We finished off the term with a session around Tennis

As the days get brighter it was nice to have our first session of Tennis for the year. It was a bit cold outside so we used the hall but great to do a variety of Tennis based activities. 
Ray led the warm up to get us all going then everyone grabbed a racket and ball and started off with moving around the hall whilst balancing the ball on the racket. From there it was trying to hit the ball up in the air and controlling it back on the racket.

The kids then paired up to pass to each other across the hall. They would take it in turns with one throwing the ball for the other to hit back. Next it was balancing the ball as they moved down the hall around cones.

We then played two tennis based games. Firstly was Build a Burger where the kids worked in teams to build a burger of tennis balls sandwiched between rackets. To start with two people would make their way up the hall with a ball balanced between two rackets. A third person would then add another ball and their racket and so on so that the stack has as many layers as possible without it collapsing. 

We then played some games of King / Queen of the court. Ollie threw a soft ball over the net for each player to return, on their go. Get the ball to bounce back in the court on Ollie's side of the net and you are through to the next round. Get caught or fail to get the return in to the court and you are out and join Ollie on the fielding side, trying to catch the others out. Last person standing is King or Queen of the court!
Hal won the first game and Todd the second with Kealan winning the last game.

After the tennis we played some games of Noughts and Crosses with the group splitting in to two teams and having to run to place a coloured bib in one of the hoops. Blue team won the first two games but the yellows came back to win the next two. The next game was tied but the blues then won the next with a diagonal line. The last game was won by the blue team after some tactical moves of the bibs so they won overall by 5 games to 3.

We had time for one quick game of Benchball which the yellow team won. It was then time for the Easter Bunny (Alan) to do his thing and give out an easter egg to all the kids!​

We wish you all a great Easter and look forward to seeing you all back on Saturday 20th April for the start of our summer term.