Academy Eye

On Friday, 26^th September, year 12 BTEC PE students were involved in helping with 3 schools that came to Northampton Academy to take part in the multi-sports festival.  

 Year 6 students came from Bellinge, Saint Andrews and Lings to take part in the festival. They participated in 3 different sports, and including mini basketball, indoor athletics, and tri-golf.  

The BTEC students were split into groups and then were allocated to a group of year 6 students. These students were from mixed schools, and had different abilities. The Year 6 students learnt the basics of mini basketball, participated in indoor athletics and tri-golf activities. Mini basketball involved passing, dribbling and shooting drills. The indoor athletics consisted of the long jump, triple jump, and javelin; to finish off the indoor athletics, the students raced against each other. Finally, they did a number of activities in tri-golf, starting with basic putting, then moving on, trying to get as many points as possible by hitting the balls in the designated target. 

The Year 6 students developed their skills within mini basketball, indoor athletics and tri-golf.  Also, the 6^th form students learned more about how to take control of a multi-sports festival, as well as the skills and the motivation needed to manage a group of year 6 students.