Physical Education

At Bishop Martin CE Primary School our Guiding LIGHT Curriculum is built around the National Curriculum, enriched to reflect the children and community we teach.

We strive to provide a curriculum that is underpinned by our Christian Values, which are embedded in the life and work of our school, and to allow all our children to 'Let their Light Shine'.

Let Your Light Shine Before Others So They May See Your Good Deeds' (Matthew 5.16)

National Curriculum - Purpose of Study

Physical Education plays a pivotal role in the holistic development of a children, encompassing their physical, mental and emotional well-being. At Bishop Martin, physical education should instill lifelong habits of health and fitness and cultivates essential skills such as teamwork, communication and resilience. Through a comprehensive curriculum, students should learn to appreciate the importance of an active lifestyle, laying the foundations for a healthier future.

The aims of the 2014 National Curriculum are for our pupils to:

In KS1 -

Pupils should aim to develop Fundamental movement skills, become increasingly confident and competent across a broad range of opportunities to extend their agility, balance and co-ordination individually and with others. 
They should be able to engage in competitive (both against self and against others) and co-operative physical activities, in a range of increasingly challenging situations. 
Pupils should be taught to master basic movements including running, jumping, throwing and catching as well as developing balance, co-ordination and agility 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

In KS2  -

Pupils should continue to develop a broader range of skills, learning how to use them in different ways and link them to make actions and sequences of movement.

They should enjoy communicating, collaborating and competing with each other

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

Use running, jumping and catching in isolation and as a combination

Play a range of competitive games, modified when needed. For example: basketball, handball, rugby, cricket, football, hockey, netball, dodgeball, rounder’s or tennis.

Develop their flexibility, strength, technique, control, and balance. For example: through athletics or gymnastics.

Perform dances using a wide range of movement patterns both as a group and individually

Take part in OAA activities both individually and as part of a team

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

Intent

Our Physical Education Curriculum intends to provide the children with a broad and balanced curriculum that meets the needs of all learning in our school.

Through high-quality delivery we aim to ensure children:

In KS1 -

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.

In KS2-

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.

Implementation

Curriculum Planning

'Suceedin' is a complete scheme of work, which provides teachers with online to a series of lesson plans which give a full overview of each warmup, fundamental movement skill and game, with supporting videos and illustrative diagrams. It provides challenge and enjoyment through a range of sporting activities including; invasion games, net & wall games, strike and field games, gymnastics, dance, swimming and outdoor & adventure. These lessons will be taught through both class teachers and specialist coaches who have been employed by the school. Planning is informed by and aligned with the National Curriculum. This programme is two-fold; firstly, it will concentrate on the Fundamental Movement Skills of agility, balance, and co-ordination. These skills will be built upon, year upon year, from Foundation Stage until Year 6, and are the building blocks to improving physical literacy in any sport or physical activity. Secondly, the programme of study will build upon these fundamental skills to which will be used to form game situations.

Lessons will place a great emphasis on the development of these skills and the demonstration of these skills will both be rewarded and assessed. As these skills are worked upon, they can be transferred to other areas of the curriculum and beyond life at school, in an aim to develop the whole child. Every child has an opportunity to coach in PE lessons at Bishop Martin, which fosters friendship, support, and mutual encouragement. In lessons where PE providers deliver the lesson (1 per week in most cases), providers are highly trained in their field and work to the same standard as the teachers. This is where more traditional sports will be covered, such as Football, Hockey, Basketball and Athletics. Planning will be stored and annotated in the same way in line with this policy.

Each lesson will start with a warmup activity. This will be followed by the introduction of new skill. From this, a fundamental movement skill will drawn from it, and the children will have the opportunity to refine and improve on this skill through a skill development activity or game with promote that skill.

Physical Education Subject Overview

Impact

At Bishop Martin, we ensure that our PE curriculum is progressive and allows children to develop fundamental skills and apply them to a variety of sports and activities. All children are provided with the necessary skills and given opportunities to demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best. Our pupils are physically active, and this has a positive impact on their learning in the classroom. Children understand how to lead a healthy lifestyle and understand the importance of regular exercise. We aspire for children to enjoy PE and develop a love of sport and physical activity which becomes part of their future life outside of primary school. Children can represent the school at sporting events. Alongside this, we share sporting achievements both in and out of school in Celebration Assembly, so that we are promoting sports and activities, as well as celebrating all levels of success.

The impact of Physical Education is measured in a variety of ways:

Subject Leadership: Subject leads routinely monitor the effectiveness of their subjects through pupil voice, work scrutiny and teaching and learning observations/ walks and assessment analysis.
Prior learning and post learning activities such as retrieval practice identify any gaps in learning, giving teachers the opportunity to plan for and address specific gaps.
Impact tasks to again, ensure a clarity of judgement against subject end points (assessment lesson)
Monitoring of assessments on the 'Suceedin' online platform.

During the final lesson of the unit, teachers will assess all pupils based on the skills and knowledge learnt. This will be added onto the online platform 'suceedin' to support and inform future planning, as well as providing guidance for teachers' summative judgements on askEddi.