Skipping helps develop co-ordination, co-operation and communications skills, and is an activity that boys and girls can do together! We believe skipping to be the best activity for today's children.
Spring Term 2009; this term's winners are now listed on the 'challenge' page (please click on 'Skipping Challenge' above).
The Spring Term has seen some amazing scores. Most notable is an all-time record score in face-to-face, where Alicia Oates & Alex Drowley from Sulby Primary School in the Isle of Man managed an incredible 2164 consecutive skips!
In 'Keep the Pot Boiling', Highcroft Junior School in South Glos. managed the highest ever score in England, 1267.
Finally, the 'double dutch' scetion saw a record number of entries this term, and we look forward to even more in the Summer Term.
The seventh annual National Skipping Day was held on Friday March 27. The theme this year was 'playground skipping rhymes'. Once again National Skipping Day was blessed with good weather and over 17,000 children took part. Skipping Workshops would like to thank all the staff ( and children, of course) who supported this year's event. Any suggestions of a theme for National Skipping day 2010 are very welcome!
Date for the diary: National Skipping Day 2010 is on Friday, March 26th.... details to follow...
Skipping Workshops offer free skipping demonstrations for Primary Schools throughout the UK. For more details please click on 'Skipping Workshops' above and/or contact Harold Galley on 0208 786 7707 or h.galley@btinternet.com
We sell the following:
Infant Ropes (age 5-7): £4Junior Ropes (age 8+): £4Adult Ropes: £5.50Family (4m) Ropes: £6
We also sell two excellent 'teach-yourself-to-skip' books, both £9 each; 'Skip to it' is a 125-page beginners' guide with lots of ideas for those wanting to get started and improve; we also sell the 'Double Dutch Handbook', a comprehensive 120-page guide to double dutch skipping
+10% for P & P
To order, please go to our contact page and enter your details, including which rope(s) you require. The ropes will be posted promptly to your address, with an invoice enclosed.
Summer Term 2009; we are again operating our novice scheme in the summer term; this means that children who have come in the top three places in a category are not able to submit scores in that section this term; the idea is 1) to give other children a chance to aspire to a top three place and 2) to encourage previous winners to send in scores in other categories. In addition, this term we are not operating the minimum score requirement ( e.g. in crossovers this was 40); rather, we are inviting children to submit any score they like this term. in the first week, we have had nearly 100 entries and we look forward to many more.
Saturday 6th June 2009
At Highcroft Junior School, Lower Stone Close, Frampton Cotterell, Bristol BS36 2LE
Congratulations to the skipping team from Seer Green Primary School in Buckinghamshire, who confirmed their place as the country's top skipping school by winning the top three places in this year's championship. Previous winners have, understandably, been from Year 6, but this year's winner was Lara Liebenberg, a Year 3 pupil from Seer Green. In second place was Charlotte Yazdi, with Georgia Toay in third place. A special word of praise to the pupils from Highcroft Junior who competed in the championship for the first time. Emily Clark-Crangle was their top placed skipper, coming a creditable 6th overall. Skipping Workshops would like to thank everyone at Highcroft for hosting this year's event. For details of all the scores, please click here.
Skipping Workshops has vacancies for part-time coaches in the Midlands and throughout Ireland. Although several of our coaches are teachers, a teaching qualification is not essential. Some experience of working with children and an interest in keeping fit are required. Prior knowledge of skipping is not required as full training is provided by the company. Pay rates are similar to supply-teaching rates. For more information, please contact our Managing Director, Harold Galley on 0208 786 7707 or h.galley@btinternet.com or simply use the 'contact us' facility on the website.
Skipping Workshops in High Schools
Skipping Workshops is run by experienced primary school teachers. Inevitably, most of our work has been in primary schools. However, there has recently been a significant increase in interest from High Schools. To find out more about our services for high schools, please click here.
Training for Playground Skipping Mentors
If your school is interested in training older pupils to promote skipping on the playground, please click here.
Skipping Festivals
In 2007/8 Skipping Workshops ran several successful festivals, and we are keen to make contact with schools who might host a festival in 2009/2010. For more information, please click here.
The Irish Skipping Challenge
was held on May 30th at Rathpeacon, Cork. Congratulations to the overall winner, Tom Monahan.
For more information please click here. For New Irish National Records, click here.
In May 2006 Guinness World Records confirmed that we have set a new World Record for a mass participation skipping event. They say: 'The most people skipping simultaneously was 7,632 at 85 different venues throughout the UK and Ireland for an annual National Skipping Day event organised by Skipping Workshops on 24 March 2006.' Well Done Everyone!
For guidance on how to enter, please click here.
For more information about the National Skipping Challenge click here.
Not Just for Kids!
Please look through our site for more information, or Contact Us to discuss your requirements.
The World Skipping Championship is coming to the UK in 2010..... watch this space for more details
For schools interested in promoting healthy lifestyles, Skipping Workshops could help by establishing a weekly after-school skipping club. For more details, please contact Harold Galley on 0208 786 7707.
