Physical Education: Blog items
Date: 1st Apr 2026 @ 11:43am
This week, we wrapped up our Fit2Go programme with our final PE session and practical lesson. The children have worked incredibly hard over the past weeks, learning all about healthy lifestyles, staying active, and making positive choices.
To celebrate their achievements, we held a special assembly where pupils showcased everything they’ve learned to their parents and carers. It was wonderful to see how confident and knowledgeable they have become!
We also announced our four Stars of the Half Term—a huge well done to each of them for their enthusiasm, effort, and brilliant attitude throughout the programme. We are all very proud of you!
What a great way to finish the half term!
Year 3 - Our Final Royal Ballet Session
Date: 31st Mar 2026 @ 1:21pm
This week we celebrated our final Royal Ballet lesson of the six‑week block, and it was wonderful to welcome parents into the hall to see all the hard work the dancers have been doing. The children proudly demonstrated their growing technique, beginning with beautifully controlled pliés and confident first positions, before flowing through their elegant port de bras.
Energy levels soared during sautés (going on our space rockets) and high skips with high knees, showing how their strength and musicality have developed. We also revisited our favourite warm‑up stretches, including the silly yet effective “spaghettification” stretch, which always brings big smiles while improving flexibility.
To finish, the dancers shared their imaginative space dance, using big, expressive movements and excellent spatial awareness. The room was full of creativity, focus, and joy.
We are so proud of every dancer’s progress—what a fantastic six weeks of ballet! 💫
Date: 30th Mar 2026 @ 2:57pm
Today, the children took part in a series of relay races and rounders-style activities designed to develop their throwing and catching, team communication, and accurate passing skills. Pupils worked in small groups to complete relay challenges, focusing on passing the ball safely and quickly while maintaining good teamwork.
They then applied these skills in adapted rounders games, where they practised underarm and overarm throws, catching with control, and communicating effectively with teammates. Throughout the lesson, pupils demonstrated growing confidence, improved coordination, and positive collaboration.
Date: 26th Mar 2026 @ 11:16am
Year 3 had another fantastic session with the Royal Ballet this week as we continued building on everything we’ve learned so far. We began by recapping our previous skills, including our port de bras, balancing, travelling steps and how to use our bodies to show expression and control.
Mr Morris helped keep us perfectly in time by playing the drums, guitar and tambourine, creating a lively rhythm for our dancing. We travelled across the hall with strong leaps, followed by high‑kneed skips, concentrating on smooth timing and soft landings. Our side gallops were full of energy, with children swinging their arms, bending their knees and looking carefully in the direction of travel.
We also practised jumps on the spot and a magical movement called “gathering stars in the galaxy”—renamed “swirl‑tastics” by one imaginative dancer! Everyone finished with a slow, graceful turn, arms stretched wide and bodies moving at different levels.
A joyful lesson full of confidence, creativity and beautiful ballet technique!
Date: 20th Mar 2026 @ 11:31am
This week in PE, the children explored a range of climbing and balancing activities using the indoor apparatus. They practised balancing carefully along benches, climbing up and down the ladders, and swinging safely on the monkey bars. The children also enjoyed jumping off the apparatus, focusing on landing with bent knees to keep themselves safe.
Throughout the session, the children worked on:
Taking turns and waiting patiently for space on the equipment.
Being safe by listening to instructions and using the apparatus correctly .
Helping each other, offering encouragement and support.
Developing gross motor skills, core strength, coordination and confidence
The children showed growing independence and resilience as they challenged themselves, tried new movements, and practised essential physical skills in a fun and engaging way.
Date: 18th Mar 2026 @ 2:02pm
This half term Year Two have been completing ‘eat well and move’ sessions. These have looked at making healthy choices when eating and fun physical activities. We have also looked at the importance of teamwork and collaboration.
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!
