Physical Education (PE)
We value the importance of developing and enhancing the children’s fundamental skills in varied inclusive activities, whilst also providing opportunities in traditional competitive sports. Our child-centred approach is instrumental to how we teach PE; to engage, support and challenge EVERY child. We encourage leadership and independence, which allows all abilities to participate at their own level. As a result the children receive two different weekly sessions of physical activity. One to learn the skills through sport and invasion games. The second is a dedicated session to developing fundamental physical and cognitive skills (REAL PE).
A successful learner at our schools will -
- Be confident participating in a range of physical activities whether as an individual or part of a team;
- Engage in competitive and cooperative physical activities, in a range of increasingly challenging situations;
- Communicate, collaborate take responsibility and ownership for their development of fundamental movement skills to help them access a broad range of opportunities which will gradually extend their agility, balance and coordination;
- Have had a range of experiences covering a wide spectrum of sporting and physical disciplines;
- Have in depth understanding of game play and apply effective decision making and tactical thinking in a range of situations;
- Be able to demonstrate and understand that physical education enriches many aspects of our growth such as: creativity, cognition. health and fitness, social awareness and personal well-being;
- Be confident to create, adapt, organise and lead physical activities for others;
- Respect each other's efforts in an atmosphere of mutual understanding and trust;
- Have had the opportunity to participate in competitive inter-school sporting events.
Infant School Learning Journey
Junior School Learning Journey
Progression of Knowledge and Skills document
Merrow Schools Federation PE Curriculum