Trotts Hill Primary School and Nursery
'Intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body is strong and healthy'
John F. Kennedy
"I like the variety of sports we do"
Ewan Y6
"I like PE here because everyone gets involved"
Layla Y5
"Basketball is so much fun
Alayna Y3
"I like the sportsmanship and when people try their best"
Bella Y3
"I like when we do fun games"
Sienna Y2
At Trotts Hill Primary School we believe that the teaching of Physical Education (P.E) is crucial to building healthy lives for all of members of our school community. We fully adhere to the aims of the national curriculum to ensure that all children:
(National Curriculum, 2014)
Therefore as well as reaching for high standards in our PE provision, we also aim for our children to be active learners across the curriculum, and provide opportunities for children to be physically active throughout the entire school day, including break, lunchtime and before / after school.
At Trotts Hill, we believe everyone should have an active lifestyle and we strive to make that happen during the school day, through regular movement breaks, OPAL, Forest School and active lessons. Outside of school, there are a wide range of club and community sport opportunities to keep you active. Please click the link below to view an extensive range of sports clubs in and around Stevenage. This document has been collated using directories from Sport Stevenage and Hertfordshire Sports Partnership.
We are very proud to have joined the mission to become a park run primary with a weekend parkrun. Lots of families came along and joined in and we all felt really fit and healthy afterwards.
As part of Mental Health Awareness week, Happy Little Yogi came long to do yoga sessions with all year groups. The children loved learning breathing techniques, moving in different ways, listening to their bodies and to feel calm and happy.
Reception had a visit from Luke, Stevenage Sporting Futures, for our PE today. He delivered a session called 'Wild About Nature' where the children stepped into the wild to become little explorers. Through a fun an imaginative PE adventure, the children moved like animals (sprint like cheetahs, leap like frogs, crawl like bears), joined in a journey through the forest, rivers, and meadows, worked in “Nature Teams” to complete simple movement games and learned how to be strong, fast, and calm – just like the animals around us.
KS1 have been learning Invasion Games this half term. They have been mastering the basics such as throwing and catching as well as participating in team games and developing simple tactics for attacking and defending.
Year 3 have spent three weeks working with Chris from FitKidz on their fitness. They used a range of equipment and body weight exercises each week. They also built up the length of time which they spent carrying out each exercise.
This half term in year 4, the children have been learning choreographed dances to lyrical songs using the words to link to dance moves. They have also learnt some 'quickstep' moves and practiced dancing in pairs. The children were also able to choreograph their own dances in small groups and perform to the rest of the class.
Year 5 learnt about the offside rule in tag rugby.
As part of our Outdoor Adventurous Activity unit, Year 6 worked in teams, navigating maps to identify a secret code.
Fit Kidz gave Year 6 the opportunity to engage in rowing. Children were given the opportunity to develop their strategy during game play, and their technique during a race. Year 6 were highly engaged, commenting on how enjoyable the challenge was.
The children started to learn their third dance for this year! They have amazed us with how quickly they have been able to learn the previous dances. Mr Sapsed used the parachute as a prop in the dance and also as a way of keeping us cool.
