St Teresa's Catholic Primary School

PE Curriculum and Sport Premium

"I can do everything through him who gives me strength."

- Philippians 4:13

Subject Leader: Mrs Hatton

Vision

Our school aims to inspire all children to develop a love of physical activity and sport. Through good physical education, whole school values and a whole child approach, we aim to nurture confident, resilient children who will strive for their personal best. We listen to our children wants and needs and provide them with a range of active experiences and clubs. We want to aid our children in obtaining the values and skills to celebrate and respect the success of others, as well as modestly celebrating their own successes. We aim to ensure that our delivery of physical education allows all children to have the skills and mindset to leave primary school with the capabilities to be successful in their sporting challenges and active lifestyles at secondary school and beyond. We strive to educate both our children and families to develop a greater understanding on how to live healthy lifestyles and make healthy choices. We are dedicated to ensuring healthy minds, as well as bodies and will continue to support our children's well-being. We have strong links with local clubs and partnerships within our community to ensure the children and families receive the support and knowledge they need.

Aims of our PE curriculum

At St Teresa’s, we recognise the importance PE plays in the curriculum and are committed to providing all children with opportunities to engage fully in Physical Education. The aim of our PE programme is to develop children's basic physical competencies, build confidence in their ability and build the foundations for a lifelong love of sport, physical activity and a healthy lifestyle.

PE lessons encourage children to compete against themselves and others whilst being challenged to improve their physical, social, emotional and thinking skills. These skills are embedded in the heart of our planning. Our objectives in the teaching of PE align with the National Curriculum in that we aim to ensure all pupils:

Develop competence to excel in a broad range of physical activities Are physically active for sustained periods of time
Engage in competitive sports and activities
Lead healthy, active lives

Teaching and learning

Our PE lessons are planned using the Get Set 4 PE platform, which aligns with our core values, our whole child approach to PE and the objectives laid out in the National Curriculum. Get Set 4 PE is planned so that progression is built into the scheme which ensures our children are increasingly challenged as they move up through the school.

The curriculum planning in PE is a broad and balanced curriculum that is exciting for our children to learn through. Our medium-term plans give details of each unit of work for each term. These schemes of work provide an overview of the unit, links to other areas of the National Curriculum and assessment criteria for that unit. The short-term lesson plans provide opportunities for children of all abilities to develop their skills, knowledge and understanding in each activity area. We are privileged to work with specialist Gymnastics and Sports providers including Watford Football Club, who support the teaching of PE in our school.

Our school has connections with other local schools. We compete in local football, swimming and athletics events. We have strong connections with local clubs and offer a wide range of extra-curricular sports clubs from Irish Dancing to Netball. St Teresa’s enriches our pupils’ learning experiences through events in the school calendar such as Sports Day, Sports week and Bike-aBility.

PE Curriculum Map

Click on the link below to see our PE Curriculum Map

PE Curriculum Map

PE Skills and Knowledge Curriculum Progression Ladders

Click on the link to see our curriculum progression documents

St Teresa's PE Skills and Knowledge Progression Ladders

St Teresa's PE Vocabulary Pyramids

PE Knowledge Organisers

Click on the knowledge organiser for your child's year group. Knowledge organisers are a useful resource to support parents/carers to talk to their child about their learning at home.

PE Knowledge Organiser Early Years

PE Y1 and Y2 Knowledge Organisers

PE Y3 and Y4 Knowledge Organisers

PE Y5 and Y6 Knowledge Organisers

Active Families

Getting moving not only helps our bodies stay healthy, but it also helps our well-being too. Staying active at home doesn’t have to mean a long walk or bike ride, there a fun, simple and quick ways to get active as a family at home. Take a look at some of our active family's ideas below.

Please let us know if you try them out, we would love to hear from you!