The Grove Primary School

P.E. Curriculum Statement

Intent:

At The Grove, we aim to provide a PE curriculum which enables children to develop the competence to excel in a broad range of physical activities which, in turn, results in pupils knowing more, remembering more and understanding how the knowledge and skills can be applied in their own physical activity and healthy lifestyle. At The Grove, we provide opportunities for children to become physically confident in ways which support their health and fitness; opportunities to compete in sports and opportunities to teach children how to cooperate and collaborate with others, understand fairness and gain an understanding of personal challenge with sport and physical activity.

Implementation:

Children at The Grove participate in weekly, high quality PE that incorporates a variety of sports (dance, athletics, gymnastics, games, swimming and water safety*). Within these lessons, children are taught the skills and given the opportunity to practise them, understanding their own and others’ strength and weaknesses, focusing on personal development, achievement and performance.

Coverage at The Grove Primary School is based upon the 2014 Primary National Curriculum in England, which provides a broad framework and outlines the knowledge and skills taught in each Key Stage. Teachers plan lessons for their class using our progression of knowledge and skills document. Teachers can use this document to plan their PE lessons matched to their individual class need and link in topic areas where appropriate. Additional support in delivering lessons is with support from national governing bodies. Staff development is key, with CPD opportunities being raised by the Curriculum Lead and the annual School Sports budget being used for this. The progression document ensures the full curriculum is covered and the skills/knowledge taught is progressive from year group to year group. There is an emphasis on personal challenge within the teaching of PE and we incorporate the values of the School Games (determination, passion, respect, honesty, self-belief and teamwork) to develop well rounded participants and leaders as well as using the school’s facilities to support children with being active throughout the day (track, outdoor areas etc). Children are given opportunities in lessons to act as coaches, team leaders, officiators and analysers and those who are keen to take this further with our Sports Leaders roles within Year 5 and 6.

The Grove provides enrichment opportunities for all children to engage in extra-curricular activities during and after school as well as being provided with competitive opportunities with intra-house competitions and linking into West Wiltshire School Games. Providing sporting activities and competition after school enables children a pathway to follow from participation to competition.

Impact:

Within PE, we strive to prepare children to take part in lifelong physical activity for whatever reason they desire (from participation to coaching to officiating to high-level competition). We aim to encourage children to become physically confident, both as individuals and as part of a team. 

The Grove measure the impact of our curriculum through the following methods:

• Assessing children’s progression of skills at the end of a taught unit.
• Images and videos of the children’s practical learning
• Interviewing the pupils about their learning (pupil voice).
• Moderation staff meetings where lesson plans are scrutinised and there is the opportunity for a dialogue between teachers to understand progression of skills.
• Annual reporting of standards across the curriculum.
• Observation of taught lessons.

External measures are also used to measure the impact of our PE curriculum. Each year the school applies for the Schools Games Mark. This recognises high quality provision within the school, with the school awarded either the bronze, silver, gold or platinum award. The school has achieved the gold award for the last two years.

*Swimming lessons are provided for all children in Year 4 and any child not achieving the recommended standard within this year will be given further opportunity in future years.