Intent

At Newton Leys, we deliver a high-quality physical education curriculum that inspires all children to develop a lifelong ‘love’ for PE and ‘Sport’.
Our PE curriculum aims to ensure that all pupils develop the fundamental skills and competence to excel in a wide range of physical activities by providing a broad and balanced curriculum with opportunities for all to be enjoyed.
We aim to provide the children with at least 2 hours of fun, exciting and active PE lessons every week and to keep the children healthy and active every day with at least 30 minutes of physical activity a day and by educating them on a healthy, balanced diet and lifestyle.

Implementation

At Newton Leys our high quality PE curriculum will develop physical literacy and will allow pupils to learn about themselves, the importance of a healthy lifestyle, self-expression and concepts such fair play and respect. We hope to inspire all pupils to succeed and excel in competitive sport and other physically demanding activities. We have a team of sports specialists who deliver our PE curriculum and support class teachers to deliver High Quality P.E. We teach P.E. using the Primary P.E. planning scheme and have organised our curriculum to give a breadth of experience across different sports whilst building on the three pillars of knowledge: Motor competence, Rules, strategies and tactics and Healthy Participation. This spiral of sports enables children to build on the knowledge and skills developed in each year group. We assess the children’s understanding and development throughout the P.E. lessons, tracking attainment to see where gaps are in children’s abilities and cater for children with SEND or lower attainers within our lessons.

We are improving our programme of intra and inter school competitions, which will provide opportunities for pupils to participate in competitive sports and activities both in and beyond the curriculum. We are encouraging fair play in participation.

Impact

Children are assessed as being more proficient (in motor competence and rules, strategies and tactics) each time they are taught a unit, during the unit, at the end of the unit and when they revisit the sport. 

Children enjoy sport and through pupil voice, talk positively about healthy participation.

Increased confidence, knowledge, and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport.

The engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity – the Chief Medical Officer guidelines recommend that all children and young people aged 5 to 18 engage in at least 60 minutes of physical activity per day, of which 30 minutes should be in school.

The profile of PE and sport is raised across the school as a tool for whole-school improvement

Broader experience of a range of sports and activities offered to all pupils

Increased participation in competitive sport