Christ Church C.E Primary School

PE

PE Skills & Progression Ladder (click here to open document) 

PE Progression Journey Map (click here to open document) 

Cycle A & B LTP  (click here to open document) 

Link to the National Curriculum 

Our Curriculum Intent

At Christ Church CE Primary School, we aim to nurture confident, resilient children, who will strive for their personal best by providing a PE curriculum that pupils from Reception to Year 6 not only enjoy, but also allows them to experience a range of activities that help to develop their health, fitness and wellbeing.

We intend to offer a high-quality physical education curriculum that inspires all children to have the skills and mind-set to leave primary school with the capabilities to be successful in their sporting challenges and active lifestyles at secondary school and beyond. We recognise that opportunities to compete in sport and other activities build character and help to embed values such as fairness and respect.

The national curriculum for PE aims to ensure that all pupils:

• 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

Our Curriculum Implementation

Children take part in weekly P.E sessions from Reception to Year 6. The curriculum is further enhanced by participation in a range of sporting tournaments with schools in the local partnership and children’s out of school achievements are celebrated in our weekly collective worship.

As part of our curriculum, we aim to ensure that the children participate in active lessons outside of their regular PE lessons. This involves incorporating moments within lessons whereby the children can be active. Additionally, Key Stage 2 children are given opportunities to organise and deliver sports activities at lunchtimes in order to develop their confidence and leadership skills for the future.

We follow the guidelines set by the national curriculum to ensure we offer a range of PE activities that allow each child to feel challenged and offer opportunities to progress further.

EYFS

As part of the EYFS statutory framework pupils are taught to:

• Develop the overall body strength, co-ordination, balance and agility needed to engage successfully with future physical education sessions and other physical disciplines including dance, gymnastics, sport and swimming.
• Further develop and refine a range of ball skills including: throwing, catching, kicking, passing, batting, and aiming.
• Develop confidence, competence, precision and accuracy when engaging in activities that involve a ball.
• Negotiate space and obstacles safely, with consideration for themselves and others.
• Demonstrate strength, balance and coordination
• Move energetically, such as running, jumping, dancing, hopping, skipping and climbing.

 Key stage 1

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 (both against self and against others) and co-operative physical activities, in a range of increasingly challenging situations. Pupils are taught to:

• 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.
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Key stage 2

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. They develop an understanding of how to improve in different physical activities and sports and learn how to evaluate and recognise their own success.

Pupils are taught to:

• 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
• compare their performances with previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best.

Swimming

All the children in years 4-6 have currently experienced 2 years of swimming in Year 3 & 4. When the current Y3 reach Y6 in 2028- swimming will continue in Y6.

Curriculum Impact

By the end of each key stage, pupils are expected to know, apply and understand the matters, skills and processes specified in the relevant programme of study. We use summative assessment to determine children’s understanding and inform teachers planning. Each part of the PE curriculum is reviewed on a termly basis by the subject leader. Impact is also measured by:

• Learning walks
• Pupil questionnaires once per year
• Photo records of children’s practical work