Primary Weekly Update - 29.01.21

Barnet Twin Towns Challenge

Earlier this week we successfully navigated the first section of our journey, travelling 3,460 miles across the Atlantic to Montclair, New Jersey. Our hosts were very welcoming and after a brief rest, we bid a fond farewell to our American friends.

Next stop, Jinja. This is the longest section of the challenge, covering over 7,000 miles back across the Atlantic, before travelling across the continent of Africa to Jinja in southern Uganda. Currently we have journeyed 5,075 miles in total.

A big thank you to Monkfrith, Moss Hall Juniors and the Barnet Strava Club for their contributions this week. With this being the longest section of the challenge we are calling on all Barnet schools to get involved. There are various resources available to download from our website to help promote the challenge across your school community, please click here to find out more.

 

Resources for Parents/Guardians

We are continuing to collate a PDF spreadsheet, attached, for schools to circulate to their school community. It contains useful links of ways in which parents/guardians can motivate their children to stay active and healthy throughout lockdown. We continually update this information each week with the latest resources released, which are marked ‘New’.

To access previous editions of our weekly update please click here

 

Spring Term Schools Survey

Thank you to those schools that have already completed the short survey we sent to gauge what resources and support we can help with this term, in addition to helping with our planning going forward. Please rest assured that by completing this short survey you are not committing to anything and are under no obligations.

If you have not yet completed the short survey please click here.

 

Support & Planning - Zoom Catch Up

We have organised a Zoom meeting for PE Subject Leaders. This will be an opportunity to catch up with each other, discuss your schools plans for PE, and share ideas. As well as discuss how BPSS can support you. It will be an informal chat so please login and feel free to pop in and out if necessary. Please let me know if you’re able to attend and if there is anything else you want to discuss during the call.             

Date: Tuesday 9th February

Times: 15:45 - 16:15                                 

Login & Password: Details sent to PE Subject Leaders

 

LYG x School Games Fitness Challenges

A big well done to the pupils from Brookland Juniors, Garden Suburb Juniors, Monkfrith, Our Lady of Lourdes, Parkfield, St Agnes and Wren that participated in the first weekly Fitness Challenge. Your collective efforts were rewarded with a 12th place finish for Barnet (out of 33). LYG received over 4,500 entries from young Londoners.

To support you and your schools with participating in the Fitness Challenges please find the Challenge Sheets for the next few weeks below: 

Week Three (w/c 1st Feb) - Jumping Jacks Challenge Sheet

Week Four (w/c 8th Feb) - Shuttle Runs Challenge Sheet

LYG will shortly be releasing additional information on the challenges that will feature after the Half Term break. 

You can find a downloadable Participation Certificate to award to all young people taking part in the LYG x School Games Fitness Challenges to recognise their efforts! 

If you have yet to participate in the LYG x Fitness Challenge it isn’t too late, please click here for further details.

  

AfPE Partner with Oak Academy to offer KS1 & KS2 Lessons                                        

afPE has partnered with Oak National Academy to offer KS1 and KS2 physical education lessons to support teachers working remotely.

Click here to explore the lessons on offer and access the curriculum maps for an overview of the units.

Additional lessons are in the process of being finalised, so please check the site regularly for new content.

 

Empathy Week 2021 – Inclusion Resources

With national empathy week fast approaching (22nd-26th Feb), the Youth Sport Trust’s (YST) London Inclusion Lead schools are working together to support schools to develop young people’s empathy skills through Inclusive Sport linked to the Paralympics. This will be delivered through the Inclusion 2020 Learning & Discovery Personal Challenge days.

Learning and Discovery school based resource - For vulnerable and key worker children in school, the Learning & Discovery school based resource can be easily adapted and delivered to bubbles as a mini-festival or series of activities over a week or number of weeks.

For more information about the Learning and Discovery Resources and how it links with Empathy Week please click here.

Resources

BPSS Primary Resource Directory.pdf 29/01/2021 583.2 KB

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