Year 6 - Football
Today in PE, Year 6 focused on developing their football skills, with a particular emphasis on technique and maintaining position during play. The children worked hard to keep possession, demonstrating control, awareness and teamwork throughout the session. The children practised accurate passing, movement off the ball and supporting their teammates to create space and build play effectively. A key focus was understanding positioning, helping the children to stay organised and make better decisions during small sided games.
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Blackburn with Darwen Schools Swimming Gala
What a fantastic evening we have had taking part in The Blackburn with Darwen Swimming Gala! We had ten children taking part tonight and they were an absolute credit to our school. We had some new events today but we faced the challenge head on and came away with some great results. Boys IM - Bronze medal for Desmond Boys Backstroke - Bronze medal for James Boys Butterfly - Silver medal for Desmond Boys Breaststroke - Silver medal for Jenson. Huge thanks to everyone involved, especially the families who came to support! Go Team B!
Year 2 - P.E. The Great Outdoors
Year 2 have been using our map reading skills to find times tables questions hidden in the school grounds. We then solved the times tables questions when we got back to the classroom.
Year 1 PE: Handstands and Cartwheels
In our PE session today, we learnt some safe techniques for handstands and cartwheels. These techniques will helping us develop our handstands and cartwheels later. We showed good balance skills and careful partner work.
Year 6 - Orienteering
Our Year 6 class have been developing their orienteering and map reading skills this week. During the session, the children worked brilliantly to complete the course, using maps to navigate their way around a series of checkpoints. The children demonstrated excellent teamwork, communication and problem-solving skills; supporting one another, discussing the best routes to take and adapting when things did not go to plan. It was great to see their resilience and determination, particularly when faced with more challenging sections of the course. As the session progressed, many children began to think more strategically, choosing more efficient routes and improving their time. The children also reflected on their performance afterwards, considering what went well and what they would do differently next time.
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Reception: Muddy Monday
Our Reception explorers had a fantastic time during today’s session at Whitehall Park. It was a joy to see them immersing themselves in nature and building so much confidence in the great outdoors. Today, we took a moment to ask the children what they love most about their woodland adventures, and their answers perfectly captured the spirit of the morning. Chester told us that he loves climbing trees and collecting twigs to create fires, while Coban shared that he really enjoys the process of making fires too. In the heart of the trees, Bowen explained that he just enjoys playing in the woodland, while Max was busy building dens and Poppy told us she enjoys making bug houses for the little creatures. The session was also a wonderful chance for discovery; Erin mentioned how much she enjoys finding all the different leaves, and Alfie told us he loves to dig for treasure that nobody can find. Luna highlighted the social side of our trips, saying, "We love to talk about what we can see outside with our friends." Of course, it wouldn't be a true session without a bit of mess—Indie happily told us she simply enjoys getting muddy! It is wonderful to see our class growing so much through these outdoor experiences.
Year 1 PE: Rolling A Ball
In PE, Year 1 have been practising rolling a ball. We worked in groups of 3 and started by rolling a dodgeball to our partner, through another child’s legs. Then, the person in the middle had to jump over the moving ball. We also added a hoop so that the ball had to roll through the hoop. To make it more challenging, we swapped from a dodgeball to a tennis ball. This was tricker as they are a smaller and bouncy.
Hockey Skill Development in Year 4
In our third hockey session we focused on mobility, puck/ball control, and tactical awareness. The children also developed the key skills which included (crossovers, edge work, speed), stick handling (dribbling, faking), passing (accuracy, receiving), and shooting (power, accuracy). We then went into small sided games which the children loved!
Year 5 - PE
We continued to develop our football skills this afternoon by playing a variety of skill based activities in small groups. The children improved their dribbling skills by considering the space around them and moving new directions depending on the position of other children. Then we worked in pairs to dribble between cones before passing to a partner, with a focus on close control and accuracy. We finished by combining dribbling and shooting.
Year 1 PE: Rolling
Year 1 practised rolling. They recapped the egg roll, pencil roll and rock and roll. They also learnt the straddle roll. They enjoyed balancing equipment whilst rolling, as well as rolling on equipment. They demonstrated great teamwork and encouragement.
Netball Club
In our second week of netball club this half term we focused on improving our technical skills, tactical awareness and physical fitness. We did this through playing full games in which children switched positions regularly to establish zones on the netball court. Not long now until the league starts after Easter !
Week 2 Doodle and Dance
We’ve had another spectacular week in Doodle and Dance, and the energy in the room was absolutely infectious! Our young artists spent their creative sessions bringing a variety of characters to life on paper. From cuddly teddy bears and brave superheroes to colorful fish and zooming aeroplanes, it was wonderful to see their imaginations take flight. When it was time to move, the children jumped straight into our Just Dance sessions with incredible enthusiasm. They did a fantastic job following the rhythmic instructions and keeping up with the choreography. The absolute highlight of the week was definitely "Golden" by K-Pop Demon Hunters—it has officially become a group favourite! The children brought so much power and spirit to that routine, and it was the perfect way to wrap up our second week together.