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Summer Term 2025

Welcome back to another busy and exciting term of PE, sporting events and competitions through our school partnership at Monkswalk School. Please visit our PE page to stay up to date with photos and information!

Sports Week - Day 4 of our sports week! Today we celebrated through a Harry Potter themed day and experienced a new sport - Quidditch! We kick started the day with a 'sorting hat ceremony' to be sorted into our houses - Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Then each class completed a Quidditch workshop on the field and had an opportunity to earn points for their house. We ended the day with a closing ceremony where Ravenclaw were announced the winners! Well done everyone! Another fantastic day!

Sports Week - Today was day 3 of our sports week and we were lucky enough to have Monks Walk visit! Each class had an hour of fun activities ranging from golf, tug of war and dodgeball, and we ended the day with an exciting staff vs children challenge! It was amazing to hear lots of positive encouragement and cheering. Everyone has displayed fantastic team work and sportsmanship. Thank you, Monks Walk! The scores from sports week so far have been counted and the points are extremely close! We have two more days for you to work super hard to earn those extra points for your houses!

Sports Week - Day 2 of our Sports Week and it was the carousel of field events! There was lots of cheering on and support for each other in their house groups. Tomorrow we shall do a mid week point tally. Visit here for more updates.

Sports Week - Today we started our Sports Week by having an opening ceremony in the hall by celebrating our house teams and discussing; sportsmanship, resilience and teamwork. Here are some of the flags the children made. Which house will win this year: Aqua, Evergreen, Flame or Sunray.....

District Hockey - Year 5 enjoyed their District Hockey competition at Monk's walk School. They drew all of their games - great team work Year 5!

Spring Term 2025

Happy New Year and welcome back! We are looking forward to another fun filled term of PE, sporting events and competitions through our school partnership at Monkswalk School. Please visit our PE page to stay up to date with photos and information!

Our sports clubs this term are:

Happy Little Yogi Yoga Club

Gymnastics

Netball

Girls Football

Tenacity Street Dance

District Rugby - 5 girls and 5 boys from Year 6 visited Monks Walk to take part in a District Rugby event. They had a brilliant time and represented our school well; displaying excellent team skills. Well done!

A few children from Year 3 visited Monks Walk to compete in a Curling event. They had a fantastic time and showed brilliant team work and resilience! Well done!

Year 1 have been exploring combining basic shapes within gymnastics and using apparatus. They have been performing the star, pike, straddle, dish, tuck and arch shapes.

Netball Fixture - This week, a group of Year 5 and 6 girls visited Stanborough for netball fixtures and played two matches against teams from other local schools. We are so proud of how well the girls played. They showed fantastic team spirit, represented our school beautifully and demonstrated excellent netball skills. Well done!

Year 2 are showing great control in their gymnastics lesson by using shapes to create various balances.

Autumn Term 2024

We are looking forward to another jam packed year of PE, sporting events and competitions through our school partnership at Monkswalk School, and special visitors! Please visit our PE page to stay up to date with photos and information!

Our sports clubs this term are:

Happy Little Yogi Yoga Club

Gymnastics with Premier Sports

Girls Football Club

Tenacity Street Dance

Trampoline TAP event

Diwali - To celebrate Diwali, each class were lucky enough to complete an Indian dance workshop. We loved listening to a variety of music and learning different dance routines!

Year 1 - Year 1 have been practicing chair yoga and some mindfulness for Active Blast today!

Year 2 - In this lesson, Year 2 had lots of fun exploring 'French skipping'. They worked hard to develop their co-ordination and combine jumps, whilst also working on their team work and perseverance.

Active Families

Our PE scheme of work 'Get Set 4 PE' is full of useful resources and activities! One brilliant example is their 'Active Families' tab. This is a fantastic resource full of fun, active games ideas to keep your children and families active and moving at home. It even has a handy calendar so you can record which activities you have completed each month. Here is the link:

Get Set 4 PE Active Families -https://pe.getset4education.co.uk/ResourceBank/ResourceCategory/1002? publicaccesstoken=fe0G5E72Q%2bmX9HnJIAi6hA9HgVvYOJtoAUyjObrXcIg%3d

We have had another exciting day as we welcomed back former pupil Louise Fiddes for a whole school aspirational assembly! Louise is a Paralympic gold medallist swimmer. The children loved her inspiring assembly and were even lucky enough to see and hold her medals. They were very excited to ask some fantastic questions and learn about her story. Thank you, Louise!

Year 4 Girls Football Festival - A huge well done to the girls who competed in the Football Festival and won two matches! They showed great resilience and sportsmanship. Well done!

At Homerswood, we have been completing our 10 minute Active Blasts each day. This can be any type of movement, from set activities, dancing, running or walking around the playground, or playing a game. Here are some examples you can complete at home with your families to stay active each day!

We were very lucky to have a special visit from Grace Harvey; a gold medallist Paralympic champion in swimming! She kindly delivered a whole school assembly to tell us all about her successes and inspire the children. Thank you so much for your visit, Grace!

Year 3 Multisports - Year 3 had a fantastic time at their first whole class multipsorts event at Monkswalk. They were brilliant team players and thoroughly enjoyed all of the activities. Well done Year 3!

Summer 2024

Welcome back to a filled term of PE! We have many events to attend with our Sports Partnership School games events from competitions to inclusive events and also have our Sports Week at the end of Summer 1 to look forward to. Each class engages in athletics among sports such as golf, rounders, cricket or ball skills.

What a summer for team GB at both the Olympic and Paralympic games in Paris! There were so many highlights and special moments for our athletes with many, many medals achieved.

We got gold! All of our passion and commitment towards PE and sport have been awarded with another year of gold school sports award. What an achievement for Homerswood.

This weeks votes for schools is focusing on the importance of physical activity for our physical and mental health. In class, the children continued this conversation with considering sugar levels and energy drinks impacting this. This links to our physical literacy: the motivation, confidence, physical competence, knowledge, and understanding to value and take responsibility for engagement in physical activities for life.

Year 5 represented Japan at the Paris Olympics Event at Gosling today. We took part in various events on the field and a special well done to our sprinters and relay runners who represented us in the races!

Well done to Year 3 for attending a Multisports afternoon and to Year 6 for competing in the swimming gala, both at Monks Walk this week. All showing great teamwork and determination.

As always, team Homerswood represented us incredibly this afternoon at the District athletics event. A total of 18 medals won - our Yr6 girls relay team 🥇 Yr3 girls relay team 🥈 Yr3 boys relay team 🥉 Ava 70m 🥇 Violet 60m 🥇 Emily long jump 🥇 Eve ball throw🥉 Dominika long jump 🥈 Ryan ball throw 🥈 Everyone tried their hardest and it was wonderful to see the commitment and performances from all of Homerswood ✨

This weeks Votes for Schools topic was all about the upcoming Euros 2024 and debating about football clubs...

Rounders club are all working hard learning the rules and playing games to practise their skills.

What a sports week! Everyone showed great sportsmanship, had great fun and of course the parents had to get involved too! Well done Osborn for the win overall 🥇 🏆

Sports week began this week with an opening ceremony; the children having a chance to wave their flags representing their house groups! Also today saw the first round of fencing sessions for EYFS, KS1 and Year 6. Keep an eye out for the rest of activities this week to celebrate PE 🏆 🏃

A competitive water polo event held at Monks Walk and an inspire and engage TAP event held at Gosling this week for some of our Year 5 and 6!

Year 1 had a wonderful visit from Knightsfield sports leaders this week.

Our Year 6 hockey team came 2nd at the School games district hockey event held at Monks Walk. A great achievement!

Nursery enjoying their PE lesson outside thinking about staying healthy.

Year 2 have enjoyed their athletics lessons, whilst Year 3 have been excelling in their tennis skills. All requiring agility, balance and coordination - our ABCs!

A group of Year 4 children attended a school games inspire and engage inclusive golf session at Monks walk!

London Marathon 2024 What an inspiration every person running the London marathon is! The biggest event and everybody uniting together for great causes.

Do you get enough activity each week to support your mental wellbeing? Are you aware of the importance of physical literacy to support you through life? We discussed this in Votes for Schools.

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Spring Term

Welcome back to the PE page this term! Alongside the blog, look out for the fantastic lessons, events and competitions we take part in. Make sure you are taking part in your active minutes too!

You have all been completing your active blasts at school each day to support your physical and mental wellbeing, how about you continue these at home with these fun games to play with your families!

Our football team premiered the new Homerswood kit yesterday during a match against Swallowdell. A great effort from the boys against strong opposition. They worked hard, were well behaved and we think you’ll agree that the new kit looks great! ⚽️ ⚽️⚽️

Did you watch the World athletics championships this weekend? Many exciting results and committed athletes in the run up to the Paris Olympics!

Year 6 (with some help from 5 Year 5 boys) attended a school games competition run by Stanborough. They all competed, had fun and represented the school wonderfully showing commitment and sportsmanship.

This afternoon, a group of Year 5 and 6 children attended a tag rugby event. They played four matches, of which they won two, and drew one - an amazing result! A thoroughly enjoyable event with happy faces (and a lot of mud) all round!

Year 6 have enjoyed developing their hockey technique this half term and using their skills in game situations.

A group of Year 4 went to an exciting curling event this afternoon as part of a school games inspire and engage session. We had two teams coming 3rd and 4th place🥉 And well done Mr Craven for coming 2nd place in the adult competition!🥈

Autumn Term

We’re reading for another busy term full of sports, exercise and fun! There are great PE lessons planned, competitions, inspiring events and challenges to come.

Active blasts Christmas advent!

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A group of Year 6 went to an exciting school games TAP event this afternoon at the trampoline park! It was great fun and well done to Lily-Zoya for winning the pineapple - a perfect role model for a sports leader🍍🎖️

A group of our Year 6 enjoyed a School games Inspire & Engage event at Ridgeway this afternoon showing off their archery skills. A special well done to Teddie for the most improved and Lily for the best score! 🏅 🏹

Our netball team have been working hard every week to improve their tactics, team work and skills!

Homerswood are back to the School games mark events since half term with a table tennis competition and a TAP inspire and engage event. Well done to the 8 Year 6 table tennis players - a special mention to the girls team for coming 3rd place 🥉 Well done to Mia for achieving star of the day and Darcy for winning the pineapple... of course! 🍍

A completed challenge started from National fitness day that is now a habitat! Did you create your new habit for your physical and mental well-being?

KS2 have been preparing for their School games events, as well as becoming inspired by new activities!

Still working on their fitness skills, Year 5 are showcasing their great skipping.

Year 2 have been working on their dribbling skills so that the ball is under control.

The girls and boys football teams have been training hard in their clubs and competed at their first fixtures night at Monks Walk this afternoon⚽️ well done to both teams!

Some from year 3 and 4 attended a School Games Inspire and Engage event at Monks Walk. They got to try 5 different activities and mixed with children from local schools, and best of all they had lots of fun, ‘best afternoon ever’ 🎯🏉⛳️

Year 2 have done well achieving their steps to reach their new habit set on National Fitness Day last month! Year 3 and 6 have followed suit enjoying their daily active blasts: 10minutes of extra physical activity to improve physical and mental well-being for all

Year 5 competed in a School Games mark netball festival. One win and lots of fun had by all. Star player was Caroline, for teamwork and encouraging all ⭐️

A competition tag rugby for some year 4 children yesterday, a School Games event where they got to play with local schools, both performed brilliantly - but Homerswood girls came joint first ☝🏼

Year 5 took part in a competitive tag rugby School Games event at Monks Walk - both the boys and girls team learned and improved with each match with both teams scoring some tries 🏉

All of our hard work in organising and performing in events, engaging in sport and active lifestyles from all, enjoying our active minutes, thinking about physical literacy and showing team work, self-belief, respect and passion along the way 🥇

Year 6 taking part in a compete school games tag rugby event at Monks Walk. A special achievement for Milan and a William, the star players ⭐️

Year 5 competed in the first event of the year! Running races at Monks walk with lots of cheering eachother on.

In Votes for Schools this week, we reflected on and for some were informed about what a great summer of sports we had!

Summer Term

Welcome back for another action packed term full of lots of fantastic summer sports and events for all year groups! We are also very excited for our upcoming Sports Day.

Here is a list of our sporting clubs this term:

Netball Club for Years 3, 4, 5 and 6
Yoga club for EY, KS1 and KS2

Year 5 took part in the Paris Olympic Event as Gosling today

Thursday the whole school enjoyed their sports day! The children raced well and earnt points for their house team. This year Osborn were the winners!!

Some photos from the dance workshops as part of our Sports week.

Some attended a school games inspire and engage event at our local golf club - Mill Green

Our sports week began with a whole school carousel of events... keep an eye out for the winners on Thursday with the races added on!

Mallon Challenge morning at Monks Walk - these year 5 and 6 children went and showcased their skills in football, netball and touch rugby

Football festival for some of our year 5 and 6 girls this afternoon

Year 6 had an afternoon at Monks Walk - this time it was rounders.

We are very proud of our Homerswood athletes who represented our school amazingly today. Despite the heat, they were committed to their event and showed great sportsmanship

Our lucky year 5 girls attended a This Girl Can event at Mill Green golf club this afternoon

A group of our year 5/6 had a lovely sunny morning and afternoon at Welwyn Cricket club, taking part in a school games district dynamo cricket tournament.

Year 4 children got to spend the morning at Mill Green golf club at a Tri Golf event.