Elleray
Park School
PE
PE and Physical Development
Physical development and education is essential for our social, mental and physical health and the children in Jade class are always on the move! Every morning and afternoon we do 15 minutes of exercise to wake us up after the bus journeys in and get us ready for the day ahead. These movement breaks follow the principles of a sensory circuit: with alerting activities; then focussing activities, including copy-me dances as well as quiz questions to get our brains ticking; and we always end with a lovely calming cool-down with breathing, stretches and a lovely 'thought for the day' to set our positive intentions for the week ahead.
We do at least 2 hours of P.E a week and this term we have weekly swimming at Guinea Gap pool with a swimming instructor and a brilliant session with coaches from Rugbytots! We are currently working on the fundamental movement techniques: agility, throwing and catching, running, balance and changing speed and direction. One of the main things we encourage is teamwork and learning to play by following the rules of the game.