Sport @ Birstwith 2022

Be Active
Sport and being active is essential- even more so in the world that we are creating for our children to grow up in. At Birstwith, we strive to engage the children in a wide range of activites and sports that are based around the key fundamentals - Agility, Balance and Co-ordination. The children cover these aspects in each and every area of sport they are introduced to. The aim give the children an experience of a wide range of sport, instill a love for being active, teach children how to follow rules and adapt rules to make the games more achievable for everyone and allow children to develop their independent sport skills as well as their group/team sport skills. We work alongside some fabulous outside agencies to help promote excellence in sport either during normal school time or through after school clubs and competitions. We also have close links with local clubs too such as cricket and tennis.
For further information, please do not hestiate to contact me either directly or through school admin
Many thanks,
Richard Roy
To get you going, here are some links and challenges...
National Sports Week
To highlight the importance of sport, the children have had the opportunity to celebrate National Sports Week. This enabled the childen to try out new sports, lead some sports and challenge themselves to a level that suited their ability and competitivness. Thankfully, we had amazing weather to help us through the week and the children managed to mix and play with a range of different children whilst having fun playing a range of different sports. Massive thanks to the sports leaders that planned and ran a number of the events.
Summer Term
Class 3 have been working hard on their sprinting technique and they cricket skills...
Spring Term
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
Spring Term
Spring is here and we are back at the tennis courts. So lucky to have them on our doorstep. The children have worked hard to remember their coaching from last term and, along withe the super weather, they have started to show good control of their balls and they are showing progress with their forehand!
Handball
The handball games are really improvig. The class have worked on target throwing, shooting, movement and communication. It has been so enjoyable to see them work as a team and develop their skills in a new sport.
Autumn Term
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
Bikeability
Wonderful opportunity for our Year 5 and Year 6 children to take part in Bikeability- ( cycling proficiency for the older lot!) The children behaved impecably around the village and learnt some essential bike safety and road awareness skills... Well done all!!
Daily Mile
The inclement weather has allowed us to reinstate the Daily Mile and maintain it even into November.... Let's see how long we can keep it up without bringing half the field back into the school!!!
Tennis coaching from the LTA
Building on the recent success of Emma Radacanu, we have a tennis coach coming in to work with Class 3 to see if we can find the next British number 1... There was some great success in our first session and it'll be great to see what level thye will be at by the end of term!
Active Wall
This term, we invested in a super interactive bit of kit. It is called and Active Wall and the two screens are designed to encourage reaction times, increase stamina and also enable competitive battles. The boards have proved really popular, allowing the older children to coach the young ones, include chiildren with a range of disabilities and give them the same success as able children as well as give the children a new element to entertain them during the dreary winter days. COme down and take on the challenge if you want!