PE

At Wilbraham Primary school we recognise the importance of PE and Physical Activity. We intend to offer a curriculum that allows all children to not only benefit physically, but also socially and emotionally. We want to develop a lifelong passion for Sport and Physical Activity within our children.

Teaching the Importance of a healthy lifestyle

We aim to deliver a high-quality physical education curriculum that builds essential skills, teaches physical literacy and teaches children the importance of a healthy lifestyle. Through this curriculum all pupils have the opportunity to succeed and excel in competitive sport and other physically-demanding activities. We provide opportunities for pupils to become physically confident in a way which supports their health and fitness. Children also learn to value fairness and respect through their physical education.

Our curriculum is adapted to suit the needs of individual children making allowances for those with disabilities and medical conditions, taking into account children with special needs, through modified and mini versions of games and practices.

Subject Content

Key Stage 1

Pupils should develop fundamental movement skills, become increasingly competent and confident and access a broad range of opportunities to extend their agility, balance and coordination, individually and with others. They should be able to engage in competitive (both against self and against others) and co-operative physical activities, in a range of increasingly challenging situations.

Pupils are taught to:

• master basic movements including running, jumping, throwing and catching, as well as developing balance, agility and coordination, and begin to apply these in a range of activities.

• participate in team games, developing simple tactics for attacking and defending.

• perform dances using simple movement patterns.

Key Stage 2

Pupils continue to apply and develop a broader range of skills, learning how to use them in different ways and to link them to make actions and sequences of movement. They enjoy communicating, collaborating and competing with each other. They develop an understanding of how to improve in different physical activities and sports and learn how to evaluate and recognise their own success.

Pupils are taught to:

• use running, jumping, throwing and catching in isolation and in combination.

• play competitive games, modified where appropriate (for example, basketball, cricket, football, hockey, netball, tennis), and apply basic principles suitable for attacking and defending.

• develop flexibility, strength, technique, control and balance (for example, through athletics and gymnastics).

• perform dances using a range of movement patterns.

• take part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team.

• compare their performances with previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best. 

• Swimming and water safety - in Year 4 our children are taught to swim in a weekly lesson. 

Intent:

Children will be taught from the early years to develop a foundation of fundamental skills that allow children the basic skills to become physically literate. As they progress through the school, these fundamental will be essential to their continued development through a broad range of sports and activities that we offer. By the end of Year 6, all children will have attended swimming lessons; learnt a range of strokes, safe self rescue and be able to confidently swim a minimum of 25m. Where possible, physical activity will be resent in wider areas of the curriculum to reinforce the importance of physical health and wellbeing.

Implementation:

Our teachers provide challenging and enjoyable P.E lessons through a range of sporting activities. We ensure that the requirements of the National Curriculum are met through our long-term plan which sets out the P.E units and content that staff will teach throughout the year. We deliver two high quality P.E lessons each week, covering different aspects of the PE Curriculum. Across school, the lessons are mostly delivered by teachers; however each year group (1-6) will have a full term (1 lesson per week) delivered by a PE Specialist who works alongside the class teacher, providing essential CPD. Our Y4/5/6 children will take part in weekly swimming lessons for at least one term to ensure they meet the National Curriculum requirements.

Impact:

Our children enjoy taking part in P.E lessons and are enthusiastic about their learning. They are able to talk about what they have been learning and how the skills they have can be applied to a range of different sports. Our children will be assessed each term against outcomes that are linked to each unit taught.