Overview
Physical education is more than just physical activity. It is educating each child through the physical and developing their understanding and skills.
It is our INTENT to deliver a values driven, child centred PE curriculum which has an emphasis towards a fundamental skills based approach, including co-operative learning through a personalised approach. Pupils will develop an understanding for a healthy active lifestyle through a broad and balanced programme. We will be committed to inspire and challenge our children to become independent learners who value and respect themselves and others. All of the intent links to the bigger picture of our school aims.
This knowledge, skills and positive character strengths will be IMPLEMENTED and developed in a PE supportive environment, with positive role models facilitating their learning through a broad and balanced curriculum that is personalised for their individual needs.
The IMPACT of pupil progress and success will be achieved by knowing each and every child’s needs, making them feel safe and valued to learn at their own pace and level, ensuring that as they learn they know how to improve and realise what they need to do to be physically literate. (AfL and A of L).
Vision and Values
The schools’ vision outlines how each curriculum area can provide pupils with a safe environment which includes a meaningful and enjoyable learning experience. It is important to enable and involve the pupils fully in the process of acquiring and developing their thinking skills which can promote physical, social, emotional and cultural attitudes. One of the main focus’s within PE is to maintain a healthy active school which has a positive impact on lowering obesity levels and sedentary lifestyles. It is our duty to educate every individual about the importance of leading an active healthy lifestyle and promoting health and fitness across all phases. Our curriculum provides learning experiences which stimulate, challenge and inspire pupils so that they can become independent, competent and confident. Through a range of activities and personal challenge, we want our pupils to build resilience, empathy and show how to self-motivate and take responsibility for their own learning. We will set high expectations for our pupils and provide them with the tools so they can make expected progress wherever they are on their school journey and beyond.
The following “values” are some examples of what is promoted in PE and across school.
- Phase 1 – Communication, Respect, Resilience, Independence,
- Phase 2 – Resilience, Independence, Respect, Teamwork, Communication, Empathy
- Phase 3 – Communication, Teamwork, Empathy, Responsibility, Motivating and Influencing
- Post 14 – Motivating and Influencing, Self-management, Evaluation, Responsibility, Integrity
These values are embedded into lesson content and are a part of the sequential learning when teaching physical activities. Core tasks are taught which allow and support the value(s) to be promoted each lesson, which enhances physical development as well as reinforcing the understanding of the values. We will also accommodate the five British Values through teaching sport and physical activity.
Westcroft’s School Journey
The promotion of the values will be covered across different key stages throughout the year with the intention of establishing a learning journey to achieve the following:
