PE

Our Curriculum Intent for P.E.

Physical Education at Fleet Infant School inspires children to realise their full potential and develop a lifelong interest in physical activity and sport, whatever their ability in P.E. We believe P.E. is about more than just the physical education but important for the mind and well-being of individuals. All of these areas of P.E. in our school promote good health, instil self-discipline, develop skills, improve self-confidence, reduce stress and develop lifelong learning skills.

Our P.E. curriculum is inclusive and ensures that all abilities can participate and achieve at their level and work towards improving their personal goals, leading to active and healthy lives. Children will develop their gross motor skills alongside their fundamental movement skills (agility, balance and co-ordination) through a range of units including dance, gymnastics, games and athletics.

In addition to our P.E. curriculum, specialist coaches enhance the teaching and learning of P.E. through developing skills in Tennis, Skipping and Hockey. We also have P.E. coaches who deliver rich P.E lessons to year groups half-termly and provide extra-curricular activities.

P.E at Fleet Infant School also helps to embed the school values of respect, courage, honesty, resilience, gratitude and kindness.

Successes and achievements of sports completed outside school are also celebrated by sharing certificates and medals.

Implementation

At Fleet Infant School, we teach to the National Curriculum expectations, set out below, but also aim for children to leave with the knowledge of how to live and maintain a healthy lifestyle. We aim to provide the fundamental skills and a love of being active for children to take through their school life, developing a broad range of skills and understanding that these skills are transferable through different sports. Teachers encourage children to take part and support them to develop their individual skills.

We facilitate several outside coaches to enhance the already rich curriculum and hopefully spark a new interest in a sport they are less familiar with, developing their cultural capital. A range of clubs are available for children through extra-curricular activities which all children are encouraged to attend.

PE is taught for approximately 2 hours per week; an indoor session taught by class teachers and an outdoor session taught by a PE specialist. Children also take part in ‘Active Run’ daily.

Children are supported in lessons to develop their ability to work as a team and are provided with opportunities to work individually and within teams.

During indoor PE sessions, gymnastics and dance are taught by class teachers. Children follow a clearly planned gymnastics session where they are given the opportunity to copy and perform balances and shapes. They create sequences of movements and share these with their peers who share their successes.

Dance units are planned in theme with the children’s topics and further allow opportunities to create sequences of movement and move to music. Children are given opportunities to choreograph some of their own motifs too.

During the Summer Term, our Year 1 take part in ‘World Sports Morning’ joining the Year 1 children from Heatherside Infant School. This is based on the ethos of the Olympics. Our children join Year 1 children from the other school to become a small team and they work together to earn points for their Olympic countries.

Annually, the whole school celebrates ‘Sports Day’ to educate and promote a healthy lifestyle and physical activity. Children engage in a wide range of inclusive, competitive activities. We share our skills and success with our family members. These events further promote our values of collaboration, respect, kindness and courage.

During playtime we offer children the opportunity to use the trim trail and outdoor equipment to develop their balance, flexibility and coordination.

Physical Education in Year R:

Year R teachers target the skills from the Educational Programmes set out in the EYFS Framework and also use Development Matters and their expert knowledge of child development to support them in developing a bespoke curriculum whereby they support and extend children through physical challenges in the environment and interactions from adults. The area of learning and development is Physical Development: Fine Motor and Gross Motor.

PE is taught explicitly by class teachers on a weekly basis who teach the children fundamental skills in balance, gymnastics, athletics and multi-skills.

Physical Education in Key Stage 1 focuses on:

mastering basic movements such as running, jumping, throwing and catching, as well as developing balance, agility and co-ordination.
participating in team games, developing simple tactics for attacking and defending.
performing dances using simple movement patterns. These are mostly taught through the topics that the children are learning about.

The national curriculum for physical education aims to ensure that all pupils:

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.

By the end of Key Stage 1, pupils are expected to know, apply and understand the matters, skills and processes specified in the relevant programme of study.

Inclusion

We are committed to inclusion and every child is entitled to a physical education curriculum that may be adapted to their individual needs. Suitable learning challenges appropriate to the needs of all children ensure progression. To overcome learning barriers a range of learning styles are used e.g., adapted equipment or displays and visuals to support understanding of new or challenging concepts. There is always plenty of practical opportunities to reinforce knowledge. Therefore, all children will be confidently accessing the physical education curriculum at their level.

Impact

The impact of our school physical education curriculum can be seen through our assessment. The children complete each unit with a high proficiency in each aspect of PE. Children are aware of the link between physical activity and good mental health and understand it’s significance as part of a healthy lifestyle.

Pupil Voice

'I love learning maths through our orienteering lessons. It is fun learning outside and being active and this is good for our mental well-being too.'

KS1 child.

“It is important to work as a team and hockey and tennis help us to practise this.”

KS1 child

“I feel more confident after each lesson.”

KS1 child

“I enjoy the challenge throwing and catching.”

EYFS child

Our learning in action!