This week Mr Jew has been able to teach Year 3 Tag Rugby outside for the first time due to frozen ground! This week the children learnt how to score a try and work as a team to pass and move.
Year 4 and 5 have continued to play dodgeball, playing 'Matt' dodgeball this week.
Year 6 have continued with handball and learnt goalkeeping skills for the first time.
This week Mr Jew has continued to teach Tag Rugby to Year 3’s working on making tackles. Year 4 and 5 have been continuing with dodgeball, focussing on accurate throws and ways to avoid being hit and Year 6 have had their first handball lesson outside where they learned about the ‘3-step’ rule and played small sided games.
Boccia (sounds like bot-cha) has arrived at John Wilkinson!
Mr Jew is now teaching Year 3 Tag Rugby. This week the pupils have been learning how to pass and receive the ball accurately standing still and on the move.
His is also teaching Year 4 dodgeball. This week pupils have been learning the rules of starting a game and how to dodge and catch.
This week in P.E KS2 children have taken part in a Santa Dash. They ran three laps of the field, looking very Christmassy in their Santa hats as they went by. KS1 children enjoyed multi-skills games and competitions together.
Mr Jew and Miss Beamond have selected two children from every year group as the P.E performers of this half term. These children have been chosen for demonstrating our school values within P.E lessons and making excellent progress. Well done.
This week some Year 5 and 6 children participated in their first Biathlon. They ran in an exciting yet messy mud run and then swam 100m. We were so impressed with their stamina and fantastic sportsmanship. Well done! Here are some action shots...
In P.E this week KS1 children did yoga sessions that tested their flexibility and balancing skills.
KS2 children took part in fitness sessions which used all muscles in the body and tested their level of fitness. Exercises included lunges, running, star jumps, core moves.
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This week Georgia has started a girls football club at lunch time. We were very impressed with the number of girls who attended and enjoyed learning new skills.
This week in PE Year 6 learnt how to perform line dancing and country dancing. They then performed a whole group dance to 5, 6, 7, 8 and Cotton Eye Joe.
Year 3, 4 and 5 all looked at different traditional dances around the UK. The children learnt about Morris dancing, Irish dancing and Highland dancing as well as which country in the UK each of the dances is a tradition from.
KS1 have been performing dances from around the world including the Samba from Brazil, cha cha from Cuba, Zumba from Colombia and waltz from Germany.
Mr Jew has been continuing to teach Tag Rugby to Y5 and Y6. Both classes have moved onto playing Tag games in teams of 6/7 against each other!
In Y3 and Y4 pupils have progressed in their gym lessons to rolls and began creating sequences with a partner, combining rolls, jumps and balances.
This week some of the children from key stage 2 took part in their second cross country event. Everyone did very well and made us proud.
Group races
Year 5/6 girls 3rd place
Year 3/4 boys 1st place
Year 3/4 girls 2nd place
We also came away with a 2nd and 3rd place in the individual races.
Well done everyone!
