

Fairlawn girls played their last match of the Monday Night Football League season against St.
Barts at Haseltine School. It was a good, hard fought game, which saw Fairlawn go 1-0 up after a superb finish from Maggie, having been played through beautifully by Honey. The second half saw St Bart’s rally and their tricky no. 10 scored to equalise. Fairlawn pushed for a winner with Maggie hitting the bar, but the game ended 1-1. There was great goalkeeping from Maude and Thea, tenacious defending from Lealaurel, Floella and Thea, boundless energy and some lovely passing from Honey, Elif and Faith, and fantastic shooting (and defending) from Maggie. We now look forward to the small matter of the match against the teachers….and that will be competitive! (Reported by Coach Alan)

17th June – Sports Day Captains and Countries Announced!

Our sports day takes place on Friday 4th July. This year’s theme is the ‘UEFA Women’s Euros 2025’ which is being held in Switzerland. Here is the confirmed list of Year 6 captains and the countries they will represent during the afternoon’s KS2 events:
Eloise – Switzerland; Patrick E – Norway; Albert – Iceland; Honey – Finland; Gaia – Spain; Kira – Portugal; Alarni – Belgium; Reggie – Italy; Thea – Germany; Hamish – Poland; Justin – Denmark; Lealaurel – Sweden; Kyziah – France; Patrick B – England; Maggie – Wales; Nina – Netherlands

16th June – Years 5/6 Football Squad Announced 2025/26

Well done to the following players who have been selected/retained for next season:
Current Year 4: Hunter, Archie, Gray, Ifeatu, Samuel, Marley, George
Current Year 5: Louie, Miron, Art, Mason, Nadeem, Jesse, Zach, Otis, Corey, Shay

9th June – Year 4 LSSP Cricket Festival

A huge well done to the following Year 4 cricketers who competed in the annual LSSP tournament at Catford and Cyphers cricket club last Monday:
4P – Marley, Romiah, Jess, Hunter, George, Daniyal
4R – Samuel, Niall, Tali, Alfie
For many of the squad, it was their first time competing against other schools, and we were really proud of how their skills and understanding of the game developed through the afternoon. The highlight for the team was their resounding win against St Mary’s in the second match.

4th June – Years 5/6 Football Tournament at St. Dunstan’s

The Fairlawn girls put in a great showing at the St. Dunstan’s Lewisham schools tournament, run by Chelsea F.C. last Wednesday afternoon. With two wins in the first two games, the girls showed what a good footballing side they are, particularly in a convincing 4-0 win against Haseltine. Tough games followed against Kilmorie A, who the girls went toe to toe with and only just lost out in a 10-goal thriller, as well as against eventually winners, Stillness who only just beat us 3-1. A draw with Kilmorie B was the only disappointment as it’s a game the girls knew they could have won. They ended up in 5th place out of 7 teams and did the school proud. Maggie was in incredible form in front of goal, scoring in almost every game. Floella scored her first goal for the school in the match against Haseltine and Angelica chipped in with assists to most of Maggie’s goals. Thea was an absolute rock in defence, Elif and Honey showed incredible energy and enthusiasm in midfield, and Maude and Madeline did superbly in goal and out on the pitch too (report by Coach Alan).

16th May – Intra School Skipping Champions Crowned!

Here are the results of our intra school skipping finals which took place during this afternoon’s assemblies:

KS1:

1st Henry (2W) – 205 skips
2nd Sebby (2W) – 201 skips
3rd Eliza (2W) – 173 skips

LKS2:

1st Lucas (3E) – 266 skips
2nd Daniyal (4P) – 227 skips
3rd Ruben (4P) – 200 skips

UKS2:

1st Nicolo (6S) – 310 skips
2nd Miron (5E) – 241 skips
3rd Alarni (6A) – 225 skips

All of the finalists received a medal. The three winners received an engraved trophy later. A huge thank you to the Year 6 sports leaders who helped to count the skips and present the medals.

10th May – Boys Blackheath League – Update

On Saturday, the boys competed in the end of season cup competition. Here’s a report from Coach Sam:
We won both our matches in the group stages of the cup, topping our group and beating Forster Park 1-0 and Childeric 1-0. We played excellent football. Patrick made impressive saves that kept us in the game, and Hamish scored twice. Corey netted a cracker, only for it to be disallowed (controversially). We then played Dalmain in the semi-final. They were a strong team, but we held our own. Our defence was strong, and our midfield played creatively and with flair. We hit the post twice, but it was still 0 – 0 after the extra time. It then went to penalties, where unfortunately, we went out. It was a great competition, and the team gave it their all. Well done to the players.

4th May – Lionesses at the Den!

On Sunday 4th May, a few of our families took advantage of an offer from Millwall FC to watch their ladies’ football team play Ashford at the Den for free! A great day was had by all – here are some of the photos:

3rd May – Girls Blackheath League – Update

On Saturday, the girls’ football team continued their league campaign. Here’s a report from Coach Duggie:
We started with a 2-1 victory over a very strong John Ball team, who were unbeaten and looking to win the league. Brilliant work in goal from Maude and Rose, superb defending from Thea, Madeline and Ruby, who was also brilliant in midfield, as were Honey, Faith, Elif and Angelica. Maggie was terrific up front and scored a great goal, drilling it past the keeper from just inside the box. The winner was a classy free kick from Ruby, curled into the top corner from a tight angle. We took our foot off the pedal a bit in the first half of the second match against Holbeach and came in 1-0 down at half time. But the girls showed great character, upped their game in the second half, and Maggie scored a fantastic equaliser, calmly slotting it past their (very good) keeper. The game ended 1-1.

28th April – Brilliant Bali!

A huge congratulations to Bali (2K) who attended Millwall trials on the 28th April and has now been given a place on the highly-competitive Millwall Performance Pathway project. We wish him all the best on his football journey.

26th April – London Mini Marathon 2025

A huge well done to the 40 runners (and a few parents) who took part in Saturday’s event. It was a memorable experience for everyone, with some children taking part for the 4th time. The weather was also glorious and we even met a few celebrities. Here are a few photos from the day’s events:

Intra School Skipping Results

Last term, our intra school skipping competition took place for Years 1-6 to see who could complete the most skips in two minutes. Here are the results:

The following children have qualified for our whole school skipping finals which will take place on Friday 16th May:

Superb Seb!

Huge congratulations to Seb (2K) who has earned his parkrun marathon wristband for completing 21 junior parkruns. Due to his hard work and determination, he has already knocked two minutes off his best time in just one year. Keep up the great work, Seb!

14th March – Lewisham Swimming Gala 2025

A huge well done to the Years 5 and 6 swimmers who took part in the Lewisham Swimming Gala on Friday. As usual, the standard was incredibly high and it was a joy to watch so many strong swimmers from the 23 different schools that competed.

Here are some of our standout performances:
5th – Year 6 boys freestyle (Nicolo 6T)
4th – Year 5 girls freestyle (Ella 5E)
6th – Year 6 boys backstroke (Nicolo 6T)
4th – Year 6 boys butterfly (Nicolo 6T)
7th – Year 6 boys breaststroke (Victor 6T)
3rd – Mixed freestyle relay (Ruby 5E, Nicolo 6T, Poppy 6A, Patrick 6T)
4th – Mixed medley relay (Ella 5E, Victor 6T, Nicolo 6T, Grace 5B)

Year 5 Team:

Year 6 Team:

Football Competitions – Update

Saturday Blackheath League (15th March):
Fairlawn Girls 0-2 Gordonbrock
Fairlawn Girls 0-4 Stillness
Fairlawn Boys 1-1 Kender (Nicolo, 6T)
Fairlawn Boys 0-4 Good Shepherd

Monday Night Haseltine League (10th March):
Fairlawn Girls 0-0 St. Mary’s

3rd March – 6T Sports Leaders Announced

A huge well done to the following children from 6T who have been selected as sports leaders for the
remainder of the year and will receive their training on Friday 7th March:
Patrick E, Hamish, Thea, Albert, Lealaurel, Honey, Kyziah and Eloise

1st March – Saturday Blackheath Football League – Update

There were mixed fortunes for our two teams in the latest round of fixtures in the Blackheath Saturday
League:
Fairlawn Girls 2-0 Kender (Ruby 5E, Elif 5B)
Baring 0-5 Fairlawn Girls (Maggie 6A x4, Faith (5E)
Holbeach 4-0 Fairlawn Boys
Fairlawn 1-4 Prendergast (Shay pen 5B)
As always, a huge thank you to the coaches and parents.

24th February – Girls Monday Night Football League

The girls’ football team made a solid start to their Monday Night Football League campaign with
two draws. Here are the results and scorers:
St. Michael’s 1-1 Fairlawn (Maggie 6A)
Fairlawn 1-1 Rathfern (Thea 6T)

Intra School Speed Bounce Champions 2025 Crowned!

KS1:

LKS2:

UKS2:

3rd February – Year 4 Swimming

Over the next two weeks, Year 4 will be swimming for an hour each day at Forest Hill Pools as part of the national curriculum for PE. We hope that these sessions will develop technical skills, safety and confidence in the water. A huge thank you to all the parents who have volunteered to accompany the two classes.

1st February – Saturday Blackheath League Results

Fairlawn Boys 0-4 Forster Park
Gordonbrock 6-0 Fairlawn Boys
Fairlawn Girls 0-0 Good Shepherd
Torridon 3-2 Fairlawn Girls

A tough weekend for our two teams, but it was lovely to see so many of our Year 5s getting some much-deserved game time.

27th January – Monday Night Football League Champions!

A huge well done to the Fairlawn boys’ football team who have been crowned winners of this season’s
Monday Night League at Haseltine – this is a magnificent achievement. A special mention to all the
players who have performed with such enthusiasm and skill, and a huge thank you to our coaches: Mike,
Sam and John who continue to give up their own time to ensure the boys are playing regularly.

Brilliant Bali!

A huge well done to Bali (2K) who was recently selected to play for Lewisham FC U7s in the Selkent
League and earned the player of the match award in his very first game. Fairlawn is very proud of you –
keep working hard and enjoying your football!

21st January – Year 2 Multi-Skills Festival

This week, nine children from Year 2 took part in a multi-skills festival at Sydenham School. The carousel
of activities included tennis, basketball, hula hoop and much more. Everyone competed with great
enthusiasm and skill – well done to all who took part.

20th January – Intra School Speed Bounce Finalists Revealed

A huge well done to the following children who have qualified for our speed bounce finals on Friday:
KS1: Aaron (1P), Blue (2K), Fintan (2W)
LKS2: Raiya (3E), Archie (4R), Ruben (4P)
UKS2: Alarni (6A), Tait (6A), Eloise (6T)

18th January – Saturday Blackheath League Results

Fairlawn Boys 3-0 John Stainer
Kender 1-1 Fairlawn Boys
Fairlawn Girls 1-3 Edmund Waller
Prendergast 6-0 Fairlawn Girls

13th January – St. Bart’s 2-4 Fairlawn

A huge well done to the Fairlawn boys’ football team who secured a vitally important win against table-topping St. Bart’s in their final match of the Monday Night season. The league champions will be decided
after the final round of games tonight. Here is a report from Hamish (6T):
The team: Patrick. B, Caleb, Nadeem, Tait, Hamish (me), Jesse, Patrick. E, Shay.
“The game started off with Fairlawn on top. Within five minutes, Hamish dribbled through two people, and then played the ball into Shay who scored.1-0! Soon afterwards, Jesse slammed the ball into an empty net. 2-0! Fairlawn held on almost until half-time, but St. Bart’s were able to score just before the break. 2-1! Despite a couple of substitutions in the second half, St. Bart’s were looking strong, and soon it resulted in a goal. 2-2! But Fairlawn raised their heads and their game because a few minutes later, Tait played a nice through ball into Hamish, who placed the ball into the net. 3-2! With the game tight and the atmosphere tense, Hamish scored a second. 4-2! Soon after, the whistle was blown for full time, securing the points for Fairlawn that takes them to the top of the league. Fantastic performances from everyone.”

Spring 1 – Sports Heroes

Every half-term, the children learn about a different sports hero, past or present. This half-term, the focus
for each year group is Paralympic women:
Reception: Lauren Steadman
Year 1: Ellie Simmonds OBE
Year 2: Dame Sarah Storey
Year 3: Hannah Cockroft MBE
Year 4: Sophie Christiansen CBE
Year 5: Kadeena Cox
Year 6: Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson

18th December – Intra School Speed Bounce Results

A huge well done to all the children that took part in this term’s intra school speed bounce competition. Here is the top girl and top boy from each class:

25th November – Fairlawn 2-4 Haseltine

The boys’ football team suffered their first defeat of the Monday Night Football League season, losing 4-2 to Haseltine in a very competitive match against one of the strongest teams physically in the league.

There was plenty of goalmouth action at both ends of the pitch, with many near misses for both teams. Haseltine took an early 2-0 lead before Fairlawn pulled a goal back through Jesse (5E). Haseltine then scored again to go 3-1 ahead, before Fairlawn again got a goal back, this time through Shay (5B). However, Haseltine extended their lead to 4-2 and were able to close the game out.

Despite this defeat, we are still very well placed to challenge to win the league.

(Reported by Coach Mike)

9th November – Blackheath Saturday League Returns!

For the first time in the school’s history, we have been able to enter a boys and girls team into the Saturday league at Blackheath. A huge thank you to all the coaches and parents who have made this possible.

Week 1 girls report:

The Fairlawn girls’ football team got off to a winning start with a dominant 3-0 win over Launcelot followed by a hard fought 3-1 victory over a very good Coopers Lane side. Great performances all over the pitch, from Thea’s dominant defending to a fine hat trick from Maggie against Launcelot and one goal against Coopers Lane, gave Fairlawn the edge in both matches. In goal, Rose had little to do in the first match but was tested by Coopers Lane and more than stood up to the challenge with some fine saves. Our subs Floella, Faith and Madeline all contributed brilliantly with energy, accurate passing and a fine late goal from Madeline in the final game. 

A  classy passing display from Elif in the ‘false 9’ role, meant Maggie had plenty to feed off and the speedy Year 5 trio of Grace, Angelica and Ruby brought great energy and strong tackling to our midfield and defence, and Ruby scored a terrific battling goal against Coopers Lane. It was the perfect start for the Fairlawn girls but there will be tougher challenges ahead. (Reported by Coach Alan) 

Week 1 boys results:

Fairlawn 0-3 Good Shepherd

Coopers Lane 2-0 Fairlawn

4th November – Monday Night Football League Update

Fairlawn travelled to Haseltine School on Monday 4th November to play two league matches against Kilmorie and St Mary’s. The squad was Hamish, Zachary, Caleb, Patrick B, Tait, Corey, Jesse and Justin.

The first game was against Kilmorie and they held Fairlawn to a 0-0 draw for the first half. Shortly after half time, Fairlawn went 1-0 up thanks to a goal from Hamish. Kilmorie then scored a goal to equalise but Hamish scored a second to take the lead again, and the match ended 2-1 to Fairlawn.

The second game was against St Mary’s and Fairlawn performed brilliantly to secure a 7-0 win, including four goals from Corey and a shot from the halfway line from Jesse that flew into the net.

That is now three wins out of three – a fantastic start to the season. Reported by Zach (5B)

Autumn 2 – Sports Heroes

Every half-term, the children learn about a different sports hero, past or present. This half-term, the focus
for each year group is international women:
Reception: Serena Williams
Year 1: Lindsey Vonn
Year 2: Billie Jean-King
Year 3: Nadia Comaneci
Year 4: Simone Biles
Year 5: Tiger Woods
Year 6: Megan Rapinoe

22nd October – Tag Rugby Taster Sessions

On Tuesday 22nd October, Years 3, 5 and 6 took part in a fantastic day of tag rugby taster sessions led by coaches from the King’s College Hospital Pirates Youth Rugby Club. Following these sessions, we were able to direct many talented players towards the club. We are also hoping to host our own after-school tag rugby club from next term.

21st October – St. Michael’s 3-4 Fairlawn

Reported by Nadeem (5B):
Fairlawn travelled to Haseltine to play St Michael’s for the team’s first league match of the Monday Night Football League season. The squad was Patrick B, Patrick E, Tait, Hamish, Caleb, Nicolo, Corey and Nadeem. The team got off to a bright start through a goal from Hamish, but the glory didn’t last long as St Michael’s got an equaliser. The boys responded with their heads up and it paid off as Hamish scored again making it 2-1 to Fairlawn.

The team went 3-1 up, then 4-1, with a bit of fortune and a good finish from Hamish – four goal hero! St Michael’s got two back to make it 4-3 but Fairlawn held on for the win.
Overall, it was a good team performance.

Year 4 Cricket Coaching

In autumn 2, our Year 4 children will take part in a 5-week cricket programme on Monday afternoons led by Platform Cricket, a local community programme. Later on in the year, we will be entering a Year 4 team into a local cricket festival, selecting players who have shown excellent skill and a positive attitude from the upcoming sessions.

Monday Night Football League Returns

Our Years 5/6 boys’ football team will play their first match of the new Monday Night Football League
season at Haseltine on Monday 21st October against St. Michael’s. The following boys have been selected to play:
Patrick B, Nicolo, Caleb, Hamish, Corey, Tait, Jesse and Nadeem

Years 5/6 Boys Football Team – 2024/25

A huge well done to the following 15 boys who have been selected to join our football team for this season:
Year 5 – Jesse, Shay, Corey, Nadeem, Zach, Jasper and Otis
Year 6 – Hamish, Tait, Patrick B, Patrick E, Caleb, Justin, Rishi and Nicolo

6A Sports Leaders Appointed

A huge well done to the following children from 6A who have been selected as sports leaders this year:

Justin, Gaia, Nina, Kira, Patrick, Alarni, Maggie and Reggie

On the 23rd September, they completed their sports leader training with Dave McLaren from the Lewisham School Sports Partnership. 6T sports leaders will receive their training later in the year.

Autumn 1 – Sports Heroes

Every half-term, the children learn about a different sports hero, past or present. This half-term, the focus
for each year group is international men:
Reception: Usain Bolt
Year 1: Michael Jordan
Year 2: Muhammad Ali
Year 3: Pele
Year 4: Arthur Ashe
Year 5: Tiger Woods
Year 6: Jessie Owens