--- title: "Year 1 -PE - Exploring Balance and Landing Safely" url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-09-09-year-1-pe-exploring-balance-and-landing-safely" school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy" --- # Year 1 -PE - Exploring Balance and Landing Safely ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/6006c8ff-fa74-4911-845a-d57e64173156.jpg) 9 September 2026 Year 1 have had a great PE lesson today. We have been practicing balancing, jumping and landing safely. We added some extra challenge by doing this from a height. The children really embraced the challenge and demonstrated some great skills. [Year 1](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/year-1) [PE](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/pe) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/Collage_2026-09-08_10_09_58.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-09-08-nursery-and-pre-school-maths-categorising-objects) Previous ### [Nursery And Pre-School - Maths - Categorising Objects](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-09-08-nursery-and-pre-school-maths-categorising-objects) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/f1424e67-d920-4ff2-a166-cc21a2eb65a3(1).jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-09-10-year-3-art-gestural-drawing-with-charcoal) Next ### [Year 3 - Art - Gestural Drawing With Charcoal](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-09-10-year-3-art-gestural-drawing-with-charcoal) ### Academy Life - [News](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/events) - [Clubs](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/basc) - [School Council](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/attendance) - [Charities and Fundrasing](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/charities-and-fundraising) - ![School Games Gold](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Gold_Logo_25-26(1).png) - ![Healthy school](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/healthy_school.png) - ![Picture News](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/6_Years_of_Picture_News.png) - ![AP smilestar](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Screenshot_2026-07-27_10.26.27.png) ##### Location St James Crescent Darwen Lancashire BB3 0EY ##### Contact Us 01254 703260 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Darwenstjames) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/darwenstjames/) © Copyright 2021–2026 Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)