To support our whole school curriculum intent in PE, we aim to provide children with high quality physical education which enthuses and inspires pupils to participate fully, and develop a life-long love of physical activity, sport and exercise. We ensure children attain optimum physical and emotional development and good health. Physical education promotes an understanding in children of their bodies in action. It involves thinking, selecting and applying skills and promotes a positive attitude towards a healthy lifestyle. We want children to acquire the skills, knowledge and understanding that they need to become physically literate, leading to the development of a healthy and active lifestyle. We teach children skills to keep them safe such as being able to swim. In addition to this, we teach children how to cooperate and collaborate with others as part of an effective team, understanding fairness and equity of play to embed life-long values. Our curriculum aims to improve the wellbeing and fitness of all children at Carleton St Hilda’s Primary School, not only through the sporting skills taught, but also through the underpinning values and disciplines PE promotes. Through well-planned, high-quality PE and sports teaching, both in the curriculum and as part of extracurricular provision, we seek to ensure that all children show resilience and have self-esteem to succeed. This will enable children to make informed choices about physical activities throughout their lives.

At Carleton St Hilda’s Primary School, our aim is for all children to:

• use PE to develop their understanding of competition, including: fair play, sportsmanship, team work, passion and playing within the rules.
• have a positive relationship to physical health, activity and personal wellbeing.
• be able to review, analyse and evaluate their own and others’ strengths and weaknesses.
• be able to involve others and motivate people around them to perform.
• be able to see all new challenges as opportunities to learn and develop.
• be able to respond imaginatively to different situations, adapting and adjusting skills, movements or tactics.
• be able to perform a variety of skills consistently and effectively in challenging or competitive situations.