Physical Education

Physical Education at Crowton

"With God, all things are possible" Matthew 19:26

Physical Education in school is essential to the development of motor skills (both gross and fine) and the enhancement of reflexes. Hand-eye coordination is improved, as well as good body movements, which helps in the development of a healthy body and good posture. It provides opportunities for pupils to become physically confident in a way which supports their health and fitness. By giving pupils the opportunities to compete in sport and other physical activities, it enables pupils to build character and help embed values such as fairness and respect.

Intent

Crowton C.E. Primary School believes that Physical Education experienced in a safe and supportive environment, is essential to ensure children attain optimum physical and emotional development and good health. We intend to deliver high-quality teaching and learning opportunities that inspire all children to succeed in physical education and in developing life skills. We want to teach children skills to keep them safe such as being able to swim. We also want to teach children how to cooperate and collaborate with others as part of an effective team, understanding fairness and equity of play to embed life-long values. Our curriculum aims to improve the wellbeing and fitness of all children at Crowton, not only through the sporting skills taught, but through the underpinning values and disciplines PE promotes.

Regular physical exercise is an important part of a healthy lifestyle and has many physical and mental health benefits:

• improves strength, balance, and movement skills

• helps maintain a healthy heart, muscles, and bones

• reduces the risk of developing many health conditions

• helps maintain a healthy weight and reduces your risk of becoming overweight

• reduces anxiety and depression

• boosts mood and feeling of wellbeing

• helps with better sleep

• helps you feel less isolated and more socially connected

At Crowton, we value and celebrate the importance of honesty, determination, teamwork, self-belief, passion and respect.

In EYFS/Key Stage One, children develop fundamental movement skills, become increasingly competent and confident and access a broad range of opportunities to extend their agility, balance and coordination, individually and with others. They are able to engage in competitive (both against self and against others) and co-operative physical activities, in a range of increasingly challenging situations. In Key Stage Two, children continue to apply and develop a broader range of skills, learning how to use them in different ways and to link them to make actions and sequences of movement. They enjoy communicating, collaborating and competing with each other. They develop an understanding of how to improve in different physical activities and sports and learn how to evaluate and recognise their own success.

Implementation

At Crowton, we use the Complete PE scheme to structure our PE curriculum and assess the progress made by children. We follow a teaching for mastery approach for delivery. Concepts are broken down into small steps allowing children to build on previous knowledge.

Our PE Curriculum is split into progressive blocks with increasingly challenging and varying situations/stipulations. Clearly specified learning objectives lead to competence. Children engage in competitive activities against themselves and others to apply their learning, increase cultural capital and embed our character traits.

All years’ work with a professional coach to enhance their skills across the P.E curriculum for at least 1 hour per week. Children are exposed to both and indoor and an outdoor PE session weekly. Children in EYFS also have access to outdoor provision daily, as well as specific interventions which promote the development physical skills, balance and co-ordination.

Impact

At Crowton we help motivate children to participate in a variety of sports through quality teaching that is engaging and fun. From our lessons, our children learn to take responsibility for their own health and fitness, many of whom also enjoy the success of competitive sports. We equip our children with the necessary skills and a love for sport and physical activity. Crowton children will have had experience of many different types of sporting and physical activity and be able to use these skills in their high school PE sessions and beyond. Children leave our school knowing how to be good competitors and the value of fair and honest play. They will have the necessary skills to grow up to live happy and healthy lives utilising the skills, confidence and knowledge acquired through PE.