Physical Education
Why is PE Important?
At St Aidan's we want to support our children to be happy, healthy and active children and recognise that good quality exciting Physical Education is key to fostering positive attitude towards an active and healthy lifestyle. Our children have 2 hours of PE a week and take part in the 'Daily Mile' initiative.
Through the use of Get Set for PE we provide a high quality physical education curriculum that inspires all pupils to succeed and excel in weekly lessons, competitive sport and other physically demanding activities. We are improving our programme of intra and inter school competitions and links with outside agencies, to provide opportunities for pupils to participate in competitive sports and activities both in and beyond the curriculum.
Whole School Overview
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National Curriculum Links
In Key Stage 1, through our curriculum, the children are taught to develop fundamental movement skills, become increasingly competent and confident and access a broad range of opportunities to extend their agility, balance and coordination, individually and with others. They should be able to engage in competitive (both against self and against others) and co-operative physical activities, in a range of increasingly challenging situations.
Pupils should be taught to:
- master basic movements including running, jumping, throwing and catching, as well as developing balance, agility and co-ordination, and begin to apply these in a range of activities
- participate in team games, developing simple tactics for attacking and defending
- perform dances using simple movement patterns.
In Key Stage 2, through our curriculum, the children are taught to 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.
Pupils should be taught to:
- use running, jumping, throwing and catching in isolation and in combination
- play competitive games, modified where appropriate [for example, badminton, basketball, cricket, football, hockey, netball, rounders and tennis], and apply basic principles suitable for attacking and defending
- develop flexibility, strength, technique, control and balance [for example, through athletics and gymnastics]
- perform dances using a range of movement patterns
- take part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team
- compare their performances with previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best