Vision
At St Denys our children will experience high quality physical education, physical activity and school sport that will inspire them to participate in physical activity for the rest of their lives. We aim to shape our children into healthy, social, and active young people. We intend to build the skills, knowledge and confidence of our children for activity and sport. We will allow our children to learn about themselves, the importance of a healthy, active lifestyle, self-expression and concepts such as fair play and respect. We will develop a range of important cognitive skills, such as decision making and analysis, and social skills such as teamwork and communication. We will have specialist coaches to further enhance our curriculum and provide inspirational moments for all children at St Denys. We will support our children to develop their character including their resilience, confidence and independence – and knowing how to keep physically and mentally healthy. We are committed to ensuring that all pupils access and participate in a broad and balanced PE curriculum.
Implementation
We use the Get Set 4 PE scheme of work planning tool to plan and deliver sessions and ensure all domains of knowledge are addressed. The core value of Get Set 4 PE is to give every child the physical literacy, emotional and creative thinking skills to achieve in PE and sport, and across the curriculum. P.E. lessons take place for two hours every week and are taught progressively across the year groups, so that children achieve depth in their learning. This is supplemented by regular Forest School sessions.
Experiences and opportunities to develop fundamental movement skills encourage children to live active lifestyles and to become happy, healthy children. Consideration is given to extending children’s learning and how it will be demonstrated within each lesson, as well as how learners will be supported in line with the school’s commitment to inclusion. All children have access to the P.E. curriculum through activities, resources and equipment being tailored appropriately for children with SEND. Children learn through similar activities, with final outcomes modified to suit all needs. In addition, subject specific vocabulary is presented upon the whole-school P.E. display board, allowing frequent reinforcement throughout the year.
To enhance our provision, the sports premium funding is used to ensure our pupils have access to high quality sports and P.E. The school regularly works with experienced and expert sports coaches so that our staff can develop their knowledge and understanding of teaching high quality and ambitious P.E. lessons. We also offer a range of extra-curricular lunch time and after school clubs and regularly take part in sport events and competitions.
Outcomes of P.E. units are regularly monitored to ensure that they reflect a good understanding of the curriculum area. Assessment opportunities are identified within each lesson to review children’s understanding and interpretation of their learning.
The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) follows the ‘Development Matters in the EYFS’ guidance. We relate the physical development of the children to the objectives set out in the Early Learning Goals. We encourage children to develop confidence and control of the way they move and the way they handle tools and equipment. We give all children opportunity to undertake activities that offer appropriate physical challenge, both indoors and outdoors, using a wide range of resources to support specific skills.