This week, year four started cricket lessons with Lancashire Cricket Foundation. In their first lesson they practised throwing the ball under and over arm by aiming at the wickets and trying to knock them over. It was a challenging task, but there was lots of perseverance on display, so well Read more…
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…
This week, we’ve been taking part in the ‘Monster Kickabout’ in partnership with Nike and Sports Direct. We have entered a competition to design a new football kit and were set the ‘Goals Galore’ challenge. The aim of the challenge was to see how many goals the class could score Read more…
This half term in PE, we have been learning how to play hockey. We started by learning how to hold the stick correctly and manipulate it so that we’re only ever using the flat side of the stick to hit the ball. Then we moved on to passing and tackling.
Class 11 took part in the PLT-organised Reindeer Run yesterday. Raising money for Springhill Hospice, the children ran laps of the playground wearing festive antlers.
This week Class 13 have been practicing their basketball skills in PE. We perfected skills like passing and dribbling through cones. The lesson has helped the children understand how to control the ball as they move. As well as practicing practical skills, we put them to the test through a Read more…
Class 11 have now enjoyed two swimming lessons this term. 9 children have already passed all Year 5 levels and will be swimming in baggy clothes next week! Every single child has taken part and progressed really well both in their swimming and their confidence in water. Well done Class Read more…
Over the past two weeks the children of years 4, 5 and 6 have been engaged in a basketball competition. Today saw Class 11 vs Class 14 in the final. It was a close match that Class 14 just came out on top in, winning 4-3.
In class 10 we continued developing our handball skills. This week we learnt how to defend in handball and develop some defensive tactics to prevent the other team from scoring.
Our Year 3/ 4 Dodgeball team took part in a tournament on Thursday 7th November at Siddal Moor Sports College. The team played brilliantly against 7 other Heywood Schools and showed perservance and good sportsmanship throughout. Well done!
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