Here at St. Catherine’s, PE lessons are fun and inclusive, making use of our school grounds and equipment. In order to provide a broad and balanced curriculum, our children learn both the techniques and tactics they need to enjoy and excel at a wide range of physical activities and sports.  Through PE, our children practise transferable skills such as communication, teamwork and leadership as well as extending our vocabulary. By competing in a variety of sporting events, and creating our ‘Sports Ambassadors’, we relish opportunities to display our sporting cultural capital and enrich it; both in school and outside of it.

 

Intent

We aim to provide a PE curriculum that pupils from Reception to Year 5 not only enjoy but allows them to experience a wide range of physical activities and sports to help develop their fitness, wellbeing and health. We intend to offer a curriculum which is inspiring, high-quality and allows all pupils to succeed.  We also offer opportunities for pupils to access sports and activities which they may not have previously had access to, including Forest School. 

  

Implementation

Children are taught by both teaching staff and a sports instructor. In order to provide a high-quality PE curriculum, we follow the PE hub schemes of learning. This ensure that all pupils have the opportunity to excel in a broad range of physical activities, are physically active for sustained periods of time  and engage in competitive sports and activities. Consequently, this helps children foster healthy and active lives. 

 

The PE Hub guides children through a variety of sports equipping them with a knowledge of key skills and rules to be able to take part in competitive sports. Sports include: gymnastics, dance, athletics, badminton, hockey, lacross, tri-golf, tag rugby, football, volleyball, dodgeball, cricket, rounders and netball. Our children take part in various competitve sporting events throughout the school year by competing against other local schools and attending events hosted by Colfox school. Our curriculum is further enhanced by in school and out of school sporting events such as cross country, netball, futsal and football to name just a few.

Our pupils partake in a the daily mile to contribute to a healthy activie lifestyle. The daily mile encourges our pupils to move during the school day to support their physical and mental wellbeing. In addition at lunchtimes, our Sports Ambassadors provide a variety of sporting activities for all to participate in and enjoy. 

 

Impact

At the end of each unit, children are expected to know, apply, demonstrate, and understand the skills, rules, tactics and processes specified. We use summative assessments to determine the children’s understanding and adapt as the units progress.