Rain doesn’t cancel play at the Becket Double Club

Despite it raining heavily today, year 8 students still participated whole-heartedly in their multiskills practical lesson with Graeme Wilson. They did their co-ordination, teamwork, communication, quick reactions drills inside in the Double Club room. Everyone enjoyed this fast-paced lesson and there wasn’t a moment to stand still. All shapes and sizes of balls were used for the various activities. The class worked in pairs, small groups and in 2 teams for the final netball-handball inspired (?!) game.

Anna Letts and Jo Morris from Northants Study Centres assisted Beccy and her team of 6th form mentors in the literacy, numeracy and ICT lessons today. These included ‘Sporting Excuses’, interactive mental maths games (with dice, cards and counters) and ‘Cricket and the 5 senses’ in ICT. To see more on these activities, visit the Thomas Becket page and SOW download.

This second cohort of year 8s to do Double Club seem an enthusiastic bunch. They were creative and humorous in their writing and energetic in their maths. They told staff what they had been doing in previous weeks and what they had been learning. They also took to the ‘Whaa’ or ‘Cheese’ game immediately!