PE and Sport Premium and News
At Primrose Lane, we pride ourselves on being a happy and healthy place to learn. We’ve developed an action plan to ensure this funding is invested (rather than ‘spent’) to maximise the long term impact of our PE provision for pupils and staff.
Our PE provision plan shows how we’re investing the money and the way we closely monitor the impact of these initiatives through assessment of children’s skills, staff and pupil feedback, uptake of clubs etc.
If you would like any further information please contact Mr Jackson, our PE and Sport Leader.
Over this academic year, I’m sure your children have enjoyed participating and competing in various sports and small games, as well as learning within their two hours of PE per week. There continues to be more of a focus than ever on PE and Sport in all schools, not just to encourage healthy active lifestyles, but also to develop the children’s social and emotional enjoyment, which has been shown to link to success within other areas of the curriculum.
This year, again, primary schools have received funding called Sport Premium, which is ring-fenced and can only be used to specifically develop Physical Education (PE), sport and physical activity in school. After an evaluation, schools have then been awarded a Bronze, Silver, Gold or Platinum award or nothing at all within the Sainsbury’s School Games Quality Mark. The School Games Mark is a Government led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success.
As part of our application, we were asked to fulfil criteria in the areas of participation, competition, workforce and clubs, and we are pleased that the hard work of everyone at our school has been rewarded again this year.
Following our recent application for the 2023-24 academic year, Primrose Lane is very proud to announce that we achieved the Gold for the Sainsburys School Games Quality Mark, maintaining our award for many years, which is a fantastic achievement for a small school!
We would like to congratulate all staff and children for their efforts and cooperation within PE and Sport and hope it continues to progress further. We must recognise and thank the parents and carers of our children who continue to support us and help us achieve our vision within sport and PE.
If you have any questions or suggestions of ways of further developing the PE and Sport here at Primrose Lane, please come and see Mr Jackson (PE and Sport Coordinator).
Year 5 Wharfe Valley Learning Partnership Football Competition
Year 5 took to the annual Year 5 WVLP football competition with such positivity and enthusiasm. 8 schools were involved in all, including: Collingham, Harewood, Bardsey, St Joseph's, Thorp Arch, Crossley Street and St Mary's.
The team involved Luke, Jasmine, Evan, Aidan, Wesley, Harvey, Ollie S, Ollie V and Archie. All children played brilliantly, represented the school proudly and worked well as a cohesive team, supporting and encouraging each other. They were very respectful throughout each game, scoring with grace, congratulating others and shaking hands at the end of each game. One of the referees made a particular mention about some of our players and their excellent conduct, honesty in the game and general decorum, which was wonderful for hear.
The first match was against St Mary's which was a thriller! Against the run of play, Primrose were 0-1 down early on through an excellent through ball and finish; Luke didn't stand a chance in such a huge net! Despite this, Luke made some excellent saves to keep us in it, then Ollie V dribbled skill-fully past two players and slotted home a brilliant equaliser towards the end of the game. Primrose came into their own and were firing all cylinders, scoring again and winning the game 2-1 with two Ollie V goals; ideal start!
The second came was against Crossley Street, where we played brilliantly, scoring 2 great goals by Evan and Ollie S, but unfortunately we let in 3 soft goals towards the end to lose this tie 2-3. Their keeper had a fantastic game also, preventing some good efforts.
Third game against Harewood saw us win 3-0 with super team goals from Ollie V, and Archie with two lovely finishes. A comfortable game where the team showed resilience and enthusiasm from the last game - great attitude and team work!
Fourth game saw another two beauties from Archie with excellent link up play in midfield with Ollie S and Ollive V to secure a 2-0 victory against St Joseph's.
Fifth game took some determination and grit where we drew 2-2 with Thorp Arch, showing perseverance in a tough battle where we were down most of the game - great character! Two good goals from Archie and Ollie V.
Sixth game was a tough battle with Bardsey with two brilliant goals by Evan and Archie, but we let it go at the end conceding three late goals to lose 2-3.
Seventh game was a comfortable victory 1-3 against Collingham, another super team performance and testament to the team's character throughout.
As a result, we were in third place in the league with a great form and played in the semi finals, where again, against the run of play, we unfortunately conceded and lost the game 1-3 against Thorp Arch.
Finally we played in the runners up plate final and were unlucky to lose on penalties in a harsh battle, despite some brilliant penalties!
A wonderful effort from all, with some truly great play; well done team! Thank you to Mrs Dykes for helping on the day and supporting throughout.
Skipping festival Oct 2024
On Thursday, each class from Reception-Year 6 participated in a skipping festival hosted by the company Skipping Schools Ltd, led by Katie. The day was fabulous, with all children learning the benefits of skipping for physical activity and health, as well as socially playing in the playground and outside of school. Children also learnt about persevering and if they struggled, carried on giving it a go. Each class learnt how to safely skip, as well as various different techniques, ranging from ‘single bounce, double bounce, hopping, split legs, speed skip, side step, back-to-back, change places, side-swing, criss-cross, pretzel’; and many more! Children and staff alike found how tiring it can be, as our heart rates raced up quite quickly. We all loved the experience. The group skipping was impressive throughout school with the long rope - we hope to see more in the playground next half term!
Here are some quotes about what some of the classes had to say about the day:
Year 1: All children loved their skipping experience – well done in particular to Zara Bray with her excellent skipping showcase in the assembly!
Year 2:
Dora "It was really, really, really good!"
Eddison "A little bit scary, but fun"
Frankie "Super! I got faster at skipping"
Issy "Fantastic!"
Year 4:
Logan – ‘It was really fun! My favourite skip was the side swing which I am going to do in assembly!’
Jenson – ‘I liked it but it was really had to do the competition challenges.’
James – ‘I didn't like it, I LOVED it! My favourite one was the side swing but my favourite of all time remains face to face.’
Lily – ‘I liked showing the side swing.’
Mia – ‘It was amazing to learn these new skills.’
Eddie – ‘It was very energetic and fun and I am looking forward to the competition!’
Lucie – ‘I liked the double bounce the best.
Year 5:
Run, jump out was brilliant! Children showed excellent resilience and attitude when mistakes happened, then rectified them with great confidence!
Below are the match reports of our league and cup matches, written by the captains of the games:
