PE

At Hartley Primary Academy, our aim is to provide a Physical Education (PE) curriculum that ensures all pupils achieve the aims of the National Curriculum through a broad, balanced and progressive approach. We teach inclusive sports, including goalball and sitting volleyball, to allow children with different needs and abilities the opportunity to succeed. We use the philosophy of the International Baccalaureate as the framework to ensure the PE coverage emphasises the development of the whole pupil through the learner profile attributes. The fundamental skills taught in EYFS and KS1 are applied and developed further in KS2; pupils learn how to apply them in different ways and to link them to make actions and sequences of movement. As well as encouraging the children to be physically active, PE lessons also give the children opportunities to develop their communication skills, mindset and wellbeing, with regular exercise improving the area of the brain linked with learning and memory and helping to reduce anxiety. By encouraging the children to be active, we are supporting their emotional wellbeing and mental health. Children must understand how to take care of themselves both physically and mentally in order to be healthy and successful later in life. Providing the children with the opportunities to engage in different sports through PE lessons and after school clubs, encourages them to appreciate different sports and cultures which help them become global learners.  

Through the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme, we offer a progressive curriculum that provides depth and challenge, based on the EYFS Development Matters and Primary National Curriculum. All children receive two hours of quality physical education per week. The range of sports, after school clubs and competitions the children have access to, allows them the opportunity to develop their confidence in attempting new challenges as well as developing character. The majority of PE is taught discretely using Get Set 4 PE; however, some dance links can be made to our inquiries and some sections of PE can be linked with the science curriculum. Pupils acquire new knowledge and skills, that are practised in a range of different activities. Pupils work towards a high level of fitness and can understand the health benefits this promotes their well-being and long term health. We encourage pupils to take leadership roles and use imagination and creativity in the techniques that they use. We enter inter- school competitions, both within Leigh Academies Trust and with other local primary schools, to allow the children opportunities to use the skills they have learnt in match situations. This also allows them to enjoy competing in sports and representing the school, as well as developing their confidence in the sports and knowledge of the skills and rules of the game.  

During a PE lesson, children will have fun, be enthusiastic and enjoy the tasks, in order to develop fundamental skills which can then be applied when playing specific sports or transfer them to other lessons. We use immediate verbal feedback to allow children the opportunity to amend and develop their skills immediately within the lesson. The assessment milestones for each phase have been carefully mapped out and further broken down for each year group. This means that skills in PE are progressive and build year on year. Through this, pupils develop a breadth and depth of knowledge of the sports and fundamental skills required to develop balanced, healthy and active lives. 

HPA Swimming 2020-2021

Meeting national curriculum requirements for swimming and water safety. Due to exceptional circumstances priority should be given to ensuring that pupils can perform safe self rescue even if they do not fully meet the first two requirements of the NC programme of study

What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at  least 25 metres?

75%

What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort use a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke]?

75%

What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations?

75%

Schools can choose to use the Primary PE and sport premium to provide additional provision for swimming but this  must be for activity over and above the national curriculum requirements. Have you used it in this way? No

HPA Swimming 2019-2020

Meeting national curriculum requirements for swimming and water safety. Due to exceptional circumstances priority should be given to ensuring that pupils can perform safe self rescue even if they do not fully meet the first two requirements of the NC programme of study

What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at  least 25 metres?

Unable to assess due to COVID 19

What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort use a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke]?

Unable to assess due to COVID 19

What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations?

Unable to assess due to COVID 19

Schools can choose to use the Primary PE and sport premium to provide additional provision for swimming but this  must be for activity over and above the national curriculum requirements. Have you used it in this way? No