Key Moments – Stay home, stay active

Stay at Home,stay active

Sport is an important part of life at St Peter’s, with 15 sports, 250 teams and enthusiastic participation at all levels. When fixtures were cancelled in March 2020, followed closely by a national lockdown, our Sports staff were determined to deliver an active games programme virtually to encourage all pupils to stay active at home.

St Peter’s 2-8 Sports Day is usually the highlight of the sporting calendar at 2-8, but our usual sports day activities were cancelled this year to ensure the safety of our pupils and to comply with social distancing guidelines. Instead, we launched a Virtual Sports Day and encouraged the children to join in from home. Sports ranged from the Standing Long Jump and 40m Sprint to the slightly less conventional Egg and Spoon Collection, Star Jumps, Speed Bounce and Welly Standing Throw. We are so proud of all our little athletes who participated from home and at school.

St Peter’s 8-13 The Sports Department at St Peter’s 8-13 inspired pupils with their remote PE lessons online, including tennis, athletics and cricket, which would have happened if the children were still in school. All children were timetabled for games and PE during the same slot in the school day. Mr Savage, Head of Sport at St Peter’s 8-13, said: “We have tried to inspire the children to not only be active, but to develop their skills too. The children’s engagement and ingenuity has been an absolute pleasure to witness.”

St Peter’s 13-18 Wednesday 29 April should have been Sports Day at St Peter’s. To mark the occasion, Mr Williams organised the 5k House Challenge, encouraging staff and pupils to embark on a 5km run from their homes. Over 20 staff and 103 pupils participated. The Sports Department also launched a weekly House Challenge to encourage pupils to stay healthy and active at home. The 627 sports challenge was a particular success. Inspired by our foundation year 627AD, the challenge was to create and complete a physical challenge using the digits #627 and our pupils surpassed themselves. There were many entries and some extremely inventive ways of carrying out the task!