We had a very active and fun day for Fit Thursday. We took part in boxing skills, a fitness class, yoga, dance and football. Â Here are a few snaps of us in action below…
Category Archives: Gym
Gaelic Football 💚
Another of our Fit Thursday activities was Gaelic Football which Mr McCormack helped us with. We loved how in the game you can pick the ball up and also enjoyed charging at our classmates to snatch the ball first. To play this sport you have to be fast, strong, good at ball skills and work well together!
Athletics skills – Javelin + Discus
After our Shot Put action last week, this week we tried out some more throwing focused events, the javelin and the discus. After some learning focused on the steps needed to throw successfully and some practice throws, we held another class competition….and the winners of today’s event were….
and here are some action shots… we all enjoyed learning how to use our good throwing skills to do something totally new!
Outdoor PE
Fun in the Gym
To round off our learning all about gymnastic skills including space, balance and movement, jumping and rolling, we had time using our growing skill on some apparatus. We had to be careful and safe, but had so much fun! Look at these photos of our amazing gym work…
Gym Time – Gymnastic Skills and Movement
We have been learning all about space, balance and rolls in the gym hall. Â Yesterday we all managed to follow the steps to do a safe and controlled pencil and forward roll.
We we made up 4 steps to help us with tricky forward rolls. Â These steps are-
1. Do the froggy
2. Tuck in head
3. Bottom up
4. Let’s roll!!!
