Have a look at our lunchtime snaps! The children are enjoying a very structured lunchtime with a very talented team of 'play leaders' - a very different role to that of the archtypical 'dinner lady' who the children perceived to be adults whose job it was to police their sometimes questionnable behaviour! Things are really on the up in our playground, and we are getting to where we want to be - with the lunchtime period proving to be the highlight of many of our days in school.
Mrs Colefax supports a child learning the basics of balance... before she gets back on her own stilts and encourages the children to compete in a stilts race across the playground! This activity area is proving to be very popular.. with some (but surprisingly few!) wobbles from time to time - Mrs Colefax's, never the children's!
Our scooter area is attracting our youngest AND our oldest pupils in school! The children are practising the age-old art of queing, as well as showing their dexterity as they navigate the scooter course. Some are into tricks and enjoy the slight ramp that this part of the playground offers.. But Mrs Whitley is doing a fabulous job of leading our young stuntmen (and women) in scooting safely!
The full expanse of the playground. Can you see anyone who is not engaged with something or someone? This is what we were hoping to achieve.... Yay!
Practising the art of conversation, as all good women do...! These girls are keen to lead on a new area we have planned - karaoke! Singing and dancing led by the children for the children - I cannot wait for these girls to roll their sleeves up and get Cookridge dancing!
The trim trail is now OPEN FOR BUSINESS! Mrs Land is doing a phenomenal job manning this enormous area... The children are very daring in their climbing, but Mrs Land ensures their hands and feet are on the apparatus at all times!
Mrs Gibbs is leading the way in our skipping and elastics area. The children are very busy acquiring new skills in their skipping - individually with the short ropes and in teams with the long ropes. The elastics are proving very popular... we just need to learn some of those rhymes! Any mums who remember the rhymes.. leave a message and remind us! This area is attracting boys and girls... and keeping us all happy!
Of course there's football too! Not one, but THREE pitches... Keeping a lot of people very happy indeed. It has to be said - there have been NO incidents arising out of the football zone in all the weeks we have been operating three pitches - despite the fact that there is NO play leader who knows the rules nearly as well as all the children!
Our lunchtime team are doing a PHENOMENAL job transforming our playtimes! If you see these 'angels of the playground' around before or after school - do take the time to say 'thank you' for the very important role that they are playing in making Cookridge the greatest school on earth!
