Gym club

                                More action shots of the gym club working hard on their skills-
               learning to use the spring board and bench and how to land on the crash mat correctly.

learning how to land on two feet

super stretch

ready to jump

and land

next one ready to jump

balance and tip toes

                                                       walk on tip toes and jump

                                          
                                                                    waiting in turn

                                         

using arms for balance

ready to jump

Badminton Club

The badminton club are now well into their coaching and play mini games using their skills.

                                                                    is it my turn next?

that was out!

 a good long rally between Amy and Rory

ready to serve

missed it!

Oh well-there's always next week!

Gym Club 2

The second group of children are now well into their skills at gym club. 10 more children are having instruction under the coaching of Mrs James  and are learning and practising new skills.

benches, mats and hoops-look at the cards to show  how to

in mid action

                                                                coaching to show just how to

legs here, hands here, head here...

making shapes

                                                                   start like this...

rhythm gymnastic ribbons in the back ground too

                                          Lucy completed a full 360 rotation  in 4 moves.

Indoor Athletics Skills -PE in class 3

Ready for the Indoor Athletics Competition later this term, we started to fine tune our skills in readiness.

ladders-nimble footwork

team work , speed and agility

speed bounce

more ladder work

standing long jump

ladders, speed bounce and vertical high jump.

Now we have personal targets to beat next week.

BISI Badminton festival

A team of 6 competed in the BISI badminton festival at KGGS on Wednesday.Here they completed tasks using agility, team work and badminton related skills. We came 2nd out of  the 9 school entered.

Our team at the start of the event

 first activity-passing the shuttle cock from racket to racket

hit and catch-

Amy is ready-Harry is celebrating the catch!

 in pairs for the next activity

aim and hit

pairs in a rally-points for a rally over 5 returns

keeping eyes on the shuttle cock

 getting the hang of it-some good rallies

now in teams of 4 showing rally skills 

step on to release the ball- and catch it

 ready to release, ready to catch

 hit and aim-score a bonus if shuttle lands in the up side down cone.

 concentrating hard

After all 8 activities the points were added and we were presented with our 2 place certificates.

Great team work.

Badminton Club

Mike Bennett is coaching a small group in badminton skills after school on Tuesdays this term.Here the group use skills and agility activities as part of their warm up.

Team work

warm up game

getting ready to steal

and steal !

where can I steal from next?