Earlier in 2016, Farncombe C of E Infant School used some of their School Sports Premium money to arrange a visit from Skipping Workshops. After the day of skipping, in which each class learnt a variety of skipping-skills, the staff saw a remarkable impact in two key areas: An increase in activity among pupils. An…
As anyone who has taken part in one of our Skipping Workshops will know, one of the highlights of the event is the whole school demonstration at the end of the day. It’s a celebration of skipping, showing many of the different skipping skills and games that our coaches have taught during the day. Recently…
Congratulations to the winners of this year’s National Skipping Challenge. This week we presented the Challenge Cups to the Individual Winner and the Team Winners. Our individual winner of the National Skipping Challenge 2015/16 is Sophie Froggatt, from Malden Parochial Primary School in Worcester Park, Surrey. Sophie proved to be an outstanding all-round skipper, managing…
National Skipping Day 2016 took place on Friday 18th March with 35,910 children from 144 different schools taking part. Thanks to everyone who took part, and to all of the people who sent us photos and posted photos and videos on twitter about their National Skipping Day experience! One highlight of National Skipping Day 2016…
Ken Tezuka from Hall School, Wimbledon, last week skipped 100 Double Unders, scoring more than double the previous high score of 47. Last year’s overall high score in the Double Unders category was 100. Ken has already equalled that score, and still has plenty of time to improve. Double Unders have long been one of…