Physical Education: Blog items
Date: 11th Mar 2026 @ 4:55pm
In our third Royal Ballet lesson, Year 3 dancers began by focusing on posture, ensuring long spines and lifted chests before moving into first position and finishing our warm-up with a graceful révérence. We then recapped last week’s creative work, exploring our spiralling galaxies and collecting stars. The children practised making expansive movements, using sweeping port de bras, gentle turns while spotting a fixed point, and experimenting with balances at different levels—remembering to engage their abdominal muscles for control.
Next, we returned to first position to work on pliés, concentrating on alignment and smooth, controlled bending of the knees. We followed this by developing arm movements to coordinate with the lower body.
Date: 10th Mar 2026 @ 3:47pm
🏃♂️ Parkour Session 3 – Vaulting & Safe Landings!
Today, Year 6 took part in their third exciting Parkour session, building on the skills they’ve already started to master. This week’s focus was all about vaulting and landing safely — two essential Parkour techniques that help us move confidently and in control.
🤸 Learning to Vault
We used a range of low equipment so everyone could practise safely and try out new movements at their own pace.
Pupils worked together in small groups to learn how to:
- 👀 Keep their eyes looking forward
- ✋ Use their hands to support and guide their movement
- 🦵 Swing their legs smoothly over the equipment
- 🦶 Stay light on their feet
It was brilliant to see everyone challenging themselves and celebrating each other’s progress!
🛬 Landing Safely
A key part of Parkour is making sure we land with control and care. Today we practised:
- 🦵 Bending our knees to absorb impact
- ⚖️ Keeping our balance centred
- 🤫 Landing softly and quietly
- 💪 Using our arms for extra stability
With each jump, pupils became more confident and more aware of how their bodies move.
Nursery Have a Sensory Experience
Date: 5th Mar 2026 @ 10:48am
Things got a little bit messy this week as the chidlren explored shaving foam and paint! This was a great way for the chidlren to build their relationships together as they talked about the feel and smell of the shaving foam. They also talked about what they could see as the shaving foam and paint mixed together.
Date: 5th Mar 2026 @ 10:41am
Nursery have been throughly enjoying our Superhero topic especially this week when they got to smash the playdough like Hulk! This was a fun way for them to build both their fine and gross motor skills as the used potato mashers, hammers and spoons to squash the playdough as hard as they could!
Date: 3rd Mar 2026 @ 1:22pm
Reception- Chinese Ribbon Dancing
Date: 27th Feb 2026 @ 2:14pm
This week we have been celebrating Chinese New Year and learning how to do a Chinese ribbon dance.
Chinese ribbon dance is a captivating art form that combines grace, rhythm, and visual beauty, deeply rooted in Chinese culture and history.
We had our own ribbon and moved in different ways, waving our ribbon in different directions whilst listening to Chinese music.
"I can move my ribbon around my body" Ava
"I like to twirl around with my ribbon" Noah
"It is so much fun- dancing to the music with my ribbon!" Raya
Date: 27th Feb 2026 @ 1:32pm
As part of pur learning about Chinese New Year we talked about tje dragpn parade what many people attend. We watched some videos and explored the different ways the dragon moved. We practicsed these movements ensuring we carefully negioated the space in the dance studio. We then worked together as a team to make a huge chinese dragon. When we had finished we used the puppets we had made earlier in the week to move to the music.
Date: 26th Feb 2026 @ 9:10am
Today we started the Fit2Go programme with Blackpool FC. Over the next few weeks we will be learning about the importance of a healthy lifestyle and learning some new fun sports and games. In the classroom, we had a lesson all about healthy lifestyles and the coaches explained all of the exciting things we will be doing over the course of the programme. Then we looked at how we can keep our bodies and minds healthy. We were physically activite as well, taking part in an intense dodgeball session.
Date: 24th Feb 2026 @ 6:19pm
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Date: 13th Feb 2026 @ 1:15pm
Acorns have loved having our PE sessions with Blackpool football club. We have been developing our engagement and participation in group activities as well as our ball skills. We have been developing our catching, throwing and kicking, using balloon balls, large balls and moving to smaller tennis balls. Have a look at our progress.
Nursery Like to Ride Their Bicycles!
Date: 10th Feb 2026 @ 9:46pm
Nursery had a super time on the balance bikes. They took them out on the big playground where they learnt to steer around obstacles, vary their speed and stop safely. Balance bikes are a great way to build core strength becausse the children rely on their core stength to stay upright, propel the bike forward and steer.
Nursery and Their Strong Fingers
Date: 5th Feb 2026 @ 8:08pm
We are working hard to build up our finger strength in Nursery to help us develop a strong pencil grip. This weeks challenge - to fill the tiny holes on a Duplo board with water using a pipette! It took skill, concentration and a lot of patience. the children rose to the challenge and became very skilled at filling the tiny holes! We will have the strongest fingers in the whole of Blackpool!
Nursery Give the Animals a Wash
Date: 5th Feb 2026 @ 7:58pm
After reading the story "Alan's Big Scary Teeth" we talked about different animals and where they live. We found out about lions, tigers and elephants and how they live in hot countries. We then looked on the globe to see where the countries are. The children then decided the animals needed a good wash! They used pipettes and small brushes to scrub them clean!
Date: 23rd Jan 2026 @ 12:26pm
In Year 5, the children began practicing a variety of yoga poses, focusing on developing balance, flexibility, and control. They explored how different poses connect and learned to transition smoothly between them. Building on this, the children started to create their own short yoga flows, sequencing poses in a way that felt logical and enjoyable. This activity encouraged creativity, concentration, and self-expression, while also promoting mindfulness and an awareness of their bodies.
Date: 22nd Jan 2026 @ 3:41pm
🕺 Our Second Dance Session! 💃
Today we had our second dance session, and it was fantastic! ✨
🔄 Recapping Last Week
We began by going over the dance phrases we learned last week. Everyone did a great job remembering the moves! We spent some time refining them so they looked smoother, sharper, and more confident. ✔️
👯 Working Together
Next, we worked in pairs and small groups 👥 to start linking our phrases together. This was a great chance to share ideas, help each other, and experiment with different ways of moving.
🔗 Linking Movements
We explored clever ways to connect our phrases using:
- 🚶 Steps
- 🔄 Turns
- 🦘 Jumps
It was brilliant to see so much creativity, teamwork, and enthusiasm across the room!
🌟 What’s Next?
By the end of the session, our routines were already starting to come together. We’re excited to keep building on them next week!
Date: 22nd Jan 2026 @ 9:17am
Date: 21st Jan 2026 @ 8:13pm
Nursery have become Pirates! We have read the story "Don't disturb the Pirates" and leanrt all about treausre hunts, ship wrecks, walking the plank and maps. The children created their own maps and discussed where they placed the key features using prepositions. They also counted golden coins, made pirate soup. For physical development the children moved large bricks and crates to make a pirate ship and even walked the plank!
Date: 15th Jan 2026 @ 3:44pm
This half term, some children from Year 1 are working with Blackpool Football Club focusing on fundamental skills. This week, we focused on controlling a football with our feet including dribbling with control and stopping the ball carefully.
Connect, Communicate, Collaborate
Date: 15th Jan 2026 @ 3:40pm
Over the last two weeks we have talked about the New Year and setting goals. We have discussed how we want to be better communicators and work together as a team. We have been exploring ways we can play and create together. It has been fun developing our new Lego Club where we have to work toegther to create different projects. All of these activities involve us using and developing our speaking, listening, understanding and tolerance of each other.
Date: 15th Jan 2026 @ 11:17am
Year 5 have been developing their skills in Invasion Games during P.E. this half-term, with a particular focus on hockey. Pupils have been learning how to control a stick and ball safely and effectively, practising key skills such as dribbling, passing and receiving. They have also worked hard on spatial awareness, learning how to move into space, avoid defenders and support teammates during small-sided games. Alongside physical skills, children have been developing teamwork, communication and decision-making, as well as an understanding of simple attacking and defending tactics. It has been fantastic to see their confidence and game understanding grow each week.
Date: 15th Jan 2026 @ 9:15am
This week in Year 3 PE, the children enjoyed their second fitness lesson, developing coordination, stamina, and control through a range of fun and active challenges.
The lesson made great use of skipping ropes and beanbags. Children practised skipping to improve their fitness, before taking on a variety of throwing and catching challenges. They challenged themselves by throwing a beanbag and catching it on their foot, throwing and clapping before catching, and even walking along the skipping rope while throwing and catching the beanbag.
The children showed fantastic perseverance and enthusiasm as they tried new skills and pushed themselves to improve. It was wonderful to see their confidence grow as they developed both their fitness and coordination in such an engaging lesson.
Date: 14th Jan 2026 @ 8:58am
Acorns had the pleasure of welcoming Blackpool football club coach Paul in to run our PE session this week. We have introduced building our independence, changing into kit, before hand and then developing our engagement and participation during the activities.
We enjoyed engaging in parachute games and then developing our ball throwing skills and accuracy.
Date: 13th Jan 2026 @ 2:27pm
Year 5 have been enjoying yoga in PE, exploring a variety of positions and poses. They have been learning how to link these poses together to create smooth flows. The children have shown excellent balance and control, successfully holding some challenging positions and demonstrating determination and focus throughout their sessions.
