Physical Education

At Oxclose Primary Academy our key aim is to inspire EVERY child to be passionate about Physical Education and Sport.  PE is the heart of our school and we aim to give them a love for PE, Sport, physical activity and a healthy lifestyle that continues throughout their lives. We aim to develop our pupils’ key fundamental movement skills ensuring they are motor competent in Physical Education. Pupils of ALL abilities will have access to High Quality PE in order to achieve their full potential and become physically confident. Our lessons aim to be INCLUSIVE for ALL, in a fun and safe environment.

PE at Oxclose Primary Academy aims to take each pupil on an exciting and progressive learning journey from Early Years through to KS2, ensuring mastery of key skills. Whilst supporting and complementing cross curricular subject areas through our physical, fun and engaging lessons. All PE lessons will be inclusive and fully supportive, ensuring that ‘PE is for everyone!’ Our pupils will actively learn and live important values, all through the power of PE and sport. We aim to inspire and develop confident young sports people through our PE lessons. Through PE, pupils at Oxclose Primary Academy will be educated about physical and mental well-being and to inform as to the benefits of a healthy and active lifestyle.

Pupils at Oxclose Primary Academy participate in PE lessons devised from the Primary PE Planning online Platform.   They allow for a consistent delivery and structure across the school.  The planning has been developed so that progression is built into the scheme (an exciting learning journey from Early Years through to KS2). This ensures our pupils are increasingly challenged, inspired and motivated in ALL PE lessons.  The curriculum provides a foundation from Early Years to Key 2 for an ongoing development of Physical Literacy.  Our pupils receive an inclusive, broad and balanced programme of PE.  We following Long Term, Medium Term and detailed Short Term PE planning and pupils have access to knowledge organisers and progression documents for each unit. The Long Term Plan includes suggestions of when PE learning could take place outside as we encourage outdoor learning where appropriate across the curriculum. The bespoke curriculum specialised to Oxclose Primary Academy and its pupils is mapped to ensure that our children participate in a wide range of activities and adhere to all National Curriculum requirements.

We provide opportunities for all pupils to engage in extra-curricular activities during and after school, in addition to competitive sporting events outside of school. Our Key Stage 2 children have swimming lessons to enable them to swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of 25 metres using a range of strokes. We have an Outdoor Gym which includes stationary exercise machines which have been provided to encourage children to be more active at break times and lunch times. Oxclose Primary Academy has Sports Leaders and buddies who support active sessions during lunchtime to engage children within different types of sports and general physical activity building on National Curriculum PE skills.

Assessment will take place across lessons, at the end of each unit and across the school year. We monitor the impact of our PE provision through pupil voice, annotated lesson plans, termly assessments, lesson observations and performance within local competitions.

At Oxclose Primary Academy PE is an essential part of the curriculum and through our PE lessons pupils develop their physical literacy and key skills giving them the tools to become physically confident and motor competent.  Our High-Quality PE curriculum focuses on the whole child, developing their physical, social and thinking skills. Our PE is provided in a safe and supportive environment and is vital and unique in its contribution to a child’s physical and emotional development and health and wellbeing.

We provide opportunities for the children to compete against themselves and others during PE lessons, building character and developing key values including fair play, respect, communication, collaboration, commitment, leadership and teamwork. It is our aim that all pupils will be able swim at least 25 metres using a range of stroke before the end of year 6 and have a knowledge of how to remain safe in and around water.

To enable us to measure the impact, the subject leader and senior leaders will use lesson visits, work scrutinies and pupil voice activities across the year.