PE

"I've missed 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times I've been trusted to take the winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed" (Michael Jordan)

PE stands for Physical Education and is an important and valued part of our school curriculum. PE helps our children develop their physical fitness. As part of this they learn that it is highly important to include exercise and physical activity as part of their lifestyle. Likewise, they also learn how to stretch their physical capacities, enhance their stamina as well as strengthen their muscles.

PE also helps our children develop teamwork and sportsmanship.  Children are encouraged to display our 5 Core Values through their participation in sport.

We work closely with Xcite Sports and Fitness company. Please click on the link below to view their website,

https://www.xcitesportsandfitness.org

A letter to all our children working at home...

Hello to all our ‘Working from Home Learners’,

Next week is when we were supposed to be holding our Sports Morning for Early Years and our Sports Afternoon for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. During next week, I would like all of you children at home to complete a set of challenges. It would be amazing if you could then send me any videos and photos to share on the PE page and your results.

If you are in Year 2, 3, 4 or 5 and are coming into school for our Outdoor Learning session, then you will complete these in school next week.

There are 6 challenges for all the children to complete. The ‘at home’ version of activities can be seen below:

• Not quite an egg and spoon race - How many laps of a 5m area can you do in 1 minute without dropping the object on your spoon?
• How many times can you bounce a ball of socks on a frying pan before it falls off? 
• Speedbounce over a rolled up towel - How many times can you jump over the towel in 20 seconds (Foundation Stage), 30 seconds (KS1), 40 seconds (KS2)?
• 5m Shuttle Run - using people/garden chairs/gnomes/tins/etc. as your markers. - How long does it take you to run 50m/10 laps (Key Stage 2), 30m/6 laps (Key Stage 1), 20m/4 laps (Foundation Stage)?
• Throw and clap - How many times can you clap between throwing a sock ball and catching it again?
• Target Throw - How many times can you throw a sock ball into a saucepan or a scrunched up piece of paper into a cup in 1 minute?

I would like you to compete in your house teams, like we usually do, so please can I ask that you wear your house colour when completing the challenges. Alternatively, you could decorate your old plain white PE t-shirt with your house colours in preparation for that day. 

There will be a video uploaded on Monday morning to demonstrate all of the challenges, whether you are at school or home. I will collect all the results from school and join this with the results from home and then we will have some rewards during the following week. Good luck everyone! We can’t wait to see all of your challenges.

Mrs Kay

A letter to all our children working in school...

Hello to all our ‘In School Learners’,

Next week is when we were supposed to be holding our Sports Morning for Early Years and our Sports Afternoon for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. During next week, I would like all of you children at school to complete a set of challenges in your class or childcare bubbles. Your bubble leaders will then send me videos and photos of the challenges along with the results.

There are 6 challenges for all the children to complete. The ‘at home’ version of activities can be seen below:

• Egg and spoon race - How many laps of a 5m area can you do in 1 minute without dropping the egg?
• How many times can you bounce a ball (Key Stage 2) or beanbag (Key Stage 1 and Foundation Stage) on a tennis racket before it falls off?
• Speedbounce - How many times can you jump over in 20 seconds (Foundation Stage), 30 seconds (Key Stage 1), 40 seconds (Key Stage 2)?
• 5m Shuttle Run - using cones - How long does it take you to run 50m/10 laps (Key Stage 2), 30m/6 laps (Key Stage 1), 20m/4 laps (Foundation Stage)?
• Throw and clap - How many times can you clap between throwing a ball (Key Stage 2) or beanbag (Key Stage 1/Foundation Stage) in the air and catching it again?
• Target Throw - How many times can you throw a ball (Key Stage 2) or beanbag (Key Stage 1/Foundation Stage) into a bucket in 1 minute?

I would like you to compete in your house teams, like we usually do, so please can I ask that you wear your house colour on the day when completing the challenges – your teacher will tell you what day this will be. Alternatively, you could decorate your old plain white PE t-shirt with your house colours at home in preparation for that day. 

There will be a video uploaded on Monday morning to demonstrate all of the challenges, whether you are at school or home. I will collect all the results from school and join this with the results from home and then we will have some rewards during the following week. Good luck everyone! We can’t wait to see all of your challenges.

Mrs Kay

KS2 Gymnastics

Foundation Competition

On the morning of Wednesday 29th January, nine children from Key Stage 2 represented the school in the KS2 Foundation Gymnastics competition at Dearne Valley Leisure Centre. The children worked as a Year 3/4 team and a Year 5/6 team. Both teams had to complete a floor routine and a vault routine. These can be seen below. They did an absolutely fantastic job and improved so much from last year. Out of the 16 teams who competed in each element - both teams finished 6th in their age bracket. A brilliant improvement on last year's results.

Advanced Competition

On the afternoon of Wednesday 29th January, ten children from Key Stage 2 represented the school in the KS2 Advanced Gymnastics competition at Dearne Valley Leisure Centre. The children worked as a Year 3/4 team and a Year 5/6 team. Both teams had to complete a floor routine and a vault routine. These can be seen below. They did an amazing job and matched the efforts made by the teams last year. Out of the four teams who competed our Year 3/4 team came 4th in a very close contest and out of the five teams who competed our Year 5/6 team came 2nd meaning they qualify for the South Yorkshire finals in March.

Congratulations to all the teams!

Year 5/6 Indoor Athletics Competition

Dearne Valley Leisure Centre

Thursday 23rd January 2020

On Thursday afternoon, eighteen children from Year 5/6 represented the school in the Doncaster School Games Indoor Athletics competition at Dearne Valley Leisure Centre. The children competed in 2 track events and 1 field event each. The track events were sprints, hurdles, obstacle races, long distance and relays. The field events were target throw, seated throw, standing long jump, speedbounce and chest push. 

There were 11 teams competing in total, with only 3 teams qualifying for the finals so it was a tough competition. We were in a heat against the current Doncaster champions. Individually, we won some races in our heat but until all results were in we had no way of knowing where we would finish. We are yet to find out where we finished but we did not qualify for the Doncaster finals this time. Well done to all the children for trying their best. 

Y5/6 Cheerleading - Wednesday 27th October

Campsmount Academy

9 boys and 17 girls, from Years 5 & 6, represented Barnburgh school at the Cheerleading competition at Campsmount Academy. With the help of Rachel Carter from RLC Rockets Cheer & Dance, the children created a cheer routine. They competed against 8 other primary schools at the competition.

Barnburgh Primary School came 3rd out of 9 teams!

Well done to the cheerleading team for their hard work and perseverance! You would not have believed that this was their first time cheerleading!

Year 5/6 Girl's Football Tournament - Thursday 24th October 

Astrea Academy Woodfields, Balby

Sixteen girls from Year 5/6 represented the school in a football tournament at Astrea Academy Woodfields in Balby.  We had two teams. They first played in the group stages.

Miss Watson’s team went on to play in another group for 9^th, 10^th, 11^th or 12^th place. They beat Kirk Sandall 2 – 1 and then lost to Richmond Hill 2 – 1.  Overall, Miss Watson’s team finished 10^th in the competition.

Mrs  Millington’s team went on to play two friendlies as they came last in their group. They drew both of these 0 – 0.

Well done to everyone who took part and represented the school in a superb way! It was the first time that these teams have played together. I would like to give a special mention to Maddison in Year 6 who scored every goal for Miss Watson’s team.

KS2 Sportability - Wednesday 23rd October

Don Valley Academy 

10 boys and 1 girl, from KS2, represented the school at Sportability at Don Valley Academy. The children took part in Boccia and New Age Kurling. We had a team of 6, mixed year 3,4 & 5 children (Barnburgh 1) and a team of 5, mixed years 5&6 children (Barnburgh 2). 

Barnburgh 1 - Boccia:

Barnburgh 1 finished in joint 2nd place out of 5 teams. 

Barnburgh 1 - Kurling:

Barnburgh 1 finished 3rd place out of 5 teams. 

Barnburgh 2 - Boccia:

Barnburgh 2 finished jointed 2nd place out of 5 teams. 

Barnburgh 2 0 Kurling:

Barnburgh 2 finished in 1st place, winning their group in Kurling. 

Well done to all the teams for their hard work and perseverance!

Year 5/6 Boy's and Girl's Hockey Tournament - Thursday 17th October 

Hill House School

Twenty-one children from Year 5/6 represented the school in a hockey tournament at Hill House School in Auckley.  We had a girls’ team and a boys’ team. They first played three different teams in a group stage. The results are below.

In the boys’ competition, all teams that finished 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th in all groups went through to play friendlies. Barnburgh played Hayfield Lane and won 2 – 0.

In the girls’ competition, all teams that finished 1^st and 2^nd went through to play in the finals. That meant Barnburgh were knocked out of the competition.

Well done to everyone who took part and represented the school in a superb way! It was the first time that Barnburgh has taken part in a hockey competition or even played with wooden hockey sticks. All adults were definitely impressed.

Key Stage 2 Cross Country Competition - Thursday 10th October 2019

Keepmoat Stadium

Twenty children from across Key Stage 2 represented the school in the Doncaster School Games Cross Country competition at the Keepmoat Stadium. The children competed in the following categories:

• Year 3/4 Girls
• Year 3/4 Boys
• Year 5/6 Girls
• Year 5/6 Boys

The children raced against almost 140 children. The children raced independently but their scores were combined to make a team total. Where they finished in their race was their score and the lowest overall score won. Each team had 4/5 children in. The results are below:

Year 3/4 Girls

Joint 10th out of 29 teams. 

Year 3/4 Boys

11th out of 31 teams. 

Year 5/6 Boys

15th out of 33 teams.

Year 5/6 Girls

6th out of 32 teams. 

The top 5 teams qualified for the South Yorkshire finals so the Year 5/6 girls just missed out of qualification. All the children ran to the best of their ability and we were all so proud of their ambition and perseverance throughout our first Cross Country competition. 

Year 3/4 Boy's and Girl's Football Tournament - Thursday 3rd October 

Keepmoat Stadium

Twenty boys and seven girls represented the school in a football competition at the Keepmoat Stadium. We had two teams of ten boys and one team of seven girls. The games were 7-a-side.

Boy's Team A

The boy's teams played 4 games in the group stages. Team A drew their first game against Castle Hills 0-0. They lost their second game against St Wilfred's 2-0. Drew the third game 0-0 against Owston B and lost the last game 4-0 against Shaw Wood. The team finished in the group stages. 

Boy's Team B

The boy's teams played 4 games in the group stages. Team B lost their first game against Green Top 3-0. They lost their second game against Richmond Hill A 4-0. Lost the third game 1-0 against Hayfield Lane and lost the last game 3-0 against Kirk Sandall. The team finished in the group stages. 

Girl's Team

The girl's teams played 5 games in the group stages. They won their first game against Hayfield Lane 4-1 with Charlotte scoring a hat trick and Isabella scoring one. They won their second game against Holy Family 2-0 with Evie scoring both goals. Drew the third game 1-1 against Windhill with Maddie scoring the goal for us. They won the fourth game 1-0 against Ivanhoe A with Maddie scoring again. The final game they lost 6-0 against Sunnyfields. The team made it through to the quarter-finals against West Road. They unfortunately lost this game. 

Well done to all the teams for their hard work and perseverance!

Year 5/6 Football Tournament - Thursday 26th September - Goals, Doncaster

Twenty children from Year 5/6 represented the school in a football competition at Goals on Wheatley Hall Road.  We had two teams of three children. Each team had a mixture of girls and boys. They first played three different teams in a group stage.

The results are below.

All teams that finished 3^rd and 4^th in all groups went through to the Plate Competition.

The results are as below.

Well done to everyone who took part and represented the school in a superb way!

UPCOMING COMPETITIONS AUTUMN TERM 2019: