Physical Education/ Physical Development- Becoming Athletes!

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Purpose of Study:

At Dunchurch Infant School and Nursery we follow the Real PE physical education scheme. 

REAL PE is a philosophy and approach which aims to transform how we teach PE in order to include, challenge and support EVERY child. It supports us as teachers to make small changes that will have a significant impact on our learners.

 We have six main units throughout the year:

1. Personal

2. Social

3. Cognitive

4. Creative

5. Applying Physical

6. Healthy and Fitness

EYFS Pupils should be taught to:

• Children show good control and co-ordination in large and small movements
• Children move confidently in a range of ways, safely negotiating space
• Children handle equipment effectively
• Children know the importance for good health, physical exercise and healthy diet and can talk about ways to keep healthy and safe.

KS1 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.

Intent:

A high-quality PE 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 now and in the future. Opportunities to compete in sport and other activities build character and help to embed values such as fairness and respect. Through the PE curriculum, we aim to develop children for the careers of their future and share ways for them to collaborate, learn, create, lead and inspire through PE.

Our overall vision for the PE curriculum is for children to be able to…

• PE and sport to have a high profile
• For there to be a wide range of activities to engage and inspire all pupils
• Pupils to receive at least 2 hours of high quality sporting activity each week
• To have a curriculum enriched by our links with outside organisations
• All children to take part in competitive sport and in doing so show the values of fairness and respect

Implementation:

Planning

Staff use Real PE to support them in the delivery of the PE National Curriculum.

 Real PE focuses on the development of fundamental skills.

These include:

• Creative
• Applying Physical
• Social
• Personal
• Health and fitness
• Cognitive

A minority of children will have particular teaching and learning requirements which go beyond the provision for that age range and if not addressed, could create barriers to learning. This may include pupils with SEND, those in receipt of FSM/PP or those with EAL. Equally staff will identify opportunities to provide greater challenge for children who are more-able in PE. Teachers will take account of these requirements and plan, where necessary, to support individuals or groups of pupils to enable them to participate effectively in the curriculum. Complete PE identifies how teachers can support or challenge pupils in PE.

Impact:

Assessment and Recording

Assessment of children’s learning and acquisition of knowledge in Real PE is closely linked to objectives listed in the National Curriculum.  Teachers constantly assess children’s progress throughout lessons and intervene with appropriate feedback at the point of learning wherever possible to ensure the child can make progress within a sequence of lessons. Overall progress across a unit is assessed through observations made throughout PE lessons, especially when children apply the taught skills in small-sided games. Summative assessment is carried out against objectives and recorded on the real PE FUNS assessment grid. Assessments are taken at the start and end of a unit to assess the children’s progress.

Monitoring and Review

The PE leader creates an annual action plan for the development of the subject and provides a review of the subject to the head teacher annually. They review the curriculum through pupil voice interviews to determine knowledge acquisition and provision for this as well as conducting lesson drop-ins when necessary.  The PE lead also uses a document to evidence the Sports Premium spend each year. This is available on the school website.