Our vision for PE at St Joseph’s
Our vision for PE at St Joseph’s is that Physical Education, as a statutory subject, is valued, aspirational and delivered with high expectations, enabling all children to succeed and excel in competitive sport and physically demanding activities while becoming confident in ways that support their health and fitness (DfE Physical Education).
We aim to inspire a physically active generation who value their well-being and strive for personal best. We believe every child has the right to participate and succeed, developing resilience, teamwork, respect and kindness through shared experiences.
We hope to inspire our children try new activities and develop a broad range of physical skills. We strive to foster a culture where pupils challenge themselves and others, developing resilience and competence across activities, sustaining physical activity, engaging in competition and leading healthy, active lives (National Curriculum KS1 & KS2).
What does PE look like at St Joseph’s?
All of our children receive 2 hours of PE each week. Each lesson starts with a warm up and has a focus on physical activity, ensuring children are active for sustained periods. Skills are taught through modelling and children practising through structured, progressive activities. Children are then given opportunity to apply their skills in challenges, routines or game play. All lessons end with a cool down. Lessons are adapted where necessary to enable all children to access and succeed.
Within EYFS there is a focus within PE on the Early Learning Goals, specifically Physical Development and Personal, Social and Emotional development.
Within KS1 pupils develop their fundamental movement skills, become increasingly competent and confident. They access a broad range of opportunities to extend their agility, balance and coordination, individually and with others. Children will also start to engage in competitive and cooperative physical activities in a range of increasingly challenging situations.
Within KS2 pupils 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.