Physical Education

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Physical Education Intent :

The national curriculum for physical education aims to ensure that all pupils:
• develop competence to excel in a broad range of physical activities
• are physically active for sustained periods of time
• engage in competitive sports and activities
• lead healthy, active lives
All pupils at Sharnbrook Primary will have a positive and passionate attitude towards physical activity, being lifelong advocates, knowing its importance for a healthy lifestyle. To be physically literate, so that they can apply their physical skills to a wide variety of activities throughout their lives. To be able to work in a variety of team situations, showing cooperation, communication, determination, resilience, leadership, the ability to evaluate and improve and most importantly to have fun! The curriculum aims to invigorate the mind as well as the body; a healthy mind is equally as important as a healthy body.

Physical Education Implementation:

The teaching of PE sets clear expectations and skills progressions across all year groups. It is taught as an area of learning in its own right, making links to other curriculum areas where suited. Pupils experience 2 hours a week of PE. Teachers enable pupils to explore and investigate, be creative, plan and select, practise and refine, present their work, observe and evaluate, take on different roles and responsibilities and strive to improve on their individual personal bests. Teaching also aims to be fun and enable pupils to experience success in physical education, school sport and physical activity, develop good sporting attitudes, understand basic rules, experience positive competition and learn in a safe environment. Teaching provides consistent and clear quality feedback to pupils to help them improve and identify the next steps in their learning. Lessons include the use of appropriate and well-chosen, high quality resources to aid learning and progression of skills and technique.

Physical Education Impact:

P.E is taught as a basis for lifelong learning, where the children have access to a wide range of activities in the belief that if taught well and the children are allowed to succeed, then they will continue to have a physically active life. A high-quality physical education curriculum inspires all children to succeed and excel in competitive sport and other physically-demanding activities. Children will experience a range of sports and activities through their PE lessons, developing confidence to compete against their peers, discussing the emotional skills related to winning and losing and how to behave in each situation. Children will also gain the social skills needed to work as a team and will have the thinking skills to be able to self-critique their own performance using their oracy and the correct vocabulary. At Sharnbrook Primary, we provide opportunities for children to become physically confident in a way which supports their health and fitness. Opportunities to compete in sport and other activities build character and help to embed values such as fairness and respect. We strive for:
• Mentally and physically fit pupils who think strategically as well as critically
• Pupils equipped with strategies to positively challenge life and the wider world
• Strong sporting attitude and spirit
• Equipped with positive character

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School Games Competitions 2022-2023

Year 5 Girls Dodgeball December 2022

7 Year 5 Swans represented Sharnbrook Primary at the after school Dodgeball competition in Bedford. They played superbly as a team and learned so much about this exciting sport.

Year 5/6 Sportshall Athletics December 2022

Well done to the 18 selected pupils who competed in the Sportshall Athletics competition. The team came 4th out of 13 in a very competitive field of athletes.

Year 5/6 Multi-sports Festival October 2022

Congratulations to Year 5 Swans for showing such passion and enthusiasm at the Multi-sports Festival at Sharnbrook Academy. They played tag-rugby, quicksticks and danced to Thriller. They were the eventual winners of the quicksticks tournament, well done!

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Cross-Curricular Orienteering at Sharnbrook Primary October 2022

We have had Cross-Curricular Orienteering installed around our school grounds, ready to be used next half term (Autumn 2). You may have noticed the small cards fixed to various points around the school. We are looking forward to introducing the children to orienteering in PE and then throughout the curriculum.  

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Spring 1 - 2023 After school clubs:

Monday - Basketball KS2

Friday -  Dance KS2

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We have achieved the Platinum School Games Mark award for our commitment and engagement in the School Games for 2021/22.

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