PE, Sport and Healthy Living
Intent
Physical Education at St. Joseph’s is a key part of our children’s learning experience. It is essential that all children take part in some form of physical activity every week.
In order to be of benefit to all concerned, P.E. needs to be experienced in a safe and caring environment in order for it to contribute to all pupils’ development.
Implementation
We aim for every child to have 2 compulsory hours and 2 optional hours of physical activity every week. This is split into 4 categories:
- 1 hour of PE lessons
- 1 hour of Active learning
- 1 hour of extra-curricular activity to take place on the premises
- 1 hour of sports activity to take place off site via a link from school
Impact
Our P.E. programme provides opportunities for pupils to increase their self-confidence through an ability to manage themselves, with a skill-based approach rather than sport-specific lessons. Children aim to beat their personal best, rather than try to be the best performer.
All lessons incorporate a fitness element, giving the children the opportunity to build up physical fitness gradually over their time at St. Joseph’s.
What PE looks like in EYFS
PE are important subjects to deliver to EYFS children. A well planned PE curriculum in the EYFS ensures that children enter Year 1 with a strong foundation of key skills and knowledge.
We use the Edsential PE scheme 'Total PE+' which provides lessons in the key development areas of fundamental skills, gymnastics and dance. These introductions to the different PE skills then progress through the different sports and games explored through Key Stage 1 and 2.
Extra Curricular provision
All children from Year 1-6 are provided a minimum of 1 hour per week of free extra-curricular provision throughout the school year. This is provided though a variety of sports including trampolining, gymnastics, football, fencing, archery and others. A full list of sports are provided on the PE calendar attached below.
Links to local community sports and leisure clubs
TRFC in the Community (dance and football
tranmererovers.co.uk/club/community
Flickers and Fliers (Trampolining)
www.facebook.com/flickersandflyersGTC
Thorndale Tennis Club
Cheshire Cricket All-Stars
www.cheshirecricketboard.co.uk
Steen Sports (gymnastics and free-running)
www.facebook.com/Steen-Sports-152927554881688
WESPA (Elite Sports Academy)
Edsential (Multi-sport curriculum and extra curricular support)