Intent
At Hindley Junior and Infant School, we recognise the significant importance of Physical Education (PE) in the curriculum, and are fully committed to providing all pupils, regardless of ability, with daily opportunities to engage in Physical Education whilst demonstrating the school’s seven, key characteristics: ambition, resilience, determination, confidence, respect and honesty. We aim to develop pupils’ basic physical competences, build confidence in their ability and build the foundations required for a life-long love of sport, physical activity and healthy lifestyle. At HJI, we aim to nurture confident, resilient pupils who will strive to achieve their personal best and we are dedicated to ensuring healthy minds, as well as bodies. The well-being of all our pupils is of utmost importance and we are passionate about inspiring pupils to develop a love of physical activity and sport. We aim to provide pupils with the necessary skills and mindset to leave primary school with the capabilities to be successful in their sporting challenges and active lifestyles at secondary school and beyond.
Implementation
At Hindley Junior and Infant School, teaching and support staff utilise the Get Set 4 PE platform, and follow a carefully-designed, progressive long-term plan that meets the National Curriculum requirements whilst also taking into consideration the demographic of our pupils and school values. Together, pupils, teaching staff, subject lead and headteacher, have worked collaboratively to create a broad and balanced curriculum that is exciting for our pupils to learn through. Each unit of work has been sequenced to build on skills either by lesson or by difficulty, and learning is sequenced so that pupils can explore and develop a skill, then apply that skill to a game, sequence or choreography. At Hindley Junior and Infant school, teaching and support staff ensure all pupils are suitably challenged and supported whether this be through space, task, equipment or people during their two-hour, weekly lessons.
The current long-term plan focuses on the following:
Beginning to develop the fundamental movement skills, negotiating space safely with and around others, and learning how to handle and use different equipment in preparation for KS1.
Further developing pupils’ fundamental movement skills, understanding principle of defence and attack and using simple tactics.
Applying previously-taught skills into different situations and activities.
At HJI, teaching staff have clear expectations of what our pupils will know, understand and be able to do at the end of the lesson, unit of work, year group and key stage. Teaching staff assess pupils’ ability and success through the informal observations of pupils within lessons, and by assessing them against the specific objectives outlined in the National Curriculum. Other supporting documents provided by Get Set 4 PE, such as knowledge, skills and vocabulary documents, progression of skills ladders and knowledge organisers are also used to support the assessment of our pupils as well as preparing them for their next phase in education.
Additionally, pupils at Hindley Junior and Infant School are provided with ample opportunity to further develop their physical and mental well-being, sporting ability and life-long love of sport outside of their two-hour weekly lessons through the following:
Impact
Through the use of progressive lesson plans and key knowledge, skills and vocabulary documents that build upon previously-taught skills, staff are provided with a plethora of accurate and in-depth subject knowledge which, through a range of pedagogical strategies, consequently imparts onto the pupils, ensuring consistent exposure to high-quality PE lessons. As a result of this, pupils at HJI achieve well, make outstanding progress, and have a positive, enthusiastic attitude towards PE.
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