PE & Sport
“A healthy mind in a healthy body”
Physical activity matters. It makes us happy and helps us to be fully integrated. It reminds us that we are not just intellectual, but physical beings, held in balance.
We would like our children to grow a passion for physical exercises and being physically, mentally and socially confident to take a part in team or individual sport activities. We aim to develop an understanding of how to improve in different physical activities and sports, to be able to learn how to evaluate and recognise their own success.
- Head - The Thinker, confident, deep learner and decision maker.
- Hand - Physical being, physically competent,physically active and competitive.
- Heart - The behavior changer, developing socially and emotionally, involved and engaged, developing character and values, leading a healthy active lifestyle.
DET Curriculum Principles
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The Bigger Picture
Lessons follow a narrative and form part of a coherent map which is effectively sequenced and planned. As a result, students are supported to build schemas in their long-term memory to help retention and support application of knowledge.
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Knowledge Rich
The subject curricula combine a rich blend of knowledge and the related disciplinary skills. Acquiring fundamental knowledge and being able to quickly access relevant information from memory are prerequisites for deeper learning and reasoning.
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Literacy Development
Literacy is at the heart of the curriculum and students’ ‘disciplinary literacy’ is prioritised. Vocabulary rich lessons ensure students have the opportunity to develop their vocabulary (including tier 2/3 vocabulary) , extending knowledge and helping them to become confident communicators and learners. Students have the opportunity to read appropriately complex texts, break down complex writing tasks, combine writing instruction with reading and use structured talk in order to increase students’ understanding across the curriculum. Where necessary students are provided with individual literacy support in support of the aim for all to leave school with the ability to comprehend and communicate effectively through reading, writing, speaking and listening skills.
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Enrichment
Varied experiences enrich lives, engage imaginations, stretch skills and allow students to think creatively and independently. We recognise that reading is an essential tool in developing layers of meaning and knowledge - simply put, read more and know more.
Early Years
Physical Development in EY that we should be building and developing on
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Locomotor Skills - run, hop, leap
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Object control skills - strike, throw
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Stability skills - balance, roll, bend, twist
From these, the children can learn more advanced skills (to ‘overarm throw’, ‘sprint’, dance sequencing)
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 should be taught to:
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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
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participate in team games, developing simple tactics for attacking and defending
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perform dances using simple movement patterns
Children have two hours of PE lessons per week delivered for a duration of 6 weeks or 6 consecutive lessons in a block. A recommendation would be that teaching each topic in a ‘block’ as an effective way of children building on and applying knowledge from the previous lesson.
Key Stage 2
Pupils should 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 should enjoy communicating, collaborating and competing with each other. They should develop an understanding of how to improve in different physical activities and sports and learn how to evaluate and recognise their own success.
Pupils should be taught to:
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use running, jumping, throwing and catching in isolation and in combination
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play competitive games, modified where appropriate (for example, badminton, basketball, cricket, football, hockey, netball, rounders and tennis), and apply basic principles suitable for attacking and defending
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develop flexibility, strength, technique, control and balance (for example, through athletics and gymnastics)
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perform dances using a range of movement patterns
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take part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team
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compare their performances with previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best
Children have two hours of PE lessons per week delivered by class teacher and PE staff. The PE will be taught for a duration of 6 weeks or 6 consecutive lessons in a block. A recommendation would be that teaching each topic in a ‘block’ as an effective way of children building on and applying knowledge from the previous lesson.
We provides swimming lessons either in key stage 1 or key stage 2.
Pupils are taught to:
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swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 meters
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use a range of strokes effectively (for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke)
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perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations
