At Moor End Primary School we believe that the Physical Development we provide forms an essential foundation for the growth of the whole child through the teaching of PE. As well as academic learning, pupils will be provided with the opportunity to develop their personal and social skills by promoting character building, cooperation, team work and self-esteem. We value Physical Education and the sporting activities we, as a school, provide during lessons, school clubs, break times and lunch times. We are committed to quality provision in PE.

The curriculum has been developed to ensure that our children have the opportunity to learn and develop their fundamental movement skills. Staff work alongside a progressive scheme of work (Get Set 4 PE) which allows the children to build on their physical skills and then apply these to a wide range of sports and activities.

Physical Education offers children the opportunities to:

• Acquire and develop skills: explore basic skills, actions and ideas with increasing understanding; remember and repeat simple skills and actions with increasing control and coordination.

• Learn how to select and apply skills, tactics and compositional ideas: explore how to choose and apply skills and actions in sequence and in combination; vary the way they perform skills by using simple tactics and movement phrases; apply rules and conventions for different activities.

• Take the initiative, lead activity and focus on improving aspects of their own performance: describe what they have done; observe, describe and copy what others have done; use what they have learnt to improve the quality and control of their work.

• Develop a knowledge and understanding of fitness and health: how important it is to be active; to recognise and describe how their bodies feel during different activities.

• Receive teaching which ensures that when 'evaluating and improving performance', connections are made between 'developing, selecting and applying skills, tactics and compositional ideas', and 'fitness and health'.

Physical Education lessons should allow the children to:

• Undertake activities which need a different approach and way of thinking.

• Develop their ideas in a creative way.

• Set targets for themselves and compete against others, individually and as team members.

• Understand what it takes to persevere, succeed and acknowledge others' success.

• Respond to a variety of challenges in a range of physical contexts and environments.

• Become skilful and intelligent performers.

• Discover their own aptitudes and preferences for different activities.

• Make informed decisions about the importance of exercise in their lives.

• Develop positive attitudes to participation in physical activity.

Primary PE and Sport Premium - Key Indicators

As a school, we must ensure we use the funding to make additional and sustainable improvements to the quality of PE and sport they offer.

There are 5 key indicators that schools should expect to see improvement across:

1) 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 a day, of which 30 minutes should be in school
 

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

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

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

5) Increased participation in competitive sport

COMMUNITY SPORTS CLUBS

Have you thought about joining a local sports club?

Blackburn Harriers – Junior Athletics Training
http://www.blackburnharriers.co.uk/training/

Blackburn Rovers Community Trust
Holiday Clubs and Weekly Clubs

http://www.brfctrust.co.uk/Community/index.php/community-sport/holiday-programmes

Key Vocabulary

As a school, we follow the 'Key Vocabulary document' created by Get Set 4 P.E. This enables us to ensure the children are immersed in vocabulary based around physical education from an early age. 

For example: 

Invasion Games

possession goal received send teammate dodge bounce pass chest pass attacker defender score points partner receiver mark outwit opposition opponent interception obstruction contact footwork travelling rebound tracking playing area pivot court field pitch consecutive consistently conceding turnover contest tactics control foul pressure onside offside support formation dictate shut down forwards backwards safely space tag balance pass team