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.

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.

Foundation

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.