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Term 3 Swimming 🏊

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Wow! Wow! Wow!

Our swimmers have been working incredibly hard at Bathgate Xcite this term, and their progress has been amazing to see!

On Friday mornings, our Group 3 and 4 swimmers — Sean, Muhammad, Freddie, Frankie, Jaxson, Denny, and Ruaridh — smashed it with 2 Aqua Bronze Awards and 5 Progress Awards achieved between them! Fantastic effort from everyone.

On Thursday afternoons, Fletcher continued his brilliant development towards his Aqua Silver Award. He was joined by Ethan and Stanley, who also made excellent progress towards their Silver Awards, and Alex, who proudly achieved his Aqua Diamond Award!

Well done, everyone — we are all super proud of you! 🌟

Duntarvie, Ochiltree

Secondary Sport & Fitness Activities

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On Wednesday afternoons our Secondary pupils have been trying out some different sport and fitness activities…

Golf at American Golf Driving Range

Bootcamp with Mel from FoxFit

Bowls at West Lothian Indoor Bowling Club

Gentle seated exercise class with Heidi from Heidi Macdonald Fitness

Duntarvie, Ochiltree

Term 2 Secondary PE

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Athletes in Ochiltree and Duntarvie have continued to come together on Monday afternoons to develop their physical activity and motor skills.

This term we have focused on:

Mobility activities (based on the Special Olympics Motor Activity Training Programme) with Louise

Stretching and body awareness with Jill

Golf and Croquet with Rachael

Whole School

ASN Boccia and Curling Festival

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Today 8 of our athletes represented Beatlie at the ASN Boccia & Curling Festival at West Lothian College.

Everyone had lots of fun and coped so well with the big, unfamiliar and very noisy hall!

Well done everyone, we are super proud of you 🌟

Whole School

Term 2 Swimming 🏊‍♂️

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More swimmers have been making a splash at Bathgate Xcite this term. Our second Friday morning group recently completed their 5 week block with Ethan, Hira and Madison achieving their Aqua Bronze Award and Teddy receiving a progress award.

2 of our senior pupils have also been swimming on a Thursday afternoon. Fletcher achieved his Aqua Bronze Award and Alex achieved his Aqua Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum Awards!

Well done everyone, we are all super proud of you! 🌟

Duntarvie, Ochiltree

Secondary Christmas Party 🎄🎁

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We had lots of fun at our Christmas Party this afternoon – dancing 🕺 playing games ☃️ and then relaxing with a short festive film🎬and some treats 🍰

Our winners were…

  • Funky hat corners – Megan
  • Pin the nose on Santa – Alex
  • Best decorated biscuit – Cole
  • Reindeer toss – Ruaridh
  • Best dancer – Ethan
  • Best actions in Port & Starboard Christmas version – Stanley

The adults had fun too 😂

Glendevon, Hopetoun, Lomond, Pentland

MATP Challenge Event 🏅

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This term we hosted our very first Special Olympics Motor Activity Training Programme (MATP) Challenge Event.

Athletes in Hopetoun, Lomond, Pentland and Glendevon had the opportunity to showcase the skills they had been working on during training for their family and friends.

Every athlete did absolutely amazing and handled the spotlight so well! 👏 🌟

A HUGE thank you to everyone who came along to support our athletes and make the event such a success. I loved all the cheering, signs, posters and t-shirts ❤️

We asked for some feedback and this is what our parents said…

 

Duntarvie, Ochiltree

Term 2 Secondary PE

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And that’s a wrap on our first block of activities. All athletes in Ochiltree and Duntarvie have now completed striking & kicking activities with Louise, music & movement with Jill and Boccia & New Age Kurling with Rachael.

Here are our athletes taking part in their final activity…

Striking & Kicking

Music & Movement

Boccia & New Age Kurling

We will be continuing with our Secondary PE groups next term, so check back to see what new skills and activities we have been working on! 👀

Glendevon, Hopetoun, Lomond, Pentland

Term 1 Primary PE

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Our athletes in Hopetoun, Lomond, Pentland and Glendevon have been working hard, training towards our first ever MATP Challenge Event on Monday 1st December. They can’t wait to showcase their unique achievements to family and friends (more details will be shared closer to the time, but I am excited to see everyone supporting their athlete with posters, banners or maybe even personalised t-shirts!).

What is MATP?
The Special Olympics Motor Activity Training Programme (MATP) is a unique programme specifically designed for athletes of all ages with Profound and Multiple, Physical and Intellectual Disabilities and/or Complex Support Needs.

It focuses on developing individual skills and abilities rather than direct competition, ensuring each athlete can achieve personal bests and celebrate their achievements.

It is made up of 4 core sport specific MATP skill areas:
• Mobility (gross motor skills)
• Dexterity (fine motor skills)
• Kicking (lower body skills)
• Striking (upper body skills)

 

MATP enables our athletes to increase physical activity, improve motor skills, build confidence, increase participation in sport activities and foster a positive self-image.

Hopetoun Athletes

Lomond Athletes

Pentland Athletes

Glendevon Athletes

 

Whole School

Group 1 Swimming 🏊

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Well done to our first group of swimmers who just completed their block at Bathgate Xcite.

They worked so hard, gaining confidence and developing skills in the early stages of buoyancy, co-ordination, spatial awareness, breathing, and entering and leaving the pool safely.

3 swimmers achieved their Beatlie Aqua Bronze Award and 1 swimmer was presented with a Beatlie Swimming Progress Award. Well done everyone ⭐ we are so proud of you 😊