Swim Gala and Swimarathon teams

18 children represented the school at the small school swimming gala. Overall we came 5th. Here children proudly show their certificates of participation, 3rd and 2nd place. We had several children coming 3rd, a few 2nd-Jessamy, Jasper and Rory and our relay team-Sophie, Sophie, Conor and Jess came 3rd.

                                                            Well done swimmers.

Swimarathon

Children past and present together with parents completed our 3 teams in the Rotary Club Swimarathon event. Almost£500 was pledged  and over 400 lengths were swum in 55 mins.

                                                   A superb effort from a small school.

Certificates for parents and leavers  were given via pupil post.

                                                                    Same time next year?

Gym Club

Gym club are preparing for their forthcoming competition and key skills badges.

bench walking on tip toes and a good jump landing in the hoop

handstands against the crash mat

jumping from the benches

bounce mat and spring board

cartwheel action

                              Almost ready for the competitions.Watch for the up dates with competition details.

Inspire+ Cycle Challenge

( for more photos  and details please see class 3 Blog)
                       Chris Graves from Inspire+ came with St Sebastians to deliver the pledge, share Sarah Outens adventure and set the challenge.

                                  A live satellite call with Sarah asking her some questions.

As part of the Legacy Tour we were set the challenge to cycle as far as we could in 24 hours.

We cycled from breakfast club right through the day until 5.30 and managed 151.5 miles!

Football club

                        Even with snow on the ground, football club were able to carry on outside!

                                             children are now putting the skills learned into a game

thinking about space, passing, control

1 more club left to really hone our football skills and match tactics

Change For Life Club Training

6 children were chosen to receive the training from Inspire+ leader Michael Hale. They worked hard completing the activities and games as well as planning them!The next stage is the children giving an assembly then inviting children to join the club at lunch time.

using the equipment form our "Flight" bag-lots of new equipment to try out

testing the games

planning and evaluating

discussing other possibilities

team work

will it work?

yes!

Look out for club up dates.

KS 1 Multi Skills Club

We welcomed Mrs Ashcroft from Inspire+ to our school and enjoyed learning new games such as Nutty Squirrels that helped us improve our skills.

Blue team getting ready-showing the "ready to run " stance that Lisa taught them.

Teams playing Nutty Squirrels, collecting their own colour "nuts" from the centre  hoop relay style.

Mrs Ashcroft encouraging teams.

Counting how many at the end of the game.

Another go...

Great fun.

"Squirrels" returning to their coloured hoops.

Working as a team...

1 "squirrel " at a time...

Well done everyone.

At the end of the session various special reward stickers were presented for children who showed good sporting values eg determination, team work and respect.

BISI Badminton Festival

A team of 6 children represented the school at the annual BISI Badminton Festival at KGGS on Thursday-we came 1st out of 9 local primary schools.
Children had to complete a series of badminton based skills and activities working as a team, accumulating as many points as possible.
                                                   Our team before the  start.

Hitting the shuttlecocks into hoops.

Swapping after 10 goes .

4 minutes per activity.

How long a rally could pairs keep going?

An agility activity-placing the shuttlecock on spots then removing them- every 5 = 1 point

Aiming into very small hoops and an upturned cone. More points if shuttle cock is in cone.

Catching skills. Katie ( a KGGS Sports Ambassador and past Marston pupil was scoring this event)

Place ball on launch pad, stomp on pad to send ball in the air-now partner has to catch it!

1 point for a catch, 2 if caught 1 handed.

Celebrating coming 1st.Super skills, team work and result.

Well done .

It was so fast moving from one activity to the next without a break that most of the team did not even have time to remove their joggers!

Back at school being presented with medals and a trophy for our cabinet.