Physical Education Curriculum Intent Statement
Our curriculum begins the moment children are welcomed into our school and is comprised of all the carefully crafted decisions we make that impact our learners. Our aim is to prepare our children for their futures, enabling them to use their God-given talents to achieve their full potential. Thus, allowing them to live out our virtues and take advantage of every opportunity so that they are best-prepared for their life in an ever-changing world.
We instil self-belief, courage and ambition in our pupils with our mission that we are:
Growing in God’s Love
At St. John’s we follow the Bishop Konstant Catholic Academy Trust’s Curriculum design for core and foundation subjects. This falls in line with our National Curriculum for teaching Physical Education.
At St. John’s we follow our own bespoke Curriculum Design for our Physical Education curriculum. This falls in line with our National Curriculum for teaching Physical Education.
At St. John the Baptist we believe our Physical Education curriculum provides a range of opportunities and enhancements for all our pupils.
Within PE this includes..
Educational Trips
We attend many competitive and friendly sports fixtures, ranging from individual, team or whole class.
Our Educational trips often include elements of PE, such as our weekly swimming lessons at the local pool, orienteering activities during the children’s trip to Robin Hood’s Bay.
Visitors
We have highly qualified coaches who deliver quality provision for our pupils and quality CPD for our teaching staff.
During our Aspirations Week and throughout the year we invite many visitors into school to introduce the children to a variety of new sports.
Schemes of Learning
We utilise the PE Pro learning scheme to support our staff in delivering sequential lessons of a consistently high standard.
Collaboration
We attend many collaborative events within our academy trust and the wider Five Towns competitions.
We often collaborate with colleagues across our trust to share good practice and collaborate on future ventures.
We collaborate with many sports clubs in the local area to establish strong links.
Awards
We have achieved the School Games Platinum Award for 2023/24 and have the Change 4 Life Gold Award.
We take great pride in maintaining our children’s high quality experiences of physical activity.
Clubs
We provide regular lunchtime clubs for children across school to experience activities such as cross country, orienteering, forestry etc.
We also have a range of sports afterschool clubs across four days in the week for children across school.
Our Whole School Sports Offer
At St John the Baptist we have a highly varied sports offer available throughout the year and across all year groups. The majority of our sports sessions are delivered by external expert coaches in their fields to ensure that our pupils are delivered a robust physical education which serves to strengthen all aspects of their wider development.
Please see the current offer as a visual below. If you would like to see the sports timetable per year and term group please visit our dedication school calendar and time table page
- Build a love of reading for all pupils, using a broad range of non-fiction texts—for example books based on sports personalities which the children may want to learn more about.
- Show our high expectations for all our pupils through an ambitious and inclusive curriculum, always differentiating lessons to allow all children to participate fully.
- Provide a broad and balanced curriculum for every child, ensuring learning is correctly and progressively sequenced by following our scheme of learning.
- Use creative learning opportunities wherever possible so that children can learn actively and in innovative ways.
- Ensure there are opportunities for links and connections between different physical activities and sports to be made by all our pupils so that they know and remember more.
- Give our children a thirst for learning so that they can use their unique talents and abilities to engage in a huge variety of physical activities and to contribute to society as respectful and active citizens.
- Build resilience and courage through our physical education as we prepare them for a modern world in which they can adapt, flourish and thrive.
- Provide the children with opportunities to share their gifts and talents.
For further information about our curriculum, please contact office@sjb.bkcat.uk