Otley and Witnesham Partnership

Subject Intent:

At Otley and Witnesham Primary Schools, we strive to create a culture which aims to inspire an active generation to enjoy PE, encourage each other, challenge themselves, be curious and achieve. We provide a safe and supportive environment for pupils to flourish in a range of different physical activities which is essential in supporting their physical, emotional, spiritual, social and moral development.

At Otley and Witnesham we offer a dynamic, varied and stimulating program of activity to ensure that all pupils progress physically through an inspirational, unique and fully inclusive PE curriculum. We encourage all pupils to develop their understanding of the way in which they can use their body, equipment and apparatus safely yet imaginatively to achieve their personal goals. All pupils have the opportunity to enjoy being physically active, maintain a healthy lifestyle and using the medium of sport, increase their self-esteem. We aspire for pupils to adopt a positive mind-set and have the courage to believe that any challenge can be achieved with determination and resilience.

The aim of Physical Education is to promote physical activity and healthy lifestyles. Pupils are taught to observe and produce the conventions of fair play, honest competition, clear communication and good sporting behaviour as individual participants, team members and spectators. Thus embedding life-long values such as co-operation, care, collaboration and equity of play. 

We have created our own long term plan, on a two year rolling programme, in collaboration with Premier Sports Education. Our long term plan for PE ensures all children receive a broad and varied PE curriculum; ensuring children experience a range of different sports. Our skills progression document focusses on Multi-skills, Dance, Gymnastics, Outdoor Adventurous Activities, Atheltics and Striking and Fielding games.

Implementation:

Early Years:

Children show good control and coordination in large and small movements. They move confidently in a range of ways, safely negotiating space. They handle equipment effectively. Children know the importance for good health of physical exercise and a healthy diet and talk about ways to keep healthy and safe. Children play cooperatively, taking turns with others. They take account of one another’s ideas about how to organise their activity.

Ks1:

Pupils should continue to develop fundamental movement skills, become increasingly competent and confident and access a broad range of opportunities to extend their agility, balance and co-ordination, individually and with others. They should be able to engage in competitive (both against self and against others) and co-operative physical activities, in a range of increasingly challenging situations.

Ks2: 

Pupils should continue to apply and develop a broader range of skills, learning how to use them in different ways and to link them to make actions and sequences of movement. They should enjoy communicating, collaborating and competing with each other. They should develop an understanding of how to improve in different physical activities and sports and learn how to evaluate and recognise their own success. Older children begin to take part in officiating roles within lessons.  They will referee, coach and organise different aspects of the lesson throughout the block of work to ensure they are developing alternative skills associated with PE and sport.  

Swimming:

Children from Year 3 onwards attend swimming lessons at least one term a year.  All children should meet the basic swimming requirement (25metres) by the time they leave and most achieve significantly in excess of this.  Pupils in years 5 and 6 also have the opportunity to complete the National Cycling Proficiency scheme.  

Competitions:

Our children have the opportunity to take part in local sports tournaments with other schools thrughout the academic year. The competitions entered link closely to the skills being taught in PE lessons that term.