Saints Study Centre

For their second week of PFS the young learners from Hopping Hill, Standens Barn, Kings Heath, Lyncrest, Spring Lane and Delapre schools have been conducting player interviews. Each evening the children prepared a list of questions to ask, and practised asking them in the style of a press conference. We were then joined by some of the Saints players and the children were lucky enough to have the opportunity to interview them, the players included Noah Cato, Calum Clarke, Dylan Hartley, Teimana Harrison and Alex Day and also the Director of Rugby Jim Mallinder attended one of the days and answered the childrens questions.

This week the young learners from Thomas Becket were joined by Sarah Mason, a Maths teacher from Sir Christopher Hatton, who set a range of mathematical challenges for the children to solve. They were split into groups and worked together to complete a range of activities including shape and number problems and word puzzles.
After lunch they spent some time on I Am Learning, a revision website that uses games to encourage, engage and motivate students to learn.
The young learners then had an hour practical where they played tag rugby and a variety of rugby based games, incorporating hand eye coordination, team work and observation skills.

The boys from Friars School started their day at the Study Centre by continuing with their Saints Programme Trail they started last week. They completed a player profile on a Saints player of their choice, also writing information about the latest games including the score, who scored, if anyone received a red or yellow card and who the man of the match was.
After a break the boys went out for an hour practical where they were shown techniques for how to take a rugby session of their own, teaching younger learners tag rugby. We then went to Lyncrest Primary School and they put their new skill to the test by coaching a Year 2 P.E lesson, playing games such as Superheroes and Villains, Tag Rugby and Numbers Rugby.