PHYSICAL EDUCATION and SPORT

in Framwellgate Moor

Primary School

PHYSICAL EDUCATION• In our school we get at least 2 hours of PE per

week.• Every Thursday afternoon is PE across the

whole school and we do lots of different sporting activities.

• Our school pays for special coaches to come in for some of the lessons which is great!

• We also get to use a local gymnasium which has a sprung floor for gymnastics.

• Years 3 and 4 (aged 8-10) also have free swimming lessons every Monday in the local pool.

SCHOOL PE KIT• Our school has a blue PE

kit which the school bought for everyone recently.

• We wear it if we are in a competition and for PE lessons every week.

• We all wear the same so it stops people arguing over who has expensive brands of t-shirts and shorts.

FOOTBALL• Football is very popular

with boys and girls in our school and in the whole of England.

• Our local teams are Newcastle United, Sunderland AFC and Middlesbrough AFC.

• Our school has a football team.

• Some children in our school play for a local Durham team too.

RUGBY

• We enjoy Rugby. It is played by boys and girls but it gets a bit rough.

• Our nearest rugby team is Newcastle Falcons.

NETBALL

• Netball is more popular with girls.

• It is a bit like basketball but you cannot move with the ball.

SWIMMING• The government wants

every child to learn how to swim.

• At age 7 we start going swimming every week with the school.

• We have to get a bus to the local pool in Durham.

• We have a swimming coach.

CRICKET/ROUNDERS

• Both boys and girls play cricket.

• We also play a similar game called ROUNDERS which is similar to baseball.

• Our local cricket team in Durham are a very good team.

BASKETBALL

• Boys and girls both play basketball.

• We have a school basketball team.

GYMNASTICS

• We go to Deerness Sports Centre for our gymnastics.

• The centre has a sprung floor to help us bounce and flip.

• Boys and girls both enjoy gymnastics.

DANCE• We have a dance coach

who comes into school.• She teaches us different

types of dance like Bollywood and Street Dance.

• We get fit whilst we dance to music.

• Boys and girls both love dance.

ATHLETICS

• When the weather improves in the summer, both boys and girls do athletics.

• We have a school sports day every year with running, relay, jumping and throwing and it is great fun!

FAVOURITE SPORTS

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Rugby

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FAVOURITE SPORT???

• We asked every child in the school what their favourite sport to participate in was.

• As you can see our survey of favourite sports showed that FOOTBALL was the most popular sport with BOYS.

• SWIMMING was the most popular sport with GIRLS.

WATCHING SPORT• Finally we asked

children what sport they enjoyed watching.

• The most popular sport when we asked the whole school was FOOTBALL.

• Football is on English television almost every day of the year.

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Basketball

Football

Rugby

Dance

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Cricket

Tennis

Swimming

Athletics

Karate

BOYS & GIRLS