St Monica's Catholic Primary School
All our KS2 children took part in the Virtual Sports Hall Athletics Competition. Each team consisted of 12 children – 6 boys and 6 girls. They competed in 5 events; Standing Long Jump, Chest Push, Speed Bounce, Shuttle Run and Target Throw. Well done to one of our Year 6 teams who came 1st overall.
During Covid, we had around 60 key workers children at school. We continued our lessons in our bubbles. During lockdown, the school continued to support children’s PE at home. We regularly posted challenge cards for the children to keep active from running, netball, football etc. We took part in many virtual competitions in the borough. We came 5th […]
Our Year 6 children were very lucky to have their week away at Hilltop this year. The weather was great and they all had so much fun doing lots of outdoor activities. Learning on a residential trip involves the whole experience of sharing a room to zip wiring through the trees. The pupils quickly built […]
St. Monica’s hosted a training day for all new NQTs this week. Children from different year groups showed off their gymnastics skills. The gymnastic instructors were very impressed with our children’s standard.
A specialist coach from the GAA worked with the children for 6 weeks, this then led to a competition amongst other schools in the borough. St. Monica’s won overall. Congratulations Team!
We have been very lucky this year – Gavin, an experienced coach, has worked with years 4, 5 and 6 over the last few months. The children have loved learning a new sport that require different skills. Lots of our children then went on to play and were very successful in Gaelic football tournaments in Greenford, home to the GAA.
We were very fortunate to have 7 professional coaches from Middlesex Cricket Club visit our school and train the pupils in Years 3 – 5. The children learnt cricket skills and thoroughly enjoyed the sessions. Let’s hope it will inspire them to play more cricket in the future!
Over the last 6 weeks, year 6 and year 4 have been very fortunate to have worked with a qualified cricket coach from Winchmore Hill Cricket Club. They have learned many new skills over the weeks. 15 children enjoyed it so much that they have now enrolled with Winchmore to play cricket at the weekend.
As part of the Enfield council’s Move More Campaign , we are taking part in this challenge. We are asking all our junior children to keep track of their exercise for 4 weeks. Ideally, they will strive to do 60 minutes or more of physical activity per day. 60 minutes can be completed in one […]