The athletics section provides a variety of opportunties to engage in the natural activities of running, jumping and throwing. Running activities are devised to encourage children to accept challenges to their personal performances. Throwing activities use objects of various shapes and weights to improve techniques, accuracy and distance.

The dance programme involves the child in a range of creative and folk dance. When creating dance the child explores a range of body parts, body actions and body shapes.

Children explore movement on the floor and when negotiating a variety of equipment. As they progress they are encouraged to strive for more control over their movements and to repond to more complex tasks.

As skills develop they lead into mini-games. As the child progresses to more formalised games, skills such as possession, teamwork, attack, defence and use of space are developed.A balanced programme ensures that the child experiences a wide variety of activities that provide enjoyment and challenge and that foster a lifelong interest.

As skills develop they lead into mini-games. As the child progresses to more formalised games, skills such as possession, teamwork, attack, defence and use of space are developed.A balanced programme ensures that the child experiences a wide variety of activities that provide enjoyment and challenge and that foster a lifelong interest.

This programme is concerned with gaining competence and confidence near, under and on water. The term aquatics is used to include not only the teaching of swimming strokes but provision of opportunities for enjoyment of water play and other aspects of aquatics.