Physical Activity

Gymnastics at breaktime (June 2018)

Since teaching gymnastics in the formal lesson, the children now use the fixed benches to practice balancing and landing with a pose.

Soccer League (May 2018)

Senior League is played and finals take place during Active Week

Chalk Games (April 2018)

Children from 3rd and 4th playing Fourquare

Chalk Games (April 2018)

Below are two of our chalk games ‘foursquare’ and for the younger children ‘Shark Hop’.  Keep an eye out on the yard for other chalk games or maybe you could come up with some of your own.

Internal Soccer League (March 2018)

Boys and Girls from 1st-3rd commenced the internal soccer league.  This is played during lunch time and is reffereed by 6th class student.  The league final will be played during Active Week.

 

Snow Days (February 2018

Even the snow didn’t stop us from going outside and being active.  We were given two rules, no running and no snowballs.  We had a great time making snowmen and igloos.  

 
 

Skipping (January 2018)

This month our playground leaders taught rhymes for skipping.  We have a selection of long and short ropes.  In the picture you can see 6th class playing with 1st and 2nd.  Boys and girls are great skippers!

 
 

Feel Good Fridays are here (December 2017)

Every Friday music is played over the intercom while the children are on yard at big break.  The children make up their own dances to the various music thats played.  It is a great way to be active and get moving.

 
 
 

Run around Europe Challenge (October 2017)

Did you know our school is aiming to run around the various cities in Europe over the coming months? Eight laps of the school building is the equivalent of one kilometre.

Infants are running to London

First and Second are running to Paris

Third and Fourth are running to Madrid 

Fifth and Sixth are running to Rome 

Watch this space and see where we have run to so far.  This will be completed as part of our morning exercise.

Morning Exercise (September 2017)

Every morning the whole school parttakes in morning exercise. We stretch, run and do circuit exercises!