PE

Intent

At Wentworth, we enable all pupils to strive towards active and healthy lifestyles, as the Department for Education encourage. Through access to a wide range of physical education (PE), our pupils regularly express themselves in varied environments and activities. It is proven that physical activity also contributes to the reduction in anxiety, stress and energy. Due to this, our teachers cover activities inside and outside the school building, including weekly swimming lessons in our heated, indoor pool. As well as having an impact on mobility, our PE curriculum therefore strives to develop pupils’ mood, communication and overall wellbeing. To flourish as active citizens, our PE curriculum promotes the benefits of movement both mentally and physically.

Implementation

Every child will access at least 2 hours of physical activity weekly, including:

· Daily mile

· Swimming

· Weekly indoor and outdoor PE lessons

Pupils are encouraged to revisit skills across their time at Wentworth Primary, through the progressive application of their skills, implemented through teachers’ planning, teaching and assessment. Our school prides itself on the facilities available. For example, our indoor swimming pool is used to promote progress and independence but also holds internal swimming galas. Children also use our refreshed playground markings when they participate in a Daily Mile session, whereby they are developing their communication skills in support of their movement. Working alongside class teachers, we also have a PE specialist sports teacher, who leads Year 2-6 outdoor sessions and in/ after school clubs. Alongside our curriculum, external providers run weekly clubs, ensuring that their expertise promotes the crucial subject and pedagogical knowledge of each sport. To contribute to our local community, children participate in a range of tournaments such as cricket, netball and cross-country.

Our curriculum has regular reviews, whereby subject leaders check pupil understanding and guide student practice through pupil perceptions and staff meeting training. Subject leaders also provide CPD to teachers through modelling a range of skills, to strive for every child’s successful progress. Class teachers and coaches will feed forward their formative assessment and summative assessment to the subject leader, at the completion of each topic. Teachers are supported to use skills progressively, through revisiting and developing skills in each sport. Sports taught in school include: yoga, invasion games, dance, gymnastics, tennis, netball, football, hockey, basketball, athletics and cricket. Across all sports, training is provided to staff to ensure the pedagogy and underpinning knowledge is evident. Reports are provided termly to the governors, to show pupil progression and the impact of our Sports Premium funding.

Impact

All pupils

At Wentworth, we ensure our PE curriculum is accessible and inclusive for all pupils. By the end of KS2, pupils have a clear understanding of independence and teamwork as well as a deep knowledge of how to participate in a variety of sports. All pupils can subscribe to the wide range of clubs on offer, with our specialist sports coach or external providers. Additionally, all pupils can be selected for internal and interschool tournaments.

We recognise the importance of disadvantaged pupils’ contribution to PE. We have an increasing number of pupil premium eligible pupils attending after school clubs, as well as participating in tournaments to represent us at Wentworth Primary School. There is an equal opportunity provided within our school.

SEND

Through provision of specialist equipment, high-quality teaching and teacher modelling, children with SEND are supported to achieve the intended learning outcomes for each unit. Alongside our PE curriculum, children’s gross motor skills are developed, through regular, small group activities. We aim for children with SEND to demonstrate achievement in their physicality, through chunking their steps of learning to encourage a high success rate of progress.