Cricket Day for Year 5s

14 June

King’s School was delighted to host over 50 children and staff to their annual year 5 Cricket Partnership event. With boys and girls from Balfour Junior School, Brompton-Westbrook Primary, Chantry Community Academy, English Martyrs Primary, Higham Primary School, and Hilltop Primary School, the children and approximately 10 teachers spent the morning receiving some coaching from members of the King’s sports staff in the rules of the game and the basic skills required for Batting, Bowling, and Fielding.

After a supplied packed lunch, and the chance for pupils to make new friends and have some time to themselves, we held a series of road robin matches between all the Schools. We were also delighted to invite approximately 20 family members to watch the matches.

At the end of the event, all the players received a certificate from the Principal of King’s School Mr Ben Charles, and the teams with the most runs and wickets were presented with bats to help them build their skills for the future. At the end of the event the host Michael Hebden, Whole School Director of Sport, Health & Fitness, emphasized how taking part in Sports can be the basis for building a love of exercise and a healthy lifestyle, and also develops the social skills of being in a team, and supporting each other.

Thankfully the weather was kind to us, and apart from one 10-minute shower we were able to have a fun day outside.

Aims

Enjoyment Please comment on aspects of the activity that you enjoyed/didn’t enjoy

The children loved the batting, catching and bowling workshops. The children like fielding, as the people on the other team moaned at them. They also loved the brownies.
Skills 

 

What skills did the activity help you develop?

They learnt the correct way to bowl. 

 

New Experiences  please briefly describe new experiences (if any)
They liked being mixed with other schools.
Impact

 

 

Explain how you feel you have made a positive impact
They feel they are better team players and can teach others the real rules. 

 

Wider Learning What have you learnt about yourself, others, society etc

 They learnt not to give up.

 

Feedback

They wanted to stay longer. 

 

How might the activity be improved?
N/A

Impact

"I wanted to pass on our thanks for giving our pupils such a lovely day.  They all reported having a wonderful time.  It takes a lot of work to put on events like this and it was very much appreciated." Emily Wright, Higham Primary School

Frequency

Annual