PE

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Subject Overview

A high-quality physical education curriculum inspires all pupils to succeed and excel in competitive sport and other physically demanding activities. It should provide opportunities for pupils to become physically confident in a way which supports their health and fitness. Opportunities to compete in sport and other activities build character and help embed values such as fairness and respect.

Curriculum Intent

We aim to inspire all children to develop a love of physical activity and sport. Through effective Physical Education, our school values (Respect, Try your best, Succeed) and a whole child approach, we aim to nurture confident, resilient children who will strive for their personal best. We listen to our children’s views and provide them with a range of active experiences and clubs. 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 ensure that our delivery of Physical Education allows all children to obtain the skills and mindset to leave Infant school with the capabilities to be successful in their sporting challenges and active lifestyles at Junior school and beyond. Our pupils’ personal and emotional development is paramount. We strive to educate our children to develop a greater understanding on how to live healthy lifestyles and to make healthy choices. We are dedicated to ensuring healthy minds and bodies and will continue to support our children's well-being.

Curriculum Implementation

Our curriculum at Pine Ridge and Lorraine is delivered using a scheme of work called GetSet4PE. Here, we access detailed, scaffolded lesson plans to allow for achievement for all pupils. The scheme provides progressive sequences of learning that correspond with and go beyond the National Curriculum requirements. To support the learning of these engaging lessons, they also provide helpful resources to support both the child’s learning as well as the teacher’s understanding of the sport/activity. For example, for creative aspects of the curriculum such as gymnastics and dance, teachers are provided with example videos and music to match up with the topic of that unit of work to support the delivery of the lesson. In addition, to embed the rich vocabulary used within our PE lessons, key vocabulary pyramids as well as knowledge organisers are accessible for the children to use and reflect upon in their learning. We regularly review the impact of our curriculum, making adaptations where necessary to improve teaching and learning. We believe that every child can succeed and therefore ensure that we maintain high expectations for all pupils, supporting and challenging individuals where required.

What a typical lesson looks like

Begin with a warm up and introduction to the key skills for the lesson. Key vocabulary is introduced to the children with some demonstrations where needed.
Skill progression is the main body of the lesson consisting of three or four different and scaffolded activities where the children will practice a skill before putting it into a game situation.
At the end of the lesson there is a plenary. The class come back together to discuss what they have learnt from the lesson and to link the previous lesson where possible.

SEND and Inclusion

All lessons within our scheme and scaffolded to support all learners. Teachers are able to adapt within the lesson, using the STEP framework (Space, Task, Equipment, People). Suggestions are provided within the lesson plans on how to support as well as stretch and challenge learners.