PE and Sports

 

At Valley Invicta Primary School at Holborough Lakes we believe all children should have the opportunity to live healthy and active lives. A positive experience of sport and physical activity at a young age can build a lifetime habit of participation. 

Physical activity has numerous benefits for children’s physical health, as well as their mental wellbeing and children who are physically active are happier, more resilient and more trusting of their peers. Ensuring that pupils have access to sufficient daily activity can also have wider benefits for pupils and schools, improving behaviour as well as enhancing academic achievement. 

 

Sports Premium 

The chief medical officer advises that children should be active for up to 60 minutes per day and schools are responsible for 30 minutes per day. 

Using the Primary PE and Sport Premium funding we can ensure that children meet this target. This Government funding should be used to make additional and sustainable improvements to the quality of the PE, physical activity and sport offered by schools. 

This means that schools use the premium to: 

• develop or add to the PE, physical activity and sport that your school provides 
• build capacity and capability within the school to ensure that improvements made now will benefit pupils joining the school in future years 

Schools should use the premium to secure improvements in the 5 key indicators.

1. The engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity - the Chief Medical Officer guidelines recommend that all children and young people aged 5 to 18 engage in at least 60 minutes of physical activity a day, of which 30 minutes should be in school
2. The profile of PE and sport is raised across the school as a tool for whole-school improvement
3. Increased confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport
4. Broader experience of a range of sports and activities offered to all pupils
5. Increased participation in competitive sport

Our Curriculum 

The intent of our PE curriculum is to deliver a curriculum which is accessible to all and that will maximise the development of every child’s ability and achievement in the area of PE enabling them to know more about physical activity and keeping healthy, remember more about the physical activity they participate in and learn about and understand how to use and apply this knowledge to impact upon their own physical activity, participation and healthy lifestyle.

To build a P.E curriculum which enables children to develop competence to excel in a broad range of physical activities which results in pupils knowing more, remembering more and understanding how the knowledge and skills can be applied in their own physical activity and healthy lifestyle.

To build a curriculum that encourages and provides opportunities for all children to lead healthy, active lives. To enable them to know more, remember more and understand more about the positives
involved in healthy lifestyle.

We use GetSet4PE to support the planning, teaching and assessment of our PE lessons across the school.

Our Yearly Overview can be found here: P.E.-Long Term Plan-2024-25

 

The teaching sequence in PE

Every year group’s units of work include:

• ‘The Big Picture’ – setting the PE learning that is about to take place within the chronology of pupils PE learning and skill development to date. Starting with what the children know, understand, are able to do and able to say.
• Review most recent learning in PE.
• Specific key vocabulary and its meaning.
• Provide opportunities for the children to work interactively
•  Provide opportunities for children to critically review their own work and that of others.
• Individual reflection on the learning and skill development that has taken place.

 

Assessment

In order to help children progress through the skills of the PE curriculum, they are assessed throughout PE lessons and at the end of each PE unit. Assessment tools allow teachers and pupils to measure their skills and fitness levels being achieved in PE classes. They demonstrate what the students know, what they can do and what they need to do next. Effective assessment in physical education engages supports and motivates pupils to become competent, confident, creative and reflective movers. It can support and encourage young people to work together in order to excel in physically demanding and competitive activities.

Holborough’s approach to assessment is meaningful and embedded throughout a high-quality physical education curriculum; which enables learners to make progress and improve their attainment. Using the Get Set 4 PE scheme alongside formative and summative assessments, children are assessed as working towards, working within or working beyond the statement skills that will establish their progress in that unit.

 

School Games Mark 

Valley Invicta Primary School was awarded the School Games SILVER award for our PE and Sport provision in 2023-24.

The School Games Mark is a government-led awards scheme launched in 2012 to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community. Participating in this process allows schools to evaluate their PE provision and assists them in developing an action plan for future progress.

For more information on the Your School Games please click the link: https://www.yourschoolgames.com/how-it-works/

We are aiming for GOLD for our continually improving provision in 2024-25.

 

Additionality at Holborough Lakes

We are always looking for new and exciting ways to increase our sporting offer and to get our children active. Listed below are a couple of our most popular extra-curricular activities we have had over the last couple of years.

Orienteering  

We are pleased to announce that we are now working with the British Orienteering society to create new and exciting opportunities for the children. Orienteering is an exciting and challenging outdoor sport that exercises mind and body. The aim is to navigate between control points marked on an orienteering map. In competitive orienteering the challenge is to complete the course in the quickest time choosing your own best route. At VIPS Holborough Lakes we have been lucky to have a school map created for us and have markers placed around the school site ready for the children to explore. With new software we are developing new courses to support the learning in maths, geography and PE.

Orienteering Map

 

Young Adventurers

Our Year 5 Children take part in a series of events and challenges throughout the year leading towards their Young Adventurers Award. The final event is a day of water sports at Leybourne Lakes followed by a night camping in tents.

In addition to our traditional Sports Day each year, we run an additional day where pupils can try a variety of sporting activities. In 2024 we had cheerleading, archery, rounders, BMX bikes, yoga, skipping and much more. We are very much looking forward to our 2025 event.

 

Day with a difference

In addition to our traditional Sports Day each year, we run an additional day where pupils can try a variety of sporting activities. In 2024 we had cheerleading, archery, rounders, BMX bikes, yoga, skipping and much more. We are very much looking forward to our 2025 event.

 

Fence

The children really enjoyed this unique club run by an outside company as an active breakfast club before school.

 

Cheerleading 

We were lucky enough to have Spartan’s Sports providing a cheerleading master class in the school hall. The children loved learning specialist dances and moves from a trained teacher.

 

Useful Links

Better Health – Healthier Families (Formally known as Change4life)

Change4Life aims to ensure parents have the essential support and tools they need to make healthier choices for their families. We know that modern life can mean we are a lot busier, less active, and more reliant on convenience and fast food than we used to be. But that's where Change4Life comes in, helping families with fun ideas to help kids stay healthy, whether with easy recipes for busy weeknights, great sugar swaps, Disney-inspired games to get kids moving or help in understanding food labels.           

https://www.nhs.uk/healthier-families/

https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/recipes

https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/activities

https://www.nhs.uk/10-minute-shake-up/shake-ups

 

 

Cosmic Kids Yoga

Yoga helps to encourage self-esteem and body awareness with a physical activity that’s noncompetitive.

https://www.cosmickids.com/category/watch/

https://www.youtube.com/cosmickidsyoga

 

 

Youth Sports Trust

Youth Sport Trust Home Learning PE activities that can be done individually or in pairs/small groups with a focus on the development of physical competence and actively learning the importance of personal skills to support social, emotional and mental wellbeing.                  

https://www.youthsporttrust.org/pe-home-learning

 

60 second Physical Activity Challenges

A fun ‘compete against yourself’ approach to physical activity with a focus on resilience and perseverance and the aim to achieve bronze, silver or gold medal aims. We have a range of activity cards and videos.

https://www.youthsporttrust.org/60-second-physical-activity-challenges

 

 

Joe Wicks                                                                           

https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1

 

 

Kent School Games

The School Games personal challenges are a student led approach, aiming to improve individual’s performance. This interlinks with the school games mission of helping individuals achieve their personal best. There is a wide variety of challenges to choose from, follow the link below for more information: 

https://www.kentschoolgames.com/stayhomestayactive

 

 

Andy’s Workout - CBeebies

Andy travels the world to amazing places and learns to move like the animals he meets on his wild adventure. Can you adventure with Andy and learn some animal moves of your own?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06tmmvz

 

 

Premier League Kids Quiz

Test your children's knowledge in the Official Premier League Kids Quiz every Thursday at 10:00am.

https://www.premierleague.com/news/1651504#

 

 

Meet our Sports Ambassadors for the academic year 2024-2025:

 

Year 3

                         

                           Max                       Harrison 

Year 4

                          

                         Thomas                   Poppy

 

Year 5       

                    

                             Emilia                       Charlie

 

Year 6

                        

                                Harry                          Beau

 

PE Documents

 

Vocabulary Progression for PE

PE Vision Holborough Lakes VIAT 2023-24

VIPS Holborough Lakes PE Booklet 2023-2024

 

Find out more about we collaborate through sport across the Trust by watching our video: