Lunchtime Athletics Club

Well done to the children who attended today's lunchtime athletics club. Excellent progress was made in the skill of short distance sprinting. Here is a video of the 100m final at the London 2012 Olympics - click here  (you may want to jump to about 5 minutes in the video)

 This video shows the key skills we discussed:

• the race starting position
• the low body position of the runners in the early stages of the race
• the acceleration in the middle (where the race is usually won)
• the dip at the end of the race

Professional runners keep their eyes on the track at the beginning although this is tricky when you're young as it may prevent you running in a straight line.

Next week, we will split the club into two and Mrs Abbott will be in charge of middle/long distance running and I will be working on javelin throwing skills.

Mr Faithfull

Athletics Club - Tuesday lunchtime

After the Easter holidays, Mrs Abbott and I will be running an athletics club every Tuesday lunchtime from 1.00 - 1.30 pm on the infant field. The club will be open to boys and girls from years five and six who have a keen interest in athletics. We will focus on a different discipline each week which will allow us to hone our skills ready for any future athletics events we may enter. Children do not have to come each week and can pick and choose disciplines they particularly enjoy or those they think they are good at. Week one will focus on short distance sprinting and week two will be javeline.

Mr Faithfull

Boys' Football League Match vs Prettygate Junior School

Another fantastic performance this afternoon saw our boys' football team win 6 v 0 against Prettygate Junior School from Colchester. In what was a closer match than the score suggested, we always maintained control and scored some good goals after neat passing moves. Here are some photos from our official match photographer.

Mr Faithfull

Boys' Football League - 2014 / 2015

Here is an updated league table for our boys' football team. We have three games remaining - two next week and one after the Easter holidays.

Mr Faithfull

Girls' Football Tournament at Home Farm Primary School

Another successful day for our footballers although this time it was the girls' team who played in the Home Farm football tournament. We played five games in total, winning 4 and drawing one. This meant we were the overall winners with the most successful record. Congratulations girls!
Mr Faithfull

Boys' football league match v Friar's Grove

There was another fantastic result for our boys' football team this afternoon after a 7 v 0 victory versus Friar's Grove from Colchester. A selection of photos from the match can be seen below.
Mr Faithfull

 A very happy player after his four goals!