PE – Porter Croft C of E Primary Academy

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

INTENT - OUR VISION FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Physical Education at Porter Croft Church of England Primary Academy aims to provide children with the foundations and opportunities to develop their Physical Literacy through nurturing and promoting each child’s motivation, confidence, physical competence, knowledge and understanding to value and engage in physical activity for life. We aim to achieve this through a Physical Education curriculum that enables children to display and develop their leadership and cooperative skills, knowledge and confidence to become active, responsible and healthy members of the community. Our school strives to inspire all children to develop a love of physical activity and sport, which children can pursue throughout their lives.

PE is an integral part of school practices allowing all children in the school to gain a sense of achievement and develop positive attitudes towards themselves and others. We want to aid our children in obtaining the values and skills to celebrate and respect the success of others, as well as modestly celebrating their own successes.

We aim to educate both our children and families to develop a greater understanding on how to live healthy lifestyles and make healthy choices. We are dedicated to ensuring we use Physical education develop the holistic children – nurturing healthy minds, as well as bodies and will continue to support our children's well-being. We have strong links with local clubs and partnerships within our community to ensure the children and families receive the support and knowledge they need.

WHY PE IS IMPORTANT?

Porter Croft Church of England Primary Academy recognises the value of Physical Education (P.E). We adhere to the aims of the national curriculum for Physical Education to ensure that all children:

develop competence to excel in a broad range of physical activities
are physically active for sustained periods
engage in competitive sports and activities
lead healthy, active lives

IMPLEMENTATION – PHYSICAL EDUCATION PLANNING & SEQUENCING OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

PE is taught at Porter Croft Church of England Primary Academy is an integral part of our curriculum and recognises that regular physical activity is essential for all children’s health, wellbeing and development. It is taught in two PE sessions a week in compliance with the national curriculum standards. In addition to this our KS2 classes are encouraged to wear PE kit on their PE days in order to maximise the amount of time the children are taking part in physical activity.

We follow the planning schemes ‘Get Set 4 PE’ in addition to expert delivery, support and guidance provided by Sheffield United Football club to provide constant CPD of all our staff. We teach lessons so that our children:

understand the learning objective of each lesson and the steps needed to achieve their own level of success. In addition to the whole child (holistic) objectives such as: creativity, cooperation and respect.

have opportunities to experience success and enjoyment in physical activities
find lessons challenging whilst still having the opportunity to participate in PE at their own level of development.
foster positive attitudes towards physical activity and sport.
secure and build on a range of skills needed to participate in a variety of different sports and physical activities.
develop good sporting attitudes towards themselves and each other.
understand basic games’ rules and begin to apply sport-specific tactics and strategies where needed.
experience positive competition
learn in a safe environment
have a foundation for lifelong physical activity, leaving our school as physically active citizens.
are included and can participate fully in PE regardless of their abilities, gender, ethnicity, or socio-economic background.

To find out how PE is planned & sequenced in order that our children can progress through the building blocks for learning, please click below

PE progression of skills

PE Policy

Evidencing the impact of PE and sports premium

PE Curriculum 2022/23

NATIONAL CURRICULUM PURPOSE OF STUDY

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IMPACT OF OUR PE CURRICULUM

Impact

Physical education has a significant impact on the development and well-being of children. Regular participation in physical activity through PE lessons and extra-curricular sports clubs can have a range of physical, social, and emotional benefits. Therefore, our delivery of PE is centred upon helping children flourish into becoming lifelong learners in regards physical activity. A high-quality physical education curriculum inspires every child with the motivation and confidence to participate and excel in competitive sport and other physically demanding activities. At Porter Croft Church of England Academy, we deliver opportunities for children to become physically literate, in a way which promotes their health and fitness. Opportunities to compete in sport and other activities, both inter and intra-school, build character and help to embed values such as fairness and respect.

Our curriculum is structured with the aim of allowing all children to access a wide range of activities; whilst also revisiting certain sports/activities to ensure each child is given the opportunity to follow a progression of skills. By structuring our curriculum in this progressive manner we believe that our children are given opportunities to succeed; develop positive associations between wellbeing and physical activity in addition to having the skills, confidence and motivation needed to be physically active for life. A high-quality physical education curriculum inspires all children to succeed and excel in competitive sport and other physically demanding activities.

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INCLUSION

Children with special educational needs are identified through regular assessment and supported through carefully planned programmes and targets on their support plans. Children are supported through first quality teaching, tailored learning and relevant intervention programmes. In planning lessons, teachers will identify the additional support required for SEND pupils in each Physical Education lesson. In PE lesson children are monitored and assessed in between lessons by the teacher; this allows the teacher to assess whether they are expected or not yet met; we use this to inform our planning and delivering of future lessons. Therefore, consideration is given to adapting the task or providing peer or adult support. It is important to note that pupils with learning difficulties can achieve well in Physical Education and should be given every opportunity to access a broad and balanced curriculum.