Walney 09/10 School Sport Coordinator Program

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Walney Cluster Orienteering Festival

On tuesday afternoon on the 27th April the rain held off as about 60 pupils descended on Walney school to take part in the Walney Cluster Sprint Orienteering Festival.

Year 5 and 6 pupils from North Walney, South Walney Juniors and Vickerstown were all present for the afternoon. The pupils were given a quick introduction in the basic skills they needed to compete the courses. They were then set of in pairs to race head to head over the courses. Each pupil raced over two courses. It was an enjoyable afternoon and everyone learnt a great deal and had fun. 

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Roller blading disco for Year 11 girls.

Some year 11 girls  engaging in Physical education again. I asked  Hannah our female sports Amabassador to discuss with some year 11 girls who were disengaged with PE what they would like to do. They came up with many ideas and having discussed some which were not practical or feasible they decided on roller blading.

All the girls had to bring kit and they all decided they would make a contribution to the cost .

The girls had a really good time and enjoyed themselves.
Unfortunately due to the large amount it cost to hire the hall at £45 for half and hour the girls could not go as many times as planned.

The girls really enjoyed themselves and some of them had not brought PE kit in over a year.
 

Year 9 pupils dancing with IRIE Dance company

Walney pupils had a morning of workshop dance with IRIE dancers and drums.
We were working with Dare dance towards try  increasing the five hour offer.
They experienced various dance styles.

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Year 10 BTEC Orienteering at barrow Park

The early birds out orienteering with the ducks at 8.20 am!

Walney school Sports Ambassadors

Walney school ambassadors have got off to a good start this term taking the lead in helping to organise the cluster year 5 athletics and top up swimming.

Early on in the term they went to a training afternoon at the bluebird centre to meet with the other sports ambassadors from the partnership.
During the afternoon they learnt and developed their skills in giving a presentation.

Girls Rugby Development Day at Strawberry Fields

On the 9th of October a minibus full  of Walney year 9 and 10 girls descended on the Rugby club at the strawberry fields. Having abandoned the minibus in the road because there was no way their teacher was getting up the narrow lane.

The walney girls were a credit to the school. There was a high level of skill displayed. There was much enjoyment fun and laughter had by all. Our girls dominated the game at the end and it was very obvious they had had some prior sound coaching from Kieran Marshall.

      

South Walney Infants School
Year 1 pupils being coached in multi skills actviities by Walney pupils.

North Walney Primary School
Year 1 pupils participating in a fun run organised by Walney school pupils.
The pupils participating in a cluster fun run on the 23rd October.

  

Walney Cluster Gifted and Talented Multi Skill day for year 6 and 7

21 pupils from the walney cluster had their gifted and talented day at the Park Leisure centre.

The pupils learned how good their co ordination was when they experienced the dance mats. This session was very popular and became very competitive.

The pupils learned about important aspects of sport in developing as a talented performer.

The pupils completed a circuit which taught them about muscular strength and endurance. They had a session in the gym for young people and lerant about core stability and endurance.

The pupils looked at agility, balance and thinking skills and reaction times.
The pupils really enjoyed the reaction light wall.

   

South Walney Juniors

Year 6 pupils on Gifted and talented multiskill day at Park Leisure Centre

Welcome to Walney Cluster pages

A few changes have taken place this September in our Cluster. There is a new Primary Link Teacher(PLT) at Vickerstown. Nikki Edwards has taken over from Jenna Hartley who has taken on a new demanding role as SENCO. We welcome Nikki and am looking forward to working with her and hopes she enjoys working in our team.

I would like to thank Jenna for her hard work and support. I would especially like to thank her for her guidance, expertise and help in the key steps competitions which she has generously said she will continue to do.

Angela Anderson is doing the PLT role for South Walney Juniors in place of Philippa McIntyre who is on Maternity leave.

There is an a busy action packed programme of activities and events  for the cluster this year. For the full detail of the calender please see link from this page.

There are some exciting new events been added this year which include Multi skills day at the Park Leisure centre, Quick stick hockey and high five netball.

Walney leaders in action

Year 11 pupils went to North Walney and organised a fun run for year 1.

The pupils coped well with the excited year 1 pupils who had bags of energy

Walney year 10 pupils ran a session of multi skill activities for the year

1 pupils at south Walney Infants.

Walney Cluster Indoor Athletics

Walney year 5 Indoor Athletics Competition was held at Walney school on Wednesday 21 October. . The year 5 pupils all enjoyed themselves and there were some sterling performances in both the track and field events.

Sports Ambasssadors Hannah Pearce , Ross McMurdo and Jamie Ralph were in attendance and other BTEC year 11 students, thanks to them all for helping run the events.

South Walney Juniors won the cluster event and will be representing the Walney cluster at the Partnership Indoor athletics competiton. This event will be taking place at DASH Sports Hall at Dowdales School on Sunday 15th November from 10.45am - 1pm. Thanks to Angela Anderson the PLT for the hard work she doing to get them ready.

Walney pupils get active after school with Dare Dance Pupils have been dancing the dark nights away with dare dance in after hours activities at walney  school.