This term Year 3 are having rugby sessions as part of their outdoor PE. Roger Filby attends weekly to teach the children rugby skills which will soon be used in a game of tag rugby. Despite the mixed weather children have enjoyed being outdoors learning new skills; they have certainly had to focus when trying to control a rugby ball because of its unusual shape! Children have practised controlling the ball around their body, whilst standing still and moving, before learning how to pass the ball efficiently. These are all skills the children can continue to practise at home (with any shaped ball!) If children are interested in playing rugby for the school team they should come and speak to their teacher... we are always looking for new recruits!

This afternoon, Year 5 were visited by GIST to discuss the importance of road safety and the steps the children can take to make sure they are being safe around vehicles (especially lorries) when out and about. 

 

The children were lucky enough to explore one of GIST's articulated lorry and learn all about blind spots, remembering 'if you can't see the driver, the driver can't see you'. The children also had to work out how far 25 metres was, a safe distance from a lorry moving at 30 mph - this was quite tricky to guess!

 

Thank you to GIST for your time and for answering all of the children's questions. 

On Monday 2nd March, seven netball super stars hit the courts at Russell Howard to take part in the first session of the Hampshire Youth Games Netball tournament. The children played against six different schools around Basingstoke and were able to compete with great skill and confidence. For most of our team, it was our very first versatility netball tournament meaning we had to give every position on the court a try! When team members were not playing, they had roles and responsibilities too- time keeping and scoring! Everyone took this in their stride and tried their best at every rotation. Our team did remarkably well whilst representing our school, winning 4/6 of their games and coming 3rd overall. This was down to our superb team work and determination!  I am thrilled to say that we made it through to the final stage of Hampshire Youth Games. This is a fantastic achievement, you should all be very proud of yourselves. Thank you for those parents who attended and supported their children. It was lovely to see the pride in your faces too! Thanks to Phil Jeffs for organising this event. I thoroughly enjoyed being there to support them.