We finished our rounders topic this week with a whole class game of rounders. We had the opportunity to show our skills of batting and fielding. Children understood the rules of rounders including the bases, how to catch people out and how to score rounders. Excellent teamwork skills were shown.
To celebrate our Queen’s historic Jubilee, we danced to the most famous songs from each of the decades she has reigned for. Reception/Nursery: 2010 Year 1: 2000 Year 2: 1990 Year 3: 1980 Year 4: 1970 Year 5: 1960 Year 6: 1950 The full video of each class’s groovy Read more…
In PE, we have been learning how to hit the ball with increasing accuracy and how to keep a rally going with a partner. We have been practising bouncing a ball to ourselves and striking it with the palm of our hand to a partner so that they can catch Read more…
Today, Class 13 had an amazing time learning how to dance the jive to Jailhouse Rock. We learnt lots of different moves and double kicked the day away! We are definitely ready for our 50s inspired day to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee.
On our third day at Robin Wood, children took part in the giant swing, quest and the piranha pool. Children reached dizzying heights on the giant swing and then completed challenges as a team to become a knight. We finished the trip with the piranha pool where children had to Read more…
In the afternoon on the second day, we went to the lake to take part in canoeing and raft building. Children learnt the skills to travel forwards, backwards and turn in the canoe. They then made a raft as a team and had a race. Most children were also brave Read more…
We had a busy second day at Robin Wood! We started with solving puzzles in the dungeon, teamwork in the crate challenge and then the zip wire. Children showed bravery, cooperation and encouragement for each other. What a brilliant morning!
Class 14 had their first day of activities at Robin Wood today including climbing, night line, archery and trapeze. A few children were brave enough to try the climbing wall blindfolded! We are having so much fun already and showing excellent resilience and team work skills.
This half term, Class 11 will be having a weekly rugby session with the Rochdale Hornets. Today was our first session and we have a lot of fun! We practiced passing and moving, pocket passing and passing behind (you can’t pass forwards in rugby :D). At the end, we put Read more…
‘Squiggle while you wiggle’ is a fun way for children to develop their fine and gross motor skills whilst encouraging early writing. Children use both hands to make circles and lines whilst wiggling to music. This week we used chalk and chalk boards to make the marks.