Implementation of our Physical Education Curriculum

• A carefully sequenced long-term physical educational curriculum plan that covers a variety of sports over a child’s time at school.
• Our Physical Education curriculum has built in fitness weeks to encourage fitness activity and healthy living.
• A variety of sports are covered to engage children in a wide variety of different sporting activities.
• After school clubs provide a wide range of sporting experiences for all children.
• Physical education specialists are deployed to enhance our curriculum.
• Equipment is reviewed each year and any needed equipment is purchased.
• An appropriately competitive spirit is embedded in all children during lessons and extra curricular training sessions.
• Both A team and B team competitions are organised so that all children get the chance to compete for and represent their school.
• Both sporting achievements and sporting efforts are celebrated as a whole school.
• Teamwork, perseverance, forgiveness and other soft skills are encouraged across the school during curriculum lessons and after school clubs.
• A specific soft-skills focused club, delivered by an external company, is a key part of the enhancement of our physical education curriculum, delivering an after school club each week and a collective worship each half term.
• Friendship, thankfulness and forgiveness, our three core Christian values, are encouraged in both curriculum and after school sessions through team building activities, team games and personal best lessons.
• High-level vocabulary lists are given out to all staff and to specialist staff for use in lessons.
• A number of external sporting specialists deployed to enhance the curriculum and inspire the children.