P2 have had a busy term in PE.  We started with athletics, working towards sports day.  Sports day saw the children take part in 6 events which were measured, timed or counted.  They were awarded points for each event, then given an overall score which determined whether they were awarded a bronze, silver or gold.  The certificates went home last week showing amazing results and great improvements from their P1 scores.

After that we did a block on Striking and Fielding Games.  Here we used some of the cricket equipment and played games to develop our awareness in fielding a ball.

We have finished the year with games.

P2 have started the term in PE doing athletics.  On Wednesday we remembered that athletics is split into three areas, running, jumping and throwing.  We focused on jumping, performing in 7 different jumping activities.

• standing vertical jump
• 2 footed jumps following a directional pattern
• low hurdles
• standing long jump
• rebound jumps
• higher hurdles
• boxes of differing height to jump onto.

We were reminded that the standing long jump and rebound jumps are 2 of the 6 events we take part in at sports day.

In PE, we have finished the term doing racket activities.  We have used short tennis and badminton equipment so far and will finished tomorrow with table tennis bats and balls.  We started off by developing our hand eye coordination through using beach balls and catching balls in hoops.  We have then spent a week each on the 3 different sports.

Our main focus has been on speed.  In racket sports you have to move quickly for a short distances and be able to stop in control and balance.  We spent a lot of time working on using different foot patterns which will help us coordinate our way quickly around a court.

P2 have been doing games skills in PE with the focus on Gross and Fine Motor Skills.  We learnt that fine motor skills used smaller parts of our bodies like fingers and that gross meant big so gross motor was big body movements.

We started the year in PE doing a dance block.  We did lots of different little tasks using different themes.  We had to

• travel in different ways – fast, slow, creep, etc
• hold still shapes
• follow a partner
• move between 2 different actions
• move like a stream of water, flowing and turning, then freeze, hold and melt
• be the drip of water off a roof, freeze into an icicle and melt again
• follow a folk dance
• move like toys – a clown, dancer, robot and penguin
• to move with heavy and light movements.

Here we are in action

Yesterday we joined the P2A’s for Christmas party games.

We had a few changes to the equipment this week.  The wide box was a section higher, the narrow beam came after the wider benches and at the frame, the ropes were out.  When discussing the equipment set up, we spoke about changes of height, direction and width.

Here we are in action.

We were excited last week when we saw all the big equipment up.  We worked hard, loving all the different stations.

We spent the first two weeks in gymnastics on the mats.  We revised and developed our shapes, balances, jumps and rolls.

In PE we have been working with the games equipment, developing our individual skills.