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title: "Year 3 - P.E. - Learning To Sprint and Skip"
url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2026-09-15-year-3-p-e-learning-to-sprint-and-skip"
school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy"
---

# Year 3 - P.E. - Learning To Sprint and Skip

  ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/b11c1902-2a05-4099-8e9b-3b1986a09a94.jpg)   15 September 2026

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**Ready, steady, go!**

Year 3 have been full of energy in P.E. this week as they focused on the fundamentals of sprinting and skipping.

The children have been working incredibly hard on their technique, discovering how the correct posture, arm swings, and high knees can help them move faster and with better coordination. It takes a lot of focus to get the rhythm just right, but the class showed brilliant perseverance and enthusiasm throughout the lesson.

It was wonderful to see such fantastic effort and sportsmanship in the hall.

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