St Joseph's Catholic Primary School - PE, Sport and Healthy Living

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PE, Sport and Healthy Living

Physical Education Curriculum Overview

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.

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.

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. 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.

Achievements

We achieved our Silver Kitemark for the Sainsbury's School Games for 2014-15

We were shortlisted for "Primary school of the year for Sport" by Merseyside Sporting Champions for 2015 and again in 2016

We have been awarded the gold mark 5 years in a row from 2016-19, and again in 2022 after the break for Covid..

In July 2019 we were awarded the AfPE Quality Mark for PE with Distinction. We are currently the only Wirral Primary School with this mark.

We achieved our Platinum school games mark in 2022.

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