All pupils will leave The Crescent physically literate and with the knowledge, skills and motivation necessary to equip them for a healthy, active lifestyle and life- long participation in physical activity and sports.

Planning

P.E Pro, the scheme of work used, will demonstrate the balance of visual, auditory and kinesthetic elements to ensure that all pupils with different learning styles can access the learning experience.  The importance of ‘high quality’ planning must include challenges for pupils, which involve developing:

• A sense of accomplishment/achievement
• Learning something new and wanting to learn more
• Physical and mental well-being
• A feeling of independence
• Wanting to perform well and with imagination and flair

Long term planning through the curriculum map shows a clear and concise outline for the units/activities to be taught within each year group for the duration of the academic year. Through medium-term planning, learning objectives and a progression of skills are planned and reviewed termly. Using the progression map, teachers will ensure they utilise the key learning objectives for their lessons and take into account pupils’ needs to ensure all pupils’ can achieve that objective by the end of the lesson.

Participation in Sport, at all levels, is at the heart of our ethos at The Crescent. Sport teaches teamwork, resilience, discipline and all important lessons in winning and losing.

We believe in sport for all and from the earliest age our girls and boys enjoy a range of sports and games.

Children have specialist PE, Games and swimming lessons, making full use of the facilities on offer.

They are coached in a wide range of sport including football, netball, hockey, basketball, cricket, golf, gymnastics, athletics and dance.  Children who participate in sport will have regular competitive fixtures against local schools and children of all abilities enjoy representing their school.

House competitions and our Sports Days for all children from Reception to Year 6 encourages all children to do their best in a fun, nurturing environment.

Swimming

• Year 6 have intensive swimming lessons for 10 sessions.
• These will focus on teaching children 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 and breaststroke).
• Perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.
• See our PE and Sports Premium data 24-25 below: