INTENT:
It is our intent at All Saints to equip all children, irrespective of their disadvantage or SEND, with the knowledge, skills, attitudes and aspirations to enable them to contribute and live an active life as well as teach children life skills that will positively impact on their future. We aim to deliver high-quality teaching and learning opportunities that inspire all children to succeed in physical activities. We want to teach children how to cooperate and collaborate with others, as part of a team, understanding fairness and equity of play to embed life-long values.
Our school vision of nurturing hearts; inspiring minds is at the heart of each P.E. lesson. For example, children’s minds are inspired through the leadership opportunities that are promoted and supported through P.E. like leading warm up’s, umpiring games and the sport challenges each play times that Play Leaders have created. Likewise, we have passionate staff and inspiring visitors who inspire our children to be sporty and live an active lifestyle. Building a positive mind-set is one of the key aims throughout each lesson. All our children have their hearts nurtured through the support they receive as well as the opportunities to learn how to cope when they don’t win. An important life lesson. Learning champions are developed so that children have the skills and confidence to support their peers for example in gymnastics when completing rolls and balances. We also have lots of ‘active’ interventions to ensure ALL our children live a more active lifestyle as in turn, we recognise the huge benefits this has on their mental health. For example daily run, storm-breaks, forest schools and gardening all provide an alternative active group for those children who don’t like generic sports like football.
Our curriculum aims to improve the wellbeing and fitness of all children at All Saints Primary, not only through the sporting skills taught, but through the underpinning values and disciplines PE promotes. Within our lessons, children are taught about self-discipline and that to be successful you need to take ownership and responsibility of their own health and fitness. Our impact is therefore to motivate children to utilise these underpinning skills in an independent and effective way in order to live happy and healthy lives.
Teachers assess children against the National curriculum expectations for P.E. every term. The impact of All Saint’s scheme can be constantly monitored through both formative and summative assessment opportunities. The subject leader, senior leadership and the School Development Group monitor P.E. termly.SPIRITUAL: Explore beliefs and experience; respect faiths, feelings and values; enjoy learning about oneself, others and the surrounding world; use imagination and creativity; reflect. P.E supports spiritual development by increasing their knowledge and understanding of the body’s performance when exercising; this leaves pupils amazed at the body’s ability. Through dance and sports such as gymnastics pupils are being creative, expressing feelings and emotions in their performances. Allowing pupil’ reflection time to evaluate their experiences allows them to build a positive mindset and promotes progression. Pupils will also see a sense of awe and wonder when observing elite performance from professional athletes and their peers.
Moral: Recognise right and wrong; respect the law; understand consequences; investigate moral and ethical issues; offer reasoned views. P.E supports moral development by encouraging them to live a healthy lifestyle and promoting healthy living is apparent in each P.E lesson. Pupils develop the ability to tell between right and wrong through fair play in sporting events and participating in our half termly competitive games, tournaments, sports day and other competitive situations, giving pupils a sense of justice, and how to respond appropriately when they feel there is an injustice. The frequent opportunity given to pupils to support the importance of abiding by the rules.
Social: Use a range of social skills; participate in the local community; appreciate diverse viewpoints; participate, volunteer and cooperate; resolve conflict; engage with the 'British values' of democracy, the rule of law, liberty, respect and tolerance. P.E supports social development by developing the necessary skills to work in teams or pairs, as the majority of activities are based around team games or creating sequences in groups, co-operation with others is paramount to success. Giving the pupils roles such as sports Ambassadors offers pupils the opportunity to take leadership. Also all children within lessons the opportunity to lead, coach or umpire to develop their communication skills, leadership skills and the ability to settle any discrepancies which may occur. Pupils are encouraged to reflect upon feelings of enjoyment and determination.
Cultural: Appreciate cultural influences; appreciate the role of Britain's parliamentary system; participate in culture opportunities; understand, accept, respect and celebrate diversity. P.E supports cultural development by giving children the opportunity to explore dances and learn games from different traditions and cultures including their own. Pupils also recognise and discuss the differences between male and female roles within sport, at both elite and amateur levels. Compassion and respect for other culture and traditions is also displayed by all when exploring unfamiliar games or dances. Pupils will discuss how culture affects what sports different nations excel at and how cultural traditions can affect which sports men and women participate in.
BRITISH VALUES (to be developed in all lessons)
The core British Values are:
- Democracy
- Rule of Law
- Mutual Respect
- Individual Liberty
- Tolerance
Our P.E. curriculum provides an excellent opportunity to discuss, and make explicit, the need for rules and laws governing conduct, as well as the concepts of interdependency and mutual cooperation. P.E. enables our pupils to experience individual liberty by deciding how far to devote themselves to a sport. An example of how British values are developed at All Saints is below:
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Democracy |
- Voting what lunch time clubs are available - Interviewing and applying for sports ambassadors |
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Rule of Law |
- Rules in sport |
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Tolerance and Mutual Respect |
- Team games - Peer evaluation - Learning about sports and games from other nations and cultures, including dance |
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Individual Liberty |
- Leading warm-ups (pupil planned and led) - Participation in clubs and sporting events |
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Equality |
- Teams not discriminated (i.e. gender, religion, ethnicity or disabilities not a barrier to learning or competing) |
