At Hellingly Primary School we believe that physical education is an essential part of a child’s educational development and ultimately a child’s future well being.
We believe a broad and balanced curriculum should therefore not only offer a wide variety of activities to enhance skills in physical education, it should also provide opportunities for pupils to build self esteem, teamwork and positive attitudes in PE.
We strongly believe it is essential that PE provides 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.
We believe that being active is beneficial to children’s mental health and well being.
Hellingly PE Curriculum
At Hellingly Primary School the curriculum has been mapped out to ensure progression of skill is seen through the whole school.
The curriculum is not only mapped out in terms of progression of skills but is also mapped out to ensure full coverage of the national curriculum and ensures a wide variety of activities and sports are taught. Classes are timetabled 2 hours per week and run the daily mile in addition to this.
Swimming is taught in Year 4 and booster sessions are offered to focus children in Years 4 and 5 with the aim of them being able to swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres by the end of Year 6.
Additional outdoor and adventurous activities are offered during the Year 6 annual residential.
Extra curricular sports clubs run after school by both outside providers and school staff providing a wide range of sporting opportunities. Sports Leaders are developed in upper key stage 2 to provide sporting challenges at lunchtimes and a programme of inter house sports competitions are being run and developed.
PE National Curriculum
Key Stage 1
- Participate in team games, developing simple tactics for attacking and defending.
- Perform dances using simple movement patterns.
- Swimming and water safety: take swimming instruction either in Key Stage 1 or Key Stage 2.
Key Stage 2
- Play competitive games, modified where appropriate, such as football, netball, rounders, cricket, hockey, basketball, badminton and tennis and apply basic principles suitable for attacking and defending.
- Take part in gymnastics activities.
- Take part in athletics activities.
- Perform dances.
- Take part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team.
- Swimming and water safety: children take swimming instruction Key Stage 2 and will repeat tuition until they meet the National Curriculum requirements of being competent in swimming at least 25m in a range of strokes and meeting expectations in terms of safe rescue
PE Around the School
Sports Premium Funding
To find out more about our Sports Premium visit our School Premiums page.
Sports Based House Teams
Children are asked to wear a PE T-shirt to represent their House team as follows:
Extended Opportunities
At Hellingly, children have the opportunity to take part in various competitions through the Sussex School Games.