PE Intent Statement- St Joseph’s Coundon
The 2014 National Curriculum for PE 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.
At St Joseph’s, we understand that children need develop fundamental movement skills (in Key Stage One) and become increasingly competent and confident and access a broad range of opportunities to extend their agility, balance and coordination, 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.
As they enter Key Stage Two and over time, pupils should 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. 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.
Implementation
Teachers will create a positive attitude and a positive determination within PE and therefore this will enable pupils to flourish. High expectations for all as well as challenge for more able/ pupils with an athletic flare.
In Key Stage One, it important that the pupils should be 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.
As a development in Key Stage Two, pupils should be taught to:
- 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.
Throughout our planning, children learn, develop and enhance their skill level, it is important children know their own limitations but also have some aspect of challenge which enables fulfilment.
Teachers will scaffold their skills with the occasionally support of coaches, CPD and lesson guidance (PE resources). We build upon the learning and skill development gained from the previous years. As the children’s knowledge and understanding increases, they become more competent with their own ability and their sense of achievement is enhanced.
Having the opportunity of ‘Education Enterprise’ enables the school, the pupils and the pupil to cover a wide range of multi-sports.
Impact
The successful approach at St Joseph’s results in a high-quality PE education whereupon excitement, fun and competition is facilitated. Our engagement with not only the school inter school competition but intra school competitions. This enables pupils to access competition where they progress through stages and gain points (which enables ranking), we do feel at St Joseph’s this is fundamental in our approach to PE as children need to understand winning and losing.
Our community links and connections with local primary schools and Secondary educators gives the opportunity for pupils to compete on a ‘equal footing.’ Pupils at St Joseph’s are driven, determined and thrive at the aspect of a win. It therefore leads to a positive impact for the school.
‘Education Enterprise’ demonstrate that the impact of PE increases confidence, aspirations and development of skill. Pupils at St Joseph’s overwhelmingly enjoy PE and as a result, we have highly motivated learners who understand the uses and implications of PE, today and for the future.
Within Early Years, ‘Physical Activity and Physical Development’ covers a range of skills and development. Guidance this year is following, the ‘Early Years Adopter Framework.’ As an education setting, we consider that physical activity is vital in children’s all-round development, enabling them to pursue happy, healthy and active lives. Gross and fine motor experiences develop incrementally throughout early childhood.
By creating games and providing opportunities for play both indoors and outdoors, adults can support children to develop their core strength, stability, balance, spatial awareness, co-ordination and agility. Gross motor skills provide the foundation for developing healthy bodies and social and emotional well-being. Fine motor control and precision helps with hand-eye co-ordination which is later linked to early literacy. Repeated and varied opportunities to explore and play with small world activities, puzzles, arts and crafts and the practise of using small tools, with feedback and support from adults, allow children to develop proficiency, control and confidence.