PE

PE Policy 

Our Vision

Our PE curriculum is designed to encourage all children from Reception to Year 4 to enjoy a range of different physical activities that aid them to have a mentally and physically healthy life for years to come. We provide a variety of engaging, challenging lessons, delivered by staff and external experts (Windsor School Partnership), as well as entering numerous competitions at which King’s Court children are proud to represent their school. Being just as passionate about PE as our pupils are, we help the children in our care to build sporting prowess and vital life skills, including respect and teamwork, as well as fostering self-esteem, positivity and resilience.

Aims

At King’s Court ‘Physical Education’ takes inspiration from REAL PE.

REAL PE gives EVERY child the physical literacy, emotional and thinking skills to achieve in PE, Sport and life focusing on the development of agility, balance and coordination, healthy competition and cooperative learning through a unique approach to teaching and learning in PE.

 Key stage 1 children are 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

Key Stage 2 children are 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
• swim competently, confidently and proficiently leading to a distance of at least 25 meters by the end of Year 6
• use a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke]
• perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations

Assessment

Teachers use precise skills teaching and assess children regularly to identify those children with gaps in learning who need further support and practise or those that are exceeding expectations in order to plan for next steps. Teachers make and record a judgement on the extent to which children are competent in the taught skill/skills in each lesson.