Hello everyone!

I'm Sofía, this year's Physical Education teacher, let's have some fun together!

To start with, these months we've been working constantly on some basic rules:

Will they be able to follow them?

We've been also working on our bodies and their different parts, being able to identify some of their main parts (head, kness, neck, shoulders...) and moving them according to some instructions.

Moreover, related to body awareness, the kids have been learning and moving both sides of their body: right and left. It's something confusing, but they're making good progress!

On the other hand, we've been working on the space and the time, more specifically on moving confidently on our known spaces, such as the gym or they playground, moving slowly and fast following the rhythm of a tambourine or imitating sequences of movements. Its' been fun!

To do so, they had to work hand to hand with their groups to obtain the numbers of the code in each of the 5 stations. It was not easy, but the did great! 

These were the stations:

And this was their reward: their pirate card, that allows them to be part of Gold D. Sophie's crew, and a little diamond 💎

On rainy days, we have had the opportuinty to review some aspects such as body parts and we have done this in two different ways: 

PLAYING WITH PLICKERS 

CREATING A BODY IN GROUPS

They love to play tag games so, to warm up, we usually play some of their favourites: cocodrilo dormilón, araña peluda, infinito, virus, comecocos...

There have been many rainy days lately, so when they had the oppotunity to go to the gym, they have been improving their physical skills through STATIONS. This is a great way of working on their physical and social skills. Here you have some examples:

These months the kids have been working on different kinds of jumps and spins. In fact, they have improved a lot in skiping the rope, and some of them have mastered it! 

As you know, St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated on March 17, and to learn more about Ireland and its traditions, we were lucky enough to have Garreth, an Irish dad, again this year. He joined us last year, but also this week to teach us a little bit about Gaelic Football, a traditional Irish sport. 

Thank you very much, Garreth!

Here's a video showing how Gaelic Football is played, although, obviously, the children played an adapted version of the sport: