Physical Activity
After School Sports Clubs
At The Willows we are keen to offer as many sporting opportunities to our children as possible. We also provide alternative sporting and physical activities that are not always taught in P.E., to allow more children to access and enjoy physical activity and learn new skills. Extra curricular P.E. and sport clubs are available throughout the year for different age groups across school.
During the 2022-23 academic year, we will be providing the following clubs at The Willows:
Autumn 1:
Year 1/2 Dance
Monday – 3:30pm to 4:30pm
KS2 Netball Team
Monday – 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Orchestra
Tuesday – 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Autumn 2:
KS2 Walking Club
Monday – 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Year 1 Christmas Craft Club
Wednesday – 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Orchestra
Tuesday – 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Year 3/4 Chess Club
Wednesday – 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Year 5/6 Archery Club
Wednesday – 3:30pm to 4:30pm




Spring 1:
Reception & Year 1 Creative Club
Monday – 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Year 4 Computing Club
Monday – 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Orchestra
Tuesday – 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Year 3/4 Baking Club
Wednesday – 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Year 2 Story Time Club
Wednesday – 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Spring 2
Year 3 Computing Club
Monday – 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Orchestra
Tuesday – 3:30pm to 4:30pm
KS2 Art Club
Wednesday – 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Summer 1
Reception Science Club
Monday – 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Year 3/4 Football Club
Monday – 3:30pm to 4:30pm
KS2 Netball Team
Monday – 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Orchestra
Tuesday 3:30pm to 4:30pm
KS1 Multi-Skills
Tuesday 3:30pm to 4:30pm
KS1 Art Club
Wednesday – 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Year 3/4 Craft Club
Wednesday – 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Summer 2
KS2 Netball Team
Monday – 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Year 5/6 Rounders Club
Monday – 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Orchestra
Tuesday – 3:30pm to 4:30pm
KS1 Multi-Skills
Tuesday 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Year 1/2 Football Club
Wednesday – 3:30pm to 4:30pm

Golden Mile
The Golden Mile is a safe, simple and measurable health & physical activity initiative accessible to all our pupils regardless of age or ability. We aim to inspire and encourage our school community through physical activity with the focus on fun, rewarding personal achievement, raising money and school competition.
We reinforce the message from the Department of Health that children should engage in regular daily physical activity habits across the week, every week all year round.
The Golden Mile is an ALL YEAR ROUND initiative whereby pupils and staff can get involved. We can either walk, jog or run around our Golden Mile track and then record our laps ready for the Year 6 children to collate the results and announce in assembly who our weekly winners are.
Our Latest Sporting News
Year 3 and 4 – Inter-House Handball Competition
Reception Forest SchoolWhat a great time we all had at Forest School. This week we were using the saw to make wood cookies. We also looked for dandelions to make dandelion tea.
Inter-House Handball Competition
During the week commencing 21st March, every child across school competed in our most recent intra-school competition - Handball. Handball is a fast paced, energetic and inclusive game which is best described as a mixture of netball and football. A football pitch...
Year 5 Gymnastics
Year 5 have been working really hard in gymnastics. We have been focusing on partnered work looking at counterbalance and counter tension. It requires a lot of strength, creativity and teamwork!
Year 6 World Book Day 2023
On Tuesday 28th February, 10 children from Year 3 and Year 4 took part in the Carr Hill Dodgeball tournament. The children played competitive dodgeball games against children from other local schools. The children had a fantastic afternoon, showing great sporting...
Year 5 and 6 Carr Hill Dodgeball Tournament
Two teams of children from Year 5 and 6 took part over two consecutive weeks in this year's Carr Hill Dodgeball Tournament. The mixed teams of boys and girls took part in competitive dodgeball competitions against 11 other teams from local primary schools. There was...
Year 5 Bikeability
Year 5 took part in their Bikeability training last week. They learnt so much about riding their bikes safely on the road and had great fun as well. It was a bit cold though!
Year 6 Skateboarders!
On Tuesday 29th September, Year 6 had an hour's skateboard coaching with Issy from Team Rubicon Skateboarding. This was in a bid to engage the childr5en in physical activity and my goodness, did they engage! All of the children loved learning how to ride the...
Year 5 and 6 Carr Hill Athletics Tournament
On Tuesday 30th November, 22 children from Year 5 and 6 represented The Willows at the annual Year 5 and 6 Fylde Sportshall Athletics Tournament at Carr Hill High School. Every child took part in field events such as the long jump, standing triple jump, javelin and...
Year 3 – Skateboarding!
Year 3 enjoyed their skateboarding session outside. The children tried pancake flips, push offs and turns - they were fearless and loved every minute! A big thank you to Issy from Team Rubicon for teaching us some amazing new skills and sharing his talents with us!
Year 3 – World Cup Workshop!
Year 3 are very excited about the World Cup and had a fabulous time at the world cup workshop on Tuesday. They had a great time dancing, playing ball games and looking at lots of different flags. The children then used atlases and maps to locate the countries of the...
Year 5 and 6 Dodgeball
Year 5 and 6 had great fun taking part in the inter-house dodgeball competition. It was wacky and wild and the children had such enthusiasm. There were balls flying everywhere and it took four members of staff to referee each match! There was great teamwork and...
Year 3 and 4 – Inter-House Dodgeball Tournament!
This week, the children took part in an Inter-House Dodgeball competition and the children in years 3 and 4 teamed up to play dodgeball matches in their house teams. The children had a great time and a big congratulations to Saint Theresa (red team) who won!
Year 3 – Glow Dodgeball Day!
On Monday, each class had an allocated P.E. slot in the hall under U.V. lights playing glow in the dark dodgeball. The children came dressed in their own, pastel coloured clothes which shone in the dark and we covered our faces in exciting glow in the dark face paint!...
Year 6 Glow Dodgeball
On Monday 7th November, The Willows held a Glow Dodgeball Day, where every class had an allocated P.E. lesson in the hall under U.V. lights playing glow in the dark dodgeball. The children came dressed in their own, pastel coloured clothes which shone in the dark and...
Year 5 Glow Dodgeball
We had a fantastic time playing Glow Dodgeball. It was so much fun playing in the dark, using the UV lights to make us all glow. Brilliant!
Scoot At School Fun!
On Monday 17th, Tuesday 18th and Wednesday 19th October, our whole school took part in Scoot At School Day. Each child was invited to bring in their scooter and helmet (or borrow a scooter from our breaktime fleet) and spend several 20 minute sessions throughout the...
Year 5 Scoot at School
Year 5 had great fun playing on our scooters. There were wheelies, ollies and drifts going on all over the place as well as many other stunts!
Year 3 – Scoot at School!
Today we brought our scooters to school and enjoyed scooting throughout the day to keep ourselves fit and healthy. We had lots of fun zooming around the playground and we can't wait for another day scooting at school!
Year 6 WW1 Dance
In P.E. this half term, Year 6 have been linking their P.E. work to their history topic of World War 1. The children learnt all about different aspects of WW1 trench life and then chose 4 different aspects to portray as freeze frames. The children worked in groups to...
Year 6 Bikeability
During our second week of the Half Term, Year 6 completed their Bikeability training. Instructors from the GoVelo company came into school and taught the Year 6 children how to check and ride their bike safely. Once the children showed they were confident navigating...
Year 3 – Budding Gymnasts!
Year 3 have been working hard on their gymnastic skills in PE! They have been perfecting how they travel around a room; practising their balances on 1, 2, 3 and 4 points; perfecting their rolls and have started to create a sequence of moves with a partner. The...
Year 5 Tag Rugby
Year 5 have been having a go at Tag Rugby. It is really difficult to get our head around some of the rules of the game, but we are loving it. It is hard work, but we are showing great perseverance and teamwork.
Climbing Wall Success
On Monday 4th and Tuesday 5th July, a mobile climbing wall provided by Alternative Adventure visited The Willows. The aim of the climbing wall visit, which was funded by our Sports Premium funding, was to build our children's resilience and self-confidence, giving...
Golden Mile Summer Term Winners
In a bid to increase the opportunities for our children to engage in physical activity and try to reach the 1 hour of activity recommended for children every day, we run the Golden Mile at The Willows. This is where the children come out as a class and run around a...
Year 3 Stanley Park Trip
On Wednesday 29th June, Year 3 spent an amazing day at Stanley Park and the Outdoor Revolution climbing, low ropes and caving facilities. After a brief coach trip to Stanley Park, the children were quickly fitted with harnesses and helmets to tackle one of two...
Sports Day 2022
On Wednesday 22nd July, we held our annual Sports Day. We were delighted to welcome back families and spectators for this year's sporting celebrations, and it was great to see such a great turn out throughout the day to cheer on the children. The morning saw the KS1...
Orienteering Inter-House Sports Competition
Over this last week we have held an inter-house sports competition for orienteering. At The Willows, we are very keen to engage all of our children in sporting competitions and so hold an inter-house sports competition across school every half term. The children...
Scoot At School Day!
Throughout the last week, classes across school have taken it in turns to bring in their scooters for another Scoot At School Day. After the success of our first Scoot At School Day and seeing how much the children enjoyed themselves, we are going to hold a Scoot At...
Lancashire Commonwealth Baton Relay
On Wednesday 25th May, The Willows took part in the Lancashire Commonwealth Baton Relay. Schools across Lancashire came together to pass a commemorative relay baton from school to school across the whole of Lancashire with the shared mission of raising the profile of...
Golden Mile Spring Competition Winners!
At The Willows, we try to provide lots of opportunities for our children to be active and achieve the recommended 1 hour of physical activity every day - one way we achieve this is by running in our Golden Mile competition. After 8 long weeks of running during active...