P.E. with Room One and Miss Ewen

From this week on, every Monday, Thursday and Friday afternoon (apart from those weeks we are going swimming) we will be joining Room One to do P.E. with Miss Ratumaibuca and Miss Ewen. "Why do we do P.E.?" asked Miss Ewen. "Cos we can get healthy," replied Trelia. "And strong", said Joseph. That's two great reasons - and there's lots more. (Comment below to add to our list of why P.E. is important for our tamariki.)

This term our focus is on small ball skills. We will look at skills associated with different sports which use small balls (such as tennis and hockey). This week we focused on learning to catch and throw. We played some really fun games to help us learn these skills.

One of the games we played was called 'Bombs Away'. The children had to drop (not throw) a ball down and then scoop it up again with their hands to catch it after it had bounced. One of the important things the children had to remember was to 'glue' their pinkies together when they caught the ball so it didn't slip through. Some of us are really good at catching and we all had lots of fun practicing.

When we were practicing overarm throwing we had to hold the ball by our ear, make sure our elbows were up and aim with our other arm. Keanu thought we looked like archers with a bow and arrow - he's right!

Each lesson we end with a fun game. 'Pirate Treasure' was a fun game where we had to steal Miss Ewen's treasure while she wasn't looking and freeze when she turned around. It was lots of fun being active and practicing skills. Don't forget to comment below as to why you think P.E. is an important part of learning for our tamariki!