Physical Education Intent:

At Heathfields Infant and Wilnecote Junior (HIWJ) Academy, Physical Education (PE) is an integral part of our curriculum, which is inclusive and engages all pupils, in a supportive and challenging environment. We aspire for all children to acquire, develop and refine their practical skills and techniques; to further their knowledge and understanding of PE concepts and principles and develop their overall competence, to enjoy, and excel in, a broad range of sports and physical activities, giving children a solid foundation to take on a range of sports throughout their lives. 

We understand the importance PE, School Sport and Physical Activity has on children’s general health, fitness and mental wellbeing. We provide opportunities for all children to be physically active for sustained periods of time, and we teach children the importance of leading healthy, active lives and making informed and appropriate lifestyle choices.

More specific to each site:

At Heathfields Infant we aim to deliver high-quality inspiring teaching and learning opportunities which enable all children to succeed and develop our school values, such as resilience. We look at athletes from around the world to inspire us. This motivates us to achieve and beat our personal best in every sport we learn. 

At Wilnecote Juniors we participate in competitive sport and through this we teach children how to cooperate and collaborate effectively as part of a team and compete appropriately against others, adhering to the principles of fairness, sportsmanship and respect, values we hope to embed for future life. In addition to this, We look at essential life skills such as swimming. We aspire for all children to leave primary school being able to swim at least 25 metres.

 

IMPLEMENTATION:

- PE at HIWJ provides challenging and enjoyable learning through a range of sporting activities including; Invasion Games, Net & Wall Games, Strike and Field Games, Gymnastics, Dance, Outdoor & Adventure Activities and Swimming.

Curriculum:

-  The Long-Term P.E. Curriculum Overview sets out the PE Units/Activities, which are to be taught each half-term throughout the year, and ensures that the requirements of the National Curriculum are fully met. The emphasis of our PE curriculum is inclusion for all children regardless of sporting ability. We provide suitable learning opportunities for all children, including those with SEND. We promote both participation and competition through P.E. and sport, which will be differentiated accordingly. We ensure all children experience competition at some level, individually or in a team, within lessons. This means children participate in two P.E. lessons each week.

Sports house system:

We have a sports house system that is colour co-ordinated and each child is allowed this team upon admission. These are our sports houses and their colours:

Ash	Red
Birch	Green
Elm	Yellow
Oak	Blue

 

Opportunities:

- Children have opportunities to participate in the local school sports competitions. These events are well planned out and ensure that necessary barriers are removed so that it is accessible for all children, including children with SEND.

-We have an annual inclusive House Sports Day, with the emphasis on participation and achievement for all, which is competitive. This allows the children to develop strong skills for sportsmanship. We celebrate sporting achievements, from in and outside of school, to encourage children to feel pride and motivate each other. This allows children to see how P.E. links to the real world outside a school setting. 

- Children participate in workshops/whole school events, sourced by school and delivered by outside Providers, covering a variety of sports throughout the year. This provides pupils with an opportunity to experience new activities, learn new skills, improve their fitness and to try something new. This includes the opportunity to participate in extracurricular sports activities. 

- We offer a Residential OAA experience for children in Year 6 each year.

 

IMPACT:

At HIWJ, we ensure that our PE curriculum is inclusive and progressive and allows all children the opportunity to acquire and develop fundamental knowledge, understanding, skills and techniques and apply these to a wide variety of different sports and activities. PE lessons are fun, enjoyable, challenging and progressive and all children can achieve, to the best of their ability, in a supportive, safe and stimulating environment.  Our pupils are physically active, and this has a positive impact on their learning in the classroom due to the children learning how to be determined, motivated and have perseverance in different sports. Children understand how to lead a healthy lifestyle and understand the importance of regular exercise and activity for their physical and mental wellbeing. We aspire for all children to enjoy PE and develop a love of sport and physical activity, which hopefully becomes part of their future life outside Primary School. Children have opportunities to participate in sport after school and can also represent the school at sporting events from local to county level. IN PE, we also measure impact by:

• Regular learning walks
• Pupil questionnaires once per year
• PE Premium spend analysis
• Analysis of participation at after-school clubs and competitions
• Assessment data
• Photo records of children’s practical work

Aims:

The consistent delivery of high-quality PE lessons which are exciting, challenging and enjoyable and provide many varied learning opportunities

• Develop knowledge, skills and understanding across a broad range of sporting activities.
• Engage in moderate to intense physical activity over sustained periods of time.
• Participate in competitive sports and activities.
• Lead healthy and active lives, picking up positive habits for their future lives.
• To compete in games and activities in a collaborative team.
• To promote safe practise in all sports and activities.
• To use sport to build pupils' self-confidence and self-esteem, which are transferable throughout their education and a great life skill.
• To build sportsmanship.
• To develop staff competence and confidence in the delivery of high-quality PE lessons.

 

Responsibility for PE at HIWJ

The Subject Leader, who is Mrs Kaur (Heathfields Infant) and Mr Kinson (Wilnecote Juniors), is responsible to the Head of School and will ensure that the following points associated with the role are considered and carried out where appropriate:

• Developing good P.E. practice through high-quality wave 1 teaching.
• Managing the budget (sports premium) based on the needs identified through the monitoring and evaluation of the subject and the whole school development plan.
• Reporting on the allocation of the sports premium and its impact on the school website.
• Auditing, ordering and reviewing the efficiency of how equipment, learning resources and accommodation are managed to ensure pupils are well taught and protected.
• Accessing any funding available that may enhance the quality of PE within the school.
• Attending courses to further development professionally and providing information and support for colleagues.
• Monitoring classroom practice and planning, auditing needs for CPD to ensure high quality delivery and setting future targets.
• Make all resources available to all staff, including policy, schemes of work, assessment materials and resources to support learning.
• Carry out risk assessments in line with local authority procedures.
• Extending relationships and contacts beyond the school and in the local community.
• Keeping up to date with and implementing any National, Local Authority and School.
• Sport Partnership developments where appropriate.

 Please see the files attached below for further information; these highlight how progress in gross and fine motor skills are developed in the foundation stage. We then further develop this foundational understanding of Physical Education to more subject sport specific skills, such as  a chest push and scoring a touch-down in Rugby. The P.E. curriculum is attached below.

 

The EYFS progression document states how gross and fine motor skills are developed in the foundation stage.

National curriculum in England: PE programmes of study - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)