Physical Education

8Mar2024

On Wednesday afternoon  some of our year 5/6 children  took part in the Gateshead East hockey competition which was held at Lord Lawson school.  We had two teams who took part in the competition  they both played  really well and played cohesively as a team. Both teams played five  games each

28Feb2024

As the RSPB Big School Bird-watch comes to an end, we finished our Forest school sessions with the Great Woolly Worm Hunt. This is a fantastic challenge that helps the children to understand how birds feed.  In reflection we talk about how time consuming it can be and how tired the birds might get

28Feb2024

    This is a really interesting challenge that the children threw themselves into with gusto. In class the children were asked “How do I move an object that’s too heavy for me to lift?” They talked in their table groups and came up with some really interesting solutions. We looked at the paramete

16Feb2024

After school yesterday  some of our year 5/6 Girls took part in a friendly match against Whitemere Primary school which was held at Harlow Green. The girls played some great football, they passed the ball really well and played cohesively as a team. The communication on the pitch was fantastic, wi

15Feb2024

This term in PE, the children have enjoyed two different sports – Boccia and Golf. Boccia is an inclusive sport that involves children playing a kind of bowls, aiming balls at the jack that is rolled at the start.  It is a sit down sport that ensures children of all abilities can access and enjoy.�

13Feb2024

Throughout the half-term, Year 6 have been learning various gymnastics moves and this week they put them all together to create a routine set to the music from ‘Thriller.’ The children have been taught how to keep their body rigid and help in a balance for five seconds; how to perform various rolls;

9Feb2024

All this term, children across school have been learning about British birds in their Forest School sessions, this is linked to the RSPB Big School Birdwatch. The children have become very good at recognising  the different types, where they might expect to see them and how to tell some of the diff