Physical Education

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Southborough’s aim is to encourage a lifelong love of PE and keeping fit and healthy. PE and sport aspire to build determination, passion, respect, honesty, collaboration, resilience, self-belief and teamwork. These values will endeavour to:

• Improve health and well-being.

• Provide a broad range of high-quality opportunities and outcomes for all.

• Encourage community involvement.

• Promote active participation and competition at all levels.

• Raise achievement and supporting excellence.

Pupil should be taught to master basic movements including running, jumping, throwing and catching, as well as developing balance, agility and co-ordination, and begin to apply these in a range of activities. They are encouraged to participate in team games, developing simple tactics for attacking and defending. They also perform dances using simple movement patterns. Pupil develop flexibility, strength, technique, control and balance. They also take part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team. Finally, they compare their performances with previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best.

EYFS

In EYFS, Physical Development is one of the Prime Areas of Learning and underpins the development of other skills such as writing and drawing. Physical Development is organised into fine and gross motor skills. As such, it is given lots of focus and is encouraged using both the indoor and outdoor provision. Specific areas and resources have been developed for children to learn and practise specific skills including balancing, climbing, jumping, throwing and catching, kicking and moving in a range of ways. They also access a 30 minute discrete PE lesson each week which focuses on developing a particular skill using a varied range of equipment including parachutes, benches, balls, mats and climbing apparatus.  Additional opportunities for short bursts of movement are built in throughout the day with the use of yoga and other outdoor experiences. 

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:

• master basic movements including running, jumping, throwing and catching, as well as developing balance, agility and co-ordination, and begin to apply these in a range of activities.

• participate in team games, developing simple tactics for attacking and defending.

• perform dances using simple movement patterns.

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:

• use running, jumping, throwing and catching in isolation and in combination.

• play competitive games, modified where appropriate (for example, badminton, basketball, cricket, football, hockey, netball, rounders and tennis), and apply basic principles suitable for attacking and defending.

• develop flexibility, strength, technique, control and balance (for example, through athletics and gymnastics).

• perform dances using a range of movement patterns.

• take part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team.

• compare their performances with previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best.