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PE Newsletter

“PE IN PICTURES”

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2017/18—Issue 1

March 2018

Hello – My name is Kate Pirie and I have been working at St John’s, teaching PE since October. I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself and say how much I am enjoying working with your wonderful children.

I have 16 years PE teaching experience and have done many roles within this time ranging from being Head of a large PE department to leadership roles at a large secondary school called Leeds West Academy in Bramley. I decided to move schools so I could be closer to home as I have a young family.

I am delighted to be working at St John’s and I am excited to see how I can bring

some changes to the PE curriculum to enhance your child’s education.

I wanted to put together a ‘PE in Pictures’ Newsletter for you to enjoy so you can see how much we do at St John’s and how much your child can benefit from being fit, active and healthy.

I hope you enjoy the read!

In PE we have been busy having fun and adventures with many trips away

from school. The children love being on trips – these experiences are such a

valuable part of a child's education; they promote a sense of togetherness

and team spirit which is hard to encapsulate within the school timetable.

PE Trips Since October

Next Terms Trips

We have three trips in the pipe line – Ten Pin bowling for the primary group

(The Glen), tennis for Year 9/10 (Gilbert) and athletics.

Information / letters will be coming out to parents soon.

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Leeds Met Uni Adventure Day—7th December 2017

Derby Football Competition—6th February 2018

Great Days Out

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Great Days Out

Year 9/10 Gilbert group showed great team work and got to the semi-finals stage.

Girls Team

Gilbert Team

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Days Out

All three teams played exceptionally well and were a pleasure to take on such a “long distance” trip.

Doncaster Boccia Trip—6th March 2018

We had great fun in Doncaster and the pupils were a delight

Year 11 Team

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Sports Relief Week 19th to 23rd March

In school we supported this charity event by buying wrist bands and coming together as a whole school on Friday to ‘Move for a Mile’.

Thanks to all parents who supported their child through sponsor money –

we really appreciate your generosity. We raised £241 in total. Fantastic!

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Building Links with Leeds United FC and Leeds Rhinos

During this half term I have been busy working with Leeds Utd on a new initiative where we have asked some Leeds Utd coaches to come into school to train some of our lucky students.

On Wednesday 18th / 25th April and 2nd May – Yr 11 will have their training sessions.

On Wednesday 2nd / 9th and 23rd of May – Year 9/10 will have their training sessions.

These sessions will happen within their normal lesson time – all children must be in their full PE Kit please.

We have also managed to secure a LEEDS UTD FOOTBALL AFTER SCHOOL CLUB. This will start on Tuesday

17th April (7-8pm) and run for six weeks. If your child missed out on this opportunity please don’t worry as

we will have many more exciting experiences coming soon. Speak to the office if interested.

I am currently forging a link with Leeds Rhinos to enable us to visit the stadium, speak to players and poten-

tially help on a match day. As soon as I have any secure plans I will let you know...watch this space!

Curriculum Time This Term…..

Your children have been working really hard in PE this term, pushing their own boundaries and learning new

skills. I wanted to share with you some action photos of the skills and knowledge your children have been

learning about so you can discuss it with them.

Circuit Training

The older pupils have been working on their fitness

levels recently – by completing a fitness circuit. They

have to warm-up and stretch beforehand and the

groups have started to do this independently.

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St John’s Gym

Pupils using our fitness suite – they looked at how to monitor their progress by using stop watches and they also recorded their activities on their log sheets.

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Gymnastics

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In Gymnastics we incorporated counting and waiting your turn.

Some of the children moved confidently along

apparatus that was high off the ground.

In primary we all lend a helping hand.

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Curriculum

Here is the Curriculum Overview for PE so you can see what your child has done and what they will be doing during the summer term.

Please remember that after Easter (if the weather allows!) we will be outside for PE so all the children will require warm suitable clothing and footwear.

PE KIT – Does your child require anything new?

Please see the pictures on the next page – we now can add initials onto garments to avoid things being lost.

Please speak to reception if you wish to purchase any thing as we are putting an order in after Easter.

Class

code

Autumn

1

Autumn 2 Winter 1 Winter

2

Summer

1

Summer 2

Primary

The

Glen

(Mon

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Ball skills

Balls /

beanbags.

Gymnastics

Low level

equipment

Boccia Striking

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fielding

sports

Athletics

2LF

(wed

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Ball skills

Balls /

beanbags.

Multi Gym

Fitness

Boccia Striking

and

fielding

sports

Athletics

3SB

(Mon

am)

Ball skills

Balls /

beanbags.

Pilates Pilates Working

as a

team -

outside

Athletics

3SB

(Wed

pm)

Gymnastics

Medium

level equip

Multi Gym

Fitness

Boccia Striking

and

fielding

sports

Spatial

Awareness

outside

9/10VF

(Wed

am)

Ultimate

Frisbee

Football Circuit

training

3 WEEKS

LUFC

Rounders

Athletics

11 MC

/ 11MM

(Wed

am)

Multi Gym

Fitness

Football Circuit

training

3 WEEKS

LUFC

Rounders

Athletics

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PE Kit

@stjohns4thedeaf

Church Street Boston Spa

S T J O H N ’S C A TH O L I C S C H O O L F O R T H E D E A F

Phone: 01937 842144 Fax: 01937 541471

Www.stjohns.org.uk A SEN Specialist School

Happy Easter

Thank you for taking the time to read about your child’s PE provision – I hope you have found it interesting.

I will be writing another one just before the summer holidays to fill you in on what’s been happening over the very busy summer term.

Have a lovely Easter break.

Mrs Pirie.

A POLITE REMINDER OF THE STANDARD PE KIT

Light blue polo shirt + navy blue shorts Optional navy blue tracksuit and football shorts Footwear - Pumps or trainers for inside / trainers for outside. (Please note the footwear is paramount for the health and safety of the pupils in PE.)

Optional hooded sweatshirts and t-shirts with the school logo on, can be ordered via the school office (see below)

From £19.50 From £10.99 From £8.50

School PE Uniform – Navy/Sky/White with School Logo