Physical Education
Subject Leader: Mrs Lambert
I love the many benefits of being active and physical for both my mind and my health.
I enjoy watching lots of different sports and the possibilities for building cooperation, competitiveness and friendships through sport.
I run Parkrun weekly with my family and have run over 200 runs in 25 different locations around the UK! I have run in different road races in the past and will be taking part in my 2nd half marathon later this year!
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Join me at Parkrun!
Avenham Park Junior Parkrun is a free, marshalled 2km event held every Sunday at 9am. Click here to find out more!
A free 5km event is also held on Saturdays at 9am. Sign up for a barcode to join and start your own parkrun journey!
Intention:
At Penwortham Primary School, our Physical Education curriculum provides a better understanding of how to lead an active, healthy lifestyle, demonstrate both respect and resilience, all of which can be applied within other areas of school life and beyond their time in our school.
At Penwortham Primary School we aim to enable our pupils to achieve excellence in Physical Education and Sport as follows:
Aspire - Encourage an Aspirational Future: Physical health and wellbeing is vitally important and supports learning across the curriculum by promoting concentration and focus. We encourage children to constantly and consistently develop their own individual PE skills, setting personal goals within their progress. We access inspiring and leading athletes throughout the year who help us to instill ambitious attitudes towards future successes.
Belong - Foster Belonging and Collaborative work:We provide many opportunities for children to access competitive and collaborative sport, through half –termly house competitions, after school clubs, and community links with South Ribble Borough Council primary schools and Priory Academy. Pupils also gain skills and values such as communication, co-operation and leadership in lessons and through our young leaders ambassador opportunities.
Care - Create Caring and Sustainability Awareness: We foster resilience and a growth mindset, encouraging learners to embrace challenges and view physical difficulties as opportunities to develop further. We encourage a high level of participation in all aspects of PE, providing our pupils with essential tools to manage and cope with difficulties in their everyday life.
Discover - Discover and Develop Practical Skills: By providing a rich and broad range of activities we develop the enjoyment of physical activity with the aim that all pupils will find a sport or activity that engages them and encourages a lifelong interest in physical activity or sport.
Excellence - Integrate Excellence Across Subjects: We provide opportunities for all pupils to have experienced and gained skills in a wide range of activity and sports including being able to swim at least 25 metres.
Implementation:
We plan and teach our PE sessions using the Get Set for PE programme. We access specialist coaches from the South Ribble Active Lives who deliver regular curriculum sessions and extra-curricular activities throughout the year.
Children at Penwortham Primary have many opportunities throughout the year to participate in competitive sports both within school and attending events arranged by South Ribble Sports coaches and our School Games Organiser.
We aim for all our pupils to have an active 10-15 minutes of exercise each day. This is in addition to the 2 timetabled taught PE lessons each week.
Pupils in Years 3 and 4 have access to weekly swimming lessons at the local swimming pool as part of their curriculum delivery.
We aim for our playtimes to be active and healthy for mind and body. A range of resources and activities are encouraged for physical well being as well as quieter areas for calm and opportunities for reflection and social time with friends.
Impact:
We aim for all pupils to meet the end of Key Stage expectations in the National Curriculum for Physical Education.
We aim for pupils to have opportunities to develop resilience and a sense of pride and competitive spirit, striving to be their personal best whilst contributing to the wider school community by participating in team activities.
We assess the impact through the use of formative assessment throughout a unit of work and summative assessment at the end of a unit.
Our aim is to provide enjoyment of Physical Education and equip children with necessary attitudes and skills to enable them to engage more willingly in physical activities beyond KS2.
