Re: PE and Games
At Secondary school we used to alternate between in-door and out-door games. When it was in-door we typically split into teams for games like football and British Bulldogs. I can remember the groans from some kids when the PE Teacher said that it was team games because that meant 'skins' verses 'tops'. Skins basically meant no PE top and Tops meant keep your nice baggy white shirt on. So many overweight kids ran around in 'skins' in the gym, and the ribbing went on for the rest of the day. Hadn't the school ever heard of over-shirt vests or tags?
Oh yes, it was an all boys school
My one memory of PE at Middle school was doing all I could to get out of it. PE at Middle school was very different from PE at First school. I can remember doing PE the first week and having no clue at all about football, and just getting wet and cold for what seemed like hours. The next week I managed to wangle a sick note from my mum so sat in the library instead. However, the following week a mate brought in a sick note from his mum and it not only excused him from PE but also me and 3 other mates. We had a lovely class teacher and she let the rest of the class go, hid us under a table while the PE teacher walked the class from the changing rooms to the field, and then we spent the rest of the afternoon helping to clean up the classroom. Will always remember that
PE at First school was either 'music and movement' or spending most of the lesson getting out mats, wooden horses, ropes, trying very hard to get over wooden horses and up ropes, and then putting it all away. So much effort but not much achieved.
At Secondary school we used to alternate between in-door and out-door games. When it was in-door we typically split into teams for games like football and British Bulldogs. I can remember the groans from some kids when the PE Teacher said that it was team games because that meant 'skins' verses 'tops'. Skins basically meant no PE top and Tops meant keep your nice baggy white shirt on. So many overweight kids ran around in 'skins' in the gym, and the ribbing went on for the rest of the day. Hadn't the school ever heard of over-shirt vests or tags?
Oh yes, it was an all boys school
My one memory of PE at Middle school was doing all I could to get out of it. PE at Middle school was very different from PE at First school. I can remember doing PE the first week and having no clue at all about football, and just getting wet and cold for what seemed like hours. The next week I managed to wangle a sick note from my mum so sat in the library instead. However, the following week a mate brought in a sick note from his mum and it not only excused him from PE but also me and 3 other mates. We had a lovely class teacher and she let the rest of the class go, hid us under a table while the PE teacher walked the class from the changing rooms to the field, and then we spent the rest of the afternoon helping to clean up the classroom. Will always remember that
PE at First school was either 'music and movement' or spending most of the lesson getting out mats, wooden horses, ropes, trying very hard to get over wooden horses and up ropes, and then putting it all away. So much effort but not much achieved.
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