St Matthews Catholic Primary School

Here at St Matthew’s we have a passion for sport and enjoy participating in it.

Pupils are given lots of opportunities to learn new skills and practise those we already know.

As well as participating in the recommended 2 hours of weekly core PE, our pupils are also given opportunities to be coached in sports by specialist coaches and to join lunch time and after school sports clubs.

We always take into consideration the school games values whenever we participate in sport; these are:

Inclusion in Sport
At St Matthew’s we believe in every individual having the opportunity to be involved in sport, regardless of disability or impairment.

We use high quality teaching and modified PE lessons, to ensure that every pupil is included.

Through this we encourage independent learning, learner responsibility and peer support, which in turn promotes independence, creativity and leadership skills.

When planning for inclusion in sport, we very carefully consider each child’s individual needs and abilities and always plan sport with the sport inclusion spectrum in mind.

Examples of inclusive sports that we offer are; boccia and goal ball, as well as modifying sports like football to suit learners needs.

Purpose of study
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.

Aims
The national curriculum for physical education aims to ensure that all pupils:

KS1

Pupils should develop fundamental movement skills, become increasingly competent and confident and access a broad range of opportunities to extend their agility, balance and coordination, individually and with others. They should be able to engage in competitive (both against self and against others) and co-operative physical activities, in a range of increasingly challenging situations.
Pupils should be taught to:

master basic movements including running, jumping, throwing and catching, as well as developing balance,
agility and co-ordination, and begin to apply these in a range of activities
participate in team games, developing simple tactics for attacking and defending
perform dances using simple movement patterns.

KS2

Pupils should continue to apply and develop a broader range of skills, learning how to use them in different ways and to link them to make actions and sequences of movement. They should enjoy communicating, collaborating and competing with each other. They should develop an understanding of how to improve in different physical activities and sports and learn how to evaluate and recognise their own success.
Pupils should be taught to:

use running, jumping, throwing and catching in isolation and in combination
play competitive games, modified where appropriate [for example, badminton, basketball, cricket, football,
hockey, netball, rounders and tennis], and apply basic principles suitable for attacking and defending
develop flexibility, strength, technique, control and balance [for example, through athletics and gymnastics]
perform dances using a range of movement patterns
take part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team
compare their performances with previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best.

Swimming

All schools must provide swimming instruction either in key stage 1 or key stage 2.
In particular, pupils should be taught to:

swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres
use a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke]
perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations

St Matthew's Catholic Primary School

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