Physical Education

Intent

At Reed First School, we aim to provide a PE curriculum that pupils from Nursery to Year 4 not only enjoy but also allows them to experience a range of activities that help them to develop their health, fitness and wellbeing. We intend to offer a high-quality physical education curriculum that inspires all pupils to succeed and excel in competitive sport and other physically-demanding activities. It provides 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. Lessons and resources are adapted to ensure inclusivity for all of our pupils, for example a range of resources to throw and catch and adult one to one support to run with pupils at cross country.

The national curriculum for PE 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

Our achievement of the School Games Award demonstrates our commitment to the subject and to the use of physical activity as a way to support wellbeing and healthy lifestyles.

Through our membership of the North East Hertfordshire Sports Partnership we are able to access support to ensure a broad and balanced curriculum offering a wide range of areas of PE. This is reflected in our curriculum maps at the end of this page. As with all curriculum areas, we follow a 2 year cycle to ensure all skills mapped are covered during our pupils’ time in each Key Stage.

We frequently participate in inter-schools tournaments.

Children have the opportunity to develop their skills further through our after-school sports clubs including dance, running, football and netball.