Birstwith and Admiral Long Primary Schools

Well, life is nearly back to how we remember it! Days are getting longer and most resolutionsfor the New Year involve trying harder, getting fitter etc...On this page, I will try and keep you updated on the s[port that is happening in school as well as offer tips or challenges to inspire the children or families to get involved and get more active.  Remember, the government wishes that every child is physically active for an hour a day and schools are guided to offer at least 30 minutes of that; so it is important that your child/ren do continue with physical activity outside of school hours.

This term we are really pleased to announce that we have Sporting Influence returning, working with Class 1 and Class 3. They are working on a whole host of physical skills to make them better sports people.  After school, Sporting influence is offering a multiskills club for the children in Class 1- feel free to ask more or sign your child up!  In Class 3 the children are learing about hockey and if they are interested, Harrogate Hockey Club can be found adjacent to Harrogate High School.  The facilities are incredible and many past pupils are members. 

Alongside this, we are really lucky to have Sophie Zealand join us to offer a KS2 dance club.   This is on a Tuesday after school and the club will be putting on a performance for us in a few weeks :) 

In addition to this, the class teachers will run two 1 hour PE sessions a week to cover a multitude of different sports and in the afternoons, the chance to partake in the 'Daily Mile' is still there.  

Also. the Year 5 and 6 children have been trained as sports leaders so they will be running small group activites during breaks and of course our ever popular Active Wall is still takiong a hammering from the eager children! 

If you have any ideas or any skill to offer, please feel free to contact me, 

Mr Roy

Thankfully, we are getting back to normality.  The children are taking part in PE sessions twice a week, swimming will soon be back on the agenda and the DAily Mile has been reinstated.  These are all vital components to maintain an active and healthy lifestyle and also try and instil some good habits that will remain with the children for the rest of their lives.  On top of this, we are trying to organise some competitions and to begin with they will be 'virtual' but as the year progresses we are looking to have regular competitive opportunities with schools around the Harrogate area. 

Government guidelines state that children should be active for at least 1 hour a day and I am happy to say most of our children reach this target in school on a daily basis.  It is really important that the opportunity to be active at home and at school is met as much as possible and I would encourage you as parents to try and match the time given to further their active time and increase their health benefits for the future.  

Below, I will attach some links from our School Partnership which has put together some excellent sporting challenges.  There are score sheets to down load and ways to make it easier or harder.  Feel free to dip in to them, make them work for you and your child.  Have fun and get active.  Any questions,  or if you would like to run a club at school, feel free to approach me. 

Mr Roy