Physical Education

How we SOAR in P.E

Our goal for P.E is that by the time they leave us Nythe, each child will:

• have experienced competition at intra and inter events.
• have experienced a range of sports, games and physical activities.
• understand what it means to be fit and healthy and how it affects their lives.
• Have fostered a lifelong love of movement and exercise.
• display the qualities of discipline, resilience, communication, teamwork, and ambition.

Nythe Primary School believes that Physical Education (PE), experienced in a safe and supportive environment, is essential to developing the whole child, and showing children how to maintain a healthy, balanced lifestyle. 

We intend to deliver high-quality teaching and learning opportunities that inspire all children to succeed in physical education and in developing life skills from EYFS, through to year 6 and beyond. We want to teach children valuable life skills that keep them safe, such as being able to swim.  We also want to teach children how to cooperate, to lead, to listen and to apply their learning across a wide range of areas, both in and out of the classroom. Our curriculum aims to improve the well-being and fitness of all children at Nythe, not only through the sporting skills taught, but through the underpinning values and disciplines PE promotes.

Implementation  

PE at Nythe aims to provide challenging and enjoyable learning through a range of sporting activities including; invasion games, net & wall games, strike and field games, gymnastics, dance, swimming and outdoor & adventure learning. These will always be taught alongside a skill to develop and apply, in addition to a key personal focus. The long term plan, available below, sets out the PE units which are to be taught throughout the year and ensures that the requirements of the National Curriculum are fully met. 

Pupils participate in two high quality PE lessons each week, covering two sporting disciplines every half term. 

Our progression of knowledge, skills and vocabulary can be located on this page.  

Our annual sports week, includes our whole school sports day. Children participate in workshops during sports week, where they get to try out a variety of lower-profile sports which they may not have had access to before, such as skateboarding, archery and fencing. Again, providing children with the opportunity to gain fitness and skills and to try something new. We also aim to invite local clubs in to deliver workshops, in order to promote sport and activity clubs from the surrounding area.

Annually, Year 3 and 6 are provided with the opportunity to have swimming lessons as a class. They are supported to become confident in swimming 25m and are assessed by a qualified swimming instructor.  

Children at Nythe take part in the Daily Mile in order to build a positive and consistent relationship with exercise. They do this alongside OPAL play at lunch times, which further promotes exercise and to maintain children’s focus and energy levels inside and out of the classroom. 

 Impact  

We help motivate children to participate in a variety of sports through quality teaching that is engaging and fun. We engage with our children regularly to ensure children are enjoying school, and to take suggestions about how we can improve. Through these conversations we constantly learn to implement the new approaches and improve anything they find disengaging or inaccessible.  From our lessons, our children learn to take responsibility for their own health and fitness, many of whom also enjoy the success of competitive inter and intra-school sports. We assess the data termly to ensure the levels of attainment in our lessons are stable and consistent and to assess what areas we can improve across the school. We equip our children with the necessary skills and a love for activity and exercise.  Our aim is that they continue this attitude into the rest of their education and adult life. 

Please see below, our full curriculum, our long term plan, plus how we progress the skills throughout the year groups:

Nythe Primary School PE Curriculum

Curriculum concepts in P.E

P.E Long term plan 24.25

Real PE Progression of skills

 

Please see here for how we provide for SEND in P.E:

SEND provision in P.E at Nythe