Intent

The intent of our physical education curriculum is to ensure that all pupils during their time at Leasowe Primary school will be involved in the following:

·         Develop physical education by providing students with sustained periods of activity through well sequenced PE sessions and additional intra-school and inter-school competitions taking place throughout the year.

·         Physical activity is also encouraged throughout the school day via active learning to encourage a positive lifelong attitude towards the positive benefits of an active lifestyle.

·         Extra-curricular clubs (after school). Active play is also encouraged at breakfast club and break times through play leaders and the wide range of outdoor equipment available.

·         Becoming physically confident in a way that supports health and fitness

·         Evaluating their own performance and the performances of their peers using age-appropriate vocabulary.

·         Developing confidence in swimming.

·         Opportunities for enrichment for all year groups.

.          Experiencing expert coaching from visiting coaches in a variety of sports.

.         Celebrating success, participation, effort and respect through sports’ certificates, assemblies and displays throughout school.

Early years

P.E is taught by our Early Years class teachers ensuring that gross motor skills are being taught effectively. During their P.E lessons, gross motor skills are a key focus where children access a range of activities that focus on negotiating space and obstacles safely, with consideration for themselves and others. They also learn how to demonstrate strength, balance and coordination when playing and move energetically, such as running, jumping, dancing, hopping, skipping and climbing. These fundamental skills are also built upon with a range of activities that are set up in the outside space for F1 and F2 and the children access these daily to ensure these key gross motor skills are being practised and built upon.

Implementation

We teach a structured, high-quality curriculum that promotes a physically active and healthy lifestyle. We teach lessons that embed core skills and we build on these throughout each key stage and year group. Our equipment provides opportunities to become physically active during break times, lunchtimes and after school which enhances their mental and physical health, reducing obesity. Our school provides after school clubs where children can learn new skills, fulfil a love of sports and keep physically active. Mr Egan will be delivering PE lessons this year from Year 1 to Year 6 and Olive class with the support from Mrs Macallister of planning and ensuring delivery of lessons include the coverage of the curriculum.

Impact

The impact of this is that our children will have experienced a range of sports, games and skills which will provide opportunities to discover interests and talents which may last a lifetime.  Our aim is that every child will have found a way to shine.

Why is P.E important?

Not only does exercise improve a child’s overall health and fitness it helps to improve their mental health and cognitive development as well, by doing physical exercise, children are more likely to concentrate and maintain focus in lessons. As well as strengthening muscle and bones, exercise builds confidence, inspires positivity and improves social skills. P.E also offers children the opportunity to see the importance of leading active, healthy lives as well as understanding sportsmanship, fairness and respect through the sports and activities they undertake.  At LPS, we offer many sports opportunities within our curriculum  as well as extra-curricular clubs, which allow children the opportunity to learn new skills and participate in school competitions. 

When is PE taught? 

P.E is taught weekly by Mr Egan. Each year group will have different days that they will access P.E. This year, classroom teaching assistants will be supporting Mr Egan to help to teach a range of skills across a wide range of sports and activities. Children will also be participating in ‘Walk a Mile’ which will take place 3 times a week to ensure that children are keeping active and healthy. Each half term, every class will have the opportunity to participate in extra P.E enrichment such as freestyle football, golf which will be led by the LFC Association, scoot stars (KS1) and many more. Accessing these extra sport activities will help to further embed our four core valuable skills within P.E - Psychological, Technical, Physical and Social.

What do we learn in PE?

Progressive PE- Children will develop skills across the curriculum in gymnastics, invasive sports and Athletics. Our specialist secondary PE teacher works with all children on a termly focus to ensure skill progression in these key areas. 

This year, we will really be embedding 4 core values: social, physical, psychological and social.  

Throughout the year we will work with other external sporting agencies and charities to help enrich our curriculum further. Organisations such as Tranmere Football Club, LFC Association team, Bike ability, Swimming instructors and many more to ensure we have a wide range of sporting opportunities for all our children. 

Swimming - All children from Year 1 to Year 6 will be attending swimming sessions within the year. Each class will attend for 5 x 1 hour lessons and will be taught by qualified swimming instructors. 

After school sports activities

All after school activities will be led by Mr Egan and Ms McCallister. Letters will be given out each half term to parents with more information.