Our school delivers a high-quality physical education curriculum to inspire all pupils to succeed and excel in competitive sport and other physical activities. It provides opportunities for pupils to become physically confident in a way which supports their health and fitness. Children are given many opportunities to compete in sport and become leaders to help build character and help to embed the ‘Spirit of the Games’ values such as honesty, determination, self-belief, passion and respect.  Our curriculum aims to develop competence to excel in a broad range of physical activities through a progression of skills and sports, to give opportunities to play competitively and to engage children to lead healthy, active lives.  To make meaningful links, dance is often linked with topic areas.

Getset4PE is being used as a framework for our curriculum design, because it ensures coverage and progression of skills; whilst giving confidence to staff to deliver high quality lessons.  Each week, two hours of PE will be taught from Year 1 to Year 6.  Nursery and Reception will have one PE lesson as well as physical development being a fundamental aspect of the EYFS whereby children will be developing gross and fine motor skills, as part of everyday learning.

In KS1, fundamentals (agility, balance and co-ordination) and dance are taught early as units later on depend on skills taught in these sessions.  Team Building is also taught early to support team games later in the year. 

In KS2, most sports are taught every other year so children have the opportunity to build on skills and apply them into games.  Striking and Fielding, net and wall, and invasion games have been selected with consideration to the complexity of the rules and strategies involved to play them.  Swimming is placed in Year 3 and 5, so that, if some have not achieved the aims of the NC by the end of Yr5, they can be offered top up sessions in year 6.

Units requiring indoor spaces, are generally timetabled for winter months; whilst outdoor activities, such as athletics and OAA are planned for the summer.   

Some units are placed, bearing in mind the DSSN calendar of sports events, ensuring children have been taught the skills so they can attend competitive events with prior learning.

Being part of the DSSN enables all our children to access a range of competitive sports throughout the year to enhance PE lessons.  Extra physical activity is carried out in classes each day to ensure we are offering Active 60 and it is encouraged that there is additional activity in other curriculum areas, using subscriptions such as ‘Maths of the Day’.  Playground Leaders organise physical activities at playtimes to ensure all children have access to physical activity.  To embellish the curriculum, provide new experiences and continue staff’s knowledge and confidence, outside agencies (such as Watford FC, Premier Sport and Saracens) are regularly organised to lead sessions in classes. 

A range of extra-curricular activities are on offer and rotated throughout the year.  Some are provided by school staff and others by outside agencies.  Year 6 are given the opportunity to attend residential trips at Kingswood and PGL centres where the focus is on physical activity, reward and social skills.  Every year group attends inter-school sports events provided through the Dacorum Schools Sports Partnership, to enhance the PE curriculum and provide opportunities for all.  Children with particular skills in sports are given many opportunities to represent the school at events throughout the year where they can celebrated.