PE Update – Basketball

Basketball Skills and Teamwork to Finish the Term

Over the last three weeks, our pupils have been enjoying a block of basketball lessons as we round off the term.

During these sessions, the children have been developing their core basketball skills, focusing on passing, dribbling and shooting. Through a variety of fun activities and games, they have had opportunities to practise these techniques before applying them in more competitive situations. This has allowed them to improve their confidence, decision-making and teamwork while enjoying the excitement of game play.

Alongside the physical skills, we have also continued to focus on the Significant Aspect of Learning Respect and Tolerance. Pupils have been encouraged to show respect for teammates, opponents and officials, while demonstrating tolerance by supporting one another, accepting different abilities and working positively together. These benchmarks have been an important part of every lesson and have helped create a positive and inclusive learning environment.

It has been fantastic to see the progress the children have made, both in their basketball abilities and in the way they work and interact with others. Well done to everyone for their effort, enthusiasm and sportsmanship throughout the block. 🏀👏

Sumburgh Head Trip

A big thank you to everyone at the Shetland Amenity Trust for making us so welcome on our trip this week!

We’ve spent a whole term learning about Shetland’s wildlife and sustainable tourism, so finishing with a trip to Sumburgh was a fantastic way to pull it all together!

We particularly loved watching the gannets dive, and getting to make the foghorn noise!

P4 trip to the 60:40

In our health and wellbeing time, the p4s walked down to the 60:40 for a session with the young sports leaders at the Anderson! They did a fantastic job being our teachers, and we hope they will have us back soon!

(Our p5s have their health and wellbeing with Mrs Moar, but they got to go last year!)

A visit from Rockpool Safari Shetland

A big thank you to Matt from Rockpool Safari Shetland, who visited our class today to answer questions about sustainable tourism. This week we will all be designing our own sustainable wildlife experience for visitors, so it was fantastic to get a chance to ask some questions to an expert!

Excellent listening skills, and some fantastic questions from the class.

Health and Wellbeing

Our health and wellbeing lessons look a little different this year!

On Friday afternoons we split into our year groups, rather than staying with our composite class.

P5 are taught by Mrs Moar, and P4 learn with Miss Nibet and me. It’s always lovely to spend time with our year group, and helps us maintain friendships with a wider range of peers.

Maths Week Scotland

For maths week we brought together our maths and topic learning and investigated the bird populations in Shetland.

We were concerned to learn how badly the bird flu affected some of our species, and how low our numbers of phalaropes are. The class are keen to send this information out to some important people, so we added some writing explaining more about what the data shows.

Who do you think we should share our data about Shetland’s wildlife with?

PE Update – Hockey

This term, we are focusing on invasion games, with hockey and basketball forming the main areas of learning. We began with a week of skills development to build the core attributes required for success in both sports. These included cooperation, dodging, weaving, attacking, defending, communication, and decision-making.

We then moved on to hockey. Throughout this block, pupils have been building their confidence in controlling the ball, passing accurately, and dribbling effectively. They have had regular opportunities to practise and refine these skills before applying them in fun, competitive games. As the unit progresses, pupils will continue to develop their teamwork, spatial awareness, and tactical understanding of the game.

 

Teamwork makes the dream work!

We have been discussing the impacts of tourism on Shetland. We sorted these ideas into good things and bad things, and completed a diamond analysis to identify which impacts were the most important.

Fantastic job listening to each other, and respecting different people’s opinions!

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