Yesterday, a marvellous team of athletes from Y3&4 took aprt in a 'Quadkids' Athletics event at Exmouth Community College. The drizzly rain, which postponed the start and meant it would be too slippery for the sprinting and juming events to take place, did not dampen the spirits of the competitors though! All the children took part in relay, throwing, catching and 400m running events and there were some amazing performances through out the afternoon.
Well done to all who took part; they showed a terrific attitude as well as speed, power and endurance!
On a glorious day, a large group of children from Y6 took part in some life saving skills at Exmouth sea front. Run by the RNLI, the sessions helped the children learn more about safety in the sea and taught them some beach rescue skills too. It was a terriffic experience for all who took part!
The Year 3&4 Athletics club has started with a fabulous 38 children attending! We have been really appreciative of some tremendous parental help in running the club too. Over the next few weeks, the children will have fun improving their technique in running, jumping and throwin in different activities.
Yesterday a dance teacher called Emily Cane, from Premiere Education, came to Brxington to teach Dance in our Arts week. She worked with both Y3 classes as they created a 'Dinosaur dance' as part of their topic on the Jurassic Coast.
Later she helped Y4 create a dance to African beats and rythyms, as part of their study on Benin. The children had a great time!
We look forward to seeing Emily again, when she works with children in Years 1 & 2.
Yesterday the Brixington rounders team competed in the local rounders tournament at Exmouth Community College. Despite the wind and the occasional heavy shower, the children played very well as they competed against other local schools.
Unfortunately, although they won many of their games, they missed out on progressing to the next phase by a single point, but the children really enjoyed themselves and are keen to play more rounders during the remainder of the term.
This half term, children in Y4 have been able to join the tennis after school club. They played matches against one another and developed their volleying, forehand and backhand technique. Perhaps we might see one or two playing at Wimbledon one day...
On Tuesday a team of children, selected from those who went to the Year 5&6 Athletics club, competed against teams from other local primary schools. In a really enjoyable event, the boys and girls took part in throwing, jumping and running events and did extremely well, though they did not qualify for the East Devon Finals. Congratulations to those that took part!