The children will be changing for this session so will need their named PE kits in school.  Today we will have our final practice (SMSC) for Sports Day and will complete all the activities. We will warm up by tiptoeing and spinning around the playground - can we do this silently and the loudly?

The children will be working in colour teams on the big playground and will be introducing the last three  of the following races. We will be reminding the children about how to work as a team and where to go at the end of your turn:

• Javelin
• Egg and spoon
• Bean Bag on heads
• Balance bike race
• Jumping
• Water relay

As a cool down we will play ‘Goldilocks footsteps’.

Today we are going to try and program a robot! Marley asked “How do we write?” So we are going to program a robot to write! We will explain to the children that the robot knows nothing about writing and pens and that they need to give step by step instructions to teach him how to do it. We will begin by asking the children ‘How do you write?’ Each adult will scribe the ideas in their group. We will prompt them about thinking about pinch and flick and grip, also about where to start writing on a page (left to right  and top to bottom - in English). Then we will work out whether these instructions work (a child will be picked to be the robot and we will ask them to do exactly as they are told and not what they think they should do). Through trial and error each group needs to come up with a program of instructions (we will explain how this links to technology) that they can demonstrate to the other groups

Today we have a very exciting activity led by Little Kickers. The children will be split into two groups and will each have a session in the morning. They say that “At Little Kickers we keep activities age-appropriate, varied, and responsive to each child's individual abilities.” Some of the children have said that they already attend or have attended Little Kickers and so they will be the experts!

Today we will be thinking about jumping. We will remind the children of their questions: how do we jump high? (Ivy) and how do we jump high over a building? (Million). Then we will watch a comedy video about Giraffes jumping off a diving board! We will explain to the children that the giraffes were set the challenge of jumping off the diving board and the children are now going to be set a challenge. We need to find out how high or far they can jump and who can jump the highest or furthest but how do we find this out? We will begin by exploring long jumps. We will ask for children’s ideas about how we can work out who can do the longest jump. We will carry out their ideas in groups until we have found out the longest or shortest jump. Then, using the knowledge from the long jumping activity, we will begin to explore comparing high jumps. Again we will ask children for their ideas and carry these out. We will also explore measuring the length and height of their jumps using everyday objects.

Friday

Sophia asked “How do we do colouring in?” So … today we are going to take a pen for a walk! We will begin by listening to relaxing music. Adults will model using the pinch and flick technique.  We will ask the children to practise this before they start and will explain that it is easier to make marks and colour in if they are holding the pen correctly (grip). As we play the music we will ask the children to relax and draw freely and fluidly across the page. They are not trying to draw anything as such, rather just letting go and moving their hand whichever way feels right for them. Then we will ask them to stop and look at what they have drawn. We will suggest that they turn the paper around, can they see anything in their drawing? Then they can start some mindful colouring. We will encourage them to try not to go over the lines or have the same two colours next to one another. As they work we will encourage them to think about which colours are effective when they are placed next to each other.