Physical Education and Sport
Curriculum Intent
Through Jesus, light of the world, we ignite the spark of curiosity, creativity and individuality.
At Killinghall, Physical Education (PE) and School Sport play a vital role in the development of our children, promoting long-term, healthy lifestyles. We strive to create a culture which inspires a generation of active people, who care about, and enjoy, leading a healthy and active lifestyle. We provide a safe and supportive environment, so that all children flourish through a range of physical activities, which is essential in supporting their holistic development and allowing them to become resilient learners. Our high-quality PE education aims to supports pupils to succeed and excel in both competitive sport and non-competitive physically demanding activities.
We strive to motivate our pupils through fun and engaging PE lessons that are enjoyable, challenging and accessible to all. We offer a broad and balanced range of high-quality activities to ensure that all children progress physically through a fully inclusive and inspiring PE curriculum. All children have the opportunity to enjoy being physically active, maintain a healthy lifestyle and use the medium of sport to increase both their skill and self-esteem. We aspire for children to adopt a positive mind-set and believe that anything can be achieved with values such as determination and self-belief.
The aim of PE is to promote physical activity and healthy lifestyles. Children are taught to observe and demonstrate the values of passion, teamwork, honesty and respect as individual participants, team members and spectators. This embeds life-long values such as co-operation, collaboration and equity of play as the children grow and develop into caring people. We believe that developing team spirit and a love of participation is just as important as developing sporting talent.
The aims of our Physical Education curriculum are:
- To develop competence to excel in a broad range of physical activities.
- To encourage all children to be physically active for sustained periods of time.
- To provide opportunities to engage in competitive sports and activities.
- To encourage all children to lead healthy, active lives.
PE and Sport at Killinghall encourages children to develop values and transferable skills such as teamwork and respect, as well as providing them with the confidence to lead a healthy, active lifestyle. Overall, we want our pupils to remain active when they leave our school, appreciating the benefits of a healthy and physically active lifestyle for both their mental and physical health.
Long Term Planning
We believe that our children can become supportive leaders whilst promoting a healthy active lifestyle. Our children are entitled to 2 PE sessions a week and within these lessons, fun and positive experiences are created with an enticing curriculum.
Throughout the year, children in Years 1 – 6 will be taught an array of fundamental movement skills in the following areas, which are linked to the National Curriculum:
- Games (striking and fielding, target, and invasion games)
- Outdoor adventurous activities (OAA)
- Gymnastics
- Dance
- Athletics
- Swimming and Water Safety (Key Stage 2)
Enrichment
We intend to help our children flourish byproviding the children with an array of opportunities, enabling them to develop a love of exercise. We succeed in doing this by providing:
- Adult-Led Lunchtime Team Sports
- After-school clubs
- External support from qualified coaches
- Whole-Staff Professional Development
- Intra and inter-school competitions
Early Years Foundation Stage
Children in Early Years will be provided with a range of opportunities which enables the children to develop physically, mentally and emotionally. The children will have constant access to a wide range of facilities and equipment to help develop their physical and communicative skills. As well as having the chance to learn and develop through play, Reception also take part in a more structured PE lesson, which enables them to focus on developing their gross and fine motor skills.
Key stage 1 and 2
Children in Years 1-6 are introduced to a wide range of sporting activities to help develop key fundamental movement skills, such as running and jumping, throwing and catching, balance, agility and coordination. As well as developing these skills, children are encouraged within the lessons to participate in competitive games with an idea of how to attack and defend, developing an understanding of rules and also developing our values of love, trust and justice.
Our PE Leader is Miss White
