Physical Education

In line with the National Curriculum, we believe all pupils at Great Rollright should be taught skills that will positively impact on their future and that being physically active is an essential element of this. We aim to deliver high-quality PE lessons that inspire all children to succeed and be self-motivated. We want to teach children how to cooperate and collaborate with others, as part of a team, understanding fairness and good sportsmanship both in inter- and intra-competitive school games. Individual achievement and progress is also highly valued as we believe that this will embed life-long values to incorporate physical activity as part of a healthy lifestyle.  PE is taught to develop a child’s skill and understanding across a range of sporting areas, so that they can perform with increasing competence and confidence in a range of physical activities. We also teach a variety of sports: dance, athletics, gymnastics, games, swimming and water safety, and outdoor adventure activities.

At Great Rollright, PE is taught twice a week for both indoor and outdoor activities. The Getset4PE scheme is taught throughout the school. Activities that tie in with partnership events are planned into the year so that children are able to train and develop appropriate skills. When necessary, lessons are taught in smaller groups so that children can use our available space safely and appropriately.

PE in EYFS focuses on the fundamental movements needed to develop all PE skills, including fine and gross motor skills.  As part of continuous provision, EYFS and KS1 children have access to small group activities, as well as equipment, to develop their physical skills.

Swimming is initially taught in KS1 where we aim to ensure that all children learn to become competent swimmers.  Some children require longer to achieve this standard than others so they will continue lessons in KS2.

In addition to break-times and PE lessons, all children are encouraged to participate in something active (weather-dependent) – skipping, running or walking – every day. During break-times, ‘play leaders’ in UKS2 lead games for the younger children to encourage them to be active and improve their skills and stamina.

We are active members in our local school sports partnership which gives KS2 children opportunities to take part in competitive sporting events. This also gives us access to club links where we can signpost our able and interested young sportspeople. We are participants of Sainsbury’s School Games and have achieved a Gold Award for several years.

Techers at Great Rollright continuously monitor the impact of the Physical Education curriculum, and whether the work pupils do over time matches the intended curriculum. We use the benchmark of our clearly sequenced curriculum to evaluate whether what we want our pupils to know and do well are evident in their outcomes in daily lessons and end of unit outcomes. Outcomes of this continuous process are recorded as evidence which is used by Teachers to evaluate the implementation of the curriculum and adjust sequences of work accordingly.
As a church school, we also evaluate whether pupils are demonstrating our core spiritual and moral values by their attitudes and behaviour in PE lessons.  We triangulate evidence to ensure are pupils have a love for learning by demonstrating enjoyment in their participation in lessons, commitment to being physically active as part of an active, healthy lifestyle, as well as their engagement in our partnership sporting activities.  That they exhibit respect by being inclusive sports people and recognising their attitudes to others are a key part of successful teamwork.  That they are able to demonstrate courage by trying to achieve their personal best and make improvements on individual benchmarks of fitness and achievement in sports.  That they are truthful and learn how to reflect on the condition of their own body and how to improve this as part of achieving an active, healthy lifestyle.

Long Term Planning

TBC

Progression Documents

PE Funding

The government has provided P.E. funding annually since September 2013 to support the development of P.E. in schools. The funding is being jointly provided by the Departments for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport. The money has gone directly to primary school headteachers to spend on improving the quality of sport and PE for all their children. Schools spend the sport funding on improving their provision of PE and sport, but have the freedom to choose how they do this. The PE funding Impact Statement can be found under the PE & Sport Premium link on the Information Page

 

To help everyone keep active, Oxfordshire School Games have arranged many virtual activities for families to engage with at home. Click here to try out some golf and cricket.

 

Here you’ll find some fun and energetic skipping routines to follow.