PE

Intent-

At North Duffield, our philosophy is to provide a PE curriculum that is inspiring, engaging, and high energy. At North Duffield, we aim to foster a positive relationship with active living and embed a desire for personal improvement. Our children strive to develop games play, positive learning outcomes, and transferable skills that allow them to access any physical activity of their choice through a progressive scheme that focuses on object control, stability, locomotion, knowledge and understanding, and health and wellbeing.  

Our aims are to:

• Follow a broad and balanced PE curriculum fulfilling the requirements of the National Curriculum.
• Develop the fitness of the individual, by ensuring a good pace in lessons and incorporating fitness activities into Physical Education lessons as appropriate.
• Develop programmes that meet the needs of all the children, ensuring inclusion for all in every PE lesson.
• Engage in competitive sports and activities to promote teamwork and confidence, e.g. Sports Day, clubs, inter-school matches, competitions against other schools.
• Encourage children to lead a healthy lifestyle and promote a love for exercise which is lifelong.
• Help develop evaluation skills and understanding of how to make a performance better.
• In addition to the large variety of physical activity within the curriculum, we also offer a range of after school clubs. This gives children an additional opportunity to develop their skills and be involved in competitive game situations. 

Implementation-

Our PE curriculum has been carefully developed for our pupils. Guidance from the ‘Association for Physical Education’ and ‘PE PRO’ have enabled North Duffield to create and deliver a well-sequenced curriculum of study, in a logical order, based on sound educational research, allowing children to build on prior learning.

How do we deliver this effectively-

Our curriculum aim is to maximise the potential of all pupils ensuring that they are all engaging in physical activity at least once a week.  We recognise the value and impact of high quality PE teaching which can help children develop their coordination, fitness and their sense of fair play.

At our school, there are ample opportunities for competition both inside and outside of school which allows pupils to develop their skills, demonstrate team work and resilience and succeed in sporting competitions. In addition, we also provide enrichment opportunities, including visits from athletes who promote the importance of physical activity and discipline within sport. 

Impact-

Through a combination of assessment results, staff & pupil voices, we’ve found children have progressed in their physical literacy journey, staff confidence in delivering the subject has significantly improved, and pupils are more engaged, with one child quoting “PE is my favourite subject, because we play so many different sports & games. We watch the videos on PE PRO before going outside, so I already understand the activity before we start”.