P.E. & Sports Blog
Year Four Athletics
This term we have been learning a variety athletics skills with Dave from the South Ribble Sports Development Team. Some of the skills that we have learnt are: sprinting, speed bounce, triple jump, standing long jump, javelin, chest pass, overarm and underarm throwing. It has been great fun and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
By Daniel Hodson and Ava Barnes 4J
Well Done Lilli-Mai
Congratulations to Lilli-Mai from year 5 who attended the English Bronze Junior Gymnastics Championships in Leicester this weekend. Lilli finished the competition with two medals, finishing in 3rd place on floor and a fantastic 1st place and gold medal for her performance on the bars.
Lancashire School Games Finals
After some successful competitions during the early part of the term 20 children from Year 4 qualified to represent South Ribble at the Lancashire School Games at Stanley Park in Blackpool. They were joined by teams from all over the county and participated brilliantly in both Tri-golf and athletics. Well done to all who competed.
High 5 Netball
During the first part of the summer term the netball team attended the high 5 netball tournament which was run over 3 evenings at Lostock Hall Academy. The team played well and although we didn't finish as high up the table as we had hoped we still enjoyed all of our games and displayed excellent sportsmanship and teamwork throughout.
Well done everyone!
More Success for the Year 3-4 Athletics Team
Back in the Autumn, you may remember that the lower key stage 2 athletics team won silver medals at the sports hall athletics competition. Well the good news is that outdoors the team were able to go one better by winning gold at the 'Quadkids' competition, securing their place at the Lancashire School Games finals in July.
Well done to all athletes! A fantastic achievement!
South Ribble 'Quicksticks' Tournament (2)
Well done to the team who attended the second 'Quicksticks' event of the year, at Walton le Dale High School, on Tuesday 7th May. The team played very well against some tough opposition. We grew in confidence in each and every game and managed to score a super goal in the final game of the tournament. Well Done!
Congratulations!
Cup Winner
Well done to Liam from year 5 who recently won the Mid Lancashire Cup with his team, Lostock Hall Stripes. The final was a tense affair ending in a penalty shoot out.
South Ribble Schools Quicksticks Tournament
On Tuesday 2nd April a team of six KS2 children took part in the South Ribble quicksticks tournament at Walton-le-Dale High School. The children worked really hard as a team and tried hard in all of their games. They had very little experience of hockey (especially on astroturf) and grew in confidence as we got further into the tournament, we saved our best performance for the final game, earning a 1-1 draw.
Well done to all players!
Dance from the Heart Leader Training
This year's Dance from the heart event is quickly approaching, this years theme is space. In preparation for the event a group of Year 6 leaders were selected to help the whole school to learn the dance. The leaders attended an afternoon of training at Cuerden Church School and were much more competent than Miss Bell when performing the routine! We look forward to seeing the leaders assisting the younger children.
Celebration of Girls Football
On Wednesday 27th March the girls football team were given a real treat. They were invited to spectate at the National Schools Cup Final at Mill Farm Sport Village, home to AFC Fylde. We had a lovely afternoon watching some inspirational performances from both teams. In the end the team from Thomas Telford School were crowned National Champions, much to the delight of their very loud supports.
The girls behaved impeccably and were, once again, a credit to the school!
Year 2 Dodgeball
Afterschool on Thursdays this term, 20 children across Year 2 took part in dodgeball club. The children had great fun in firing balls at each other and subsequently trying to dodge them. They also enjoyed pelting Mr Law at every opportunity and any other misfortunate members of staff who entered the hall whilst they were mid-game. Here are some photos of our Year 2 dodgeballers in action:
South Ribble Gymnastics Festival
On Tuesday 19th March a team of 6 gymnasts from Years 3 and 4 took part in a festival of gymnastics at Walton-le-Dale High School.
The girls were able to take part in a range of different gymnastics related challenged including trampolining, vaulting and balancing. The final part of the morning was a display of routines from each of the schools in attendance. Our girls performed brilliantly and some of the skills on show were incredible!
Well Done girls.
South Ribble School Games Tennis
On Friday 1st March four pupils from Years 3 and 4 took part in the South Ribble School Games Tennis Event. The event took place at South Ribble Tennis Centre and in all 19 teams competed.
The children played well and were excellent representatives of our school, displaying our values of sportsmanship and determination throughout. Unfortunately we missed out on a place in the semi-finals but had a fantastic afternoon of tennis.
Well done to all four children who took part.
Silver Medals for Lostock Hall Athletes
On Tuesday 15th January 20 children from Years 3 and 4 competed in a sports hall athletics competition at Lostock Hall Academy.
The children took part in a range of track and field events including; speed bounce, javelin, standing long jump, standing triple jump and a range of relay races. The children showed high levels of determination, whilst remembering that good sportsmanship is always important.
Some impressive performances were on display as schools battled it out in 3 different heats. Once the competition was over it was time for the, all important, results. We are pleased to say that we finished a very impressive second out of 14 schools from South Ribble.
Well done to all of our athletes, you did the school proud.
