Physical Education | St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy

Our PE Curriculum

The 2014 National Curriculum for Physical Education aims to ensure that all children:

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

Within the teaching of Physical Education at St Mary’s, it is our intention to provide a
curriculum which caters for the needs of all individuals, which incorporates sustained
levels of challenge, through a wide range of high-quality activities.

PE lessons at St Mary’s are taught by our qualified PE teacher, class teachers and sports specialists. Each class has two hours of PE each week.

In our Physical Education lessons, children are able to:

have an opportunity to participate in Physical Education which specifically caters for the individual’s level of development and need, through the application of our adaptive teaching strategies
secure their knowledge and further develop their abilities using a range of skills in a variety of sports and disciplines
experience success in sport, both within a team and as an individual
develop good sportsmanship
understand and follow basic rules, as well as create their own rules when required
experience positive competition and build resilience
learn in a safe environment
develop a foundation for lifelong physical engagement, which results in our pupils leaving us as a physically active person

Each term, PE assessment is completed through children taking part in year group
specific core tasks, which are linked to their current learning topics. All data is then
analysed alongside monitoring – this data is then used to help us identify any focus areas for the next term.

In addition to PE lessons, we enhance our PE curriculum with a number of
enrichment opportunities. These include intra and inter school competition,
training our year 6 pupils to become playground leaders, and visitors attending
school as part of our sporting opportunities week.

Our children have access to a wide range of activities both competitive and non-
competitive which encourages all children to succeed and be physically confident.
All lessons and sporting opportunities provide our children with the skills to have a
physically active life.

Our high-quality Physical Education curriculum is also linked closely to our
Aspiration curriculum driver. Our lessons inspire all children to succeed and excel
in competitive sport and other physically demanding activities. Children are also
fully exposed to high level sport through exposure to famous athletes by watching
videos of top level competition at world events such as Wimbledon, World Cups
and the Olympics.

Sport is also embedded in our curriculum through family
learning opportunities, linked to major sporting events. This allows the children to
develop a knowledge of where sport can take you in the world and the level of
performance our children can aspire to reach.

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