Physical Education

GOLD SCHOOL GAMES MARK

St Adrian’s has been awarded a prestigious Gold Award Rating by School Games for 2022-2023 and 2023-2024. We are very proud of all the sports activities made available to the children in school.

At St Adrian’s we will strive to ensure that all pupils:

• develop competence to excel in a broad range of physical activities;
• are physically active for sustained periods of time;
• engage in competitive sports and activities;
• lead healthy, active lives.

Opportunities to compete in sport and other activities, build character and help to embed values such as fairness and respect. 

Whilst the National Curriculum, in its entirety, will provide the framework around which the Physical Education Curriculum at St Adrian’s will be structured, it is our intent to offer a curriculum that makes provision for:

• allow each child to aspire to their potential as physically literate individuals with the movement foundation for lifelong participation and enjoyment in physical activity;
• providing opportunities to develop the attributes of motivation, confidence, physical competence, knowledge and understanding in PE;
• respecting themselves and others;
• regularly employing the skills of running, jumping, throwing and catching in isolation and in combination;
• engagement and relevance to the pupils;
• opportunities for children to hone the generic skills of collaboration, independence, research, and reflection;
• play competitive games to encourage fair play, the ability to approach winning and losing with dignity; and (when representing their house or school) a sense of shared identity and team spirit;
• opportunities for outdoor adventure and swimming;
• encouraging pupils to be active outside of PE lessons both in and beyond the school day;
• developing metacognitive skills in planning, monitoring and evaluation with respect to physical activity;
• providing the knowledge and understanding to make healthy lifestyle choices;
• promoting well-being through physical activity  as well as by :engaging with others; instilling lifelong-learning;  developing in pupils a greater awareness of their surroundings; and opportunities to do good for others.

Key documents

National curriculum for Physical Education

Topics at a glance

Nursery	Fun Movement	Send and Receive	Ball Skills	Gym	Simple Cricket	Athletics
Reception	Body Manage- ment	Gymnastics	Dance	movement	Fun Games	Teamwork
Year 1	Movement	Dance – All about me	Dodgeball	Rounders	Swimming	Swimming
Year 1	Basketball	Movement	Football	Dance – Space	Cricket	Athletics
Year 2	Swimming	Swimming	Swimming	Swimming	Dance – Country	Athletics
Year 2	Gym skills – Ropes	Send & receive – net game	Football	Basketball	Hockey	Striking fielding
Year 3	Swimming	Swimming	Swimming	Swimming	Dance – Sand dance	Athletics
Year 3	Tennis	Baketball	Volleyball	Gymnastics	Hockey	Cricket
Year 4	Swimming	Swimming	Swimming	Swimming	Dance – Maypole	Athletics
Year 4	Basketball	Gymnastics	Football	Volleyball	Rounders	Tennis
Year 5	Netball	Gaelic Football	Gymnastics	Orienteering	Swimming	Swimming
Year 5	Dodgeball	Gymnastics	Hockey	Danish Longball	Kwik Cricket	Athletics
Year 6	Tennis	Football	Circuit training	Dance	Outdoor activities	Rounders/ Fun Games
Year 6	Netball	Gymnastics	Hockey	Basketball	Cricket	Athletics