PE develops children’s knowledge, skills and understanding, so that they can perform with increasing competence and confidence in a range of physical activities. Hockley Primary School’s PE lessons provide a broad and balanced programme of physical education to reflect our beliefs that every child should experience activities designed to be enjoyable, vigorous, purposeful and regular. Through providing positive experiences, a lifelong interest in physical activity is encouraged. The range of physical activities is wide and includes athletics, dance, games and gymnastics.

At Hockley Primary, each class is timetabled to have at least two hours of Physical Education per week. The sessions will contain elements required by the National Curriculum of: 

EYFS & KS1: PE coaches will provide opportunities for children to:

• Move confidently in different ways

• Perform a single skill or movement with simple control

• Link two movements together when performing a small range of skills 

• Perform with consistency and control 

• Use a sequence of movements with some changes in level, direction or speed.

• 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.

• Participate in team games, developing simple tactics for attacking and defending.

• Perform dances using simple movement patterns. (New National Curriculum) 

KS2 Pupils will be provided with opportunities 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 

• compare their performances with previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best. (New National Curriculum) 

At Hockley Primary School we have mixed-age classes. As a result of this we use a two year rolling programme (Cycle A and Cycle B). Mastery approaches, higher standards and depth (rather than coverage) agendas are paving way for greater conceptual understanding in foundation subjects for all.