P.E Vision:
At Priory CE Academy, we provide a P.E. Curriculum that is fun, rooted in the teaching of secure basic skills and inclusive for all. Our aim is equip children with the knowledge of how and why to be healthy and an enthusiasm for physical activity which will help them to lead a successful life and make a positive contribution to their community.
Our children are provided with a well taught, knowledge rich curriculum. The basis of this is full implementation of the National Curriculum ensuring breadth, balance and clear progression. Our expectations are high for all pupils: we never narrow our curriculum or deny any pupils the key knowledge taught to the class, unless it is absolutely in their best interest due to a significant learning need.
We carefully consider our children and community to ensure our curriculum is bespoke to their needs. Any purchased schemes are also carefully considered and adjusted to match need. As a Rights Respecting School, where possible in lessons, links are made to the rights of the child. Opportunities to promote British Values, SMSC and our equality objectives are incorporated across the Curriculum. Teachers have strong subject knowledge and learning is clearly sequenced over terms, years and throughout the school to ensure knowledge is learnt and embedded.
According to cognitive scientists, nothing has been learnt until it is in your long-term memory- we focus on ensuring learning sticks! We understand that through research, what aids long term memory and include these strategies in all our teaching sequences. A focus on key knowledge points for every topic and a clear assessment, away from the point of learning, demonstrates the effective implementation and impact of our curriculum.
The Government has provided additional funding for schools, since 2013, to improve the quality of PE and sport they offer. This funding is jointly provided by the Departments for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport. This year the sum has been doubled and the Sugar Tax is also used for funding. Priory receives £16,000 plus an additional £10 per pupil in Year 1 to Year 6. Schools must use the funding to make additional and sustainable improvements to the quality of PE and sport they offer.
This means that you should use the premium to:
- develop or add to the PE and sport activities that your school already offers
- make improvements now that will benefit pupils joining the school in future years
Click here for the Department for Education link to the Primary School’s Sport Funding page.
Our Objectives:
- To increase participation in both after school clubs and daily physical activity (DPA) within school.
- To provide a wider range and increased access to Level 1 and 2 competitions in a variety of sports.
- Pupils who need to increase activity levels are given the chance to participate against others of a similar ability and potential.
- To ensure that teachers have access to quality CPD and that teaching is of a high standard across the subject.
Main Spending:
- Development of outdoor space
- New PE equipment, and Inspection, upkeep and replacement of existing equipment
- CPD for staff
- Sports leaders and enjoyable lunchtimes initiative
- Development of outdoor space
CPD for Teachers
CPD has been offered to staff throughout the year, enabling them to use the budget to improve their confidence in delivering high quality sessions, thus enhancing the profile of PE throughout the school.
We have been offered a number of courses this year; PE Passport has enabled us to plan and deliver high quality sessions, along with other teaching resources we have been given. Year 4 Teacher
Resources for High Quality Sessions
Sports funding has been used this year to enhance the quality of PE sessions. PE Passport has enabled teachers to teach subjects that they have not covered before, including rugby and volleyball.
Enjoyable Lunchtimes Initiative
Sports funding has been used to develop and maintain resources for a wide range of activities for the children to take part in on the playground. These activities are run by Sports Leaders, resulting in a reduction in the number of minor incidents in the games that they play.
Dinner times are great, there is always a lot to do! Leo, Year 6
Development of Outdoor Space
FS have had a new playground this year, along with KS1. An orienteering trail has also been installed on the KS2 playground to use at dinner and to further enhance the curriculum. All are designed to ensure that children are getting that one hour a day physical activity.
I love the orienteering trails- we used them in our history lesson! Poppy, Year 6
CPD for teachers
Staff should feel more confident when teaching PE, as a result this will mean higher attainment and higher quality PE sessions. This will be sustained in house if teachers need to focus on a specific area, there are teachers in the school more capable of sharing good practice.
Increased participation in competitions
The purchase of the minibus increased the participation in sports competitions and other activities, prior to the covid-19 pandemic.
Development of outdoor space
Additional resources have enabled us to continue to offer pupils the opportunity to be actively involved in DPA. Thus promoting their health and well-being. The Golden Mile and Sports Leaders have also been imbedded throughout school to increase the amount of DPA; this is being sustained as the new sports leaders train future leaders.
Increased participation in Clubs
Time 4 Sport deliver a range of after-school sports clubs, which are available to all children from Reception to Year 6. Staff will provide clubs for games across all year groups from Spring 2022, including netball, rugby, football (team), girls football and yoga.
Swimming lessons are provided by Time 4 Swimming, using a pop up pool on the main school site.
Swimming sessions take place in small groups with a swimming coach in the water with the children, as well as a lifeguard to support. The high level of staffing ensures that support is bespoke to meet the needs of the learners, benifitting from the ability to model directly in the water, rather than replying on spoken explanations. Sessions are high quality and high impact. Please see the swimming analysis below.
Click here for a clear overview for P.E taught from Year 1 to Year 6 throughout the year, broken down in to half-terms.
P.E is taught on a weekly basis throughout the school as a discrete subject. Each child within the school receives two hours of physical education each week.