Physical Education | The Cathedral Catholic Primary School


	The subject leader for PE in school is Mrs Cook.


Curriculum Overview		Key Learning

The Intent of our PE Curriculum

At The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, we aim to engage, motivate and inspire children to achieve the aims of the National Curriculum through a broad, balanced and progressive curriculum.. Our staff and children are enthusiastic about P.E. and staff at school have a willingness to adapt plans to meet the needs of individuals and groups, this might mean going back to plans programmed for younger groups to secure knowledge and skills

We hope to develop the children into confident and competent learners across a broad range of physical activities, by providing them with a wide range of opportunities to participate in physical exercise, both in a competitive and non-competitive environment. Pupils will experience traditional and ‘new’ sports.

Through the Lancashire and Heysham School Network and the Smaller Schools Sports Network, our children are invited to attend festivals and tournaments throughout the year at inter school levels. We hope that through all the sporting opportunities, we can support the children in demonstrating sportsmanship, resilience, respect and leadership values.

The Implementation of our PE Curriculum

To successfully embed our Physical Education values at The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, the curriculum has been designed so that PE is taught every week. Each unit of work has been selected to ensure children are following a sequence of progression throughout their years at The Cathedral Catholic Primary School.

Our PE curriculum begins in EYFS where the children are given a range of opportunity to develop their core strength, stability, spatial awareness, co-ordination and agility. They are given repeated opportunities to develop their gross and fine motor skills and to develop proficiency and control, through games, arts and crafts and sue of small tools.

At Key Stage 1, pupils are provided with opportunities to continue the development of the Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS). We recognise the importance of these key areas as the core elements essential for all sports and physical activity. If it is necessary we ensure skills that need revisiting are revisited. The curriculum for Key Stage 1 covers a range of sports including target games, striking and fielding games, athletics, dance and gymnastics.

In Key Stage 2, pupils continue to apply and develop a broader range of technical skills within the areas of running, jumping, throwing and catching and striking. They begin to take part in competitive games, including familiar sports such as football, athletics, cricket and hockey, as well as less well-known activities such as boccia and tag rugby.

The whole school over view has been planned so the children are secure in basic fundamental movement skills before applying them to games.

At The Cathedral Catholic Primary School we try to expose children to a range of different activities including yoga, basket ball, Zumba, football. We believe encouraging children to try something new they may find something they enjoy and can pursue!

The Impact of our PE Curriculum

At The Cathedral Catholic Primary School we evidence children’s progress in Physical Education through pictures, videos and notes collected on the Primary PE Passport App.

We strive for our children to be knowledgeable about healthy competition, team building and resilience in the wider world.

The impact of our Physical Education curriculum can be measured and monitored in a variety of different ways including; learning walks, PE Passport scrutiny, data analysis and tracking and pupil interviews. Teachers assess children’s learning throughout each PE lesson to ensure understanding of skills before moving onto the next skill or lesson.

We endeavour to raise the profile of Physical Education in school by ensuring that we offer a wide range of opportunities for all of our children and allow the children to engage in competition as often as possible. Staff across school have encouraged children of all abilities to take part in competitions these competitions provide a perfect stage for the sporting and character values that are integral to our P.E. lessons to be reinforced, ensuring our children leave primary school knowing the importance of etiquette, team-work, perseverance, respect and acceptance.