What makes a good PE student at All Saints?
A pupil with an ability to compete successfully as both an individual or as part of a team. Someone who has a hunger for trying new games, activities and skills, with a willingness to make mistakes in order to improve. A good PE student works with enthusiasm, shows encouragement to others, plays fairly and most importantly enjoys being active.
About Physical Education
The interactive and collaborative nature of PE can foster self-confidence, empathy and understanding by encouraging children to work together and support each other. PE encourages pupils to be creative, solve problems, and plan for the future. By working together, pupils can address physical and intellectual challenges while learning to communicate and manage risk and conflict.
Physical activity not only improves health, reduces stress and improves concentration, but also promotes correct physical growth and development. Exercise has a positive influence on academic achievement, emotional stability and interaction with others.
In Key Stage 1, pupils should develop fundamental movement skills, become increasingly competent and confident and access a broad range of opportunities to extend their agility, balance and coordination.
In Key Stage 2, pupils should continue to apply and develop a broader range of skills. 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.
Aims of Physical Education
The national curriculum for physical education aims to ensure that all pupils:
- 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.
Why do we teach PE?
- Children learn to understand the importance of exercising for a lifetime.
- Children learn the fundamental motor skills that enable them to develop the competence that creates confidence and leads to safe and successful participation in a wide range of sports.
- Children are encouraged to improve their fitness levels during PE lessons, including muscular and cardiovascular endurance, strength and flexibility.
- Children can learn valuable lessons about accepting responsibility for their personal development leading to greater self-discipline.
Curriculum
From Nursery to Year 6 every child will experience a wide range of sports such as athletics, basketball, cricket, football, tennis and even more! They will benefit from having quality PE lessons taught by our own staff and LFC Foundation Coaches. Our main aim is to encourage children to enjoy sport and physical activity and incorporate it in their daily lives. Our curriculum has been written using The PE Hub’s model of HEAD, HAND, HEART.
Head – The thinker; confident, deep learner and decision-maker.
Hand – The physical being; physically competent, physically active and competitive.
Heart – The behaviour changer; developing socially and emotionally, involved and engaged, developing character and values, leading a healthy active lifestyle.
Pupil voice
Hattie (Y6), “P.E. is important because it keeps us active, healthy and strong. I love our P.E. lessons. It allows me to let of steam.”
Ethan (Y5), “I love P.E. in school. It makes you more energetic and improves your fitness.”
Darcy (Y2), “I like a P.E. a lot. I love going to the sports centre and we get to play different sports and games.”
Olivia (Y3), “We get to do lots of different exercises and it’s always fun. It is important because its keeps your body healthy.”
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