Glow Blogs – Shetland

We had fun in the sun this afternoon during our Playful Minutes time.  There were burritos being made in the mud kitchen, balancing and hula hooping skills being developed and of course a game of football being played! Some chose to stay indoors and  play in their restaurant, making us all yummy things to eat as we were playing.  I wonder what will be on the menu next week…

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Da Voar Redd Up We have had a busy start to the term. The weather has been beautiful so we picked one of the nicest days to complete Da Voar Redd Up (The Spring Clean Up). Scouring beaches, ditches, quarries and verges, we collected well over five bags of rubbish ranging from magnum wrappers to plastic bottles. It is great to see our outdoor environment looking a little tidier and “bruck free”. Thank you to Eileen and Guillermo for providing us with yummy cakes half way round to keep us going too. Check out photos of us in action. Ready …

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This week in PE we started athletics, focusing on running.  We looked at different running techniques for the different lengths of events.  One of our activities was a 5 minute run.  On finishing, we were asked to think about how we did.  Did we feel ok, was our pace too slow or fast?  Next week we will repeat the run using this information to try and improve slightly. We also did a pursuit race where we had to only do 1 lap at a time, but at a much faster pace.

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This week in PE we started athletics, focusing on running.  We looked at different running techniques for the different lengths of events.  One of our activities was a 5 minute run.  On finishing, we were asked to think about how we did.  Did we feel ok, was our pace too slow or fast?  Next week we will repeat the run using this information to try and improve slightly.  

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This week in PE we started Netball.  Through all the different activities we worked on throwing, catching, pivoting, team work, accuracy of aim, attacking, defending and decision making.

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This week in PE we started our athletics block, focusing on running events.  We practiced the 2 different sports day running events and then finished with drills that help us develop our technique for sprinting. Here we are doing our shuttle run.   Here we are doing our sprinting. The pictures show the difference in running styles when jogging and sprinting

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