Health Week - June 2010
Roseburn have just finished a very successful health week, rounded off in style with sports day! The purpose of the week was to highlight the need for a healthy and active lifestyle and allow the children to take part in some new and exciting activities.
We started off the week with two Olympic sports, Fencing and Volleyball. The weather was so fantastic that we fenced in the playground and played Volleyball in the park. We also had our healthy tuck shop with lots of healthy snacks and smoothies made by the children.
On Tuesday P1 and P2 played basketball with Mr Patience, while P5 and P6 tried the paralympic sport of Boccia. The whole school then made their way to the park where we had lunch together before taking part in the Roseburn Highland Games. Children participated in the Tug of War, Caber Tossing and the Welly Throw!! Again we were very lucky with the weather and all the staff were fantastic in keeping all the activities going. We started off the week with two Olympic sports, Fencing and Volleyball. The weather was so fantastic that we fenced in the playground and played Volleyball in the park. We also had our healthy tuck shop with lots of healthy snacks and smoothies made by the children.
Wednesday brought a little change of pace as the lower stages of the school (including the nursery) enjoyed a session of Yoga with Esme (our Spanish Yoga teacher). The older children tired their hand at American Football outside in the park with the sessions being delivered by coaches from the Edinburgh Wolves American Football Team. P7 missed the American Football as they were competing in their own transition sports day at the High School run by Mr Patience and Mr Laurie. The children were in their new S1 tutor groups for the first time and it was a wonderful opportunity to meet new friends while having fun on another beautiful day. All the classes in the school then had the opportunity to try Cheerleading with Gillian from the Black Diamonds Cheerleading team, who have a class at Craigmount High School. This was a VERY popular activity with both boys and girls as they practised turns, throws and balancing (with a little bit of dance thrown in!!). P2 had their own Mango Fandango with children bringing in different types of fruit (and in one instance their fruit bowl!) to share.
Sports day was on Friday and for a change we actually had some good weather! The infants participated in their own events, including the obstacle race and the sack race while the P4-7's competed in various events that challenged their speed, skill and accuracy!!! Thanks to the PTA who provided snacks and hot drinks.
Thanks to parents and staff for encouraging the children during this week and to the children for trying out new activities with such enthusiasm. All in all we had a very healthy and entertaining week and we look forward to making every week a healthy and active week at Roseburn.
