Intent

At Collingwood, we recognise that physical activity and sports are an essential part of a child’s everyday life and a key factor in the future wellbeing. We aim for all children to find enjoyment in physical activity and aim to provide them with a wide range of opportunities to discover the right activities for themselves and understand the benefits of physical activity. Our goal is present opportunities for competitive sports against themselves and others, working in partnerships and teams, which helps to build self-confidence, perseverance and a sense of pride. A key part of this will be to engage their enthusiasm and provide them with the necessary skills and experiences in order for them to be in the best position possible to further engage in physical activity and sporting opportunities as their educational and life journey continues beyond this establishment. Our aim is to prepare and support pupils towards healthy and active lifestyle choices for their future mental and physical well-being.

• Develop PE skills that enables pupils to become physically confident, supporting their health, wellbeing and fitness and provides the foundations for lifelong activity, especially for those inactive and overweight children;

• We want pupils to enjoy, succeed and excel in competitive sport and physical activity; 

• We offer all children chances to compete in sport and other activities. This helps them build character and learn values such as fairness and respect;

• Through PE, we develop the children’s knowledge, skills and understanding. They build confidence and competence in a range of activities,learn, practice and secure a range of skills and tactics and develop their understanding of safety and the need for rules and fair play.

Implementation

National Curriculum expectations:

KS1: Pupils should develop fundamental movement skills, become increasingly competent and confident and access a broad range of opportunities to extend their agility, balance and coordination, individually and with others. They should be able to engage in competitive (both against self and against others) and co-operative physical activities, in a range of increasingly challenging situations. Pupils should be taught to:  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  participate in team games, developing simple tactics for attacking and defending  perform dances using simple movement patterns.

KS2: Pupils should continue to apply and develop a broader range of skills, learning how to use them in different ways and to link them to make actions and sequences of movement. They should enjoy communicating, collaborating and competing with each other. They should develop an understanding of how to improve in different physical activities and sports and learn how to evaluate and recognise their own success. Pupils should be taught to:  use running, jumping, throwing and catching in isolation and in combination  play competitive games, modified where appropriate [for example, badminton, basketball, cricket, football, hockey, netball, 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  take part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team  compare their performances with previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best.

Swimming and water safety All schools must provide swimming instruction either in key stage 1 or key stage 2. In particular, pupils should be taught 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.

Collingwood’s Curriculum Policy and School Aims, can be found on the policies page of this website.  An overview of what is being taught to each year group can be found on separate Class Pages on this website ("Children" tab drop down menu) and guidance on more personalised learning eg spellings, times tables and reading, can be found in your child's own "Supporting Learning Book" which should be kept in their book bag and go between home and school each day.  If you would like to know more, please ask at the office and our Class teachers or Subject Leads will be happy to contact you.