Our Curriculum

 PE


PE Statement of Intent


The PE curriculum at Cottingley Primary Academy offers a coherently planned sequence of lessons that help teachers ensure they have covered the requirements of the National Curriculum. The breadth of ball games covered (Invasion Games, Net and Wall Games, Striking and Fielding) provides opportunities for skills to be developed over time and not in isolation. In KS1, the focus of the PE curriculum is on the development of the fundamental skills that will be built upon in KS2 when they are applied in specific sports. Through carefully planned lessons and enrichment opportunities, our intention is to develop competent, healthy pupils who safely and successfully participate in a wide range of sports inside and outside of school.



PE Sequence of Learning


Curriculum Map 

Progression Map 

Knowledge and Vocabulary

Our PE Curriculum

The main Early Years Outcomes covered in the Gymnastics units are: 

Revise and refine the fundamental movement skills they have already acquired: rolling, crawling, walking, jumping, running, hopping, skipping and climbing. Confidently and safely use a range of large and small apparatus indoors and outside, alone and in a group. Negotiate space and obstacles safely, with consideration for themselves and others. Demonstrate strength, balance and coordination when playing. Move energetically, such as running, jumping, dancing, hopping, skipping and climbing.

The main KS1 national curriculum aims covered in the Gymnastics units are: 

Master basic movements including running, jumping, throwing and catching, as well as developing balance, agility and coordination, and begin to apply these in a range of activities.

The main KS2 national curriculum aims covered in the Gymnastics units are:

Develop flexibility, strength, technique, control and balance [for example, through athletics and gymnastics. 

 Compare their performances with previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best.


Subject National