Beautiful Work – PE

Project Overview

During Autumn 1, Year 5 have focused upon fitness as one of their topics in PE. In their first lesson, classes took part in a fitness circuit in which they had an individual scoresheet to record their scores. They were aiming to gain the best scores they could in various activities such as burpees, agility jump, speed bounce and target throwing. This was a baseline fitness test for the remainder of the unit.

Across the half term, Year 5 focused upon different aspects of fitness including relay races which worked different muscle groups, paired fitness challenges and designing their own HIIT workout to instruct to the class. They also participated in the bleep test, a multi-stage fitness test, in which they must continue running to work up the different levels all within the timescales of the bleeps. The full year group had incredible attitudes towards all these activities, in particular the bleep test. They were keen to challenge themselves throughout and acknowledged how this would help their fitness levels. They also completed a 9 minute Cooper Run and finished the unit by re-visiting the circuit from the beginning of the unit. In this, many children beat their original scores. A sign of increased confidence, focus, energy levels and overall fitness.

Children could discuss why we should exercise and the long & short term benefits, name muscle groups and why a balanced diet should be lifelong. A fantastic unit of work in which the children were a joy to work with!

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From Monday 3rd- Friday 7th July, all classes took part in Clapgate’s Sport and Health week. Within the week we had sports days, coached sessions ran by local sports clubs, healthy recipe making and a staff vs Y6 rounders match! Children got to try new sports, increase their movement amount and have fun whilst being active!

To kick start the week, we had Bex Rayner visit school who is a professional female footballer who plays for Sheffield United. She worked with all children and led them in an exercise circuit followed by an assesmbly with a demonstration of her skills and Q&A session.

  Activities across the week included judo with Hajime Judo Club, rugby with Hunslet RLFC, basketball with City of Leeds Basketball, football with FootTech, boxing with Hunslet Club plus many more! Children also explored the gymnastics climbing frame and had intraclass competitions. 

Sports Days took place for all year groups with families invited to come and watch (and participate at times!). The children were fantastic and all worked very hard in their races and different activities such as long jump, javelin, penalty shoot out and speed bounce. 

We finished the week with a staff vs Year 6 rounders match. Year 6 had been practising a lot during the summer term but the staff team were very focused. After 2 innings each of batting and fielding and Nursery-Year 5 spectating, the game finished 7 rounders to Year 6 and 21 rounders to staff meaning the staff won! 

A very busy, active and fun week. Thank you to all our children, staff and families for your support. Here’s to Clapgate Sport and Health week 2024! 

Project Overview

Alongside swimming, 4RM had chance to work on  Team Games within PE. The children were challenged to learn a number of new games and explore tactics that could be used to help their team succeed. The children needed to communicate with one another, follow advice given and reflect upon performance across the team games lessons.

One game played was Team Tig in which the class were split into four team. Out of these four teams, one team were the tiggers. They could tig anybody with the aim to get full teams out. When tug, players could only be freed by a member from their team. This meant if the whole team was tug, there was no-one to save them so the whole team were out and the tigging team gained 5 points. Tigging teams needed to work on an approach that would help them to get full teams out. A range of tactics were tried and the class were brilliant at reflecting on performances and seeing what worked and didn't work.

We also played Crossover in which teams are trying to get across the oppositions area without getting tug to make it to their team's end zone (at the other side of the oppositions area). A game of attack and defence- children had to assign roles within their teams and adjust this as the game played out. The children enjoyed Crossover so much they have been organising games of it themselves at breaktimes!

The children were great at analysing performances and making appropriate adjustments to their teams tactics throughout. It was fantastic to see so much progress and wonderful to see the children using their social skills so positively. Well done 4RM!

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1KN have been busy working on their various ball skills this half term. The children have used a whole range of equipment and explored how they could make these travel to their partner. Within different activities the children have developed set sending and receiving skills including throwing and catching a small item such as a bean bag or tennis ball. 

The children learnt the technique involved in the underarm throw and used this in a variety of games. The class were brilliant at supporting one another and encouraging their classmates to keep trying. 1KN built up to using these skills in a pressurised situation where they were competing against other teams!

By developing these skills, children will be able to participate confidently in an expanse of games including rounders, cricket and tennis- perfect for the summer term!

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During Spring 1, 3FW worked on gymnastics in PE as one of their topics with Mrs Clark. The unit began by recapping floor moves the children already knew from their gymnastics lessons in previous years. This included balances, rolls & jumps.

As the weeks continued, we looked at developing our move vocabulary and explored various pieces of apparatus. Forward rolls and forms of travelling such as leaps, scissor kicks and spins were developed on floor. While squat on, jump dismounts and squat through were explored on the vaults. On beam, the class focused upon creating a routine on the benches and vaults including a balance, change of direction and a jump. They even attempted forward rolls and cartwheels on the beam!

In the final week, children worked in groups to bring together their skills into a floor routine. This had to include a balance, roll, jump and travel each. The children did brilliantly at this- celebrating each others skills, sharing ideas positively and using the space creatively. The children took turns to perform their routines and also be "mini teachers" and share what groups had done well and how they could make it even better! The class also explored the climbing frame which all were very excited for. Fabulous creativity and strength on show! Well done to our 3FW gymnasts!

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4RM have been working extremely hard in their weekly swimming lessons at Rothwell pool. The class go every Thursday morning 9.30-10am. They are split into 3 groups- 2 who work with Rothwell's swimming instructors and one group who work with Mrs Clark. Through showing grit and spark every week, the children have made incredible progress. The children in the smaller pool have increased their confidence levels massively and one group is beginning to move into the bigger pool. Mrs Clark's group are working their way through the Leeds Schools Swim Awards. They have developed their pushing & gliding skills, floating skills and their strokes. They are know learning specific strokes and looking at performing these in deeper areas of the pool, building up their distance endurance each session!

The class also accessed a water safety week. Within this week, they were taught approaches that they could use if they ever found themselves or others in danger in water. The children worked brilliantly in this session and showed great levels of respect for the importance of this. They also got to experience what the water temperature may feel like in a river or lake at this time of year!

Fabulous progress so far and we still have 2 terms of swimming to go! Well done 4RM!

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Year 2 have really enjoyed our dance sessions.  

They have worked on group warm-up activities to encourage co-operation, communication and team work.  The meditation exercises have taught us deep-breathing techniques and relaxation and we have taken time to be in the moment to notice our thoughts and feelings.  The dance sessions have given us opportunities to learn movement patterns and perform them as a whole-group dance accompanied by music.  The children loved using the scarves to add expression to their techniques. 

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This half term, 3FW focused on hockey as one of their two topics in PE with Miss Beaumont. A vast majority of the children had not played hockey before but this did not lessen their enthusiasm! All children were extremely keen to learn the various skills and rules within the sport. 

To begin with we focused upon the grip of the hockey stick and how to dribble. This was very confusing and the children had to really concentrate to ensure their hands and feet were in the right position. The children's determination paid off and by week 2 children were confidently dribbling the ball, some at speed and with direction change. 

As dribbling confidence grew, we explored passing. Children enjoyed various passing activities including pretending to be different Toy Story characters as well as performing the slap pass and hitting the ball as hard as they could against the fence! 

Within these hockey lessons, children were able to analyse their own and others performances to provide feedback to progress. This is a fantastic skill to develop and shows a real understanding. Alongside this, children communicated well and showed respect for the rules of the game, equipment and one another. 

Children were able to utilise their skills in a number of activities including becoming zone champions, completing a set number of passes to score a goal and playing skittles with the hockey stick and ball! A fantastic unit of work in which children made amazing progress. Children were motivated to further their skills and came away with not just the physical skills of how to play hockey but also the social skills involved in a team game such as hockey. Well done 3FW!

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This half term 4LB have been working on dance with Miss Beaumont. The dance focused upon being proud of who you are regardless of outside noise and becoming more confident. We were creating a circus style dance with theatrical performances!

To begin with the children were taught the opening 24 counts of the dance. This took a lot of concentration and all being in time with the music! The children worked really hard to soon pick these moves up.

From this, the children worked on group dances which they created themselves! They came up with some fantastic moves and shared their ideas brilliantly with one another. We included a timing and formation change by creating a whole class cannon line. 

Children then had to work in pairs to design their own paired move. We had some incredible moves including lifts and balances such as bridges and counter tension work. 

It was then time for our finale piece! This was where children could show their individual skills like splits, pyramids and cartwheels!

Mrs Singleton, Miss Taylor and Miss Brennan came to watch 4LB perform the dance. They commented on how hard the children must have worked and how much concentration they showed to perform such a long, exciting dance! Well done 4LB!