PE, Sport & Physical Activity

Physical education, school sport and physical activity is an important part of our curriculum and school life.

Intent

At Long Lane Primary School, physical education (PE), school sport and physical activity is an important part of our curriculum and school life. As a result, we aim:

to provide an inclusive, engaging and progressive physical education curriculum so that all children confidently develop the knowledge, skills and competence to participate and excel in a range of sports and physical activities, thus enabling all to achieve their personal best.
to provide all children with the opportunity to engage in competitive sports and activities, both within our school and the wider community.
to have a positive impact on children’s health and wellbeing including their physical, social, emotional and cognitive development, while fostering a love of physical activity, and a resounding resilience, which they will carry forward as they move through life.
to create aspirational sportspersons that go on to enjoy and compete in the wider community for pleasure.

Implementation

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

We follow the national curriculum to deliver a high-quality experience that inspires all pupils to succeed and excel in competitive sport and other physically-demanding activities. The curriculum provides opportunities for pupils to become physically confident in a way which supports their health and fitness. Opportunities to compete in sport and other activities build character and help to embed values such as fairness and respect.

To ensure we can follow through with our intent and the national curriculum requirements, we have identified three key strands to develop within our school:

1. Enhancing the quality of PE lessons

2. Developing school sport opportunities

3. Promoting a healthy, active lifestyle.

Early Years – Pupils start at Long Lane with a wide variety of outside and active play opportunities that are developed by staff and focus on gross motor skills through exploration. This gives them the basic tools to support a balanced and broad curriculum of physical skills. The formal PE curriculum is also accessed by our youngest pupils with outside activities such as; games skills, teamwork, orienteering and May pole dancing.

Impact

In PE, children show that they are learning and progressing by performing their skills, knowledge and understanding in a wide range of physical activities and sports. They build on previous years’ learning and develop competence and confidence as well enjoy and excel within a broad range of activities.

Pupil assessment and attainment

Formative assessments are carried out during lessons, mainly through observations alongside discussion with the children. This assessment forms part of planning for subsequent lessons and is also recorded on the Complete PE learning portal as summative assessments.

A key feature of assessment of learning is children taking control of their own learning, facilitated by the teacher. Self and peer assessment is therefore used so that the children know what success looks like and their next steps to move them on in their learning. Photographic/video recordings are sometimes used to document and showcase the children’s work. Conducting Pupil and Staff Voice surveys with the children and staff gives the coordinator a true perspective and also helps to assess the impact of the curriculum.

Teachers use Assessment for Learning strategies to ensure that children understand what they are being taught within a context and ‘know more and remember more’ of the key knowledge and skills outlined in each objective. These will include; mini quizzes, questioning, discussions and observations (including video and photography), peer assessment and appreciation, Think Pair Share. Teacher assessment occurs throughout teaching and learning with support implemented where appropriate.

EYFS pupils' progress and attainment is assessed by the FS class teacher in the context of the EYFS framework and ELGs.

Monitoring and School Improvement Planning

The PE Lead, the Head Teacher, and the Governors regularly review and quality assure Physical Education across the school to ensure that it is implemented sufficiently well in line with the National Curriculum Objectives and the 5 key indicators for the use of the PE and Sports Premium for Primary Schools.

Impact is measured through monitoring activities, including; learning walks, questionnaires to staff, pupil voice, looking at evidence of pupil’s work, teacher assessments and any other relevant evidence. In addition, they evaluate the impact and plans for future development of the subject for pupils and staff, utilising action plans, looking to develop new opportunities, refine current practice, plan CPD for staff and feed into the School Improvement Plan (where appropriate) from where Performance Management and school priorities stem.