Blog by Tag: PE

We had a busy time on our orienteering course this week.  We worked in our key groups to find animal pictures located around our school.

Our basketball unit ended with a tournament. So many children have made fantastic progress and we've had great fun too.

This week we have enjoyed the mild autumnal weather and spent a lot of time outdoors talking about our environment. As the children collected twigs and leaves for the mud kitchen, they recognised the different colours, textures and shapes. They continue to develop and strengthen their gross motor…

Nikita Prothero, who plays for Sale Sharks Rugby, visited the school to work with Y3-Y6 girls and promote rugby in schools.

The girls had an excellent time being introduced to rugby through a range of different games and it was amazing how quickly they picked it up.

Today, the girls participated in a rugby session led by Nikita Prothero, who plays for Sharks rugby team. The aim was to inspire more girls to join rugby clubs after the recent success of England Women’s Rugby team during the World Cup! 
 

The girls had an amazing session and really enjoyed…

The children played some jumping warm up games before practising individual skipping techniques.

The children practised their jumping and team work skills when using french skipping ropes.

This half term, Year 6 have been having gymnastics lessons led by Beth Tweddle. Today, we worked on our group routines and then finished the session building pyramids. 

Nursery A children have been enjoying practising throwing, catching, balancing and ball hitting skills using playground equipment in the sunshine.  

This afternoon we ventured to the grassed area in front of the dinner hall to have lots of fun. As part of our ongoing theme of change we collected leaves and discussed differences, we then explored the adventure trail using our gross motor skills.  There were some wonderful examples of managed…

We have been learning how to dribble and pass in basketball. It's been great fun and we are really improving.

Year 6 enjoyed their first gymnastics session led by Beth Tweddle this week! We can’t wait to show you our different balances and leaps in a few weeks time!