PE
Our PE curriculum is designed to ignite children’s interest in different types of sports, physical activities and performance. We have the specific aim that the pupils (by the time that they have left our school) have experienced a wide range of sports and we aim for the pupils to have a sport or sports that they choose to continue with as ‘life-long learners’
We aim that in every PE lesson, children know more, remember more and can do more of our curriculum. Our PE curriculum covers the whole breadth of the National Curriculum as well as offers children the opportunity to take part in competitive intra and inter school events.
Some of these sports will be built upon through repetition such as badminton being taught in Year 3 and then again Year 5 and others may be taught for just a term such as lacrosse which provides exposure to the different skills needed. Transferable knowledge and skills are identified and perfected between year groups, different disciplines and also sports.
The school believes that giving children opportunities to lead in sports is vital and helps develop children’s confidence and knowledge. Therefore, we have a Sports Leaders programme that allows Year 6 pupils to lead sports events and competitions during lunchtimes and intra-school competitions.
Pupils have opportunities to reflect and evaluate their and others’ performances. This is to enable pupils to become self-reflective and able to identify areas for improvement in their own performance.
As a school, we believe in the importance of showing our school values of kindness, respect and resilience. Therefore, our PE curriculum offers the opportunity for good sportsmanship in all pupil interactions, both within lessons as well as in intra and inter school competitions.
Further to this, we intend that pupils understand and value the different roles within teams and that all pupils are engaged in team based sports by the end of Key Stage 2. These events are purposeful and offer a chance for the children to represent the school / play competitively within teams.
The school focuses heavily on being a supportive and nurturing place where all learning is valued, therefore, we intend for pupils to use their prior knowledge to support and coach others. To support success within these teams, we intend that pupils understand and can implement a variety of tactics in different contexts.
We acknowledge that physical activity should extend beyond the National Curriculum and, therefore, we intend that all pupils engage with a ‘Daily Move’.
The curriculum is progressive and covers a range of: gymnastics, fundamentals/multi-skills, dance, net/wall games, striking/fielding, athletics and OAA (outdoor adventurous activity).
Swimming is taught to one year group for 12 weeks.