Physical Education & Guidelines for Safe Practice

At Walker we offer a high quality rigorous Physical Education programme which inspires all pupils to succeed and excel in sport and other physically demanding activities.  We provide opportunities for pupils to become physically confident in a way which supports their health and fitness. Opportunities to compete in sport and other activities build character and help to embed values such as fairness and respect.  Fun, enjoyment, confidence, competence and self esteem are at the forefront of our PE delivery.

We offer a wide range of curriculum enrichment activities including Netball, Rugby, Swimming, Dance, Skipping, Gymnastics, Tennis, Hockey, Rounders, Athletics and Football. Our pupils compete in a range of borough competitions and sports festivals. KS1 and KS2 children participate in daily Fit in 15 activities as part of our keep fit initiative to encourage children to live active and healthy lives. 

In conjunction with the PE curriculum, the children have an opportunity to participate in numerous morning, lunchtime and after school sports clubs including Karate, Football, Dodgeball, Netball, Table tennis, Badminton, Cricket, Gymnastics, Dance and Cheer Leading.

PE Aims

• Provide 2 hour weekly opportunities for all pupils to  participate and compete in school sport.
• A commitment to additional sports activities for every age  group through specialist visits/visitors/clubs
• Ensure that every pupil can swim at least 25 metres before  the end of Year 6 (Y5 are part of the borough swimming  programme).
• Provide updated schemes of work for PE with clear guidance  on the step-by-step stages of teaching specific skills.
• Support pupils to lead a healthy, active lifestyle.
• Improve pupils’ physical fitness.
• Monitor regularly the quality of teaching in PE lessons with governors and outside agencies.

Walker School Safe Practice in PE

Our Principles:

• Teaching – Good teaching is safe teaching.
• Managing – Good leadership and  management contribute towards a safe  learning environment.
• Learning – Learning about and applying safe  practice is fundamental to responsible  independent participation in P.E.

Staff Uniform:

• All staff should wear suitable clothing and trainers.
• Staff should wear minimal jewellery or remove  jewellery where possible.

Staff Duties:

• Check children are wearing appropriate P.E kit.
• Check footwear.
• Check children have removed all jewellery or  covered with tape.
• Check children’s hair is tied up/religious  headwear tucked in or tied up.
• Check the space is sufficient and safe for use.

Children Indoor Kit:

• White shorts
• House coloured T-shirt (tucked into shorts)
• Bare feet
• Trainers/Plimsolls/Shoes to walk to and from the hall.  (Shoes to be left in a safe place in the hall, away from the children’s activities)

Children Outdoor Kit:

• White shorts or dark tracksuit bottoms
• House coloured T-shirt
• Socks
• Trainers
• Jumper/Cardigan

Behaviour:

• High expectations of behaviour is a must, unsafe  behaviour is acted upon immediately, children issued with a time out warning.

Staffing:

• (Early Years and KS1) A teacher and a Nursery Nurse/Teaching Assistant will mainly be present in each P.E lesson.
• Children need support in P.E just as much as in  Literacy and Numeracy.

Apparatus:

• All Equipment must be checked before children begin working on it.
• Blue mats are for jumping on!
• Wall bars do not need mats as we do not want to encourage children to jump.
• Please teach children where the apparatus belongs.
• Ropes are not to be knotted.