Furness Primary School

Welcome to the Physical Education page at Furness Primary School. Our aim is to develop the full potential of every single child in our school. Our students are encouraged to take part in a wide range of sporting opportunities, which will improve thinking, as well as social and emotional changes, as part of the new national curriculum which is at the heart of each discipline and underpin the study of the subject. We identify what learners need to absorb to further improve their knowledge, skills and understanding in the subject.

Developing a broad range of skills in PE, making and applying decisions, developing physical and mental capabilities, evaluating and improving and making informed choices about healthy active lifestyles are the essential skills and processes that students need to learn to make progress in the subject, and this is recognized not only within the subject, but also fits with the ethos of the whole school.

The whole school approach to PE, Health and Well-Being

Planning

Recovery Curriculum - Key Performance Indicators - PE 

SDP PE - Intent, Implementation, Impact

Intent

A high-quality physical education curriculum inspires all pupils to succeed and excel in competitive sport and other physically-demanding activities. It should provide opportunities for pupils to become physically confident in a way which supports their health and fitness. Opportunities to compete in sport and other activities build character and help to embed values such as fairness and respect.

At Furness we aim to ensure that:

Children develop competence to excel in a broad range of physical activities

Lessons are physically active for sustained periods of time.

Children engage in competitive sports and activities

Children lead healthy, active lives.

Implementation

The National Curriculum

Cycling Initiatives and Events

Sports coaches from outside delivering Extra-Curricular activities

Level 1 competitions

Lunch time clubs

Structured activities in both palygrounds

Impact

Between 230-240 KS2 children will be swimming once a week from Year 3 to Year 6 this academic year after Autumn 1. This is part of the school’s long term commitment towards swimming and making Furness stand out from other schools in this area. We definitely offer more than the average students would receive in a different school and we are very proud of that. This high level of provision equips our children with skills for life. The impact can be seen on the increased percentage of students meeting the national swimming requirement (25m swim on the back or Front) by the time they leave year 6.

A high quality physical education and school sport experiences will have a positive impact on young people’s physical, social and cognitive development, their well-being and level of achievement. Increasing the amount of knowledge

Children learn through using different equipment, which will translate in increase their skills in different areas of development.

Students will have access to further improve their sporting skills in a more structured way at lunch time. This will then link to Level 1 and 2 competitions. 

Increase opportunities for competitive sport in school will prepare children for Level 2 competitions when it is possible

Swimming Data 2019 (data from 2020 was not obtained due to school closures)

No data is available from last year due to School closure.

All Students have received training on water confidence as well as how to swim effectively on three different strokes: Frontcrawl, Backstroke and Breastroke (body positioning, stroke development and full stroke

All Year 6 students have been been trained on water safety skills including:

Treading water for 1 minute 

Swimming with clothes on

Performing rescues 

Jumps

All Students have received training on how to swim effectively on three different strokes: Frontcrawl, Backstroke and Breastroke.

PE Curriculum Overview - 2020 / 2021

A high-quality physical education curriculum inspires all pupils to succeed and excel in competitive sport and other physically demanding activities. It should provide opportunities for pupils to become physically confident in a way which supports their health and fitness. Opportunities to compete in sport and other activities build character and help to embed values such as fairness and respect.

PE Map - 2020 / 2021

Evidence of Learning in PE - Broader Curriculum