PE at Marston

Friday, 27 June 2014

Sports Day June 2014

June 10th and a sunny day for our sports day-what could be better?

egg and spoon

sack race relay

good to go

standing long jump

Y5/6 organising the team

ready and waiting

bean bag relay

javelin

baton relay

next house ready for sack race relay

more bean bag relay

ready for our drinks after our house events

Dickens ready...

class 1 sprint races

don't look across- eyes ahead!

almost there

next race

who is going to win?

class 2

will Jasper win?

looks pretty close so far

Levi in the lead

class 3

go Harley

pleased it is all over!happy with the result too

it's along way for Y6!

how far?

good action girls

relay teams at the start line

toddlers race-helped by older children

Mrs Chesterton, a governor, presenting the house events trophy

House Captain and the blue of Bronte

Mrs Brown, a governor, presenting the sprint race trophy-Bronte winners

Relay race trophy-blue for Bronte-again!

First time that the same house has won all 3 trophies.

A great afternoon, sunshine, team effort,Y5&6 leading their teams, parents watching and supporting, governors and staff recording scores...

Excellence, determination,respect, courage , friendship, inspiration-our Olympic values we certainly showed them today.

Saturday, 14 June 2014

Sam - a Para Olympic athlete came to visit us and talk to us about his sporting journey so far.His visit was arranged through Inspire+ and Chris Graves brought him to talk to KS 2 .Sam outlined his life story, telling us about being born early( after 6 months) and his mum being told he may not survive. He did but was told he had cerebral palsy and would not walk. Again-he did!
Sam told us all about how he never gave up, even though he fell over a lot as his legs were so weak, how he was determined to join in sport and do his best , how others inspired him( e.g.Don-the Rock Johnson ).He went to Loughborough to study PE and became part of the ACES American Football Team.Here he was talent spotted and became part of the 2012 sprint team. In the para Olympic games he came 4th- not bad for someone who was told they would not walk!
Now he has discovered he is better at shot put and is already ranked 4th in the world and Sam is looking forward to Rio.He has promised to let us know how he gets on..

Sam introducing himself and telling us his story.

Testing our reactions-clap when the tennis ball bounces-not that easy! 3 strikes and we were out!

Showing us his Olympic kit ( not a Onesie from Sainsbury's as someone said!). Recounting how proud his mum was and how much he had grown from a tiny baby-his head the size of a tennis ball- to an Olympic athlete representing his country .

Sam showing us the video of his race.

Turn round, speak to your ghost- a friendly ghost-the ghost of you and what you have just done, greet yourself,say hello, how are you? how was today? well just you wait until tomorrow-you just see what I will do...

A motivational way to get us all to think about what has just happened and what opportunities lie ahead.

Still all talking and thinking about our ghosts.

Now focusing again on the tennis ball- can we do it this time.....NO! But we were better!

Awesome- a truly inspirational visit-Sam made us all think about what we can do...if we put in the effort....

A=attitude

C=commitment

E=effort

S=success

Tuesday, 20 May 2014

Cricket coaching session at Belvoir Cricket Club with Paul Nixon

We were invited to attend a cricket coaching session at Belvoir Cricket Club with Paul Nixon ( ex England wicket keeper). 7 lucky children were able to attend this session and had a super afternoon being coached on batting, fielding and throwing skills .
group learning how to hold bat and "rock it like a baby"

and catch

hit and hold the position

how to throw-arm position

how high will it bounce?

batting 1:1

a mini game

in the nets

and hit....good job the net held or a black eye for me taking the photo!

5 points for a catch

this is how...

aim and hit the stumps

good power

mid way through-Mrs Chadwick thought a snack would be good

demonstrating how to throw long distance and still hit the wickets

just like that

take aim- 3 hits needed for this game

who will hit the cone in the middle?

5 points for a catch, then throw at the wicket for 5 more points

in the nets

good catching position

and catch

ready for any height catch

more 1:1 coaching tips

excellent body position ready to hold on to the catch

another game

head still, watching the ball

Group Photo at end of the session.

Many thanks to Belvoir Cricket Club and to Mr Robinson who invited us to attend this session. A fantastic opportunity that was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone.

Thursday, 8 May 2014

Netball League 2 Trophy

We played our last netball matches and points from our last set of matches were added today's results-we came runners up in league 2 and were presented with our trophy.