Sports Leaders Training

and 

Agility and Athletics Training

October 2024

Sports Leaders from Year 5 will trained in Term 1.

They will support children in Years 1 and 2 with Agility training and children in 3 and 4 with Athletics training. Photos and updates to follow. 

Chinese Dance Workshops

January 2023

We have been very fortunate to experience traditional Chinese style dancing to celebrate Chinese New Year, thanks to the amazing fundraising of our FOBC (Friends of Barley Close PTA). 

Each year group had a wonderful session learning the traditional Chinese style of dance, exploring cultural music and props as well as learning about the Year of the Rabbit and how those in Chinese culture celebrate their New Year. 

Year 5 term 2 Bristol Flyers sport and well being workshop

We are delighted to be partnering with Bristol Sport Foundation to provide identified schools with a term of Health Squad, their Bristol Flyers Community health education programme, a term of Forever Sport, their first-class PE and sports coaching programme and two after school clubs per term.

Health Squad comprises of six weeks of 2 hours of delivery for two classes (Years 5/6) with each class receiving practical basketball lessons with a level 2 qualified basketball coach and classroom lessons that take a holistic approach to health. The weekly topics include the effect of inactivity on our health, food/diet, how the brain works and strategies to maintain good mental health, this is me – body image/gender/family/social media, and sleep.

Forever Sport is Bristol Sport Foundation’s flagship participation programme which provides PE and sport for 38 primary schools across Greater Bristol and BANES. A key point of difference for the programme, relative to other sports coaching providers, is that they employ specialists in each sport, for instance, their three full-time gymnastics coaches are qualified gymnastics coaches who have each been involved in the sport for more than a decade. The passion, expertise, and experience these specialist coaches have allows them to engage and inspire children to fall in love with sport, whilst also providing outstanding professional development for school staff through their teaching mentoring provision.

Our year 5's were really lucky to have been invited to a guided tour of Aston Gate Stadium, a dodgeball competition and a premier viewing of Robin Robin !