RAPS presents Happy! | May 6, 2020
A special video message from all the staff at Richard Avenue. Stay safe… and stay happy!
A special video message from all the staff at Richard Avenue. Stay safe… and stay happy!
As well as the usual Walk to School Activities, the children have participated in either a walk or run a mile within one of their P.E. lessons with a focus on the importance of their Health Wellbeing.
The mile was done by 9 laps of the football pitch on the field or 15 laps of the pitch on the yard.
Well done to all.
During the 13th-14th of June the whole school had a focus upon Well-being. As a school we looked at the areas of Physical, Health and Mental Well-being.
A wide range of activities were planned for the children to teach them about these areas. We had many physical activities including: Trampolining, Basketball, Bench Ball, MMA and an assault course challenge for Early Years and KS1.
Health Well-being was focused around cookery and how we eat delicious healthy food every day. Mental Well-being sessions were provided by the school nurse. Our art during the week focused upon how the children look after their own mental well-being.
Overall, the children had a fun filled days from which they have gained a better understanding of how important their Well-being is and how they can be responsible for ensuring their own levels of Well-being.
The whole of year 5 enjoyed an afternoon with some of the players from the Newcastle Eagles basketball team. During the afternoon, they worked on how to stay healthy in terms of diet and mental health. To finish the afternoon the players showed off some of their skills and then ran drills with the children. Finally, the children finished off with a game against each other.
All the children from Year 4,5 and 6 took part in the Go Run For Fun Event. They ran 2KM around Silksworth Sports Complex with hundreds of children from other schools. The event was great fun and taught the children that running short distances can be both fun and important in order to lead a healthy lifestyle.
Reception visited the Silksworth Community Pool, Tennis & Wellness Centre as a link to their Healthy Living Topic. They learnt new ball skills and began to use a tennis racquet. They also had fun on the soft play.
For lunch they all took Healthy packed lunches and were able to eat them with their friends.
The children then visited Sainsbury’s and took their shopping list to buy fruit. Using the fruit they bought they made a fruit salad in school.
During the 17th to 19th October 2017, the whole school had a focus on well-being. As a school we looked at the areas of physical health and mental well-being.
A wide range of activities were planned for the children to teach them about these areas. We had many physical actives including Glowfit, Military Bootcamp, climbing, and Little Dribblers from SAFC. Health and well-being sessions were provided by the LAF Project and the school nurse. SAFC provided an introduction to mental health and well-being to our older children.
Overall the children had a fun filled week from which they have gained a better understanding of how important their well-being is and how they can be responsible for ensuring their own levels of well-being.
Year 4 attended a Well-being Festival at Silksworth Leisure Centre. Below is an account of the day by one of the attending pupils and an accompanying video slideshow:
On Thursday 5th October Year 4 went to Silksworth Leisure centre for a Well-Being festival. We went there to learn about keeping fit and exercising. We took part in Brazilian soccer, yoga, skipping (in which I got tangled), dancing and dodgeball. The other group got to make smoothies using power from an exercise bike. We also got to do a kickabout with Sunderland AFC and learn new skills. We were only there for the morning but it felt like all day because we were so worn out from the exercising.