Physical Education (PE)

Our vision is for all children at Rothwell St Mary’s to experience exceptional physical education, school sport and activity that will lead to life-long participation for all. Positive participation in physical education will enable children to build, self-esteem, teamwork and positive attitudes in P.E.

At Rothwell St Mary’s Physical Education is a key element, which is incorporated into everyday life. As a school we aim to motivate students to maintain a balance between their school work and Physical Education. Physical Education is an essential part of healthy living especially for children who are at school. We believe that Physical Education enhances children’s ability to remain focused and increases concentration. Our students are promoted to take part in activities along with their school work, so this will help in maintaining their healthy bodies and minds.

We are very fortunate to have Premier Sports who work with all our children and staff. They also provide before and after school sporting skills practise. During our P.E. lessons and after school skills practise the children have the opportunity to learn new skills and build teamwork skills.

We practise our sporting skills through games which include:

Netball
Gymnastics
Multi sports
Hockey
Swimming
Tennis
Football
Basket ball
Athletics
Fencing
Archery
Cricket

Intent:

Our high-quality Physical Education at St Mary’s aims to equip learners with the skills they need to lead full and valuable lives through engaging in purposeful and high quality activity. Promoting an active and heathy lifestyle.

Implementation:

PE Implementation Plan- ACTIVE MINUTES (1)

Impact:

We want to ensure that Physical Education is incorporated into everyday life and children are given opportunities to learn new skills.

Curriculum- Active Minutes

Year 1 have been working on their teamwork skills in the sunshine today! In PSHE they have been focusing on what skills are needed when working in a team. They put these skills to the test through an active challenge today (PSHE, P.E, Active Learning).

Year 4 used their active minutes to consolidate their learning of the Romans so far, by placing important dates they have learnt about on a timeline. The children had to find the dates around the classroom and then race against the clock to place them correctly on the timeline (Humanities, P.E., Active Minutes).

Year 2 participated in active learning today during Geography. The children used the playground space to find the names of the 7 continents and their population (Humanities, P.E, Active learning).

In Year 1, they have been learning all about materials in Science. This afternoon, they got up out of their seats and went on a hunt around the classroom to look for objects made of wood, metal, glass, plastic and material (Science, P.E, Active Minutes).

Year 4 jumped out of their seats this week to practise their timetables! They were put into teams and raised against one another to memorise, write and recite the timetables that sometimes trick us- their hear rates were sky high after these activities (Maths, Fluency, P.E, Active Minutes).

During our whole school mental health day, Year 3 worked on lots of strategies that help to shape and form us in different ways. In their Den Building activity they fostered their team work, communication, patience, resilience, problem solving, co-operation and much more! They used their active minutes in the playground to complete this task.

Today, Year One took their Maths outdoors! They have been learning about part whole models and using them for addition and subtraction when using fact families. They used the sports equipment, outdoor area and their active minutes to complete their P-P-P-W calculations.

Sport participation

Miss Stephens and 10 lucky Year 5 children were invited to Elland Road Ice Rink to have a private skating lesson with the Leeds Knights, a fantastic experience and exposure to new sports for all children.

James from Leeds Rhinos came in as part of Project 9 to take a coaching session with Yr5, which was fabulous – the children loved it. The children have now all been signed up to the Project 9 ticket service, whereby themselves and one adult now have access to every Leeds Rhino’s home game up until the end of the season, a great opportunity for all.