Some of the children in Y5 have been selected to be Mini Health Champions. They attended Mini Health Health Champions Day and listened to an inspirational keynote before breaking into smaller groups and rotating through a variety of fun and engaging workshop sessions...
Year 6 have started their new PE unit, orienteering! The outcomes for this unit are to be able to: Follow a key and to create a map using a key To use a compass for directions To follow a map efficiently The children started the unit by becoming familiar with how to...
Thankyou to Thorp Academy and their sports leaders who hosted the year 5 and 6 basketball tournament yesterday! All of the games were played in a lovely competitive spirit throughout the tournament. There was some great talent on show with some impressive shots from...
Well done to our year 5 and 6 students who took part in a competitive netball tournament at Gateshead Leisure Centre, competing against other Gateshead schools, finishing in 4th position. There was a mix of boys and girls and all players experienced playing in...
Today 14 children from Reception represented our school in the Gateshead Schools Partnership multi-skills event at Gateshead stadium. It was a super morning and we found the venue to be amazing. Lots of “wows” as we entered the stadium and saw the pitch and track.
Year 4 have done fantastic in their PE units this Autumn term with the children working hard and having lots of fun to develop their physical literacy in Hockey, Tag rugby, swimming and most recently handball! Hockey: Year 4 developed the skill of push passing in a...
We really enjoyed the sports festival this afternoon, taking part in activities such as speed bouncing, throwing and catching, skipping, mountain climbers and burpees.
In PE we used our bodies to move like different forms of transport, from balancing on one leg as a motorbike to shuffling slowing across the floor as a submarine. We enjoyed travelling as a car around roundabouts, avoiding other cars and jumping over speed bumps. We...
This week we are enjoying exploring different types of transport. We set up our own journey and used the bikes to follow different directions. We took turns on the bikes and when we were not on the bike we were the ‘SatNav’ using both our own instructions and google...
Today we learnt the song row row your boat. We talked about what objects could sink and float, then made boats using junk materials. Some children placed their boats in the water tray to see if they would sink or float. The children from Reception came to join us and...
