PE at St Laurence's

At St Laurence's we believe in a whole child approach to PE which provides children with the opportunity to become physically confident whilst supporting their health, wellbeing and fitness. When planning lessons teachers access the high quality Get Set 4 PE online platform. As a result children are able to participate in a variety of team games, which encourage teamwork, respect and fairness. They can also compete against themselves and others whilst being challenged to improve their physical, social, emotional and thinking skills. Get Set 4 PE is planned so that progression is built into the scheme which ensures our children are increasingly challenged as they move up through the school.

End of Key Stage One Expectations

Children will develop fundamental movement skills, become increasingly competent and confident.  They will access a broad range of opportunities to extend their agility, balance and coordination, individually and with others. They will also be able to engage in competitive (both against self and against others) and co-operative physical activities, in a range of increasingly challenging situations.

 Children will:

• master basic movements including running, jumping, throwing and catching, as well as developing balance, agility and co-ordination, and begin to apply these in a range of activities
• participate in team games, developing simple tactics for attacking and defending
• perform dances using simple movement patterns.

End of Key Stage Two Expectations

Chidlren will 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 will enjoy communicating, collaborating and competing with each other and others from different schools. They will develop an understanding of how to improve in different physical activities and sports and learn how to evaluate and recognise their own success.

• Pupils will:
  use running, jumping, throwing and catching in isolation and in combination
• play competitive games, modified where appropriate [for example, badminton, basketball, cricket, football, hockey, netball, rounders and tennis], and apply basic principles suitable for attacking and defending
• develop flexibility, strength, technique, control and balance [for example, through athletics and gymnastics]
• perform dances using a range of movement patterns
• take part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team
• compare their performances with previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best.

PE Aims at St Laurence's 

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

Intent

At St Laurence’s Catholic Primary School the intent of teaching Physical Education is to give children the tools and understanding required to make a positive impact in their own physical health and well-being. We want all children to experience a wide variety of sports and physical skills which will enhance life-long fitness and life choices.

PE can challenge and promote self-esteem through the development of physical confidence and problem solving. It can teach children to cope with both success and failure in competitive, individual and team based physical activities.

Our aim is to teach children how to co-operate and collaborate with others, as part of a team, understanding fairness and equity of play to embed life-long values to support their mental and physical well-being. Communication, language and vocabulary are developed throughout the PE curriculum from an early age. PE vocabulary is embedded throughout all of our PE lessons to enable the children to use a range of powerful vocabulary to develop their understanding of the subject.

Implementation

PE at St Laurence’s is taught by a combination of class teachers, PE specialists and qualified sports coaches. Children have equal opportunities to take part in a range of sports and physical activities within a supportive environment where effort as well as success is recognised. Children are encouraged to participate in exercise throughout the day during PE lessons, clubs, Daily Mile, outdoor learning, lunch provision and special events.

At St Laurence’s the PE curriculum is structured to provide a range of sports experiences during which every child participates to develop their skills and learning through competitive, team and individual sports. Through our provision children can aim to flourish at sports in which they have a particular interest or flair for. Children with additional needs are provided with appropriate support to enable them to take part and gain confidence in skills, understanding and motivation.

We teach the National Curriculum, supported by clear skills and knowledge progression. This ensures that skills and knowledge are built on year by year and sequenced appropriately to maximise learning for all children. 

Children gain experience of a variety of fundamental skills. This has a focus on agility, balance, coordination and fitness. Children take part in individual skills, group skills and team games, using PE equipment appropriate for their age. During KS2 children will have a series of structured swimming sessions.

Impact 

Our aim within St Laurence’s PE curriculum is for all children to have:

• The ability to acquire new knowledge and skills exceptionally well and develop an in-depth understanding of PE.
• The willingness to practise skills in a wide range of different activities and situations, alone, in small groups and in teams and to apply these skills in chosen activities to achieve exceptionally high levels of performance.
• High levels of physical fitness.
• A healthy lifestyle, achieved by eating sensibly, avoiding smoking, drugs and alcohol and exercising regularly.
• The ability to remain physically active for sustained periods of time and an understanding of the importance of this in promoting long-term health and well-being.
• The ability to take the initiative and become excellent young leaders, organising and officiating, and evaluating what needs to be done to improve, and motivating and instilling excellent sporting attitudes in others.
• Exceptional levels of originality, imagination and creativity in their techniques, tactics and choreography, knowledge of how to improve their own and others’ performance and the ability to work independently for extended periods of time without the need of guidance or support.
• A keen interest in PE. A willingness to participate eagerly in every lesson, highly positive attitudes and the ability to make informed choices about engaging fully in extra-curricular sport.
• The ability to swim at least 25 metres before the end of Year 6 and knowledge of how to remain safe in and around water. 

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