PE
Physical Education
PE Long Term Plan
Enabling and Adapting the P.E Curriculum
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At Annfield Plain Junior School, we aim to prepare pupils for their next stage of education and life. We aim to develop the skills and knowledge needed to use physical education as a means of developing life-long fitness, a sport or hobby or as a career path, whilst making participation in PE engaging and enjoyable.
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P.E. plays an important part of the school’s curriculum. Throughout KS2, children continue to apply and develop a broader range of skills. High-quality lessons are planned to teach children how to use these skills in different ways as well as link them to make actions and sequences of movement. Children are taught to run, jump, throw and catch in isolation and in combination. We aim, both in PE lessons and in extra-curricular sports clubs, to develop both individual and team skills. We encourage pupils to develop our school’s sporting values of respect, passion for sport, honesty, team work and self-belief; we aim to have pupils who by the end of the key stage can demonstrate enthusiasm, a healthy respect for natural talent and an understanding of the value of fair play.
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We provide a sports curriculum which develops skills through PE lessons, SAQ training sessions (speed, agility and quickness), swimming, cycling proficiency and road safety training; as well as an Outward Bound Ullswater residential week for Years 5 and 6.
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​Swimming instruction is provided for children in key stage 2. Children are taught to swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres. Children are able to use a range of strokes effectively (for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke). It is also essential that our pupils are taught to perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.
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After school PE Clubs take place regularly to allow children to participate in different sports and engage in team games e.g. football, cricket, basketball, tennis, dodgeball and dance.
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Competitive sport is also an important part of PE. Sports teams compete with other local schools in football, cricket, cross-country and athletics. We engage with the SLP Sport Offer to increase our provision for PE and encourage both competitive and non-competitive events allowing all of our children to shine.
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​Due to the use of the annual sports premium funding, P.E.’s profile has developed and ensured the availability of a range of opportunities. The funding has been used to fund coaches to introduce children to different sports, along with upskilling all teachers. It also has provided us with more opportunities to enter festivals and competitions, provide additional swimming tuition, increase participation in after-school sports, as well as promote the link between healthy eating and fitness with parents and pupils.
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We are proud of the PE culture we have created within our school: and sporting achievements are celebrated regularly during oru Celebration Assemblies.
