Foundation Years - Sample Outcomes 

Physical Education - Foundation Year

Portfolio summary

This portfolio of pupil work shows that the pupil can identify changes in individual needs as they have grown from a baby and identify emotions. The pupil cooperates with another child by working together to define a playing area and can describe how to keep themselves healthy and safe in a variety of familiar settings. The pupil performs object control skills of pushing and trapping a ball to maintain a rally with a partner and is able to perform fundamental skills of running, dodging and jumping to avoid a moving shadow. The pupil explains how their body responds to physical activity and creates, performs and describes simple and safe balances.

1) Body's Response To Physical Activity 

Verbal response: Body responses to physical activity

Summary of task

During the term, students had discussions about how the body responds to physical activity. As part of their learning, students used stethoscopes and apps to monitor heart rates.

Students were asked to provide a response to teacher-generated questions to demonstrate their understanding of how the body reacts to movement and physical activity.

The task was undertaken individually after students had been actively moving.

This assessment task relates to the focus area: health benefits of physical activity.

2) Creating Balances

Demonstration and verbal response: Creating balances

Summary of task

Students were taught a short unit on balance, particularly looking at balance points and safety. The students were shown a variety of balances on a large screen. They discussed the points of balance and were given time to experiment and practise.

Students were asked to create three separate balances by identifying and drawing balance points on a picture of the body. The students practised and performed their three individual balances on a mat. Students were asked to explain which were the easiest and hardest balances and give reasons why.

This assessment task relates to the focus areas: fundamental movement skills, and safety.

3) Shadow Dodge

Demonstration: Shadow dodge

Summary of task

The class was exposed to and practised a range of fundamental movement skills through a variety of games.

The teacher projected a film of moving objects on a wall. The students were asked to demonstrate running, walking, dodging/ducking and jumping in different directions to avoid their shadow colliding with the moving objects. At various points, the class was stopped to discuss how they managed to avoid their shadow colliding with the moving objects.  

This assessment task relates to the focus area: fundamental movement skills.

4) Rolling Rally

Demonstration: Rolling rally

Summary of task

In Term, Foundation students participated in a ball control unit utilising a variety of ball types and ball sizes.

Students were asked to design a court space with boundaries, including a line to divide the area in two. Students were then required to use a racquet to rally the ball backwards and forwards to a partner, pushing and trapping the ball.

This assessment task relates to the focus areas: active play and minor games, and fundamental movement skills.