Physical Education
Real PE- We are a Real Legacy school!
In September 2019 we invested in the Real PE scheme and became a Real Legacy school. This means that we have the tools to teach Real PE, Real Gym, Real Play and Real Leaders and deliver a high quality PE curriculum to every child that develops the whole child.
Over the year all children work on 6 cogs that aim to develop different aspects of a child's physical ability including specific skills, game play, teamwork, sportsman ship and a love of being active. Real PE is taught from EYFS and begins with developing each child's fundamental movement skills of agility, balance and coordination through the skills being taught and then applied in a fun way through songs and games. Each child's fundamental movement skills are then built upon each year and made progressively harder. In KS2 there is more of a focus on applying the skills that have been advanced into game play situations or personal best challenges.
Create Development (the founders of Real PE) share our ambition and have a vision to create positive relationships with physical activity for life. Their vision is to redefine what’s possible for PE, Sport and physical activity through a new, positive and inclusive culture. Real PE is a PE curriculum philosophy and approach which helps ALL children develop the physical literacy, emotional and thinking skills to achieve in PE, sport and life. It places the learner at the heart of practice with the ultimate goal of transforming how we teach PE.
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Cross Curricular
Although PE is a curricular subject in its own right and is a part of our programme of study, we also encourage physical activity in many areas of school life. In EYFS physical skills are practised and developed as part of outdoor learning through obstacle courses, climbing trees and moving and carrying. In KS1 physial activity in promoted in subjects such as Geography where the outdoors are explored regularly in order to develop an awareness of physical and human features. We encourage and develop sports leaders from KS2 to help facilitate team games and activities during playtimes and lunchtimes. Many KS2 classes take part in the daily mile where we use our extensive grounds to allow children, in a manner in which they choose, to complete a mile circuit on a regular basis during the week.
We foster and encourage links with other local schools, teams and organisations to develop opportunities for our pupils to engage in competitive sport. We run a comprehensive Enrichment provision with over 120 pupils benefitting from additional coaching, including support from the Leeds Rhinos Foundation.
PE Statement of Intent
Team Games
Team games teaching provides children with sports skills such as aiming, shooting and passing, but also enables them to develop their understanding of strategy and team work. Our carefully planned programme ensures that games skills are revisited throughout the year and across school.
Through this study, our children are able to develop general team game skills but also to specialise and join our lunchtime football leagues, Enrichment Clubs and represent the school in one of our many competitive teams.
Individual Pursuits
Children are also taught sports skills for games and activities that are not always played as a team. There is of course overlap; although running and swimming involve the development of precise techniques and are solo events, the school enters competitions so that swimmers and athletes can also represent the school as part of our teams.
We are consistently one of the top ten schools in Leeds across all sports and excel in many. For example, our swimming teams are undefeated in nine years and have produced many swimmers who have competed for Leeds, and in Regional and National competition.
Performing Arts
The final strand of our teaching develops the children's gymnastic and dance skills. Benefitting from specialist dance teaching, our children are taught to a high standard and develop their skills very well in this overlap subject between sport and the arts.
The units studied in dance provide a platform for children to challenge themselves and perform individually, and as a team, to a high level.
Physical Education- units of work that are taught alongside Real PE
Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Year 1 |
Games Skills and Gymnastics | Games Skills and Dance |
Games Skills and Gymnastics |
Football and Dance |
Net and Wall and Athletics |
Games Skills and Atheltics |
Year 2 |
Gymnastics and Game Skills | Gymnastics and Game Skills | Games Skills and Dance |
Uni Hockey and Gymnastics |
T-Ball and Athletics |
Cricket and Atheletics |
Year 3 |
Tennis and Dance | Rugby and Gymnastics | Dance and Hockey |
Benchball and Netball |
Cricket and Athletics |
T-Ball and Athletics |
Year 4 |
Dance and Cricket | Gymnastics and Football | Handball |
Handball |
Athletics and Rugby |
Athletics and Rounders |
Year 5 |
Football | Football | Gymnastics and Rugby |
Basketball and Dance |
Athletics |
Rounders |
Year 6 |
Netball and Dance | Football and Gymnastics | Basketball and Fitness |
Hockey and Circuit Training |
Cricket and Athletics |
Rounders and Sports Day |