Physical Education

Keep moving forward, it’s an adventure!

The PE curriculum intent is for children to lead an active and healthy lifestyle which, instils a love being active and participating in sports and competition. 

The PE curriculum has been tailor made to support our children through an ability and skills based approach. When leaving the EYFS curriculum, children can move onto two pathways – the formal curriculum or the pre-formal curriculum. Children who move onto the formal curriculum will access the six areas of PE throughout the academic year. These areas are dance, games, gym, athletics, outdoor adventurous activities and swimming for children in years 4-6. As a school, we have taken the PE National Curriculum as a starting point and broken these objectives down into smaller steps that our children can work on to show progress. Teachers plan a term of Gym, Games and Athletics to ensure good coverage of all the areas. 

Progress is monitored through our bespoke assessment tool which is updated regularly throughout the year. Due to the profiles of our children, some can make better progress in some areas of PE compared to others. For this reason, Class Teachers will highlight children who need additional challenge if they are confident in one area and intervention programs if a child needs more support in another. 

As well as our highly trained teachers leading and planning sessions, we do have qualified Sports Coaches working alongside classes for teachers CPD. Collaboratively, teachers and coaches will plan sessions to meet the needs and targets of each class. This helps keep our CPD sustainable by equipping our staff with the necessary skills to lead their own engaging and challenging sessions. Additionally, it keeps our staff up to date with the most recent developments in the teaching of PE. In addition to Sports Coaches, we also have Dance Teachers that works with every class on a weekly basis. Dance sessions are a great way to build on existing skills, such as following instructions, but also help support children with their self-regulation. Finally, all children aged year 4 and above attend swimming lessons annually. This is led by an external swimming teacher who will assess children against the National Curriculum objective of being proficient in swimming at least 25m by the end of KS2.

Throughout the academic year, we ensure that children have access to several enrichment opportunities. This will cover the area of ‘Outdoor Adventurous Activities’ as well as giving our children experiences outside of a standard PE curriculum. Classes have weekly access to a Forest School session on a termly rota. During these sessions, children have the opportunities to use swings and hammocks, climb ladders and trees and walk over unstable terrain. All of this will help develop gross motor skills and core strength. Throughout their time at Lisburne, children will also have access to Wheelers which is an inclusive cycling centre. Children are able to develop their skills and confidence around cycling regardless of their needs and abilities. Additionally, children in EYFS will visit Jump Space on a rota. This is a specialist recreation centre providing trampolining, rebound therapy and active/sensory play. Again, this boosts confidence around movement, gross motor skills and core strength. We also have our own Rebound Therapy room in school. We have 12 trained members of staff who lead sessions with key children. These sessions are allocated for our children who struggle to access PE sessions, due to more complex needs, or for children who need additional support with gross motor skills and core strength. Finally, we have regular outside providers coming into school to deliver a range of different activities. In the past we have had Boxercise classes, an Inflatable Tumble Track and Active Drumming sessions for all children.

We also work very closely with OT and Physiotherapists. Any additional input children need to support their physical development is diagnosed by OT and Physio. A bespoke programme is put in place for staff to follow on a regular basis. OT and Physio then regularly assess these and advise on any changes.

PE and Sport Premium Funding

We receive government funding which helps us to provide and improve the quality of PE and sports at our school.

In addition to the statutory swimming lessons, money has been allocated to provide opportunities for children to attend swimming sessions on a 1:1 or small group basis to gain experience and confidence prior to accessing formal lessons.

The funding is also used to provide rebound therapy for a large number of our children to attend Jump Space.  Rebound therapy supports the development of motor skills, body awareness, balance, coordination and communication.

All children are all given the opportunity to participate in an activity/sport that is different to the norm, for example: sailing, indoor rock climbing or horse riding.  These activities usually take place in the Summer term.

Our upper KS2 children access a residential away from home for several nights taking part in Outside Adventure activities and enriched learning opportunities.

Our current Physical Education Allocation for 2024/25 is as follows:

Total Income £18,074 (estimated)