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Y4/5/6 Quad Kids Athletics

By Mr S MORGAN9th June 2022

Today children from Years 4, 5 and 6 represented Christopher Pickering at the Hull Active Schools Quad Kids Athletics Championships. The format of this competition sees a team of eight children, four boys and four girls, take part in four events spanning different athletic disciplines: sprinting, distance running, throwing and jumping.

The scores are totalled and teams are placed. There are also individual awards. Well done to our teams who finished 6th (Y4s), 11th (Y56B) and 5th (Y56A). Also to our individual medalists Charlotte (3rd) and Phoebe (2nd).

All in all a great day out and an event we have not competed in for a long time!

Year 4,5 and 6 Quad Kids Athletics Team

Freddie and Billy-Bob (White t-shirts) battling it out in the 600m

Archie (Y4) completing his long jump

Phoebe M: Individual silver medalist Y56 Girls

Charlotte Carey: Individual bronze medalist Y56 Girls

Y6 Five-aside qualifiers

By Mr S MORGAN7th June 2022

Tonight was another successful night as our Y6 boys qualified in the HAS 5-aside competition. The boys cruised through their group winning every game. Credit to the boys for playing in goal each as well with their usual keeper absent with illness.

On to the finals boys!

Y6 (L-R): Harley, Lindon, Freddie, Lucas and Kacper

PE Scholarship – Indoor Cricket: Reaction Times!

By Mr S MORGAN26th May 2022

This afternoon, our PE Scholarship group have continued to with their unit on cricket. Today’s focus was indoor cricket. With limited batting space, this is an incredibly fast paced and technical version of the game which really put players’ core skills to the test.

As well as accurate throwing and catching, fielders also need to have lightning quick reaction times. This session allowed our children to really work on this skill. They really enjoyed a range of drills which aims to improve their reaction times and catching accuracy. We used ‘reactaballs’ and rebound nexts which send the balls off in random directions for children to catch or block.

We finished the sessions with a great game of indoor cricket where children put their skills into practise. Well done boys and girls!

Sometime the rebound nets made a catch impossible, there a block was necessary to continue fielding.

Logan anticipating a bounce – but how high?

With multiple surfaces for the ball to rebound and limited space, batter had to choose very carefully where to hit the ball.

Spot the ball! Quick reactions from Evie (front centre) saw on batter go out here!

FA CUP WINNERS!!!

By Mr S MORGAN25th May 2022

A HUGE well done to our U11s boy who tonight won the Hull Active Schools FA Cup Final, for the third year, in a 2-0 win against Hymers College.

The game was incredibly close throughout the duration with both teams finding themselves in goal scoring positions. Our first goal came towards the end of the second half as Ashton lofted a high cross which nipped in over the keepers head. Our second goal came in the second half after Lindon made a break and didn’t finish after going one-on-one with the keeper. Ashton was supporting and dealt with the rebound by scoring a second goal. More opportunities came in the second half with Tinashe missing from his break and Lucas hitting the post with a huge right foot volley.

The boys saw the game out safely and brought the cup home. Well done boys, you have made Mr. Moy and I incredibly proud! Thanks also to our parents for their continued support.

FA Cup Winners (L-R): Lucas R, Jack S, Tinashe G, Jamie C, Harrie G, Freddie F (c), Lindon B, Harley P, Ewan D, Ashton R & Charnley B.

Y4 Swimming

By Mr S MORGAN20th May 2022

Today was Y4’s last day of swimming. They have had a tiring two weeks of swimming every afternoon but their efforts have paid off. They have made incredible progress and have approached their lessons with a fantastic attitude.

Well done Y4, we are very proud of you!

Fatima practising floating on her back. Well done!

Working hard and having fun!

Group one working on building leg stamina and technique

A huge thank you to our team of swim teachers for your expert coaching these last two weeks!

Y4 Mental Health Awareness Week 2022: Loneliness

By Miss L STEWART11th May 2022

Y4 have been having discussions about loneliness and considering the difference of being alone as opposed to being lonely. All agreed that it is often nice to have some ‘Me Time’ alone doing the things we enjoy (reading, colouring, drawing, listening to music, painting our nails, practising football skills etc). However, if an individual is lonely, the children agreed that this oftens brings about negative emotions such as sadness, despair, worry, anxiousness and the feelings of isolation and exclusion.

Our task was to identify ways to ‘Tackle Loneliness’ to both help and support an individual (or even ourselves) and improve wellbeing and self-esteem…

Talk to someone you trust and share how you are feeling
Join a club that you are interested in or take up a hobby
Reach out to someone who feels lonely – Ask them how they are feeling and reassure them that help is there for them
Be kind and be there to listen
Think about all of your positive qualities – reflect on what you can do and be proud of who you are and what you have achieved
Be kind to yourself – remember that you are special

We then created some fantastic posters promoting ways to tackle loneliness…

We now feel that we have the knowledge and a better understanding of how to tackle loneliness to help both ourselves and others if those feelings ever arise.

Y3 Mental Health Awareness Week 2022: Loneliness

By Miss L STEWART10th May 2022

Y3 have been discussing this years theme of loneliness for Mental Health Week 2022. We shared our own definitions of what loneliness means and how it can affect an individual’s wellbeing. The children then shared strategies for coping with emotions of sadness and worry and agreed that reaching out and sharing our feelings with others is a way to help ourselves. We then recorded all of the individuals in our own lives that are there to support our own wellbeing and who we can turn to should we need a little help.

Y3 Music: Bringing Us Together

By Miss L STEWART10th May 2022

We in Year 3 are thoroughly enjoying following the Charanga Scheme of Work and learning the song ‘Bringing Us Together’. It is certainly an upbeat track which makes us feel happy but above all else it brings us together and makes us want to sing and dance!

Y3 PSHE: JIGSAW -EMERGENCY SERVICES (999)

By Miss L STEWART8th April 2022

Y3 have been learning about the importance of our wonderful Emergency Services and how to make a 999 call should the need arise. The children shared their opinions on when the Emergency Services should be called and all agreed that it should be when urgent assistance is required only. We also learned that 112 can also be called to reach the Emergency Services too.

Here are some of the posters we created from this important lesson…

We also learned that when calling 999 that we should remain calm, speak clearly and give as much information as we can to get the help that we need.

Y4 Writing Music: Rehearsing and Performing Compositions

By Miss L STEWART6th April 2022

Our Year 4 Musicians have written their own Ostinato compositions and have thoroughly enjoyed both rehearsing and performing their pieces to their peers.

Complete focus and determination to perfect their composed pieces was key to their rehearsal time.