November 2008 - British School Of Bucharest

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BSB Physical Education
Harry 6U, Mohammad,
Cezar, and Hristos 6D, and
Mr Anthony O’Brien with
our gold contenders
Hristos showing us his
super pull shot!
On behalf of myself and Mr Anthony O’Brien we would
like to congratulate all our young performers this
term. It has been a great start to the year for the PE
department. Brand new equipment, fresh ideas and
lots of energy and enthusiasm to boot! It is going to
be a superb year for Physical Education with links
being made across our school committees and with
our neightbouring schools as we speak, dates have
already been chosen for our first matches! Keep on
the look out for the new PE notice board and for
further details…
Striking and Fielding with a focus on Cricket has
been our first curriculum area of the year. The good
weather played a part in this choice and the pupils
have worked very hard. Right from the start of the
year some of our KS2 pupils were put through the
Asda Kwik Cricket Awards scheme. These awards are
popular throughout the UK and are a key component
in PE at KS2. There are 3 award categories, Bronze,
Silver and Gold and while Year 3 and Year 4 have
been working towards their Bronze Award the Year 6s
have been tackling the Silver Award, with a selection
of higher achieving pupils being invited to try for the
Gold certificate.
To gain an Award the pupils had to consistently
demonstrate their fielding, bowling and batting skills.
Cricket is a difficult sport to master and both myself
and Mr O’Brien have been very impressed with our
pupils interest as well as the skills on display. Well
done and congratulations to all those who took part
and won certificates and we look forward to seeing
the rest of KS2 out on the cricket pitch later in the
year.
5T working on their leg kick! Full stroke in action… Flavius, Year 11, preparing
to take a long corner! Sticks
down well done Year 10/11/12!
Dennis on the counter-attack!
Key Stage 2 basketballers
Year 5 and Year 8/9 have been powering up
and down the pool this half term gaining
more confidence in the water and working
on their strokes! Year 10, 11 and 12 having
completed a unit of work on striking and
fielding have moved into their first invasion
game unit of the year Hockey. Basketball
training will also be running at lunchtimes
to get ready for a fixture against ISB soon.
Sports clubs have also begun with vigor.
The Key Stage 2 basketballers should be
proud of their first term’s work. Learning
new skills and tactics of the game has been
our focus. I am looking forward to gaining
a few more additions to the club next term.
Staff participation
Ms RocioMarti, Ms Dorothea
Draser and Ms Helen Jezeph
deciding who is going to go
first!
Mr Steve Murchison
and Mr Bill Ellis just
about to take flight
Mr Patrick Kennedy, Mr Sonny
Leese and Ms Lyndsey Banks
racing after Mr Alex (4H TA)
Ms Doina Antohi
making that inch perfect
pass to Mr BillEllis
Ms Antohi Doina again having
an impact on the game with
Ms Marti, Mr Hamacher and
Ms Fisher looking on
The British School of Bucharest Magazine
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