Intent:

Physical Education is an integral part of the broad and sustained curriculum at St Lawrence CE Primary and ultimately supports pupils’ ability to be physically active and lead a healthy lifestyle. Our PE curriculum provides all pupils with the opportunity to become physically confident in a way which supports their health and fitness. At St Lawrence CE Primary we provide opportunities for all children to take part in competitive sport and activities, embedding our school values and allowing sportsmanship to flourish. It is important to us at St Lawrence CE Primary that children are physically active for sustain periods of time in each and every PE lesson with more opportunities to be physical in school clubs and after school competitions. We value developing the children’s positive attitudes and perseverance to physical challenge through a wide range of physical activity which will enhance life-long fitness and life choices.

Implementation:

At St Lawrence CE Primary school, children engage in one hour PE lessons every week with opportunities to be active inside and outside. At the end of each key stage, children are expected to know, understand and apply the skills specified in the relevant unit of work. Each lesson has progressive activities that are designed to inspire and engage pupils, allowing them to explore and develop skills and embed knowledge. Pupils are also given opportunities to develop skills by choosing their own outcome and process.

PE lessons are taught by an external sports coach to ensure a whole-child approach to PE and coverage of the objectives, demonstrating how to use equipment and the various skills needed.

Every PE lesson shows clear progression built in amongst each year group, ensuring the children are increasingly challenged as they move up through the school. Adaptations are provided during activities with simple changes to appropriately challenge all pupils.

By the end of KS2, children will have been exposed to a wide variety of sports and given opportunities to showcase their skills with opportunities to partake in school tournaments and competitions. These skills will be revisited with increasing complexity as pupils prepare for the next stage of their education.

In our Early Years provision, we encourage children to develop confidence and control of the way they move, and the way they handle tools and equipment with opportunities to use funky fingers, pen disco and dough gym. We give all children the opportunity to undertake activities that offer appropriate physical challenge, both indoors and outdoors.

Swimming is taught regularly with attainment tracked and monitored to ensure that children, by the end of KS2, can swim 25m and have basic water skills.

Impact:

Our pupils at St Lawrence CE Primary are observed and informally assessed during every lessons. This will be against specific objectives set out in the national curriculum and objectives for that lesson.

Pupils will develop their fundamental knowledge, understanding, skills and techniques and apply these to a wide variety of different sports and activities. The pupils will also develop positive attitudes towards PE, understanding how it impacts their health and wellbeing, reinforcing an expectation of all children being capable of achieving high standards. All pupils at St Lawrence CE Primary will feel successful in an area of PE that they can confidently talk about. Our pupils at St Lawrence CE Primary will become confident within the different strands of PE and show resilience and engagement when tackling new skills and also developing their sportsmanship when playing competitively. Pupils will have access to the full curriculum offer in be able to access all lessons in PE. Throughout their time at Primary school, children will have opportunities to participate in team games and develop their understanding of competitive sports within the local school cluster group.