PE and Sport

PE - 

We aim to offer a high-quality physical education curriculum that inspires all pupils to succeed and excel in competitive sport and other physically-demanding activities. We provide opportunities for pupils to become physically confident in a way which supports their overall health and fitness, leading to active lives.  These include sustained periods of dance, games, gymnastics, swimming and water safety, athletics and outdoor adventurous activities.  We believe in providing activities that build character and help to embed values such as fairness and respect. 

Gunter Primary School's P.E. syllabus is based on the National Curriculum 2014. We also use a published scheme: The PE Hub. When opportunities arise, we may base a series of lessons on particular events, e.g. the Olympics, Commonwealth Games, World Cup.  In the Summer term we hold our annual Sports Day.

Each class has approximately 2 hours P.E. curriculum time each week. Additional coaching and lunchtime activities are available to the children every day, led by the Sports Council.

In addition we organise various extra-curricular activities and inter-school competitions. When funding is available we buy in the services of specialised sports coaches and trainers, e.g. we have a long term relationship with Aston Villa Football Club. We are members of the Kingsbury Sports Partnership.

It is advisable that all pupils bring their PE kit (fully labelled with the child’s name) on a Monday and return it home Friday to be washed. All Year Group termly newsletters inform parents of PE days in each year group.  Appropriate clothing and footwear must be worn (see prospectus for uniform list), including that suitable for outdoor activity.

Gunter Primary has achieved the Bronze School Games Mark award for their

commitment, engagement and delivery of competitive school sport in 2015/16.

National Curriculum

Key stage 1

Pupils should develop fundamental movement skills, become increasingly competent and confident and access a broad range of opportunities to extend their agility, balance and coordination, individually and with others. They should be able to engage in competitive(both against self and against others) and co-operative physical activities, in a range of increasingly challenging situations.

Pupils should be taught to:

• master basic movements including running, jumping, throwing and catching, as well as developing balance, agility and co-ordination, and begin to apply these in a range ofactivities.

• participate in team games, developing simple tactics for attacking and defending.

• perform dances using simple movement patterns.

Key stage 2

Pupils should continue to apply and develop a broader range of skills, learning how to usethem in different ways and to link them to make actions and sequences of movement.

They should enjoy communicating, collaborating and competing with each other. They should develop an understanding of how to improve in different physical activities and sports and learn how to evaluate and recognise their own success.

Pupils should be taught to:

• use running, jumping, throwing and catching in isolation and in combination

• play competitive games, modified where appropriate [for example, badminton,basketball, cricket, football, hockey, netball, rounders and tennis], and apply basic principles suitable for attacking and defending

• develop flexibility, strength, technique, control and balance [for example, through athletics and gymnastics]

• perform dances using a range of movement patterns

• take part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team

• compare their performances with previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best.

Swimming and water safety

All schools must provide swimming instruction either in key stage 1 or key stage 2.

In particular, pupils should be taught to:

• swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres

• use a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke andbreaststroke]

• perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.