Curriculum | Physical Education

The school believes that physical education when experienced in a safe and supportive environment, contributes to a pupil's physical and emotional development and their health and well being. The physical education program is intended to support the pupils, increasing self confidence and ability to manage themselves and their bodies within a variety of movement situations.

The progressive learning objectives combined with the supportive teaching practise provides a challenging learning experience that is both stimulating and enjoyable but attainable for each individual pupil. It builds on their success motivating them to further develop their potential.

The programme provides each pupil with experiences that will encourage a lifelong interest in sport and recreation. There will be a balance of individual and team work, with co-operative and competitive activities.

The activities offered and teaching approaches seek to provide the pupils with opportunities to develop their creative and expressive abilities through improvisation and problem solving. Pupils are encouraged to appreciate the importance of a healthy and fit body and begin to understand those factors that affect health and fitness. This work is closely aligned with the school's policy and scheme of work for PSCHE.

It is considered important that physical education is integrated into the whole school's planning for the development of pupil's communication, numeracy, PSCHE and ICT skills.

Physical Education at Corbets Tey - Aims

Through access to a balanced and continuous programme of physical activity pupils are taught to:

• Develop skilful use of the body, the ability to remember, repeat and refine their actions and to perform them with increasing control, co-ordination and fluency - Acquiring and developing;
• Develop an increasing ability to select, link and apply skills, tactics, compositional ideas - Selecting and applying;
• Improve obsevational skills and the ability to describe and make simple judgements on their own and others' work, and use these to improve performance - Improving and evaluating;
• Develop an understanding of the effects of exercise on the body, and an appreciation of the value of safe exercising - Knowledge and understanding of fitness and health;
• Develop the ability to work independently, and communicate with and respond positively towards others - Working alone and with others;
• Promote an understanding of safe practice, and develop a sense of responsibility towards their own and others' safety and well being - Applying safety principles.

These aims support the National Curriculum strands of learning.

There are specific programmes of study within the National Curriculum that outline six areas of activity. The children are involved in these areas throughout each key stage.

These areas are:

• Dance
• Gymnastics
• Games
• Outdoor and adventurous activities
• Athletics
• Swimming

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