Rolls, Handstands and Cartwheels

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Term2 – P4 – 2526

This term, all pupils will be taking part in gymnastics, starting with mat skills and progressing to apparatus work. Gymnastics is a fantastic way for children to develop confidence, coordination, and strength while working at their own level.

Mat Skills Focus:

• Balances
• Jumps
• Rolls
• Handstands
• Cartwheels

Apparatus Focus:

• Pupils will explore different equipment setups
• They’ll be encouraged to create their own ways of moving from one side to the other

This approach supports creativity, problem-solving, and physical literacy.

Everybody loves this term in the gym, so I’m sure their will be plenty to talk about when they get home.

 

PE Reminder

Please ensure pupils:

• Come dressed appropriately on PE days
• Have appropriate footwear.  Now that the weather is changing, footwear can be changed before PE.
• Have hair tied up
• Remove jewellery and watches before the session

Week 1

We had a lovely time visiting the service users and staff at E.T. and Taing House Day care.

We enjoyed a snack as well as making various Halloween themed crafts.  We chatted and had fun.  We’ve been invited back some time before Christmas and are very much looking forward to that.   We used our communication and creative meta skills.

Thank you to all the helpers today, including Miss and Mrs Smith, Nikki and Michelle.  Thanks also to Shereen, Rosie, Stacey and Laina at Day Care, as well as all the service users, for welcoming us so nicely.

Over the last three weeks of term 1, our PE lessons centred around rugby skills, especially passing and moving with the ball. Pupils learnt some key rules of the game:

• Passes must go backwards.
• The team must stay behind the ball carrier.
• A forward pass or drop results in a knock-on, giving possession to the other team.

To reinforce these skills, we’ve played a variety of fun and active games:

🎯 Canadian Goose

Everyone starts with a ball. On command, balls are placed down and one is removed. Players without a ball become robbers, trying to steal balls and pull flags from others.

🏃 Flag Fury

Players move freely, trying to collect flags from others and attach them to their own belts—only one flag per person before moving on.

🐻 Bears and Buffaloes

Pairs line up in the middle. On their team name being called, they run to score a try while the opposing team tries to pull their tags.

🚪 Great Escape

Attackers start in a central square and try to escape to the edge without losing their tag, while defenders attempt to stop them.

❄️ Rugby Freeze Tag

Catchers tag others using the ball. Tagged players freeze with hands up until freed by a high five.

🪺 Inside the Raven’s Nest

Four teams compete to collect balls from the centre. The goal is to get three balls into their team hoop.

As part of our Religious and Moral Education Curriculum, we are learning about different places of worship and we visited the Baptist Church this morning.  Iain and Lee talked with us about the differences between churches, what activities take place at the Baptist Church and the people that worship and visit.  We took part in a Biscuit Quiz, which was fun.  We also discussed the importance of Harvest and what it means to people.  We heard the parable of The Rich Farmer and danced along to a food song.  Iain and Lee showed us around the Church and we saw the Baptism Pool.   We made our own little houses in craft time and spoke about who and what is important to us.  Thank you to everyone who helped today.   We used our focus, communication and creative meta skills. 

As part of our learning on the folklore of Scotland, we used clay to design our own Nessies.   We used our creative meta skills.  It was a lot of fun!

 

   

As part of our class leadership this term, we helped Police Scotland to monitor traffic coming down Sound Brae.  We made our red, amber and green emojis in class.  House Captains also helped out.  We had the opportunity to look at some police equipment too.   We used our communication and leadership meta skills.

   

As part of our learning on ‘What Makes a Good Friend’, we worked together using our cooperative meta skills, to create our own friendship bracelets.

As part of Maths Week Scotland, we enjoyed parents/carers visiting and joining in the Finn Finity Numbers Challenge.