This week at school has been very different from the normal working week. It’s been Activity week and every day we have been going to and trying out all sorts of physical activities.

We have already learned how important a balanced diet and exercise is to keep us strong and healthy and we have also been looking at different sports as  the Olympics are coming to London very soon. So it was great fun and really interesting to spend a whole week of trying all sorts of new and familiar physical activities.

We tried gymnastics. Pam, who came from a local gymnastics club, showed us basic gymnastic skills. She showed us how to do a forward roll properly and we had different stations around the gym that we all tried out.

  

We also went to try cheerleading. Eleanor, who runs a local cheerleading club, showed us how to warm up properly and we did some basic moves ending up performing a small routine!

  

We tried Zumba! Zumba tonic is the zumba dance craze for children and Jai, the instructor, made sure we warmed up correctly and she taught us simple moves and we learned a dance called the Penguin Dance! Great fun!

  

Next we were able to try Hip Hop. Our instructor came from the Chest, Heart and Stroke charity. She told us it was important to eat 5 portions of fruit and vegetables  and drink 8 glasses of water every day to keep our heart strong. Exercise is equally important and she showed us simple hip hop moves to introduce us to the dance.

  

A few of the activities we were able to do on the playing fields outside. Paul and Jordan had different stations on the grass and we practised kicking, dribbling and shooting the football into the goals. We worked in teams and Paul gave us points each time we scored a goal etc.

  

We also learned about the sport Boccia. This is a sport that’s in the Paralympic Games. We all had to sit in chairs, some in red chairs, some in blue. There was a white bowl called a Jack and we had to throw the bowls as near to the Jack as we could.

                   

Our teachers set up an assault course on the grass and again we worked in teams and we jumped over hurdles, crawled threw tunnels etc. It was great fun!

              

We had a sports event with the P2’s and the P3’s. We had a practise first and we did running races, three legged race, the potato and spoon race and a wheelbarrow race. We also practised some silly races like the monkey race and the running backwards race!

  

  

On the day of the sports, unfortunately it was raining, so we had to have our sports in our assembly hall. It was a pity we couldn’t go outside but it didn’t spoil our fun.

As part of our activity week we have been learning more about the Olympics and the meaning of the Olympic torch.

We watched the Olympic torch live as it arrived in Montrose and we watched it on its journey as it was coming down towards Dundee. We met Stephanie who was very lucky and had been a torch bearer in Wales. She came dressed in her Olympic tracksuit and showed us her actual torch. It was very exciting.

We decided to make our own torches. I’m sure you agree they look equally as good as the real thing!

  

We also learned about the mascots,Wenlock and Mandeville. We read about them and we designed our own mascots on the official Olympic site. Also on the official site we watched Wenlock and Mandeville’s rainbow journey.

                        

Phew what a busy and active week we have all had!!