| Our Physical Education curriculum has been designed to enable our children to develop their physical fitness, stamina and understanding of the body during exercise and to instil in them a lifelong love of physical activity, sport and PE, alongside a positive healthy and physical outlook. We follow the National Curriculum for Key stage 1 and the new statutory Framework for Early Years. There are opportunities for children to compete in sport that enables them to develop leadership and teamwork skills; build character and feel a sense of personal success in an atmosphere of healthy competition.
Our Physical Education curriculum provides a coherent, structured, curriculum that leads to sustained mastery for all and a greater depth of knowledge and skills for those who are capable. It sets out a clear list of what will be covered for each year group which ensures each teacher, even as a non-specialist, has clarity as to what to cover, the threshold concepts children should understand, and progression within the threshold concepts for mastery. Our Key Physical Education concepts: Movement, Gymnastics, Dance, Ball skills, Team games, Athletics: are organised so that children are able to return to the same concepts each year to enable children to reinforce and build upon prior learning, make connections and develop subject specific language. Our Physical Education milestones define the standards for the threshold concepts. We expect children in Early Years we follow the EYFS framework to move in different ways with control, balance and co-ordination. We expect children in year 1 of each key stage to develop a basic understanding of the concepts and an advancing or deep understanding in year 2 of the milestone. |
Our teaching of Physical Education is taught as a discrete subject, daily in reception and twice weekly in KS1 following the Jasmine Active scheme at a tool. Our Physical Education concepts are revisited in all years to ensure there is progression to help build depth to their knowledge, skills and understanding.
Physical Education activities are planned for within our continuous provision which enables application and replication of physical knowledge and skills taught in different contexts, with pertinent cross curricula links, offering a more open ended approach to learning which challenges and empowers children to demonstrate their learning and skills in imaginative and different ways. It also builds on previously taught knowledge, both day-to-day and across year groups.
The impact of our curriculum is that by the end of each milestone, the vast majority of children have sustained mastery of the content, that is, they remember it all and are fluent in it; some children have greater knowledge and skills. Our assessment ensures that teachers and children assess their learning continuously throughout the lesson. We equip children with the skills and love of sport and to grow up to live happy and healthy lives.
Opportunities for the future
We ensure our children are made aware of careers they could aspire to do in the future through their love of physical education: professional athlete, sports coach/teacher, physiotherapist, sports and fitness nutritionist, sports news reporter, gymnast.
Possibilities:
Children will learn about experts and people of influence and where possible visits from specialists in their field for example a gymnast. We will encourage children to a range of different career paths they can take in the world of sports. Introduce children to a range of career paths such as: sports new presenter, gymnast, cricketer, footballer, fitness instructor and physiotherapist. Children have the opportunity to go to afterschool sports club daily, Saturday club and term holiday sports club ran by our sports coach.
Environment:
Children will have the opportunity to compete in Sports day games at Saffron Lane and compete in team games and as an individual. Children will compete in local football league.
Diversity:
Children will be exposed to athletes from different disciplines, ensuring inclusion of different genders, ethnicities and disabilities.
Whole school overview
Year 2 - In Class Learning- 2024-25
In Autumn Term 1, year 2 have been learning new skills through games. They have been learning these skills whilst playing “Tom and Jerry” and “team tag”.
The children have covered galloping, jogging, marching, skipping, zigzag and hopping.
2SM had a fabulous day at Moat Community College learning how to play basketball.
Reception - In Class Learning - 2023-2024
The Stars and Rainbow classes went to Moat to take part in a multi sports camp with some students. They had a great time practicing balancing, hand eye coordination and jumping skills. With children finishing the session saying ‘they loved it!’.
Year 2 - 2023-24
We visited Moat Community College to take part in some sports activities. The children worked in groups to play badminton and they learned different techniques they can use when playing Badminton.
In Class Learning - 2022-23
Big Moves
Nursery children have been developing their core muscles and strength by rolling the tyres. They have shown great determination, enthusiasm, and concentration when rolling them around the playground.
Pushing & Pressing
Developing strength in muscles in the nursey by pushing and pressing down hard on the play dough. ‘Look, look’ such fascination about the patterns and prints made.
Movement
This week year 1’s learnt a new skill called a pivoting. We applied the skill to the different movements we had learnt in reception such as: side steps, grappling, skipping and jogging. The importance of pivoting is to be able to turn and control your body quickly and to generate power and momentum. This skill can be applied in games such as football and will help defending.
Year 1s have been learning all about the skills and techniques used to play bench ball including hand and eye coordination, team work and special awareness. We really enjoyed playing bench ball!
Balance
The Year 2 children have been learning all about balance, look how great they are at balancing!
Movement
Year 2 children have been applying movement skills during a game of bench ball!
PE with Moat
Sports Day
YouTube
- PE with Joe Wicks
- Cosmic kids Yoga
- Jedi writing cursive
- Jump start Jonny
- Just dance kids
- Milkshake
BBC
- Oliver’s Vegetables by Vivian French
- See inside your body by Colin King
- First encyclopaedia of the human body by Fiona Chandler