PE at Wybourn Community Primary School

Intent

At Wybourn Community Primary School we believe that Physical Education is an important tool in promoting healthy lifestyles, both now and in the future. Physical Education provides children with the knowledge, skills and understanding needed to perform a range of physical activities with increased confidence and ability. Physical education lessons develop pupils’ agility, balance and co-ordination skills, which can then be applied to sports-specific situations. Lessons also enable pupils to develop personal, cognitive and social skills, such as self-reflection and teamwork.

Children are given the opportunity to participate in extra-curricular sporting activities and to represent the school in competitions. Physical activity is also promoted throughout the school day, during active lessons, active playtimes and activities such as the Mile Run.

Implementation

In Nursery, children participate in physical activity through their continuous provision and through some group activities, such as dancing to music.

Moving into Reception, pupils continue to use continuous provision for physical activity but progress to having one structured P.E lesson per week.

KS1 and KS2 children participate in two P.E lessons per week. These are usually planned and delivered by the class teacher and supported by a Teaching Assistant. At times, outside coaches are bought in to lead lessons, either to develop staff confidence and expertise, or to provide pupils with new experiences.

School staff will always be present in these sessions and will be responsible for the wellbeing and behaviour of pupils.

Lessons are planned based on the Get Set 4 PE scheme and are adapted to the needs of individual classes and pupils. A yearly coverage grid is followed across school, which details the units to be delivered each half term. This allows for a broad and balanced curriculum.

In KS1, our units focus on developing essential Fundamental Movement Skills through skills practises and small sided games. Lessons are usually not
sports-specific and focus instead on knowledge, skills and concepts that can be applied widely across the curriculum. In Lower KS2, these Fundamental Movement skills are further developed and embedded and specific sports start to be introduced. Moving into Upper KS2, there is more of a focus on applying knowledge and skills to sports, including non-traditional activities such as Handball and Yoga.

Across the school, pupils are encouraged to work towards personal bests and reflect on both their performance and the performance of others. They take part in both individual and group activities, where the focus is on co-operation and friendly competition. PE lessons encourage the development of wider skills such as communication, resilience and teamwork.

Year 5 children all take part in an 18 week block of swimming lessons, with the aim of swimming 25m by the end of KS2. Pupils that have not reached this target after the 18 week block will then attend further swimming lessons. All sessions are run by the Sheffield School Swimming service and are supported by school staff. 
  

Extra-Curricular Clubs:

Children are encouraged to take part in sports clubs at lunchtime or after school.
 

These usually run for half-term blocks to ensure that all KS1 and KS2 children have a chance to participate over the course of the year.

Clubs include:

Multi-skills
Taekondo
Basketball
Football
Gymnastics
Dance
Tag Rugby
Athletics
Cricket