Physical Education
   

Intention
 

Our high-quality physical education curriculum inspires all pupils to succeed and excel in competitive sport and other physically demanding activities. At Star we want all children to enjoy sport and physical activity. We want them to be actively engaged in lessons and develop a lifelong love and understanding of the benefits of physical activity both to their physical and mental health.

As a rights respecting school, we embed the values of fairness, sportspersonship and respect through competitive sports and physically demanding  activities.

By the time our pupils leave us at the end of KS2, they will have developed their competence in a range of sports and physical activities so they go on to live active and healthy lives.

Implementation
 
  • All children participate in weekly PE lessons as well as Fit Friday activities to enable them to be physically active for sustained periods of time.
  • The curriculum is delivered through the areas of acquiring and developing skills, applying skills and using tactics and evaluating and improving performance. 
  • PE is interconnected with other subjects such as science and is championed through our Healthy Hearts PE led topic
  • Our learners develop their PE skills through games, gymnastics and dance activities.
  • Pupils in EYFS and KS1 master the fundamental skills, participate in team games and perform dances. 
  • Pupils continue to apply and develop a broader range of ability into KS2, improving skills related to a range of competitive sports and games and develop tactical awareness.
  • Specialist sports teachers lead movement/intervention groups for children whose physical literacy requires additional support or children who lack confidence or require a physical outlet. The specialist team of staff enable focused teaching and support, whilst providing a range of increasingly challenging  situations.
  • Pupils swim safely and with increasing confidence and competence and develop their proficiency over a distance of 25 metres using a range of strokes.
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Impact
  Children at Star are engaged and happy in PE lessons and show progressive improvement year on year to become physically confident sportspeople and strive for their personal best.  Pupils enjoy collaborating, competing and communicating with each other using, reading and making sense of core vocabulary. Our pupils are successful and represent the school in inclusive sporting events and borough wide competitions.   Through PE, pupils develop their leadership skills; advocating a love of sports and physical activities. Our pupils know that sustained physical activity leads to a better life expectancy and personal wellbeing.
In the Classroom Progression Framework Key Vocabulary  National Curriculum

Enrichment
  Children at Star Primary are given many enrichment opportunities within PE, sport and physical activity. We offer many sports clubs, some run by outside coaches and some run by our own PE staff. Children get a chance to represent the school in many different sports teams against other schools in the borough, but we also offer a lot of intra school competition in the form of sports days, dance mat competitions. Children also get the opportunity to complete sports leader training. All children in the school are also involved in our annual Big Dance.

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