Physical Education -
'All kids need is a little help, a little hope and someone who believes in them.'
Magic Johnson
Inspiring British Athletes....
Olympic Gymnast - Beth Tweddle
Track and Field Athlete - Greg Rutherford
Paralympian Swimmer - Elle Simmonds
Hello and welcome to our PE curriculum page at Beech Street. My name is Miss Greenhalgh and I am the new PE subject leader. I am passionate about PE and also enjoy going to the gym as part of my lifestyle. I believe that all children can achieve in Physical Education and I want to maximise opportunities for children and create positive attitudes towards PE. Please feel free to read on further to find out about how our curriculum supports all children and all of the amazing opportunities we offer.
We are extremely proud of our children at Beech Street. We have a boys football team who are currently taking part in the Bill Hayhurst Cup. We had an exciting first match against Moorside Primary. The children showcased impressive athleticism, creating numerous chances. The score ended 4-3 to Beech Street and we are looking forward to our next match against Monton Green.
We also have a fantastic girls team who showed great determination and a positive attitude in their very first match against Clifton Primary. The girls were relentless, pressing forward and demonstrated great teamwork. Despite a disappointing result, the Beech Street girls can hold their heads high, they played with heart, skill and sportsmanship, which made our school proud. Well done girls!
We have been busy taking part in other competitions too! The children have recently played in a sports competition at Eccles College where they showed great effort and participation in every track and field event.
Some children also participated in a Panathlon event where they took part in lots of different activities including Boccia.
Curriculum Intent
At Beech Street, we aim to provide a high-quality PE curriculum which inspires children to develop a lifelong love and understanding of physically demanding activities and a healthy and active lifestyle. Now more than ever, the importance of this has been highlighted in society. We believe that all children should find an activity that they can enjoy and thrive in. We aim to provide a wide range of sports activities to cater for different needs which will inspire the children. By doing this, we aim to develop pupils with a solid skillset and a strong sense of physical literacy by the time they come to the end of Year 6. As a result, all children should leave with a positive attitude towards PE, an understanding of how to enhance their wellbeing and transferrable skills that they can carry on in later life.
PE is vital in developing our core values of tolerance, respect, ambition, courage and kindness. We provide this promise through inter-school and intra-school competitions where children will become increasingly confident and competent to access a range of opportunities. Children go to many competitions within the Salford Sports partnership and the WEB cluster. We aim to provide as many opportunities for children at Beech Street to develop life-long learners who are knowledgeable and aware of their own well-being, social, emotional, physical and spiritual needs.
Implementation
Each child receives two hours of PE on a weekly basis which is carefully planned and mapped out to ensure a broad range of skills and activities. These sessions are either delivered by specialist coaches or class teachers during PE lessons. Every week during assembly, children are encouraged to share their outside of school achievements which allows for the opportunity to celebrate and raise the profile of sport.
During KS1, children are given the chance to develop their fundamental movement skills and extend their balance, agility and coordination. This provides them with the necessary skills to progress in KS2.
As the children move through KS2, they develop the different areas of the PE curriculum. Children have the chance to first participate in a sport or activity in lower KS2. This is then built upon during upper KS2 to ensure progression and revisiting of skills. Ed Start coaches will regularly provide feedback to teachers during their lesson. This will identify strengths and weaknesses of pupils and identify and close gaps in learning.
At Beech Street a summative assessment is performed at the end of a unit of work and outlines the extent of students' knowledge. The summative assessment uses our assessment formula, which rewards effort and attainment to achieve an overall grade for each specific unit of work.
We provide ample opportunities for the children to participate and compete against others through School Games events and other inter and intra school competitions.
To give the children the best possible chance of achieving 30 minutes of activity at school, we encourage and facilitate active playtimes and the children complete the daily mile. At Beech Street, we are proud of our extracurricular content. We provide a wide range of activities such as archery, running and football. We also utilise our sports premium funding to promote enrichment activities through sport, focussing on inclusive activities such as boccia, kurling and invasion sports.
Impact
Our curriculum improves the wellbeing and fitness of children at Beech Street, providing them with a solid and transferrable set of physical and mental skills. Our core values are taught throughout the subject to ensure that the children develop a positive attitude towards PE. The children are exposed to a wide range of sports and activities which will motivate them to find their sport and understanding of the importance of physical activity for life. Through pupil voice, it is clear that children thoroughly enjoy PE at Beech Street and this plants the seed for enjoyment through the rest of their journey.
At Beech Street, we believe that PE is an essential part of the curriculum. We are extremely proud of the achievements and developments of our children.
We enter regular competitions and have a wide range of extra-curricular clubs including: running, girls' football, archery, boccia, curling and boys' football.
PE Assessment at Beech Street
Assessment in PE is completed at the end of each unit. We use the new Ed Start Sports Curriculum as our stimulus for planning and assessment. We partner with Edstart for our PE provision.
Formative Assessment
EdStart coaches will regularly provide feedback during their lesson. Feedback is used to help students improve. Formative assessments are used to specifically:
- identify the strengths and weaknesses of pupils.
- address the areas of need for each pupil.
- help teachers identify gaps in learning.
- close those gaps in learning.
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment is performed at the end of a unit of work and outlines the extent of students' knowledge. The information gathered from summative assessment is used by our coaches to show the next steps in the children's learning journey. Our summative assessment uses our assessment formula, which rewards effort and attainment to achieve an overall grade for each specific unit of work.
Running club and Archery Club
