Year 8 Run Bike Run

Year 8 Run Bike Run

Event report by Mr Stirzaker . The energy was high and the competition fierce at this year’s Run Bike Run event, with the Year 8 teams taking on a challenging multi-discipline course. The format tested both endurance and agility, starting with a 500m run, followed by...
Year 7 Softball

Year 7 Softball

Year 7 Softball Cricket Tournament – Match Report by Mr Stirzaker. . Our Year 7 cricket team gave it their all in a thrilling softball cricket tournament on a scorching hot day, full of energy, enthusiasm and determination. . Game 1: vs Chilton We opened the...
Exmoor Challenge

Exmoor Challenge

Pyrland School enters the Exmoor Challenge for the first time. Report by Mr Vaughan. The Exmoor Challenge, organised by the Exmoor Rotary Club, is open to young people to attempt a gruelling 16 mile hike across the rolling countryside. Our three teams, comprising of...
Taunton Area Athletics

Taunton Area Athletics

Pyrland stars shine at Taunton Area Athletics Our best athletes headed to The Castle School, full of excitement to pit themselves against other local students in the area competition. Report by Mr Hanock The races got underway, starting at an electric pace with the...
Year 7 Leaders

Year 7 Leaders

Year 7 leaders assisted at their first Primary School Festival, having been selected after nominations by tutors and PE teachers. They then were put through their paces in a leadership assessment and training session. On the day they led groups of reception children...
London Marathon

London Marathon

Our Head of Science Ms Waller ran her first marathon in London, in aid of St Margaret’s Hospice, at the weekend. She finished in 6:04 in the sweltering heat. St Margarets looked after her grandmother three years ago. Here is her story: When my Nanna was told she...