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Throckley Primary School PE – Intent, Implementation and Impact Intent At Throckley Primary School, we believe Sport & PE play an important role in making our vision statement a reality for every pupil, with the potential to change young people’s lives for the better. We believe a high-quality, inclusive physical education curriculum inspires all pupils to enjoy, succeed and excel in both competitive and non-competitive sport as well as harbouring a thirst for fitness for life. We ensure we provide a safe and supportive environment for children to enjoy opportunities to become physically confident in a way which supports their health (both physical and mental) and fitness. We enable our children to compete in sport and other activities to build character and help to embed our school values such as teamwork and respect that they can use in their everyday life.

Underpinning the curriculum at Throckley Primary School are our curriculum drivers which are: Aspiring to achieve- Children at Throckley Primary School are taught from the very start of their education the importance of practising a healthy, active lifestyle and that anyone can be successful in PE if we show great effort, determination, resilience and sportsmanship. Our children understand that the knowledge and skills they acquire through our PE curriculum can lead to their future success.

Broadening horizons- Through consistent verbal feedback and discussion around this, pupils understand that their choices allow them to become the best they can be and directly impacts their own life as it increases the opportunities which will be available to them and broadens their horizons. This is turn, allows children to develop a good overall awareness of their place in the world.

Understanding our place in the world- Carefully chosen key sporting icons (both local and from across the globe) are woven through our long-term plan with each year group being assigned a particular sportsperson. Each of these sporting heroes have been chosen as they have helped to break down sporting 'barriers' and show that everyone has the opportunity to participate in, enjoy and succeed at the highest level. We encourage our children to have the confidence that they can, one day, follow in these famous footsteps to broaden their horizons and consider their influence beyond Throckley.

Within our physical education curriculum, we aim to provoke curiosity through the use of enquiry-based learning to help deepen children’s understanding of the world around them and provide them with transferable skills (through our O.W.Ls) that can be used across the curriculum and outside of school. Children learn to be self-mangers, team workers, independent enquirers, effective participants, creative thinkers and reflective learners.

We, in-line with the national curriculum for physical education, aim to ensure that all pupils: · · · ·

Develop competence to excel in a broad range of physical activities Are physically active for sustained periods of time Engage in competitive sports and activities Lead healthy, active lives.

“We believe that physical education, experienced in a safe and supportive environment, is a unique and vital contributor to a pupil's physical development and well-being. Through the selection of suitably differentiated tasks, it is intended that pupils, irrespective of their starting ability, will enjoy success and be motivated to further develop their individual potential.”

Implementation Here at Throckley Primary School, our physical education curriculum is taught through a blend of a skills based and sports based approach. Our pupils begin their physical education journey in EYFS and KS1 following a skills based curriculum predominantly working on their agility, balance and co-ordination. Once these fundamental movement skills have been embedded and pupils have a solid platform to build upon, they then follow a sports based approach whereby they develop their aforementioned skills further to access specific sports which sets them up to compete: in-school, at school sporting competitions and outside of school in their own chosen sporting clubs. Over the course of KS2, pupils will participate in all areas of an inclusive physical education curriculum which gives all pupils the chance to enjoy and succeed: invasion games, dance/gymnastics, net/wall games, striking and fielding and athletics. These are revisited and built upon year on year and different sports will be covered so that children have wide-ranging opportunities and experiences which helps to broaden our pupils’ experiences.

What will I see if I visit a PE lesson in Throckley Primary School?

Creative, passionate and enthusiastic teachers: At Throckley, we ensure we are engaging our children and encouraging them to value and enjoy PE in order for them to see the connections between the benefits of physical activity and the positive impact it has on our lives. With having teachers that are passionate and enthusiastic whilst planning and delivering PE lessons, who also have the confidence to provide a variety of experiences, children too can see PE as a valuable and worthwhile experience that all can enjoy.

Clear, detailed explanations and modelling: Parallel to all other subject areas of our curriculum, in PE, we fully understand the importance of teaching being explicitly clear, and tailored to each individual need. Class teachers’ keen understanding of assessment allows them to know each child as an individual and can adapt to their needs knowing when the time is right to remove support, guiding the child to independence, at a pace right for them.

Quality vocabulary: Vocabulary is the basis for learning in all subject areas, including physical education. We appreciate the importance of embedding clear, subject-specific vocabulary into our learning for children to learn and adopt. Our PE curriculum displays a sequential bank of vocabulary that progresses throughout the years for children to use when discussing their skills and knowledge.

Pupil Voice: Using this quality, subject-specific vocabulary, children across the school are confident when discussing the skills and knowledge they have received during their time at Throckley. We value the importance of children evaluating their own and each other’s performances to give each other valuable feedback so they learn from and support each other.

It adds so much more to learning and the opportunity to talk, discuss, explain and challenge enables children to often achieve more than they would unaided.

Links to learning: Teachers seek endless opportunities to support the learning of other curriculum areas. We aim to find engaging, meaningful and creative ways to reinforce and support cross-curricular learning whilst keeping true to the teaching of PE skills and concepts.

Rich experiences: Opportunities such as taking part in Sports Day, competing in external sporting competitions and taking part in our wide-ranging extra-curricular offer builds character and helps to embed values such as fairness and respect whilst broadening pupils’ horizons.

Resilient team players: Our Wonderful Learners (OWLs) have been embedded into our curriculum to support children’s metacognitive development and have explicit links to all that our PE lessons represent. Our children are encouraged to work as a team, have resilient attitudes and continuously reflect in order to build upon their skills, all of which enables them to relish in their success and take pride in all they achieve.

Should you visit us here at Throckley and observe a physical education lesson, you will see the above-mentioned delivered in a fun, engaging and inclusive way through use of the STEP (Space, Task, Equipment and People) principle. This targeted differentiation harbours the fun and engagement as all pupils will have success and succeed in their aims whether this be through self, one to one or team competitions. As well as this, our lessons are notably physically active throughout, contain incremental steps and are made up of imaginative, fun games to continually capture the engagement of all pupils.

Impact As a product of our high-quality physical education curriculum, pupils leave school having had a wealth of opportunity to enjoy, succeed and excel. Our children are given the chance to be creative, cooperative and competitive and to face up to diverse challenges both as individuals and in groups. Our curriculum inspires all children to succeed and excel in competitive sport as well as lead a healthy lifestyle.

We at Throckley Primary School, believe physical education benefits children in an abundance of ways and will set them up for a healthy, happy and active future. It provides opportunities for pupils to become physically confident in a way which supports both their physical and mental health as well as their cognitive development and their self-esteem.

Progress made in children’s physical ability is tangibly monitored through pre and postassessment ‘Core tasks’ which are available to view on class Seesaw accounts.

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