Intent
The intent of our PE curriculum is to provide all children with high quality PE and sport provision. It is our vision for every pupil to succeed and achieve their potential developing core skills as well as to lead physically active lifestyles. We strive to inspire our pupils through fun and engaging PE lessons that are enjoyable, challenging and accessible to all. We want our pupils to appreciate the benefits of a healthy and physically active lifestyle on their bodies and minds.
The PE curriculum develops the priorities for pupils at Wolsingham Primary School in the following ways:
Basic skills –
Resilience and Perseverance –
Social Awareness –
Knowledge –
Implementation
- Planning follows PESSCL and County Durham Core Tasks as a teaching and assessment tool, allowing teachers to execute high quality PE lessons ensuring a progression of skills from Reception to Year 6.
- In Reception and Key Stage One, there is a strong focus on developing fundamental movement skills with an emphasis on enhancing and refining these skills through game, play and performance in Key Stage Two.
- All children have access to the programmes of study, which include; games, dance, gymnastics and athletics, with the addition of swimming and OAA at Key Stage 2.
- Pupils in both Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 engage in two hours of high-quality PE every week.
- PE is taught by class teachers who have access to a qualified coach for curriculum support.
- Across Key Stage 2, children spend a term each academic year having weekly swimming lessons at Wolsingham Swimming Pool with a qualified swimming instructor.
- Children in Key Stage One and Key Stage Two have opportunities to access competitive sport via intra-house events, festivals and School Games.
- Upper Key Stage Two children have opportunities to take part in competitive team sports via central venue leagues.
- Opportunities for sport based extra-curricular activities are provided each half term.
Impact
As children progress through the PE curriculum at Wolsingham Primary School they will:
- Be fit and active.
- Be aware of their bodies and understand the importance of looking after it.
- Have a broad skill base which they can draw upon in different sporting situations to increase confidence and performance.
- Have opportunities to extend and challenge themselves through competitive sport, as well as supporting others within their class under the guidance of the teacher.
- Talk actively about sport and the opportunities they receive.
- Be keen to try new sports and challenges.
- Strive to achieve their best and enjoy their own personal triumphs in a variety of sports.
- Find a love of sport and physical activity which continues beyond primary school and into their lives outside of school.
- Reach end of Key Stage Two expectations in swimming.
Physical Education in the Early Years
A physically active child in the early years will be constantly developing their fine and gross motor skills within everyday provision. Formal PE sessions will enhance what has already been explored in the setting, and teach specific fundamental developmental skills needed. Through indoor and outdoor provision they will move freely and with pleasure in a range of different ways, considering the space around them, negotiating their pathways and adjusting speed and direction to avoid obstacles, by travelling around, under, over and through obstacles.
They will talk about the effects that exercise has on their bodies and why it is important to keep fit and lead a healthy lifestyle. Through early years provision children will be introduced to tools, their purpose and how to use these safely, leading to independent use. They will be made aware daily of the need for safety when tackling new challenges, allowing children to take risks
Children will initially draw large scale motor movements, crossing their mid-line. They will show good control in large and small movements, developing and building strength in their muscles. This will then lead to perfecting fine motor skills, pencil grip and writing for a purpose. Children will move to music, expressing their feelings, developing spatial awareness and coordination. A lot of learning in the early years takes place through purposeful play, both indoors and outdoors. Towards the end of Reception children will be learning skills to equip them for their future learning and later success in Year 1.
