P.E

What does this look like in PE?

At English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, we value PE, School Sport and Physical Activity as an important part of the children’s entitlement to a broad and balanced curriculum. PESSPA provides the children with the opportunities to develop and extend skills and an opportunity to express their individual interests, thoughts and ideas. We want to promote physical and mental wellbeing, helping children to make healthy life choices in order to establish long lasting lifestyle choices.

In P.E. we aim to develop curiosity. We want pupils to ask questions about how their bodies work and the importance of a healthy lifestyle.

We want children to be aspirational in their work. We want them to challenge themselves to be the best that they can be. To be reflective and evaluate their work, thinking about how they can make changes and keep improving.

We want them to be fully engaged in P.E., developing a love of being active and provide opportunities for all to pursue these activities further, through a wide range of activities in school, after school and within the community. We hope that in doing so that they continue this forward into adulthood helping them to live a healthy life.

Curriculum Intent:

Through our curriculum planning using PE Passport to support us we aim for pupils to:

• That all children can achieve the aims of the national curriculum through a broad, balanced and progressive curriculum
• A willingness of staff to adapt plans to meet the needs of individuals and groups- this might mean going back to plans programmed for younger groups to secure knowledge and skills
• A commitment from staff to develop children across different domains- physically, cognitively and socially and emotionally
• Children how to learn skills and knowledge and apply it.
• Delivery through the Principles of Assessment for Learning.
• Children experience traditional and ‘new’ sports.
• Careful monitoring of the progress of individuals, groups, classes and year groups.
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Curriculum Implementation:

The teaching and implementation of the P.E. at English Martyrs Catholic Primary School is based on the National Curriculum using PE Passport to support teachers with planning and assessment.

• develop competence to excel in a broad range of physical activities
• are physically active for sustained periods of time
• engage in competitive sports and activities
• lead healthy, active lives

A whole school plan is in place to ensure that there is good coverage of activities, skills and progression and staff have access to plans to help support them with their teaching.

In EYFS physical development covers gross and fine motor skills.  Skills are taught explicitly and continuous provision activities both inside and outside are available to ensure children have time to practise and develop skills.  Forest School also provides opportunities for fine and gross motor skills.

Throughout KS1 the children are taught master basic movements including running, jumping, throwing and catching, as well as developing balance, agility and co-ordination, 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

Throughout KS2 use running, jumping, throwing and catching in isolation and in combination

• play competitive games, modified where appropriate, and apply basic principles suitable for attacking and defending
• develop flexibility, strength, technique, control and balance
• 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. swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres
• use a range of strokes effectively
• perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.

We use a wide range of teaching and learning styles and a wide range of activities to ensure that all children have the best opportunity to learn new skills, knowledge and understanding and to enjoy P.E.

We make sure that the children get to work both individually and collaboratively and to be able to compete against each other and other classes. The children also take time to evaluate their own and others’ work. We aim to provide each child with two hours of PE each week.

We provide the children with opportunities to be active before and after school, during break times and lunch times. These give children the opportunities to develop new skills and try out new activities. We offer a range of clubs (run by private companies) such as Basketball, Yoga, Football, Tang soo do and Irish dancing. In addition to this, we have outside table tennis tables, bikes and scooters, climbing frames and equipment and other equipment to encourage a high level of activity

We also enter inter school competitions so that children have the opportunity to learn about competition, team spirit and cooperation. It also helps them to put into practise skills they have learnt.

Each lesson focusses on a manageable step of new learning based on the National Curriculum.

What a typical lesson looks like:

Flashback: an opportunity for pupils to retrieve and build upon previously acquired skills, through a ‘Last Lesson, Last Unit, Last Year, Challenge’ approach.

Teach it: New skills and knowledge will be taught. Introduction to new learning with live modelling using the STEP (space, task, equipment and people) approach to adapt so that all children can be challenged. 

Practise it: : Children are given the opportunity to practise and use new skills. Learning can be independent and collaborative, all pupils participate through STEP approach.

Prove it: Children apply new knowledge and skills.  They make choices and apply this in different games/activities.

Dig deeper: To ensure all children are appropriately challenged. Children take skills and knowledge from other areas and apply them.

All children in KS1 and KS2 receiving 2 hours of high-quality Physical Education each week regardless of the weather or other external factors.

• A commitment that all children are active. Spare kit in each class means no child misses PE

• Inclusivity by putting support for children with SEND in line with other subjects and differentiating using STEP.

• That children unable to take part are included by involving them in activities related to the lesson e.g. umpiring.

• A range of teaching styles and strategies to deliver the curriculum

• Children different challenges e.g. 6 v 4 to develop skills, knowledge and behaviours.

Curriculum Impact:

Our PE curriculum is inclusive in terms of delivering the same curriculum to all of our pupils irrespective of specific learning needs or disabilities and adapting/supporting/challenging where necessary through, STEP approach.  Targets are set for children. All children are valued.

Assessment ,Monitoring, Evaluation and Review

Unit assessments are carried out for each child for know, show and grow.

Assessments for learning in all lessons.  Teachers give children feedback and targets.  Lessons are adapted and skills retaught if required. 

Pupil voice used to assess.