PE
Physical education at St Joseph’s aims to develop the knowledge, skills and the physical wellbeing in our children now and for their future. Physical fitness is an important part of leading a healthier lifestyle. From an early age we promote that children must work hard, show resilience and have the determination to believe that anything can be achieved.
Our intent is to teach children life skills that will positively impact their future. We aim to do this by delivering weekly high-quality lessons both indoors and outdoors that give the children ample learning opportunities. Lessons are delivered by not only class teachers and qualified teaching assistants, but lessons are also taught by highly skilled sports coaches. We want to teach children how to succeed in physical activities. We want to teach the children how to cooperate with others, as part of a team understanding fairness and equity of play to embed life-long British values.
Our PE curriculum incorporates a variety of sports to ensure all children become physically confident in a way in which supports their health and fitness. Fundamental skills are built on throughout the year groups giving the children confidence across a wide range of sports. We want the children to understand and appreciate their own and others’ strengths and weaknesses. We provide opportunities for all children to engage in extra-curricular festivals after school which enables not only the less active pupils, but also the most able children to develop their skills in specific sports in addition to these competitive sporting events are also attended regularly. This is an inclusive approach which endeavours to encourage not only physical development but also well-being.
The curriculum aims to improve the wellbeing and fitness of all children, not only through sporting skills taught, but through the underpinning values and disciplines PE promotes. Within the lessons, children are taught about self-discipline and that to be successful you need to take ownership and responsibility of their own health and fitness. Our impact therefore to motivate children to utilise these underpinning skills in an independent and effective way in order to live happy and healthy lives.
