Year 2 displayed their ball-control skills today in our P.E. lesson. Children did a number of fun warm-up activities before focusing on using their feet to dribble a ball and their hands to bounce and throw a ball. Children took part in a number of specific activities designed to focus on movement, coordination and balance.
Today Year 1 took part in the daily mile. The children ran 3 laps of the school yard without stopping as their warm up for their lesson. The children then practiced the skills of throwing and catching in groups of 4. They used an under arm throw and then tried the bounce pass. Continue Reading
The children in Year 5 have been improving their basketball skills recently. They have worked on dribbling, passing and shooting so they can now use these skills in small group competitions. Continue Reading
Year One enjoyed another Cosmic Yoga session in class today. A nice way to end a very busy week! Continue Reading
Gymnastics Year 2 children had a brilliant P.E. session today and focused on being able to show a clear pike, tuck and a straddle. Children also demonstrated the difference between a tense body and a relaxed body in the movements they made. Children were then asked the question: Why does good strength improve performance?… Continue Reading
Year 4 have been having weekly skipping lessons with Phil. Today, Linda came in for our Skipping School morning where we have learned lots of new skills and completed plenty of challenges! 😆😁 Now to prepare for the Skipping Festival… Continue Reading
In gymnastics, the children have been working on developing their own synchronised floor routines using shapes such as tucks, straddles and pikes. They worked very hard to ensure they showed good body control. creativity and fluency in transitions. Each pair performed their routine to the rest of the class and we evaluated the performances. Continue Reading
Year One were invited to attend a multi-skills festival this week. They had a fabulous time participating in lots of skills based games. They practiced a wide variety of skills such as balancing, jumping, running, dribbling and throwing to name a few. All the children received a sticker acknowledging a quality they brought to the… Continue Reading
Year 2 children enjoyed P.E. today and worked with a partner to develop their technique in throwing, catching and hitting a ball. Children also performed tasks involving balance and being able to control the movement of the ball when resting on a racket. Continue Reading
Shine Time activities started today and group of children chose to be part of ‘Cosmic Stretching’. The children all took part in a Harry Potter themed stretching session. The children listened to a condensed version of Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. As the story was told the children all tried different stretching positions, for… Continue Reading
