Physical Education
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. 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.
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, ASAC sports 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 provided using national PE funding, our children are taught to a high standard and develop their skills very well in this overlap subject between sport and the arts. Again we enter dance and gymnastic competitions and help children access additional outside provision.
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 Teaching Framework - Units of Work
| 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 |
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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 |
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Year 3 |
Tennis and Dance | Rugby and Gymnastics | Dance and Hockey |
Benchball and Netball |
Cricket and Athletics |
T-Ball and Athletics |
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Year 4 |
Dance and Cricket | Gymnastics and Football | Handball |
Handball |
Athletics and Rugby |
Athletics and Rounders |
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Year 5 |
Football | Football | Gymnastics and Rugby |
Basketball and Dance |
Athletics |
Rounders |
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Year 6 |
Netball and Dance | Football and Gymnastics | Basketball and Fitness |
Hockey and Circuit Training |
Cricket and Athletics |
Rounders and Sports Day |