Over the past few weeks, pupils have been developing a range of skills through our basketball activities. The focus has been on building the fundamental skills needed for success in the sport, including passing, dribbling and shooting.

Through a variety of engaging drills and challenges, the children have worked on improving their ball control, coordination and movement skills, developing confidence in handling the ball and making decisions during activities. We have also explored spatial awareness, encouraging pupils to find space, move effectively around others and work collaboratively with teammates.

As their skills have progressed, pupils have had the opportunity to apply them in small-sided activities and simple game situations, helping them understand when and how to use different techniques effectively.

Alongside their physical development, we have continued to focus on our Significant Aspect of Learning, Respect and Tolerance. Pupils have been encouraged to demonstrate these values by listening to others, working cooperatively, supporting classmates and showing positive attitudes during lessons. It has been pleasing to see the children increasingly putting these benchmarks into practice as they participate in activities.

It has been lovely to see the enthusiasm, effort and progress shown by everyone throughout the block, with pupils developing both their basketball skills and their ability to work positively with others. 🏀🌟

P3 have learned a song called ‘Hey You’ which has two verses – one that uses a rap voice and one that uses a singing voice. We also added percussion instruments to the instrumental section and in the video, you can see groups at the different instrument stations. We rotated round the room to play all four instruments in turn.

Here is group 1 playing the CGC pattern on boomwhackers. Group 2, 3 and 4 are playing claves, tambourines and djembes on the rests in each bar of music.

Along with some P4 pupils, we had excellent fun gathering all the tatties we planted last year. We also gathered apples straight from the trees and tomatoes which were all gobbled up quickly!

We all got a peerie bag of tatties to take home! 😋

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.

Term 1 Curriculum Information P3