PE at Bushmead

At Bushmead Primary School, we believe that Physical Education and sport have a vital role to play in the physical, social, emotional and intellectual development of children. Physical education and sport are important in giving children the knowledge, understanding and the tools to make informed choices about healthy living and have a positive impact on their own health and well-being.  The physical education curriculum at Bushmead Primary School, aims to provide for pupils’ increasing self- confidence through an ability to manage themselves successfully in a variety of situations.

Intent Statement

Our PE curriculum is based on an enhanced model of the Early Years Framework and the National Curriculum. The subject leader has created progression documents from reception to year 6. These progression documents have been planned in order to build on the skills needed to meet the end of KS objectives in the National Curriculum. Our long term plan is broad and balanced, allowing children to access a wide variety of high quality PE and sports provision. The long term plan begins by focussing on the fundamental skills (ABC) and then moving onto skills and activities that can lead to different sports. Further up school, we start making the links between sports and finally in years 5 and 6, it becomes more sport specific as we get them ready for high school. Children are given plenty of opportunities to build upon prior knowledge, allowing children to know more, and remember more. Children are given plenty of opportunities to take part in competitive sports throughout the year where effort and hard-work, as well as success, is celebrated and enjoyment and working together is promoted.

As children move through our school they will be taught a progressive curriculum that builds on the knowledge from previous years. Children will learn about the following areas in each year group.

EYFS

Develop 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 can perform dances using simple movement patterns.  Children participate in team games, developing simple tactics for attacking and defending. They have opportunities to learn how to master a balance bike.

Year 1

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 can perform dances using simple movement patterns.  Children participate in team games, developing simple tactics for attacking and defending. Develop their athletic skills.

Year 2

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 can perform dances using simple movement patterns.  Children participate in team games, developing simple tactics for attacking and defending.  They will cover units on dance, gym, infant agility and outdoor and adventurous activities.

Year 3

Use running, jumping, throwing and catching in isolation and in combination.  Compare their performances with previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best. Take part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team.  Play competitive games, modified where appropriate [ football, 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.  They will cover units on dance, gym, tennis, outdoor and adventurous activities, multi-skills, striking and fielding, dance and outdoor athletics.

Year 4

Use running, jumping, throwing and catching in isolation and in combination.  Compare their performances with previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best. Take part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team.  Play competitive games, modified where appropriate [ football, 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.  They will cover units on dance, gym, tennis, outdoor and adventurous activities, multi-skills, striking and fielding(cricket), dance and outdoor athletics.  Children will spend a term having swimming lessons.

Year 5

Use running, jumping, throwing and catching in isolation and in combination.  Compare their performances with previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best. Take part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team.  Play competitive games, modified where appropriate [ football, 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.  They will cover units on dance, gym, badminton, outdoor and adventurous activities, netball, striking and fielding(cricket), dance and outdoor athletics.  They will learn to swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres, use a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke].  Perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.  Children will spend a term on swimming lessons.

Year 6

Use running, jumping, throwing and catching in isolation and in combination.  Compare their performances with previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best. Take part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team.  Play competitive games, modified where appropriate [ football, 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.  They will cover units on dance, gym, tag rugby, outdoor and adventurous activities, hockey, striking and fielding(cricket), dance and outdoor athletics.  swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres, use a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke].  Perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.  Children will spend a term having swimming lessons.

Ear-rings and PE

This is now the advice from  government that we have to follow.

Ideally we ask where possible that children do not wear earrings to school, especially on the day they have P.E. to limit possible loss of them, however if earrings are worn, they should be a small stud that the child can take in and out themselves. They only need to be taken out for the P.E session, so for around 35 minutes. 

Please see below an extract from the local government that advises on why we have to adhere to this. 

Can pupils participate in PE if they wear Jewellery?
The National guidance has always been that no jewellery should be worn in PE and that includes swimming and physical activity. It is also not safe to cover ear-rings / studs / sleepers with tape. The reason is both because of the potential tearing of the ear lobe, but also the very slim chance that the post of the ear-ring could damage the neck which is where the brachial nerve is running directly to the brain. There are anecdotal cases of children wearing ear-rings / studs with plasters over being hit by a ball or coming off worse in a collision and having nasty injuries as a consequence.
Parents should be reminded that the school has the higher level duty of care and cannot be put in the situation of looking after their child without exercising that duty of care. It is dictated by national guidance and they need to comply. There have been awful cases involving jewellery in PE and physical activity and we are protecting against that happening. 

National Curriculum requirements for swimming and water safety:

• swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres
• use a range of strokes effectively
• perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.

2022 - 2023 Cohort Swimming Assessment

• swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres -  67%
• use a range of strokes effectively   - 67%
• perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations - 61%

2021 - 2022 Cohort Swimming Assessment

• swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres -  37%
• use a range of strokes effectively   - 37%
• perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations - 43%

2020 - 2021 Cohort Swimming Assessment

• swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres -  53%
• use a range of strokes effectively   - 49%
• perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations - 37%