Sport

Physical Education and Games seek to offer opportunities for children to:

• Become skilful and intelligent performers
• Acquire and develop skills, performing with an increasing physical competence and confidence in a broad range of physical activities and contexts
• Learn how to select and apply skills and tactics
• Develop their ideas in a creative way
• Set targets for themselves and compete against others in a healthy environment
• Understand what it takes to succeed
• Acknowledge others success
• Make informed decisions about the importance of exercise in their lives.       

Our general aims within the Department are a desire to promote good health and fitness and for pupils to develop an understanding of the place of physical activity in everyday life. They are encouraged to participate fully in all forms of physical activity and to develop those qualities, which allow the individual to become a competent, well-balanced person. We attempt to nurture a sense of responsibility and create the opportunities for students to make decisions and develop an awareness and appreciation of expression within activity.

Needs and Balance

• To cater for all individual needs within a balanced programme of activities, with appropriate progression through the school.
• To provide equal opportunities for all pupils within a balanced and developmental curriculum.

Achievement and Enjoyment

• To allow pupils to discover enjoyment and expertise by providing them with a broad range of movement experiences.
• That each pupil experiences achievement and satisfaction through the challenge of physical activity.
• To promote an appreciation of physical movement through planning, performing and evaluation experiences.

Skills and Development

• To provide a basic skill foundation for pupils to build on.
• To develop a wide range of motor skills.
• To develop physical skills and improve body awareness.
• To develop creative and aesthetic awareness.
• Through practical participation and theoretical content acquire knowledge and experience of a wide range of activities.
• To provide the opportunity for decision-making.

Health

• To develop an understanding of the relationship between physical activity and health and encourage this in active participation.

Personal and Social

• To promote the development of positive relationships between individuals and groups.
• To give the pupil a greater understanding of themselves and the capabilities they possess.
• To provide for individual experimentation and experience.
• To develop individual experimentation and co-operation.

Facilities

• Sports Hall - (Marked for netball, basketball, tennis, badminton and hockey)
• Swimming Pool - (Indoor 25 metre five lanes)
• Astro turf - All Weather Area - Used for Hockey and Tennis
• Shale - All Weather Area - Used for Hockey and Tennis
• 2 Hard Court Areas - Used for four Netball courts and Tennis
• Theatre - Used for dance productions
• Dance Studio
• Two Squash Courts

Time Allocation

PE Lessons – 40 minute sessions
In Year 1 and 2 the children have one PE lesson a week.
In Years 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 they each receive two PE lessons a week.
Year 5 and 6 also receive one Outdoor Education lesson a week.
Games – 80 minute sessions
In Year 1 and 2 the children receive one games session a week (40 minutes)
In Year 3 they receive two games sessions a week ( 2 x 80 minutes)
In Year 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 they receive three games sessions a week ( 3 x 80 minutes)

Curriculum Organisation

All pupils in the school take part in both PE and games lessons.
School fixtures take place either in games lessons or on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons.
All PE lessons contain pupils from the same classes and are therefore both mixed in ability and sex.
Other sports and activities take place in lunchtimes or in club/activity times. We also offer some activities, which are delivered by outside professional and include: canoeing, swimming, fencing, horse riding, tennis, squash, dance, ballet….