Physical Education

Vision: For all children to develop a lifelong enjoyment of sport and physical activity through an exciting, engaging and challenging curriculum.

From the children:

"Take our shoes and socks off to do PE. Then we go find a space to do PE.. the warm up." Nursery

"We have to look after our planet and not chop down trees, make paper a different way. I can recycle, that's slowing down global warming." Year 1

"The first two weeks we were thinking of shapes and putting them together, thinking of the shapes was tricky, and the other two weeks we were practising putting them together." Year 2

"We're learning bouncing balls, we're learning about ball skills, and in one PE session we're learning about football skills." Year 3

"We throw balls at each other and when you hit someone you're out, but if they catch it they will be out and someone on their team will be back in." Year 4

From the PE leader:

Hello, I am Mrs Morris, the PE co-ordinator at Folly View Primary School. I am passionate about leading PE in our school and want our children to leave us being independent learners, resilient and with a lifelong enjoyment of sport and physical activity. Our scheme of work is RealPE which focusses on positive learning behaviours, fundamental movement skills and the development of agility, balance and coordination.

PE Policy

Our PE policy is a guide that explains how we teach PE at Folly View. It outlines our goals for children's learning, the methods we use in PE lessons, and how we make PE engaging and accessible for everyone. The policy helps ensure that every child has a consistent, high-quality PE learning experience, with opportunities to develop fundamental movement skills, positive learning behaviours and a love of sport.

PE Policy - Folly View Primary 2024.pdf

Intent

At Folly View Primary, the PE Curriculum is designed to give every child the physical literacy, emotional and thinking skills to achieve in PE, sport and life. We aim to develop pupils who will be physically active and can flourish in a range of different physical activities. Our child centred approach to teaching PE promotes challenge and support for every child.

The curricular and extra-curricular opportunities enable pupils to experience a variety of physical activities to enable them to become confident active learners. The progressive skills development focuses on development of agility, balance and coordination, healthy competition and cooperative learning. Our aim is to develop pupils who have and maintain high levels of physical fitness and that lead a healthy lifestyle which is achieved by eating sensibly and enjoying exercising regularly.

The PE Curriculum at Folly View Primary encourages pupils to remain physically active for sustained periods of time and develop an understanding of the importance of this in promoting long term health and well-being. It encourages a keen interest in PE, a willingness to participate eagerly in every lesson, promoting highly positive attitudes and the ability to make informed choices about engaging in extracurricular activities.

Our PE Curriculum is taught through fun, engaging topics and themes, focusing on pupil development through self, group and peer feedback whilst encouraging an ethos where pupils are celebrated and celebrate the achievements of others.

National Curriculum

Physical education programmes of study: key stages 1

National curriculum in England

Purpose of study

A high-quality physical education curriculum inspires all pupils to succeed and excel in competitive sport and other physically demanding activities. It should provide opportunities for pupils to become physically confident in a way which supports their health and fitness. Opportunities to compete in sport and other activities build character and help to embed values such as fairness and respect.

Aims

The national curriculum for physical education aims to ensure that 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.

Attainment targets

By the end of each key stage, pupils are expected to know, apply and understand the matters, skills and processes specified in the relevant programme of study.

Subject content Key stage 1

Pupils should 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

Subject content Key stage 2

Pupils should should 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, and apply basic principles suitable for attacking and defending
develop flexibility, strength, technique, control and balance
perform dances using a range of movement patterns
take part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team

Swimming and water safety

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
use a range of strokes effectively
perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations

Curriculum Implementation

At Folly View Primary we teach PE lessons through RealPE. It provides a unique, holistic, approach to teaching and learning. Lessons are fun and build on previous learning in each year group. Pupils are provided with opportunities to challenge themselves to improve on their own previous achievements. There are 6 multi-ability cogs - Personal, Social, Cognitive, Creative, Applying Physical and Health and Fitness - one for each term. Within each cog there are two fundamental movement skill foci which are repeated and built upon each year at individual levels. Each movement skill is taught using a thematic approach. Our Sunflower Nursery children start to be taught through RealFoundations where the 12 fundamental skills are taught and developed also through a thematic approach. See below for the curriculum map for each year group.

Long Term Plan

The long term plan outlines the sequence of fundamental learning skills and sports in PE to be taught within each year group and aligns with the National Curriculum. It ensures children progressively build upon their physical knowledge and skills throughout their learning journey within PE.

Impact - Learning in Action

The aim is not solely to give children the knowledge and physical skills they need to succeed now, but also for what comes next. Children should be ready to move onto the next stages of their education. Through PE we continue to develop children's movement skills and knowledge of different sports. Children are engaged and show enjoyment in their learning of PE, as well as being challenged by the learning taking place. This is demonstrated in a variety of ways including; displays, children's activities, pupil voice, observations and photos. Take a look at some of the things we get up to in PE below:

Year 1 Fundamentals Festival

Christmas Wake and Shake! Thank you Mrs S!

What a fantastic opportunity! Thank you so much to Darren and Mitch from Champions Martial Arts Faringdon who came and taught the whole school some martial arts.

Pupil voice...

"It was extremely cool having it in school. I liked the noises that we made when we punched." (G in Year 3)

"It was amazing and fun. I liked learning the boxing moves and the tornado kicks.. I've been practising it at home. I'd like to do it more." (H in Year 3)

"I liked the guy showing us the tornado kick. I punched the pad 96 times, it was cool."

(S in Year 3)

Well done everyone for taking part in the cross country races at Buscot Park. We're very proud of you!

Quadkidz! Well done everyone, you did an amazing job representing Folly View Primary School.

The whole school joined in the World Mile Challenge in honour of Roger Bannister who ran a mile in under 4 minutes 70 years ago in Oxford. Look at how many miles each class ran!

Year 3 and Year 4 at the SEND Festival! They gave everything their best effort as they took part in a variety of sporting activities. Well done, everyone!

What we thought about the SEND Festival....

"I liked rolling the balls and trying to hit the white one," Connie

"I liked the long jump because I jumped the furthest and I got a sticker," Layla

"I liked javelin because it was so much fun," Teddie

"I liked the jumping to each side, the monkey game and throwing the balls," Oliver

"I enjoyed everything!" Alfie

Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 loved taking part in an Indian dance workshop.

Pupil voice Term 2

What are you learning this term?

"We're learning bouncing balls, we're learning about ball skills, and in one PE session we're learning about football skills." (M in Year 3)

"We throw balls at each other and when you hit someone you're out, but if they catch it they will be out and someone on their team will be back in." (I in Year 4 explaining the rules of dodge ball)

"The first two weeks we were thinking of shapes and putting them together, thinking of the shapes was tricky, and the other two weeks we were practising putting them together." (A in Year 2)

What do you enjoy about PE?

"You get to move about and then you get stronger." (M in Year 3)

Is there anything you want to get better at? "Doing hard stuff this term, we did walking backwards on upside down benches. We were practising balancing." (M in Year 3)

"I really liked the relay racing with the ball." (I in Year 4)

"Netball was fun." (A in Year 2)

Is there anything you would like to get better at?

"I want to practise football outside and I want to play for another team like Faringdon." (A in Year 4)

"Practising shapes with my partner." (A in Year 2)

Christmas Wake and Shake up.. thank you Mrs S!