Physical Education

Hockey 🏑 Let’s get defending!

Hockey

Year 4 have been loving their P.E. lessons this half term. They have been learning the skills of hockey. We discussed that hockey is an invasion game and the aim is to invade the other teams space to score a goal. To begin, the children have been practising dribbling and controlling the ball to help prevent the opposition from retrieving it.

PE

On Friday we practiced the fundamental skills of listening and stopping and starting as we played The Beans Game, Corners and All the Fruits of the Market.

PE Gruffalo instructions

We had to listen to instructions and be a stomping gruffalo, a slithering snake, a  tip toeing mouse , a flapping owl and a running fox.

PE Fun

We ended our LSSP sessions with lots of different activities!

Our PE lesson

Our topic this term has been fitness. We have been learning about running and what our arms and legs should look like. We have put this into practise for our dodgeball game, which is our favourite!

Golden ball

To finish off this term, we played a game of golden ball. We continued with throwing, catching and how to move in team games.

Boys Football Competition

Our Y6 boys did really well today, they were model sportsmen who were great ambassadors for our school AND they qualified for the quarter finals too! Great job boys  👏👏👏

PE shaking skeletons

We have been shaking different parts of our bodies fast and slow just like shaking skeletons.

City Finalists!

How proud are we of our Year 6 girls, they won 6 out of 7 matches and have secured their place in the City Final! Lionesses in the making!

A game of 21 today in basketball

Each team had to score 21 EXACTLY! Which spots will they shoot from??

PE in Reception

This week we are using equipment to help us retell Jack and the Beanstalk! #lsspcoachtom

Year 2 Football Stars

We couldn’t be prouder of our Year 2 boys. They played some fantastic football today, winning every match on the way to the play off but unfortunatly losing 2-1 for a place in the city final. One of our superstars was even picked as player of the tournament. What a talented team you are.

Year 2 Dodgeball Stars

Our first sporting event of the year was Dodgeball. This group of children represented our school like the superstars we knew they were and worked so hard to prefect some new dodgeball skills. We are very proud of you.

We had lots of fun in PE this week practising our coordination and jumping.

Handball

We have worded hard on our pass and move skills today and then applied our new skills into a game of handball with James from Everton in the Community.

PE in Reception

Using lots of equipment with our sports coach to practice key skills and having great great fun!

The dice calls the shooter !

In teams today, we took turns to dribble and shoot depending on which number rolled on the dice.

Year 3 had a great session this week practising our throwing and applying it into game situations.

We had lots of fun in PE practising jumping, hopping and skipping.

PE

We have been practicing how to sit in a space and how to follow instructions. We played a game called traffic lights and had lots of fun.

Year 2 PE

Year 2 had a great morning with Everton in the Community.

Basketball: Competitive 1 v 1 today

Partnering up, we went against each other to be the first to pick up the ball, dribble, shoot and return to our places.

Our first PE lesson

Today in PE we learnt how to get into a space and how to follow instructions. We played the beans game and had to be walking beans, jumping beans and runner beans.

Catching and throwing

Practising our catching and chest pass. We also practised our bounce and overhead passes before applying them in a game of bench ball.

Can we dribble AND collect a cone?

Our focus today was to ‘keep the ball alive’ which meant to not stop dribbling- even when we had to bend down to pick up cones!

Year 3 loved their first PE lesson on Monday!

Practicing our ball skills!

During PE this week we had lots of fun working in teams to practice our ball skills with different throwing and catching techniques.

PE – Jumping

We have worked so hard in PE practising our jumping skills and using this to help us skip. Keep it up Y1!

Gymnastics

Year 4 have been loving their gymnastics lessons. They have been able to recap the balances and moves we learned in year 3. This year, we have started to perform partner balances. This has created a lot of giggles during our sessions. 🤸‍♀️

Warhol Lesson 2

We continued our art unit based around Andy Warhol today by looking at colour and shading.

PE: Basketball Session 1

Year 6 had their first basketball session today. The focus was on hand position on the ball in order to control it, head up whilst moving and running with the ball and to keep the ball at waist height. We also learnt about ‘keeping the ball alive’ and ‘double dribbling.’ We even had attempts at shooting.

Sports Day

Thank you to all the parents who came to watch our wonderful sports day and for the children who were amazing! They put in a lot of effort and it was great to see so many happy faces.

Reception Sports Day 2025🏆🎖

Thank you to all of the families who came out to cheer the children on – they had a blast! 🏆

The children worked so hard as part of a team to complete all of the races and we are so proud of all of them for showing great sportsmanship!

Well done to everyone 🌟

Chicago Bears ( Friday) Set 4

The great Charles ‘Peanut’ Tillman was playing ball with us today too!

Chicago Bears (Friday) Set 3

Chicago Bears (Friday) Set 2

Chicago Bears (Friday) Set 1

Chicago Bears (Thursday) Group 2

Some more action shots, great fun had by ALL!

Chicago Bears (Thursday) Group 1

Some action shots from today’s adventure, it was AMAZING !!!!!

We even had 2 children chosen as being extra special participants – for showing effort and supporting their team-mates, who both won a pair of gloves signed by one of the Chicago Bears players !!!!!

Throwing and catching

Today in P.E., we developed our throwing and catching technique. We practised our chest pass by throwing a ball to each other. We even tried to pass it 20 times to our team without dropping it. ⚽️ 🫴

PE in Reception

Over the last few weeks, we have been practicing our skipping skills, trying to throw and catch and even having a go at tennis! We have also been practicing our listening skills and following instructions in PE when playing games.

PE playing a game of freeze

PE using our senses

In PE today we looked at using our senses to move around. We used our ears to hear the birds ,our noses to smell the dinner, our eyes to see our friends and feeling mud in our toes

PE: Football with Everton in the Community today

Everton activities

Starting off the day with a very interesting and exciting game of dodgeball!

PE in Reception

We had lots of fun playing games using hoops in Reception.

Everton mathematics day!

Some children were invited to take part in some maths activities at Goodison Park stadium. They completed challenges and got to see the stadium. What a fun day! 🧮

Year 5 trip to the British Gymnastics competition at the M&S Arena, see if you can spot us on BBC newsround!

Gymnastics British Championship and Newsround!

Yesterday, we had an amazing trip to watch these athletes. The work they put into practising and training really inspired some students. Also, some children met the presenter of Newsround and even got a picture!

PE. Using ropes to balance

PE. Balancing skills using beanbags

PE. Balancing skills

Using our balancing skills in PE today.

We are balancing in different ways to move around the obstacle course.

Football Competition

Great work from Year 3 and Year 4 boys and girls! They all worked well as a team to play in a 5 a side football competition organised by Everton.

Another high energy session in Y6 PE today

It was just too cold to go outside today for our next session in our zone games unit, so we made the most of space in the hall and held a benchball tournament. A fantastic way to burn off some energy at the end of the week.

PE moving like different forms of transport

We had to move around the hall like a car, a train or an airplane.

Zone Ball in PE for Y6 today

After having spent three weeks increasing our stamina and fitness through circuits, we tried our hand at zone ball today. In this fast paced team game, lots of action and energy was the name of the day.

5JH Lion dance to celebrate the Lunar new year! 🐲

We had an amazing afternoon in our lion dancing workshop. Happy Lunar New Year!

PE in Reception

In PE over the last three weeks we have practiced ball skills, developing listening skills through games and developing fine and gross motor skills using hoops and bean bags.

PE – body parts

Playing a cone game to find our head, shoulders,knees and toes

Circuit Training : Session 2

Another high energy PE lesson for Year 6.

Today’s fitness session included: Side step shuttle runs, tricep dips, plank shoulder taps, alternate front lunges, jumping jacks, sit ups and double foot hops….. phew 😮‍💨

How our solar system moves!

Today we tried to recreate the direction and movement of our solar system. We discussed how this is not to scale but wanted to show what we had learnt about ‘Earth and Space’ so far. Please ask us questions about the solar system!

Movement – PE

In PE today we tried different ways of moving around the hall. We practiced being Mr Tall, Miss Small, Mr Rush and Mr Slow.

Throwing practise

In PE we practised different types of throwing aiming for targets and trying to catch the ball.

Ball skills and Goal Ball!

We loved learning a new game with James from Everton in the Community today! Goal ball is our new favourite.

Circuit Training in PE today for Year 6

What is the best way to fight the January blues and warm up in this winter 🥶 weather…?

Exercise! And lots of it!
We had some laughs while burning off some energy today in our cardio and strength fitness session.
Shuttle runs / planks / bench step ups / sit ups / speed bounce / toe taps and directional jumps in today’s session.

We finished out of breath with red faces so we knew we had worked hard!

Everton in the Community

We loved our first session with James from Everton in the Community. We showed him our ball skills and had a VERY competitive game of dodgeball too.

SNOW!

The best start to our week. Yesterday we loved playing in the snow, having a snow ball fight and building snowmen. 

Year 4 PE

We love our PE lessons. Another great session with Everton in the Community.

Pattern seeking – science

In science today we put our ideas to the test. we either chose to either investigate if children with the longest femur could jump the highest or if the tallest children could jump the highest. We completed the post it challenge and made sure our investigation was fair. 

Premier league workshop

This morning we had a Premier League workshop to tell us all about the different jobs and skills we could get that are part of football. We learnt about football journalists, authors, medics, stewards, mascots, players and coaches. We then acted out being an interviewer, interviewee and clarifier.

City Finalists

Our Year 1 boys did us all so proud today. We finished fifth in the whole city! You are all superstars! Your played so well and your behaviour was exceptional! #teamsmithdown

Fast Feet: Action Shots

Two teams :  who could dribble the ball and balance it on the cone first to score a point for their team?

4LA’s Sporting Superstars

Another great gymnastics lesson

Year 3 had another great gymnastics lesson this week. They made shapes with their bodies using point and patch balances. Some children got very creative with their shapes. 🤸‍♀️🤸‍♂️👟

Beginning of gymnastics

This week, year 3 began their gymnastics topic. We discussed different ways to balance using small and big body parts and made these shapes. Overall, a great introduction to gymnastics!

Basketball and netball

For this half term we are going to be learning about the skills needed for basketball and netball. Today we learnt overarm, underarm, chest pass and bounce pass.

Shooting Session today in basketball

We started our new PE topic ‘Dribbling’

Gymnastics Fun in Year 2

We started our new PE unit – gymnastics!
We worked had perfecting our balance and hold shapes.

PE in Reception

We practiced playing listening games and moving in a variety of ways before half term in PE.

P.E. in the sunshine

Year 3 had a great P.E. lesson outside. We are making the most of the sunshine whilst we have it. The children had to use their speed and agility in todays lesson and work in teams of 4 to collect the most high-fives. We also had a skipping competition to see who was a top skipper in our class.

Girls Football Tournament

Some of our Year 5 & 6 girls have been out to a ‘Girls Only’ football tournament today organised by Everton in the Community. Go girls !!!!!!

In PE, we practiced skipping and jumping!

Football matches.

This week in PE we had a chance to use our skills when playing matches. We remembered to dribble, tackle and defend using skills we have learnt. Everyone made a fantastic effort!

Catching Skills

Great Job!

More ball skills!

We enjoyed our throwing and catching this week.

We braved the weather for PE today

The clouds did not prevent us from enjoying our PE this afternoon. We worked in small groups to pass to each other and then took turns shooting at the hoop.

In PE, we practiced jumping using the ladders!

Year 4 Everton in the Community

A great PE session focused on our football skills. We love working with Everton in the Community to improve our skills, teamwork and resilience.

PE in Reception

We had fun on Friday with lots of PE opportunities with Danny Butler activities and playing The Floor is Lava outdoors.

Danny Butler Visit

We had a visit from the athlete Danny Butler on Friday and we had such fun being active and heard lots about how important it is to be active.

We are city finalists!

Year 1 we are so proud of you. The boys represented school for the first time and made it all the way to the city finals!

Shooting Stars

Aiming to improve our shooting skills in basketball today, we chose a spot to shoot from in order to win points for our team.

Lots of exercise today!

Year 6 had fun and fitness today as part of their fundraising activity with an ex member of Team GB, Danny Butler. Thank you to everyone for your very generous donations.

Danny Butler Visit

Thank you to Danny Butler, European champion and 5 times British champion for visiting today. A great workout and a reminder that success comes from hard work.

Danny Butler!

Today we had a wonderful visit from Danny Butler. We joined in the activities and even got to see some of his amazing skills.

Danny Butler Event

We had the best day doing our sponsored event with Danny Butler. We couldn’t believe his bike skills! Wow!

Sponsored event with Danny Butler

We’ve had such an exciting day doing our sponsored exercises with Danny Butler. We Worked very hard and completed them all. We were mesmerised by his fantastic biking skills. I think we have some extreme cyclists in the making!

An afternoon of ‘Quidditch’

Wow…. what a way to end the week !!! Some children in Years 5 & 6 got to try their hands at ‘Quidditch’ today and they absolutely loved it !!!!

PE

We enjoyed our first PE session last Friday! We played games and went to the hall. PE for RLMc is each Friday.

Year 2 Dodgeball

A group of children from Year 2 represented our school at a dodgeball festival today. Exceptional behaviour and lots of fun had by all!

Year 5’s football skills in PE

We loved working with Everton in the community today when practising our football skills. We’ve been practising dribbling and kicking.

Year 3 had a need for speed during P.E.

In P.E. we learned about how we use speed in everyday life and played a variety of activities where we needed to use our speed and use the techniques discussed.

How to develop accuracy?

Year 1 have been practicing their jumping skills in PE!

Competition Time! Y5/6 Dodgeball

Some of our Y5/6 went out for a Dodgeball competition this week – we didn’t win but we enjoyed ourselves!

Basketball in the sun

Year 6 have been enjoying the start of their basketball sessions and how lucky have we been that the sun has been shining on both occasions!
We have been learning how to control the ball, dribbling and how to ‘keep the ball alive.’

Rolling at a Target

We loved exploring our rolling skills today. We aimed at targets and between gates after lots of warm up games with our ball.

Good job 2GH

Coordination is key!

In P.E. this week, Year 3 had a great time practicing their coordination skills. We used beanbags and skipping ropes to do this. We threw beanbags into the air, and before catching it with our other hand we had to clap hands behind our back. We also had to run to the end of the skipping rope and catch the beanbag before it fell on the floor. Everyone had a smile on their face attempting these moves.

Throwing fun in Year 2

We loved our throwing lesson, especially the flip it game at the end. It got VERY competitive!

Sports day!

Super morning with our LKS2 sports day! We had a great day for it and we all tried our best with every activity.

A great morning for sports day!

Sports Day!

We had a great morning for our sports day! Thank you to all of our families who came to watch!

Year 3 and 4 had great morning during their rugby skills training!

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Y5 Y6 Boys Rugby

Here are some of our boys out for their session of rugby today, this time at St Margaret’s.

Girls’ rugby

Year 3 and 4 girls had a super experience with an introduction into rugby. They had a chance of practising kicking, tackling and their footwork.

Y5&6 Girls Rugby

How great was our rugby taster session yesterday at Calderstones !!!!!

P.E

Today in P.E we have been practising our balancing skills.

Cricket in the Sun

What a lovely day some of our Year 6 children had today! A great day playing cricket at Sefton Cricket Club and the sun shone just for us.

Javelin session 2 in the SUN ☀️

How lucky were we today! Zero wind ? and lots of sunshine ☀️ so we could enjoy our second javelin session in the best possible way ?

Javelins incoming …. take cover!! ??

The rain held off today and weather conditions proved perfect for our first javelin session. When we improved our holding position and our aim, we saw how much further we could throw!  A great time had by all.

Cricket

Time for Cricket

Year 3 have been learning a new skill in their P.E. lessons. They have started to learn the rules and skills of cricket. They had a great time learning how to be a batter and a baller in this weeks lesson. 

Sprinting Session Number 2

Another superb athletics session this afternoon. So much energy and stamina. Great job Year 6 ????‍♀️??‍♂️??‍♀️???

Athletics season has begun.

We began with sprint relay races, over the flat and over hurdles. Paris Olympics here we come ??‍♂️??‍♀️?

Great morning with our Everton project! We made our dough from scratch, cut up our own toppings and created wonderful pizzas!

P.E

We had lots of fun in P.E today. We had to jump and stop when directed while playing the frog game.

Heart rate investigations in Y6 Science.

As part of our ‘Circulatory Unit’ in Science, we devised our own investigations (in small groups) to find out about the effect of exercise on our heart rate. Some groups changed the exercise carried out, some changed the number of repetitions and some changed the time set. All results were recorded and are to be discussed in order to draw our conclusions.

Having lots of P.E. fun

3KM have been loving practising their throwing and passing skills in P.E. The nicer weather is meaning we can enjoy our P.E. lessons outside.

We have started our new PE topic – cricket. We practised our throwing and catching skills so we are ready for next week.

Y6 Netball: Small steps

Netball in small steps. We played 3v3 today, with a focus on not moving our feet, only pivoting when we had the ball. We also worked on our marking of opponents.

Action shots from an action packed PE lesson

We played our own game of ‘Hoop Ball’ today……. it’s a little like Benchball , but with hoops and outside.  High energy and lots of fun.

Super Circuits Session 2

Our fitness levels are increasing week by week. We are LOVING the energy levels we feel in these sessions, it is the BEST way to finish the week!

Circuit Class in PE

We increased our fitness in many ways this week: stamina, strength, speed, flexibility and co-ordination.

Santa Dash 2023 ??????‍♀️????‍♂️

This Friday, 8th December 2023, we will be having our very own Santa Dash! A chance to squeeze in an extra fitness session whilst having some festive fun ??‍♀️????‍♂️?????

Watch this space! ?

Reception P.E.

We have been having lots of fun practising our ball skills in P.E. Well done reception

5EHD PE

Congratulations to this boy in 5EHD who was chosen by our Everton coach, Connor, to receive this signed picture of Jordan Pickford for outstanding efforts in PE today!

4KM had a great PE lesson with @EITC???

4KM had a great PE lesson with @EITC progressing their teamwork skills??? #smithdownextra

3KM applying their balancing, rolling and jumping techniques

3KM applying their balancing, rolling and jumping technique using apparatus #smithdownpe @SmithdownPrimY3

3TS worked super hard this morning to apply their skills of rolling, jumping and balancing…

3TS worked super hard this morning to apply their skills of rolling, jumping and balancing to using apparatus safely #smihdownpe @SmithdownPrimY3

3TS explored the Puja in R.E.

3TS explored the Puja in R.E. then moved onto some tricky rolling in gymnastics. Well done! @SmithdownPrimY3 #smithdownpe #smithdownre

A couple of our Mini Mavericks proudly showing their well deserved certificates ?

A couple of our Mini Mavericks proudly showing their well deserved certificates ???⛹️‍♀️⛹️‍♂️?⛹️‍♀️⛹️‍♂️??? #smithdownpe Team work and supporting others.

We’ve been developing our teamwork skills in PE ?

We’ve been developing our teamwork skills in PE with @EITC ?

Y5 are working on teamwork this half term with @EITC Today…

Y5 are working on teamwork this half term with @EITC Today we had to order ourselves in silence ???‍♀️????‍♂️??‍♀️and we played stuck in the mud. @misshartdavies @Miss_Jones11 @MrsKellyx #SmithdownPE

So proud of these boys in Year 2 who have represented our school in the first sporting competition of the year!

So proud of these boys in Year 2 who have represented our school in the first sporting competition of the year! Exceptional behaviour, some amazing football and lots of smiles! Thank you @Liverpool_SSP for a great afternoon #smithdownpe ⚽️

We worked on our dribbling skills in PE today

We worked on our dribbling skills in PE today #smithdownpe

Roll and stop in PE…

Roll and stop in PE. We explored stopping the ball with our hands and feet this week #smithdownpe

PE IS BACK!!

PE IS BACK!! We had a lovely PE lesson in the sunshine today. We aimed at a target from different distances #smithdownpe @misshath2 @SmithdownPr @SmithdownPrimY6

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Smithdown PE

Well done reception!

We have got ready for PE. Well done reception! We can’t wait for our lesson. #smithdownpe @SmithdownPrimR

Balancing our beanbags on different parts of our body

Balancing our beanbags on different parts of our body #smithdowneyfs #smithdownpe

Lots of fun in PE today…

Lots of fun in PE today practicing our throwing and catching using beanbags ?✨ #smithdowneyfs #smithdownpe

Friday PE…

Friday PE playing games to develop gross motor skills #smithdowneyfs #smithdownpe

Today in PE we played a game called ‘pirates’

Today in PE we played a game called ‘pirates’. We had to do the actions for scrub the decks, climb the rigging,shark and aye aye captain. @SmithdownPr #smithdowneyfs #smithdownpe

Moving in different ways in PE

Moving in different ways in PE #smithdowneyfs #smithdownpe

Using our listening skills in PE this week

We have been using our listening skills and following instructions in PE this week. #smithdownpe @SmithdownPr

Our first PE session in Reception

Our first PE session in Reception #smithdowneyfs #smithdownpe

Our first PE lesson in the hall

Our first PE lesson in the hall. We followed Mrs Carpenters instructions on how to find a space, stop and go. We even played a game called traffic lights. #smithdowneyfs #smithdownpe @SmithdownPr