PE & Sports

Sonia Smith
Specialist PE and Sports Teacher

Specialist PE and Sports Teacher  :  Mrs Sonia Smith

At Shiplake Primary we believe that PE is an essential part of the curriculum and we provide a broad variety of physical activities that allow children to appreciate the benefits of a healthy and physical lifestyle that also encourages the children to develop a love for sport.

Throughout the week children will take part in at least 2 hours of PE and the sessions are designed to provide challenge and opportunities to develop fundamental and valuable skills that can be transferred to all curriculum areas.

All pupils are given the opportunity to engage in Inter House physical activity, therefore get to experience playing as part of a team.  All children take part in Sports Day, Rounders, Benchball and Cross Country and compete for the house trophy.

Pupils in Years 5 and 6 are given the opportunity to become Sports Ambassadors and alongside Mrs Smith promote a love and enthusiasm of sport to the younger children.  This is a great way for children to develop their leadership and organisational skills and  sporting experience.

Pupils from Years 1 to 6 also get the opportunity to participate in inter school tournaments at varying times throughout the academic year.  Key Stage 1 go to Tag Rugby tournament held at Henley Hawkes Rugby Club.  Key Stage 2 have various tournaments throughout the year – these tournaments organised via the Henley Schools Partnership and other local independent schools.

Children have participated in the Henley Lions Swimarathon, TCS London Mini Marathon and the Restless Development Schools Triathlon.  Pupils also attend the Cross Country Winter series held outside of school on a Saturday, the Henley Youth Festival cross country run and the Stoner Park run.

Year 5 Fitness

Year 5 have been undertaking a variety of fitness activities thinking about how exercise effects our bodies and learning how to take and record their heart rates.  One of the activities they did was fitness monopoly where they worked in groups, selecting a leader and carried out the exercises accordingly. 

Year 2 Dance- Great Fire of London

This term Year 2 pupils have been using the Great Fire of London as their dance stimulus to tie in with their topic work. They been thinking about how the movement of fire can be shown through the medium of dance and what body shapes could represent buildings? They have 

Year 1 and 2 Tag Rugby Tournament

  Year 1 and 2 went  Henley Rugby Club to take part in a Rugby Festival against other Henley schools. Their rugby skill were put to the test but all the children performed brilliant and they had a lot of fun as you can see by all the smiles!

Sports Day 2020 !

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Yoga at Shiplake Primary

For those of you feeling a bit low on ideas – Jessica who is an early year’s teacher at Shiplake Village Nursery as well as a trained yoga teacher has kindly created yoga videos for you to try with your children. Namaste ? everyone. Here is her Vimeo link : 

We came 1st walking from London to Cairo!

IMG_6527       Well done everyone who ran it or walked from London to Cairo – we came 1st! Brilliant work.

Mr T is back and his headband is back too!

    Mr T is back and his headband is too…. and for a limited season only he has a special guest – Mrs Trendell.                

Children at Shiplake CE Primary walked from Land’s End to John O’ Groats this week! As you do.

Children #shiplakeprimaryschool smashed the Land’s End to John O’ Groats walk/run. Thank-you to The Children’s Challenge for all their hard work. Full details can be found here: http://www.thechildrenschallenge.com The next walk begins on May 4th with a gentle stroll – London to Cairo this time.?

They’re off children attempt to run or walk from Land’s End to John O’Groats!

They’re off – children at Shiplake Primary School are hoping to walk or run from Land’s End to John O ‘Groats in a week! Teaming up with The Children’s Challenge they’re competing with other schools to complete the 1.407km! They’re doing it during the hour’s exercise recommended by Govt and 

Shiplake Primary’s Wimmin Who Workout!

There’s a fitness battle at Shiplake CE Primary School. These Wimmin don’t have a T in the title and there ain’t no headband in sight. Be warned Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls you’ve not seen anything quite like Shiplake Primary’s Wimmin Who Workout.