PHYSICAL EDUCATION

 

National Curriculum [2014]: The Purpose of Physical Education. A high-quality physical education curriculum inspires all pupils to succeed and excel in competitive sport and other physically-demanding activities. It should provide opportunities for pupils to become physically confident in a way which supports their health and fitness. Opportunities to compete in sport and other activities build character and help to embed values such as fairness and respect.

 

INTENT

At Cottesmore, we recognise that Physical Education is a vital aspect of our everyday lives. It impacts all areas of learning across the curriculum and the general welfare of every child. As a school, we wish to promote physical health and wellbeing, preparing children for all aspects of future life. We are committed to providing children with the knowledge and skills they require to stay physically healthy and make the correct choices. We want to encourage children to challenge themselves both individually and as part of a team. Through PE lessons, children develop important life skills, such working as part of a team, showing respect and supporting others.They develop resilience skills to cope with new challenges and to set their own personal goals. They are encouraged to be proud of their own achievements and to celebrate and rejoice in the achievements of others.

We provide a PE curriculum that is challenging for all, promotes a love of physical activity and gives all children an opportunity to challenge themselves at all levels. Pupils are introduced to a wide range of sports that develop skills, including invasion games, dance, gymnastics, yoga and, at KS2, swimming. Through these activities, children build up a knowledge of how their body works, how we can strengthen and develop muscles and how we can make sure we treat our bodies with respect, preventing injury and promoting physical and mental health. Importance will be placed on setting their own challenges and goals to develop a strong sense of achievement and a positive attitude towards physical activity. Through our core values, all children, irrespective of home background, are taught to be resilient, enthusiastic, ambitious, motivated and have self-esteem when participating in sports. Through high-quality teaching, children in all year groups have the opportunity to excel in PE. We want all children to develop a love of sport and an enthusiasm to continue this outside of school life both through community activities and in the future. We want them to be knowledgeable about the benefits of a healthy lifestyle for their physical and mental wellbeing.

 

 

Inclusion

At Cottesmore, we are committed to ensuring that all pupils participate in PE and physical activity irrespective of any special educational need(s) or physical disability they may have. We believe that pupils should have equal access to and participation in a range of physical education activities in order to reach their own potential. We also use the SEND resources provided by Primary PE planning in order to support our PE provision. At Cottesmore, we believe that Physical Education and sport is for everyone!

 

IMPLEMENTATION

How is PE taught at Cottesmore?

At Cottesmore, children are taught the knowledge and skills from Early Years Framework and the National Curriculum for Key Stage 1 and 2. Teachers use and adapt planning from primarypeplanning.co.uk to teach fun and stimulating PE lessons. Our PE curriculum is both sequential and progressive and our teaching approach is consistent across the school. Each year group follows the PE overview to ensure that children participate in a variety of sports to build on their skills and knowledge year on year. Children participate in high-quality PE sessions twice a week and the children are privileged to be taught by a specialist PE teacher for their outdoor games activities. The children are also provided with opportunities every day to be physically active in ‘the Daily Mile’.

Cottesmore provides a motivating and exciting sporting environment for all children through competing in leagues, inter-school competitions and offering a range of clubs. There are numerous opportunities provided for children to take part in a range of competitive activities, both as individuals and as part of a team or group. The various team activities available at the school help equip children with skills in communication, leadership, cooperation, how to be reflective and set and pursue personal goals. Our school is also linked closely with the local secondary school, who provide multiple sporting events and support our sporting events through their Sports Leaders.

Teams

Cottesmore provides children with the opportunity to compete in a number of school competitions and festivals including kwik cricket, tag rugby, boys/girls football, bench ball, basketball and cross country.

 

Recent Achievements

 

Enrichment opportunities

The curriculum at Cottesmore is continually evaluated and updated to ensure it meets the needs of the new National Curriculum with extra opportunities for all children.

  

What topics do we teach at Cottesmore?

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How is PE taught in EYFS?

Physical development · Children are provided with the opportunities to be active and interactive; they develop their co-ordination, control, and movement. Children are helped to understand the importance of physical activity, and to make healthy choices in relation to food. · Children develop good control and co-ordination in large and small movements. They move confidently in a range of ways, safely negotiating space. · Children know the importance for good health of physical exercise, and a healthy diet.

 

How is PE taught in 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 (both against self and against others) and co-operative physical activities, in a range of increasingly challenging situations. At Cottesmore, 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.

 

How is PE taught in KS2?

Pupils 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. Children will have the opportunity to communicate, collaborate and compete with each other. 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. At Cottesmore, pupils are taught to: · Use running, jumping, throwing and catching in isolation and in combination · Play competitive games, modified where appropriate [basketball, cricket, football, hockey and tennis], and apply basic principles suitable for attacking and defending · Develop flexibility, strength, technique, control and balance [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. · Children in Years 4, 5 and 6 all participate in swimming (10 sessions) each year.

 

Challenge in PE

Many extra-curricular opportunities will be provided for high achieving pupils to compete in competitive events and for others to take part in non-competitive festivals in collaboration with other schools.

 

 

 

IMPACT

Assessment and Recording

Our assessment is embedded into every lesson, and as well as teachers assessing the pupils' progress, we allow for pupils to assess their own and others' progress in the lesson. These assessments help the pupils focus on what they can do and how they can improve. Pupils can be recorded as the following:

● Working towards

● At expected

● Above expected

● Higher attainer

The above are also linked to the ‘steps to success’ incorporated within every lesson. They also incorporate the National Curriculum attainment targets for each year. We monitor progress and attainment by recording pupil performance for each unit taught. At the end of each term, each child’s progress is assessed throughout all the units. We highlight any pupils who are not meeting expected targets and this enables teachers to address this through 1-1 support, intervention, clubs or to further differentiate PE lessons. It also highlights our highest attaining pupils and allows for teachers to ensure our pupils are challenged and extended wherever possible.

 

An example of skills progression in PE