VISION -Being Active at Lyppard Grange Primary School
At Lyppard Grange Primary School we believe that Physical Education (P.E.) plays a crucial role in children’s development. We recognise the importance that P.E. has on developing children’s life skills and are passionate about providing the opportunities to develop every child’s Physical Literacy both within our curriculum and outside of it. We hope that children leave our school with a passion for P.E. and sport that they can carry with them for the rest of their lives.
INTENT
At Lyppard Grange, we aim to provide children with the opportunities to experience high-quality, fun physical education and involvement in a variety of sports that will lead to life-long participation. Research shows that having an active lifestyle not only supports physical development but also promotes healthy mental wellbeing which is why it is vital that children are exposed to health and fitness from an early age. We believe that P.E. supports children’s physical development but also builds life skills that will support them as they move through education and for the rest of their lives. We intend to provide children with the opportunities to take on roles that allow them to develop a number a of skills that will equip them for life such as: a team-player, a listener, a navigator, a supporter, a communicator and a leader.
National Curriculum Links:
Key stage 1
Pupils should develop fundamental movement skills, become increasingly competent and
confident and access a broad range of opportunities to extend their agility, balance and
coordination, individually and with others. They should be able to engage in competitive
(both against self and against others) and co-operative physical activities, in a range of
increasingly challenging situations.
Pupils should be taught to:
developing balance, agility and co-ordination, and begin to apply these in a range of
activities.
Key stage 2
Pupils should continue to apply and develop a broader range of skills, learning how to use
them in different ways and to link them to make actions and sequences of movement.
They should enjoy communicating, collaborating and competing with each other. They
should develop an understanding of how to improve in different physical activities and
sports and learn how to evaluate and recognise their own success.
Pupils should be taught to:
IMPLEMENTATION
Our curriculum provides progression, for the children, in the skills that underpin all sports as well as, developing their knowledge and skills within specific sports. The units assigned to each year group aim to promote a variety of sporting skills which support children in developing their Physical Literacy. In P.E lessons, the Get Set 4 PE scheme is used as the base for learning. Teachers adapt lessons from the scheme to suit their year group and cohort. Each lesson develops social, emotional and thinking skills alongside the physical skills. Our curriculum teaches the children the key skills through games and hands-on learning both independently and as part of a pair or group to ensure that all P.E lessons are engaging and fun.
In EYFS, children begin by developing their fundamental movement skills which include balancing, running, changing direction, jumping, hopping and skipping. They also cover two units of ball skills which develop their throwing and catching, use of targets, dribbling and kicking. Within these units, children develop their fine and gross motor skills which supports them as they progress through the school. In addition to the fundamentals, children begin developing their gymnastics skills through lessons that are adapted from the Get Set 4 PE scheme and dance skills through lessons which are designed by our dance leader.
Following this, in KS1 children further develop their fundamental skills and ball skills through more advanced units of work at the beginning of the year. They then begin to develop more specific sporting skills through a variety of units that include target games, invasion games, team building, sending and receiving, striking and fielding and net and wall games. KS1 children continue to develop their gymnastics and dance skills. In the Summer term, children also take part in additional units of work including yoga, athletics and fitness.
Once the children move to KS2, children continue to develop their gymnastics, dance and athletics skills but they are also introduced to a variety of specific sports. This provides them with the opportunity to develop their sports specific skills while also developing a passion for a number of different sports. Our curriculum revisits each sport twice while children are in KS2 to ensure that they can make progress in each sport. We offer the children the chance to participate in a variety of sports from well-known sports such as netball, hockey and rugby to more unique sports such as handball, badminton and basketball. In addition, in KS2 children take part in Outdoor Adventurous Activity (OAA) to develop a variety of skills including teamwork and communication.
In KS2, years 3, 4 and 5 are provided with the opportunity to participate in swimming lessons at Lower Wick Swimming Pool. Children follow a curriculum written by our swimming leader which allows them to make progress in the water.
In addition to our curriculum, children are provided with the opportunity to participate in a number of sporting clubs. Children are offered clubs such as netball, yoga, multi-skills, rounders and football. These clubs provide children with the opportunity to continue with a sport that they are passionate about and enjoy participating in following on from their P.E lessons. Across the academic year, every year group attends a variety of external sporting events. In the past, children have attended dance festivals, netball tournaments, panathlons, football festivals and cross-country competitions. These events further promote enjoyment of sports and P.E and encourage children to participate in sporting competitions.
IMPACT
Through our curriculum and additional sporting opportunities, our children will develop their knowledge and skills across a number of sports. As a result of their learning, children will become confident individuals who talk positively and enthusiastically about their P.E lessons and experiences of sports. In addition, they will develop life skills such as communication, teamwork and perseverance that will support them as they move through their education and into the future. Children will become confident to engage with new sporting opportunities that are presented to them and will develop an enjoyment of P.E and sport that will lead to lifelong participation.