At The Colleton, we recognise the importance that physical activity has across all areas of learning and the role it plays in promoting long-term healthy lifestyles and mental wellbeing. The intent of our PE curriculum is to provide good quality PE lessons that are built on a sequence of skills. We strive to inspire the children through fun and engaging PE lessons that are enjoyable, challenging and accessible, allowing them to take risks whilst teaching them how to stay safe. We want to enable every child to succeed, achieve their potential and to develop a love of sport that they will continue beyond their primary school years.
It is our aim that The Colleton children
Children at The Colleton take part in two PE sessions each week, as well as a daily run that readies the brain for morning learning sessions. The structure of our PE curriculum allows children to develop skills through the 5 areas of sport (gymnastics, athletics, games, dance and swimming), by building on previously acquired skills, knowledge and vocabulary. Within PE lessons, children have the opportunity to adopt different roles which include performer, coach, umpire and leader. Sessions are designed to provide children with ample opportunities to celebrate, evaluate and improve on their personal and team successes and skills.
We believe it is important that children move frequently and are physically active in as many areas of learning as possible. Through subjects like (but not limited to) Geography and Forest School, children take part in cross curricular and adventurous activities both individually and within a team.
Swimming is taught to all year groups in our school pool during the summer term, and Years 1 to 6 also swim at the beginning of the autumn term. During their time at The Colleton, our children start by developing their water confidence and build up to swimming competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres by the end of Year 6 using a range of strokes effectively. They are also taught about the importance of water safety and, in Older Team, learn to perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.
Our PE Golden Threads weave through all aspects of PE and physical development. These are to develop
By the end of Year 6, children will have had the opportunity to take part in a range of different sports and activities., showing their positive attitudes, perseverance and resilience. Progress is assessed by the teachers against the intended learning objectives and progression of skills to track progress and ensure the highest possible outcomes for all children who can demonstrate improved physical skill and perform with increasing confidence, competence and physical awareness. They can explain why healthy participation is important for them and talk about the choices they make. Colleton children demonstrate and understand the importance of inclusivity and of our school values in all areas of sport and PE. They show good sportsmanship when selecting and employing tactics and strategies in a range of competitive sport opportunities both at intra and inter competitions, showing that they know how to work together and how to be an effective member of a team.
