Tennis, ActiveKids and Cheerleading

Year 2 have had yet another busy day today out in the sun!  Firstly this morning, we took part in a Tennis session with the Tennis coach Neil.  We worked in pairs practising our catching skills before starting to use the rackets to volley to our partner.  We then did some team games whereby we were practising our throwing and volleying skills.  It was great fun and harder than it looked!

Our next activity was ActiveKids with Dave.  Again we were focusing on our listening skills as well as our teamworking skills.  We played a game of Toilet Tag.  The taggers had to get us (we were only allowed to walk fast rather than run) and if we were caught we had to kneel down and wait for someone to pull our chain (our arm in the air).  We really enjoyed this activity (but didn't really enjoy all the flying ants that were joining in too.

The last activity we did was working on our balance.  We had to balance a cone on our heads whilst standing on one leg.  This was quite tricky!

Our last session today was Cheerleading.  We learnt some of the positions and practised our chant:  G...O...(clap, clap) G... O... (clap clap) go team, go team.  Once we had practised the moves we were then able to do them again with the pom poms.  It meant we had to listen well and keep in time with each other.

Fire Fighter Fit Kids

This afternoon, we were lucky enough to have a fitness session with a couple of Firefighters from the Kent Fire Service.  We learnt that to be a firefighter, you have to be fit and healthy.  This includes not only exercise but eating and drinking the right things too.  Before the session started, we talked about exercise and what we do to exercise.  Simon (one of the instructors) showed us his gymnastics skills by doing a handstand!

As part of the session, we learnt all of the maneuvers that you need as a firefighter, including:
- drop and roll
- jump and slide down the pole
- jump into your boots and pull up your trousers
- put on helmet
- roll out the hose
- climb the ladder
- crawl and search for casualties.

We practised each maneuver over and over.  It was hard work in the heat, but Mrs. Bryant reminded us that in real life the firefighters have to deal with much more severe temperatures than we did today!

Outdoor Week so far...

Year 2 have been extremely busy so far this week and have definitely been pushing ourselves to the limit!  We have already completed so many challenges, with many more still to come.

On Monday, we practised our skipping skills with Skip2BFit.  The children worked really hard to beat their personal best score.  A special mention to Mrs. Feria who won the skip-off in assembly, having previously achieved the highest staff skip score!

We were also lucky enough to have a session with the Ben Bullen team.  We roasted marshmallows over the fire (yum) and practised making sparks and trying to create fire using a flint and steel.   This was so tricky, but most of us managed it.

On Tuesday, we did a session called Fitness In.  During this session, we had to play the opposite game.  Our instructor said it was one of the only times that we were allowed to be naughty and do the opposite of what we're told! 

To finish our afternoon, we had a wonderful session of relaxing Yoga with Mrs. Manning.  We tried all sorts of yoga poses as well as thinking about our breathing and our posture.