Image of Two’s Room - Exploring Outside
5 Feb

Two’s Room - Exploring Outside

We had fun exploring the outdoor area and we found some wiggly worms and slugs.

Image of Year 5 PE Tennis Skills
26 Jan

Year 5 PE Tennis Skills

Today in our pe lesson we were learning backhand and forehand, year 5 had lots of fun and we needed very good eye coordination.

Image of Nursery PE - Throwing and Passing
24 Nov

Nursery PE - Throwing and Passing

This week in P.E the children have been developing their throwing and catching skills, passing the bean bags to each other and developing our core strength.

Image of 2’s Room - Exploring Outside
15 Nov

2’s Room - Exploring Outside

We had lots of fun exploring the outdoors today! We made leaf soup in the mud kitchen and enjoyed climbing on the climbing frame. We love exploring in Autumn time with all the leaves crunching under our feet. We made sure to wrap up warm today and had so much fun!

Image of Year 4 - PE Netball
14 Nov

Year 4 - PE Netball

Today in our PE lesson we have been passing and receiving the ball using chest pass, one/two handed passing and then we practised using the netball nets to see how many goals we could get.

Image of Year 5 PE - Netball
14 Nov

Year 5 PE - Netball

Today in our PE lesson we have been passing and receiving the ball using chest pass and bounce pass. We practised using the netball nets, aiming and shooting.

Image of Football Team
9 Nov

Football Team

The football team represented Darwen St James' excellently tonight and showed great team work. They smiled and had fun from start to finish and we are very proud of them all. Well done!

Image of 2’s Room - Physical Development
6 Nov

2’s Room - Physical Development

The children in 2’s room have been exploring their new room, designed to promote their physical development. They are able to climb, jump, balance and develop their motor skills.

Image of Year 1 - PE Moving in Different Ways
13 Sep

Year 1 - PE Moving in Different Ways

Year 1 enjoyed their first P.E lesson in the hall today. We were focusing on moving in different ways without bumping into each other! We also played a game of sharks in the sea to practise our listening and response skills. You can see some children saluting the captain for letting them on board.

Image of Year 3 - Tennis
21 Mar

Year 3 - Tennis

Year 3 have been developing their tennis skills in PE with Progressive Sports. The children have made great progress this half term.

Image of Year 1 PE - Football Invasion Skills
5 Jan

Year 1 PE - Football Invasion Skills

Year 1 thoroughly enjoyed their first invasion skills lesson with Tom from Progressive Sports today. This half term we are learning football skills.

Image of Year 5 PE  - Football Skills
5 Jan

Year 5 PE - Football Skills

We began our football topic in PE with Tom from Progressive Sports. This week we practiced the skill of dribbling, applying the transferable skills of control, decision making and spatial awareness.