In Chantry Middle School we have a huge variety of sports like Netball, Football, Hockey, Volleyball, Badminton and many, many more. We compete in many of competitions, and sometimes win!

Today I went round asking 4 people, of mixed genders, what is their favourite sport in Chantry and why. I also wanted to know their thoughts on the recent proposals that would ban contact in rugby at our age. They said:

Pupil 1 – “My favourite sport at Chantry is athletics because we get to do it in the summer so I am not cold!”

Pupil 2 – “In Chantry, my favourite sport is rugby because it’s fun learning how to tackle, I would be really upset if they banned contact rugby!”

Pupil 3 – “My favourite sport in Chantry Middle school is gymnastics. This is because I love using all the apparatus and being able to experiment with tricks.”

Pupil 4 – “I love football at Chantry because you can’t get injured as much as you can at rugby. I think I’d be glad if contact rugby got banned!”

From this research I have discovered that 1 person wants contact rugby to be banned but 1 person doesn’t. I have now asked the same pupils if they would be happy if contact rugby got banned.

Pupil 1 – “Yes, because I prefer tag rugby.”

Pupil 2 – “No, because it’s fun and getting muddy is amazing.”

Pupil 3 – “No, because it’s different to other sports!”

Pupil 4 – “Yes, because the risks are less than doing contact.”

This shows that 50% want it to be banned and 50% don’t want it banned! What do you think?

Holly, Year 8.