PE

Intent

At Sandilands Community Primary School, we intend to provide a broad and balanced PE curriculum, which follows the skills based focus of the National Curriculum. We encourage lifelong, independent learners, whilst focusing on their physical literacy and creating experiences that develop their health, fitness, social skills and promote positive mental wellbeing. P.E is taught using the National Curriculum objectives alongside cross-curricular links. 

We aim to develop competence to excel in a broad range of activities for sustained periods of time. At Sandilands, we use ‘The PE Hub’ scheme of work throughout the school, to ensure progression and development across all key stages. Units of work are delivered according to the skill-based structure of the National Curriculum consolidating existing learning whilst developing new skills. We strive to ensure children leave Year 6 with the appropriate skills ready for the next stage in their lives. 

Implementation

P.E is taught twice a week; one outdoor games lesson and one dance or gymnastics. The lessons are based on the framework from the National Curriculum implemented into ‘The PE Hub’ scheme of work and adapted to meet the needs of all children and Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).

The curriculum is designed to ensure coverage  and progression from EYFS to Year 6 and units of work are continuously being developed and adapted to meet the needs of the children. The key knowledge and skills of each topic are mapped across each year group on knowledge organisers. Children constantly revisit previous skills learnt to ensure learning is embedded and can be used in different scenarios as they move through school and life. This ensures that children develop their knowledge of games, dance, gymnastics, athletics and outdoor and adventurous activity progressively. Skills are modelled to show children practical examples and discussions are encouraged to find any misconceptions or uncertainties children may have. Each lesson encourages children to express themselves and be creative with their skills. Our sports council, consisting of children from each class, come together to discuss and debate ways to improve PE and extra curricular activities. This encourages pupil voice and involvement in continuously improving PE curriculum. 

Impact 

Outcomes are evident in children’s progression from EYFS to Year 6 through children’s application of new skills learnt and how they are applied to new situations. Class teachers make their judgements based on the learning focuses shown in each unit of work. 

Our children thrive in their PE lessons and we believe that this love of learning will encourage them to become lifelong learners and enable them with the physical literacy needed in later life.

EYFS

In EYFS we adapt The PE Hub planning to ensure pupils 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. Our key focus areas of development are; 

• Gymnastics
• Dance
• Body management
• Speed agility travel 
• Manipulation and coordination 
• Cooperative and problem solving 

KS1

Pupils 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 and cooperative physical activities, in a range of increasingly challenging situations. Our key focus areas of development, building on from skills learnt in EYFS are; 

• Gymnastics
• Dance
• Attack, defend and shoot
• Hit, catch and run
• Send and return
• Run, throw and jump

KS2

Pupils 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. The children use the key skills they have developed within EYFS and KS1 and how to implement them into a range of different sports and learn how to evaluate and recognise their own success. Our key focus is to ensure our children experience a wide range of physical activities/games to ensure they have the understanding on how to stay fit and healthy. Gymnastics and dance are also continued to be taught throughout KS2 to help develop their collaboration skills and understanding whilst using more complex language & terminology.

Our range of different focussed sports in KS2 are:

• Basketball
• Handball
• Hockey
• Football
• Cricket
• Athletics
• Rounders

Swimming

Children in Year 4 access swimming. Lessons help children progress from absolute beginners to competent, confident swimmers who can perform multiple stroke styles and cover distances as long as 400 metres. 

In addition to stroke technique, pupils learn to tread water and enter and exit pools safely. 

National Curriculum Objectives:

• swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres
• use a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke]
• perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.

PE Kit

Throughout the school, every year group will be required to come to school in their PE Kits. Your child's PE days will be communicated to you through your class teachers. Children will be expected to complete their games lessons outside, so please ensure your child is dressed appropriately.

Our Sandilands PE Kit:

• White T-shirt
• Black shorts
• School Jumper
• Non branded black tracksuit bottoms
• Sport Trainers (Black or White)

Your child will receive a white T-shirt and a pair of black shorts provided by school on their return in September. Please ensure they wear this on their PE days.