PE

Physical Education

‘Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.’ – J.F Kennedy

Intent

At Prince Albert School, we recognise that excellent physical education, school sport and physical activity (PESSPA) provision not only improves health, reduces stress and improvesconcentration, but also promotes positive physical growth and development. We alsorecognise that exercise has a positive influence on academic achievement and the overall health and wellbeing of our pupils.

Through a comprehensive and well balanced PESSPA offer, we want our children to developtheir social skills and we encourage children to value one another and work collaborativelywith others in a wide range of group situations. Furthermore, our intention is that pupils become physically literate through an emphasis on developing fundamental movement skills, develop competency in technical skills and are able to apply them in practise. This alsoenables pupils to make positive decisions, such as selecting the best skill or strategy. We want our pupils to have the confidence to be able to succeed in a range of physical
activities.

Our goal is to inspire children's participation of physical activity through creativity, enjoyment and imagination. They will have skills, such as swimming, riding a bike and ball skills that they can use outside of school. We aim for our children to leave school being able to competently swim 25 metres and perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.

We will ignite a child’s interest in physical wellbeing and a healthy lifestyle in order to establish positive lifestyle habits that will last throughout their lives. Ultimately, at Prince Albert School, children will be supported to develop the skills and confidence they need to become the next Liverpool midfielder, cricketer or ballroom dancer!

Implementation

We deliver a holistic, progressive and purposeful P.E curriculum based on the National Curriculum. It is carefully planned so that our pupils have access to a wide range of PESSPA opportunities. Teaching staff utilise a Physical Education curriculum map which has been developed in conjunction with resources from GetSet4PE. The resources support teaching staff in delivering high quality physical education and ensure that a progressive curriculum
content is being taught.

Teaching staff adapt units and lessons, where required, to meet the individual needs of their pupils and ensure that P.E is inclusive for all. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Physical Education Long Term Overview

Physical Development starts within the EYFS environment.

Children are introduced to Physical Education and structured movement. They spend time learning basic principles of a PE lesson such as finding space, freezing on command, using and sharing equipment and working individually, with a partner and group. They take part in activities, which will develop fundamental movement skills such as running, jumping, skipping. As they progress through EYFS, the learn skills in dance, gymnastics and ball sports.

In both KS1 and KS2, weekly P.E lessons cover topics from the National Curriculum such as • Athletics • Dance • Games • Gymnastics • Swimming • Outdoor and adventurous activities. Pupils experience between 10-14 weeks/sessions of swimming. Swimming is recognised as an imperative part of the pupil’s development and further opportunities to swim will always be sought out where possible. We have an assessment tool which enables us to closely monitor the skills that our pupils have and any gaps which require further support.

Prince Albert School has a PE subject leader who works closely with the Trust Leader forSport. They work in collaboration with local school sports partnerships e.g. King Edwards School Sports Partnership and Kingsbury School Sports Partnership and various other key stakeholders who provide further support and opportunities in relation to PESSPA. There are two members of the PE team who provide invaluable support to pupils in PE lessons.
They also take our pupils to different sporting events and competitions and they lead arange of after-school sports clubs.

Teaching staff are offered subject specific professional development through a variety of methods such as personalised development plans, National College courses and internal training sessions. All ECTs receive professional development opportunities in the form of team teaching and observing good practice. Audit tools and effective observation, through learning walks, are utilised to identify staff development needs and to monitor physical education as a subject area.

Prince Albert school takes pride in our commitment to the development of a broad and balances PESSPA offer. In order to provide children with access to sport and physical activity above and beyond their school day, we run a wide variety of extra-curricular clubs before and after school on an open-access basis. Daily opportunities are given for children to attend extra-curricular sports clubs. During lunchtimes, children have access to a wide range
of activities and clubs led by our play workers, sports apprentices and sports coaches. We actively encourage all children to take advantage of these free daily opportunities. We are proud that the number of competitions we went enter has increased and we ensure that we encourage pupils of all abilities to take part. When there are sporting events, such as the Commonwealth Games, we ensure that pupils learn about these events and take part in activities linked to these key sporting competitions.

Impact