PE Intent

At St. Peter’s Primary School, our Physical Education (PE) curriculum is designed to develop children’s love of physical activity and staying active. Our aim is that all pupils will leave St. Peter's Primary physically literate and with the knowledge, skills and motivation necessary to equip them for a healthy, active lifestyle and lifelong participation in physical activity and sport. We nurture a culture where children enjoy playing as part of a team, improving their communication, problem-solving and sportsperson-ship, and understanding that taking part can be as important and valuable as winning. Our broad, balanced and carefully sequenced curriculum aims to provide our children with the opportunity to build on their experiences in order to achieve their goals. 

PE Implementation

• PE is taught twice a week, with one indoor and one outdoor session. The sessions provide challenging and enjoyable learning through a range of sporting activities which can all be seen on our PE curriculum below
• Our curriculum sets out the PE units which are to be taught throughout the year and ensures that the requirements of the National Curriculum are fully met
• The outdoor lesson is taught by an experienced coach from The Elm's Group
• If the other PE lesson falls on a Tuesday, then a PE coach who specialises in primary PE teaching from Chelsea FC team-teaches the lesson with the class teacher
• All classes take part in Active 10 sessions 4 x weekly. Active 10 is a whole key stage class activity led by the class teachers where children take part in physical activity between their morning lessons. All children are encouraged and expected to take part. See timetable below
• We often have specialist coaches in a variety of sports deliver high-quality sessions to our pupils, notably from Lord's Cricket and a judo coach from Sports Inspired
• In addition, children are encouraged to participate in the varied range of extra-curricular after-school clubs which are listed below
• Children are invited to attend competitive sporting events within the local area. This is an inclusive approach which endeavours to encourage not only physical development but also mental well-being. These events also develop teamwork and leadership skills and are very much enjoyed by the children. Although some events ask only for a small team therefore meaning not every child from the class can attend every event, we take this into account the following year to ensure it's fair and that everyone has a turn
• The children have access to a wide range of exciting playground activity resources, encouraging them to stay active and engaged during break times 
• In July every year, St. Peter's holds their Sports Day at Paddington Rec. Sports Day is a highly-anticipated event that children, staff and parents look forward to all year. Children compete to gain points for their House and the winning house are awarded a trophy
• We are soon to launch the Friday Mile, which will see our KS2 children running around the block 3 times, and KS1 children running around the school playground for 10 minutes. Staff, equipped with first aid kits, will be stationed around the block to guide, encourage and cheer on the children, helping them to stay motivated throughout their run. We hope that this weekly run will improve children's cardio fitness, build resilience and teach children the importance of perseverance, encouraging them to keep going even when faced with tough challenges. Lastly, we strongly believe that the Friday Mile will help the children with their concentration throughout the rest of the day 

Clubs

Here at St. Peter's, the teachers and teaching assistants offer after-school clubs. See below:

- Dance (Tuesday with Miss Stewart)

- Yoga (Thursday with Miss Wright)

- Hockey (Friday with Miss Carman)

Clubs ran by external providers: 

- Elm's football KS2

- Pro Touch multi-sports (free)

- Reception and KS1 Pro Touch multi-sports (free)

- Girls football (free)

- Judo (starting after Easter)

Swimming

The National Curriculum states that 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. This academic year (24/25), we are providing swimming lessons for any child in Years 5 and 6 who cannot yet swim 25 metres. These children will be attending swimming lessons at Moberly Sports Centre on a Friday afternoon starting in the Summer term. Next academic year (25/26), we will be providing lessons for Year 4 and 5.    

PE Impact

Our PE Curriculum is high quality, well thought-out and is planned to demonstrate progression across the different year groups. Within lessons, there are opportunities for formative assessment that is ongoing throughout each lesson. Teacher use this assessment to judge the progress of pupils which enables the teacher to make flexible adaptations to their planned teaching. We help motivate children to participate in a variety of sports through high-quality teaching that is engaging, fun and challenging. From our lessons, our children learn to take responsibility for their own health and fitness, problem-solve, and work as part of a team dealing with any conflicts and disagreements which may arise within their teams or with the opposition. St. Peter's children love sport and physical activity and highly value their PE lessons here at school. We are very proud of the progress they make throughout the year and their enthusiasm to take part in workshops and competitions both at school, on trips and outside of school. We believe all St. Peter's pupils have the potential to grow up to live happy and healthy lives utilising the skills and knowledge acquired through PE.

PE Curriculum

At St. Peter's, we use the scheme, Get Set 4 Education. 

Get Set 4 Education has a specific PE scheme designed for all primary ages. Get Set is committed to offering high-quality and tools and most importantly, fun and engaging lessons which will help inspire children to want to be active and get involved in sports both in and outside of school. 

Please see our curriculum overview below.