PE and Sport

Y3 Squash at Abbeydale

In Y3 we were lucky enough to go down to Abbeydale Sports Centre and take part in some squash lessons. The children really enjoyed taking part and learnt lots of new skills.

Santa Dash

As part of our commitment to promoting physical activity as part of a healthy lifestyle, our wonderful Year 6s organised the annual Dore Primary School Santa Dash. Children from across the juniors took part, completing a fun course around the school grounds. The course was well-marshalled by our Year 6s and participants were encouraged to […]

Y4 UDOIT Dance Festival

Working with Dance charity UDOIT for the last six weeks has been an absolute pleasure and privilege for our Y4 children. Coached by dance teachers Jack and Sinead, both classes have learned different routines to different mixes of music. Our children have worked so hard to focus on and learn the moves, and their confidence […]

Y4 – Hotshots Basketball Competition

After the whole year goup took part in basketball during PE in Autumn 1, we took a team of 10 to our local School Games competition. Our children gave a great account of themselves, getting better and better in every game they played, and managed to win two and lose two. The teams we lost […]

Y4 Dodgeball at King Ecgbert School

Whilst King Ecgbert School children had an INSET day, Kyle Wright – our Forge School Games Organiser – invited us to spend an afternoon using the Sports Hall at KES to play dodgeball. It was a very energetic afternoon, with everyone playing about ten matches each. We had lots of flushed cheeks as we walked […]

Y4 Girls Football

We took a team of VERY keen footballers to a mini-tournament at St George’s Park, Graves. To say it was the first time they had all played togther as a team, they did extremely well, winning EVERY game and not conceding a single goal! Fantastic work girls!

Yoga

This week in Y3 we had the opportunity to take part in a calming session of Yoga. This gave the children the chance to have a taster of the session before signing up to the new Yoga afterschool club. The children focussed on their breathing and also did many different poses. We all felt super […]

Year 5 Tag Rugby Competition

On Friday 6th October, Mr Hanks and Mrs Taggart took two Dore teams to compete against 12 other schools in a Tag Rugby Tournament. It was the first time we had attended a rugby event and it was a lot of fun with a great level of competativeness. The Y5P team brilliantly well winning their […]

Y3 Science – different joints

As Scientists, we investigated how our skeleton provides: protection, support and movement. We found out about the different joints: ball and socket, gliding and hinge. We designed a playground game that had to include movement of all 3 joints. We played these games to keep us fit and healthy!