Team CW's challenge this week to keep them fit and healthy for Feel Good Friday was to complete a circuit of the school field. The Rainbows could choose whether they would like to walk, jog, run, or do a selection of these. Some of the Rainbows wanted to complete another circuit after they finished so after a rest, those that wanted to, had another try.

When they all finished, they talked about how our body changes during and after exercise. The Rainbows know that our cheeks can go red and flushed, we can get a bit sweaty, it can be harder to breathe and our hearts beat faster  to help us pump blood and oxygen around our body. You can see them feeling their hearts beating faster in the photos below.

Here they are practising using the side of their foot to pass the ball ensuring they were looking at the target and using the sole of their foot to stop the ball. 

Our FS2 and KS1 classes were very lucky to have SportsCool in this week to teach us how to play UV Dodgeball. 

Today in PE, Team CH focused on the skills of attacking and defending in a game. Their main objectives were to understand the roles of both attackers and defenders, and learn how to create and deny space on the field. Through a series of activities, they practiced dodging to create space and marking opponents to limit their movement, improving both our offensive and defensive strategies.
Team CH used a variety of equipment like cones, rugby balls, tag rugby belts, and large balls to make the games more dynamic and fun. The pupils demonstrated great effort in understanding the importance of possession, dodging, and marking, which will help in future games.
It was a great session where everyone showed improvement in their teamwork and tactical skills!

Today Team EO learnt to demonstrate basic attacking skills. 

Team EO started their PE lesson with a warm-up game which was called "Animals" and on Miss Palmers command they had to move around in follwoing ways:

• Snakes – Move quietly on tiptoes.
• Lions – Run away! (safely).
• Monkeys – Sidesteps swinging arms.
• Kangaroo – Two footed jumps.
• Elephant – Moving around with large steps.

Their next activity was square-passing. The pupils were divided up into groups of 4 - 3 of them stood on the outside of the square and one of them inside as the defender . The children on the outside (the attackers) had to pass the ball to each other aiming to avoid the defender getting the ball. If the defender got the ball the person who passed it would become the defender and the current defender would become the attacker!

To cool down, Team EO played shoot. The children were divided into two teams they had to throw the ball to our partner positioned opposite us, they had to shoot into the net to score a point and then give the ball back to us so we could score a point! The orange team was the winning team!

On Wednesday 10 of our Y4 children attended a Benchball event at Netherwood.

The children will played in school teams and engaged in a round robin tournament. Throughout this event we celebrated the core values of sport such as: resilience, teamwork and communication.

Our Park Street team won 5 out of the  6 games - winning overall! Us Park Streeters were very competitive! The children we given a certificate for their efforts. The other schools commented on how good Park Street was.
 
Mrs Akyel said "I loved how we worked as a team and encouraged each other mid game." and that the pupils were "A credit to our school.".
 
Well done Y4 Benchballers - we are all super proud of you!