Badsey First SchoolPhysical Education
At Badsey First School, we aim to promote a love of sport and an active lifestyle, regardless of ability. We believe that PE is a vital part of children’s education which builds on fundamental skills of agility, balance and co-ordination, through playing a range of team and individual sports. Children at Badsey love PE and we are proud to provide an engaging and progressive curriculum for all. We have specialist coaches in school to help deliver PE lessons and provide a wide range of after school clubs. Being part of the GLA, means we have more sporting opportunities to provide to all children.
Not only do we teach a wide range of sports, we focus on teamwork, communication, determination, respect and resilience. These are key skills children need to learn to be successful not only in PE, but in the wider curriculum.
As well as an engaging and progressive curriculum for all, we celebrate Badsey for being an active school. We aim for all children to be active in some way every 45 minutes to help promote an active lifestyle. This may be through active Maths and Spelling lessons and taking regular ‘brain breaks’ throughout the day.
We believe in a holistic approach to the development of sport and physical activity for all and encourage collaboration and partnership working to make the best use of resources and enhance PE and sport provision in order to raise participation and achievement for all pupils.
We follow the National Curriculum for PE in England
We have carefully mapped the PE curriculum so that it is progressive and children build upon their learning. Unit guides support teaching with core knowledge, disciplinary knowledge and vocabulary clearly defined.
Discover more about our PE Curriculum at Badsey from the documents below:
PE Curriculum Statement of Intent
PE Curriculum Overview
Physical Development in the Early Years
Physical Development, as opposed to Physical Education, is a core component of the Early Years curriculum - with a focus on both fine and gross motor development throughout the year. Gross motor development begins by concentrating on the fundamentals of balance, coordination and movement. Cooperation is also an early and important element of this curriculum - teaching children about the importance of team mates as early as we can. By the end of their time in the Early Years, pupils will have mastered a range of agility movements which they can apply to large equipment and dance, as well as mastering the beginnings of ball skills and throwing and catching. Children as young as Reception will understand what it feels like to be truly active and out of breath! Beyond their Real PE lessons, Reception pupils visit the Forest School once a week to develop their cooperation and coordination skills in a different environment.
PE in Key Stage 1 (Years 1 & 2)
Mastering the fundamentals is the main aim of PE in Key Stage 1 at Badsey. Children are taught to further develop their basic movements, coordination, stamina and core strength. These fundamentals are brought together in the full range of Real PE units as well as further lessons focusing on application of running, jumping, throwing and catching in a range of activities. In both Year 1 and Year 2, children spend time exploring the large gym apparatus and learn a dance.
PE in Key Stage 2 (Years 3, 4 and 5)
Swimming is introduced as part of the PE curriculum in Key Stage 2, with all children undertaking a ten week unit of swimming over the course of the academic year. Real PE lessons continue throughout this key stage. The curriculum develops through Years 3, 4 and 5 to focus on application of skills in more familiar sporting scenarios such as competitive games of hockey, football, tennis and cricket. By the end of Year 5, all children will have had many opportunities to develop their skills and knowledge & understanding in a full range of invasion games, striking and fielding games, gymnastics and dance. Badsey pupils become empathetic team mates as well as develop an understanding of the single-mindedness needed for professional athletes to succeed.
Extra-Curricular Sport
As a small school, we do our best to offer a range of extra-curricular sporting activities, beyond what is on offer in the mandatory curriculum. Some of these activities are provided by the school for free, whereas others are run by private companies on our site and may charge a fee. Our before and after school offer over the last three academic years, hosted by Badsey staff, includes:
Football Club, Netball Club, Cricket Club, Athletics Club, Hockey Club, Bat and Ball Club, Multi-skills, Dodgeball, Yoga, Running Club and Rounders Club.
Recent additional clubs hosted at Badsey include
GLA Netball Tournament
In Spring 1, Year 4 and 5 children took part in a GLA Netball Tournament, at Rowanfield Primary School. The children played amazingly and they came 3rd overall. They represented Badsey First School fantastically. They should be incredibly proud of themselves.
