Physical Education
“To inspire pupils to discover a lifelong love of sport and exercise”
Our PE curriculum intends to:
Experience as many sports as possible to find those which will develop a lifelong love of sport.
Have the opportunity to participate within our school community in a wide range of extracurricular activities.
To develop the skills and aptitudes needed to excel.
Why Learn PE?
A high-quality physical education curriculum inspires all pupils to succeed and excel in competitive sport and other physically demanding activities. It will provide opportunities for pupils to become physically confident in a way which supports their health and fitness. Opportunities to compete in sport and other activities build character and help to embed values such as fairness and respect.
PE is taught as a discrete subject from Year R. We provide additional teaching resources form Year 3 transitionaing into specialist PE provision using our full facilities from Year 4.
Key stage 1 course content
Pupils will 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 will learn to engage in competitive and co-operative physical activities, in a range of increasingly challenging situations.
Pupils will be taught to:
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.