P.E. (Physical Education)

PE Leader: Mrs Kirsty Foley with support from Mr James Williams

Our Vision Statement:

At Cutteslowe Primary School, we intend to provide a Physical Education (PE) curriculum that helps every child succeed and reach their full potential. This curriculum will foster positive connections and experiences between children and movement, promoting healthy habits for all. Children should enjoy movement and find meaning in it, which helps them continue to be active as they grow.

Aims of our Physical Education (PE) Curriculum:

At Cutteslowe Primary we value the importance of physical education, school sport and physical activity (PESSPA). We are committed to providing continuous opportunities for children to be physically active and develop a healthy lifestyle, which will benefit both their physical and emotional wellbeing. 

The aim of our PESSPA programme is to ensure all children learn to be physically literate through a wide range of physical opportunities. By the time they leave primary school they should have secure knowledge of the wide ranging benefits of regular exercise and should have developed a passion and enthusiasm for one or more sports or forms of exercise. This is supported by sport England who state ‘Positive experiences at an early age help build the foundation for an active life. If children and young people have experiences that feel fun, positive and give them a sense of confidence, they are more likely to want to be active in the future.’ Children will be able to use PESSPA to help regulate their physical and emotional health. They will have learnt how to work and play alongside others following and implementing rules and tactics. They will have learnt to win and lose well showing respect to teammates, competitors, coaches and officials.

We believe PESSPA has the potential to make a significant contribution to children’s development: increasing confidence and self-esteem, developing leadership, team working, concentration and problem-solving skills, and developing identity and improving social cohesion within the school and wider community. We want our children to develop knowledge and skills that are transferable to other curriculum areas and which can and are used to promote their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. In ensuring high standards of teaching and learning in PESSPA, we implement a curriculum that is progressive throughout the whole school and across the curriculum.

PE Curriculum Statement

PE Curriculum Cycle A

PE Progression And Skills (2024-2025)

Champions Mapping To National Curriculum

Primary School PE and Sports Grant 

The government provides additional funding of £150 million per annum to improve provision of physical education and sport in primary schools. This funding- provided jointly by the Departments of Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport- is allocated to primary school head teachers. The funding is ring-fenced and therefore can only be spent on provision of PE and sport in schools.

How much does the school receive and how do we spend it?

Last year (2023 - 2024) we received £18,924. Please click the link below to see how we have used this money to improve pupil outcomes.

Primary Sport PE and Sports Grant

Swimming 

At Cutteslowe, we believe that swimming is a very important life skill and one of the most important reasons that pupils should learn to swim is for safety. It is also a great form of physical activity which involves the entire body, strengthening both heart and lungs. Swimming is a fantastic social activity that allows pupils to have fun and interact with their peers.
 
Pupils attend swimming lessons, weekly, at a local swimming pool when they are in year 3 and year 4. Pupils are also invited to bring in certificates gained outside of school, to be celebrated in assembly.  Our current allocated swimming time for Skylarks, Kingfishers and Nightingales is Thursday morning. 
 
Swimming data of current year 6 pupils’ level of ability was collected through a combination of parent questionnaires, pupil surveys and assessment data from swimming teachers. In line with DFE requirements, please see the statutory data for year 6 swimming: this information is included in our Sports Premium Report.