Blog by Tag: Physical Education

This half term in PE, Reception have been learning about different ways of moving, such as crawling, rolling, walking and jogging. We then learnt how to use different equipment and move around the hall with it. The children used a bean bag, a large football and a tennis ball. They learnt how to…

This half term, Year 4 have been learning ball skills. They have enjoyed putting these into practice playing invasion.

A huge well done to all the children who ran in the XC Challenge at St. Benedict’s School today. It was a very muddy and wet 2k course but they all persevered and carried on despite the conditions. Congratulations to Jonah who got a course record of 8 .41 and to Faith for being the first girl…

Year 3 enjoyed creating their own sequences in gymnastics. They worked in pairs and performed it.

Y6 have been enjoying a variety of PE sessions but their favourite type of defend and attack game is dodgeball. They have been refining their skills in our sessions in the hall. 

As part of our gymnastics and athletes sessions with our sports coach, the children have been learning how to throw, hit and catch a ball. They have been learning how to throw under arm and over arm and catch a ball with one hand and two hands. They also learnt how to hit a ball along the floor…

Year 5 have been learning how to play tennis this half term. They have learnt how to hit the ball underarm, overarm and back hand. They have also been practising serving the ball and finished off the sessions with some mini doubles matches against each other.

Some of our Year 2 children took part in a kickball rounders tournament at St Benedict’s Catholic High School today. They all showed great sportsmanship and worked well together when fielding and kicking. They came second in the tournament overall. What a wonderful performance by each and every…

What a brilliant day Year 4 had at Whinlatter! They spent the day learning how to apply their map skills at Whinlatter Forest Park. After a quick recap of identifying symbols on a map, each group used their map to find the answers to questions. We even had a special guest appearance from a lizard!…

Year 3 had a wonderful day at the Sheepmount Sports Centre at Carlisle. We fired cross bows, did archery, cross country, floor tennis, ultimate warrior and golf. We had a great time, lots of exercise and all the children were excellent role models for St. Bridget’s School. Mrs Summerson and Mrs…

Today we welcomed Jonathan Paterson a GB Paralympic Footballer.  He captained the Paralympics GB side on the his Games debut at Beijing in 2008 and also at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Games.  Jonathan was born with right sided cerebral palsy and has always been motivated to prove any doubters or…

Year 1 had a fantastic time competing in Sports Day. It was great fun racing and cheering everyone on. Congratulations to the green team who were the winners.