Our PE curriculum at Ashcombe enables children to participate and develop their own physical skills and strategies according to their own physical strengths and capabilities. This we believe is necessary for their mental, emotional, social and physical wellbeing now and in the future. We believe our PE curriculum should inspire our children to succeed and excel in sport and other physically demanding activities. We aim to provide opportunities for children to become physically confident and in a way that supports their general health and fitness. Above all PE teaches self-discipline and that to be successful you must work hard, have determination, resilience and believe that anything can be achieved, children should enjoy communicating with each other and against themselves and be able to apply a broad range of fundamental skills in familiar and unfamiliar sports.

Intent

It is our intent that all children will be lifelong participants in sport, with the skills and abilities to apply their learning to a range of different sports or activities. As a school we share the vision that Physical Education is not only important for children’s physical health but also for their mental health. We aim to make Physical Education enjoyable and accessible to all children regardless of ability and gender. Physical Education supports essential team building skills and helps to maintain fitness, self-esteem and confidence. We endeavour to introduce children to a wide range of sports so that they can find the activity which appeals to them and that they can pursue beyond their time in school. We want to teach children how to cooperate and collaborate with others, work as part of a team understanding respect and fairness.

Implementation

Physical Education is provided through a broad and balanced curriculum of physical activities including gymnastics, dance, athletics, games, swimming and opportunities to explore other sports such as archery and kurling. We aim to provide two hours of high quality PE a week. Progression of skills and knowledge in PE from reception to year 6 is outlined in the progression of skills document. The curriculum for PE is delivered throughout the whole school and repetition of sports is part of our coverage to allow children to refine and further their skills they have previously learnt. This allows children to transfer skills learnt in one activity or sport and relate it to another, always building upon what they have learnt or skills acquired. Teachers use a combination of CPD learnt skills and our Key PE Sports scheme of work to deliver engaging and progressive lessons, which are led by the skills progression. Using PE funding we use Future Stars to deliver CPD to all staff across each school year, this allows the children and staff to receive specialised teaching. Future Stars offer lunchtime sporting clubs, two after school clubs and support with a specialised swimming coach for KS2. Children are invited to attend competitive sporting events, this is an inclusive approach which builds on teamwork and leadership skills. Children in years 4 and 5 go swimming once a week for an 8 week block and we use 3 specialised swimming instructors to teach these lessons alongside teachers from Ashcombe, continuing to develop their CPD in this area too.

Impact

We aim to improve the wellbeing and fitness of all children at Ashcombe Primary School. The impact of the PE curriculum is that the children will meet age-appropriate skills and be able to transfer these skills into other sports and everyday activities. It is hoped that physical education will light

the love of sport and physical activity, so that our children will engage in extra- curricular sporting opportunities provided by the school, local clubs and agencies. We believe we can equip children with skills in team building, promote physical and mental health and boost confidence and resilience, taking ownership and responsibility of their own health and fitness. Our impact is therefore to inspire and motivate children to utilise these underpinning skills in an independent and effective way, with a lifelong participation in physical activity and sport.

A group of 12 children from year 2 travelled to Worle Village school for a morning of new sports to explore with our MAT schools ran by NSSPEA. They learnt how to play Molky, Cornhole and competed in speed stacking. 

A small group of year 2 children represented us in a multi-sports afternoon held Becket Primary School last week. Children from across Kaleidoscope MAT took part and they rotated around archery, bowling, target throwing, boules and a game called attack the tower. We are very proud of how well they represented Ashcombe and they have learnt some new games to take back to school and teach their classes during future PE lessons. 💪🥰🤩

This afternoon children in year 3 got to have a PE lesson where they learnt how to play Tri Golf. 

Thank you to North Somerset PE association for coming in to spend the afternoon with us.

'We're really proud of how hard and determined a team of 20 children from year 5 were when they participated in 'Sports hall athletics' with other schools from across North Somerset. Activities included relay races and field events like triple jump, vertical jump and a speed bounce.' 

"On Wednesday of this week a team of 8 children chosen from year 5 represented us in a MAT organised event at St Martin's. We were very proud of how well the team represented our school, showing their team spirit and determination throughout all matches. Dodgeball is now an event which year 5 would like to learn as part of their PE curriculum and the team have said that they are keen to teach year 5 the rules and skills needed to play dodgeball."

5 of our year 2 children took part in a sports event organised by Worle Village Primary. They got to take part in games of speed stacking, molkky and cornhole against children from across our MAT. The children were a credit to our school, showing great sportsmanship and team spirit.

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