Physical Education

Physical Education Curriculum Statement, Knowledge and Skills Progression
 
Subject Vision: “Just play. Have Fun. Enjoy the game.” Michael Jordan
 
Statement of Intent: It is our intention to deliver a curriculum that enables children to develop knowledge, skills and vocabulary in a broad range of sporting activities, as well as developing values and transferrable life skills such as tolerance, fairness and respect. Through enrichment activities and intra-school and inter-school competitions and events, we aim to raise the profile of PE and expose our children to sports they may never have had the opportunity to engage with. The foundation of our PE syllabus his progression of skills has been planned in order to build on the skills needed to meet the end of Key Stage objectives in the National Curriculum. Additionally, an imperative element of the curriculum within Whimple Primary School is a need for a healthy and active lifestyle, a balanced diet, positive mind-set and the resilience to persevere. We are passionate about the need to teach children how to co-operate and collaborate with others, as part of a team, understanding fairness and equity of play to embed life-long values. We intend to deliver a skills-progression curriculum model with knowledge underpinning the application of skills. The 2002 Education Act requires schools to provide a ‘balanced and broadly based curriculum’ which promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of children at our schools and prepares them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life. We intend to deliver the 2014 National Curriculum in a purposeful, engaging and creative way by providing a broad curriculum that ensures that there are enough subjects on the timetable and a balanced curriculum that ensures that each subject is given sufficient space on the timetable to deliver its distinct contribution.