Physical Education

At Holy Trinity C of E Primary School, we aim for Physical Education to be understood, enjoyed and celebrated in order to assist the children in developing a lifelong love for learning. Topics are informed by the National Curriculum and progressive skills are included as part of the children’s development. The PE curriculum at Holy Trinity C of E Primary School is planned and structured to ensure that the school’s approaches are informed by current pedagogy and delivered using the whole school non -negotiables. In our PE curriculum, we strive to create opportunities which will inspire in pupils a curiosity and fascination about sports that will remain with them for the rest of their lives.

In line with the National Curriculum, our school aims to:

• Maintain and stimulate pupil interest and enjoyment in P.E./Games and promote health and fitness for current and future lifestyles.
• Develop the use of correct terminology, broadening the children’s knowledge of PE and sport-specific vocabulary.
• Enable pupils to see PE and Games as major features in our lives related to leisure, employment and culture.
• Enable pupils to see PE and Games as part of a wider body of knowledge and skills that can be applied in all subjects.
• Understand the short and long-term effects of exercise on the body.
• Employ a variety of teaching methods and resources that allows all pupils (irrespective of their gender, ethnic origin, academic ability, etc) to have equal access to P.E and Games, and to experience success and enjoyment in their PE and Games work.
• Develop skills with greater fluency within PE and apply these within game scenarios.
• The life skill of swimming is to be taught in order for the children to swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres.
• Develop the needs of the children who have been identified as gifted or talented by identifying the needs of the individual student and provide a challenging, stimulating and innovative learning environment within and beyond the PE curriculum.
• Promote the core values of the Olympic Games and our school values of Honesty, Love and Respect.

As part of our cross-curricular approach, our units will be taught via a combination of the class teacher and external sports coaches. Some specific sports will be repeated within a two-year cycle but with a clear progression required. In terms of the curriculum, the school currently uses a combination of Complete PE lessons and Primary Steps on Demand Programme from the Royal Ballet School.

Each unit of learning will be planned based on key PE skills that we aim to develop throughout the child’s PE learning journey. The skills covered through topics of work will:

1. Enable pupils to see PE and Games as part of a wider body of knowledge and skills (E.g. interpersonal and problem-solving skills).
2. Promote an understanding of the safe practice and develop a sense of responsibility towards their own and others’ safety and well-being.
3. Employ a variety of teaching methods and resources that allows all pupils (irrespective of their gender, ethnic origin, academic ability, etc) to have equal access to P.E and Games, and to experience success and enjoyment in their PE and Games work.
4. Develop a skilful use of the body, the ability to remember, repeat and refine actions and to perform them with increasing control, coordination, and fluency (acquiring and developing).
5. Develop an increasing ability to select, link and apply skills, tactics, and compositional ideas via game scenarios (selecting and applying).
6. Improve the observation and evaluation skills and the ability to describe and make simple judgements on their own and others’ work, and to use their observations and judgements to improve performance (improving and evaluating).