Year 5 have been working with The Newcastle Eagles in their Hoops4health programme. The Eagles came into school to deliver a roadshow and some coaching sessions before the children took part in a basketball tournament at The Eagles Community Arena.
We took four teams to play in the tournament and everyone played extremely well. It was brilliant to see the progress they made during the sessions and the competition. We were very proud of all of the teams and they all showed excellent team spirit.
Year One have been working extremely hard to learn a liturgical dance for their mass. As a class, the children came up with the moves to fit the song, ‘Noel’. They have practised and are now feeling confident for the mass next week. Continue Reading
Year 2 had the opportunity to test their athletic skills today with a carousel of activities designed to focus on their balance, strength and agility! Continue Reading
We had a fantastic time taking part in Buddy’s Big Workout for the NSPCC. We discussed the importance of staying fit and healthy and also how taking part was helpful to the NSPCC. Continue Reading
Today, Year One had great fun using the apparatus in P.E. The children did a lively warm up to music followed by work on the different pieces of equipment. The children had to travel across the apparatus in different ways showing both control and agility. Continue Reading
Reception have enjoyed lots of ‘firsts’ these past few weeks. They are settling well into life at St Teresa’s and are enjoying all aspects of our creative curriculum. Here they are enjoying their first sessions of PE, dance, forest school and music. Reception have also had their first visit to our school library and have… Continue Reading
Year 2 children have been doing gymnastics in their P.E. lessons and have been practicing a carousel of activities that include a focus on balance, agility, and movement. This week, children were given the additional task of using a bean bag to fully test their balance and to help with forward rolls! Continue Reading
Today the children all had an active gymnastics lesson. The children were challenged to see if they could move in different ways on a variety of apparatus. They all showed agility, balance and co-ordination. Continue Reading
Our school entered a number of teams into the Newcastle Schools 500 Games this year and everyone who took part showed excellent commitment, determination, passion and teamwork in their sporting activities. Both of our cross country teams won medals for their team efforts, with the boys coming in first place and the girls winning silver. Two of our pupils also… Continue Reading
Year One worked well on small apparatus in Gymnastics. The children had a selection of skills to work on that included agility, balance and co-ordination. Continue Reading
