We are active.

All pupils will leave Southborough 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.

We are incredibly lucky to have a full time specialist PE teacher - Mr Taylor. 

This allows us to deliver real skills to all abilities. P.E. is a system of progressive exercise and instruction aimed at developing fundamental motor abilities, balance, co-ordination and ultimately complete control of body movement. We want our pupils to move with competence and to develop the desire to participate in all sport and physical activity. All pupils whatever their ability, age, size, shape or aspiration can improve their fundamental movement ability and build the foundations on which future sporting performance is based.

P.E. provides pupils with learning opportunities through the medium of movement and contributes to their overall development by helping them to lead full, active and healthy lives. The P.E. curriculum provides a balanced range of activities (athletics, games, dance, swimming and many more) for pupils and all pupils will enjoy the variety, challenge and the performance improvements that this training provides.

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

  The department will ensure that 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 South Norwood. 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 sports, 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 encourage all children to do their best in a fun, nurturing environment.

Southborough has an excellent reputation of sporting success in local, regional and National competitions, leagues and tournaments.

Sports Premium

We are able to offer a large number and wide variety of after school clubs across both key stages. Outside providers run some of these clubs, staff others.  These sessions are designed to boost the children’s confidence and enjoyment of PE, and work alongside the teachers in order to upskill their knowledge and give them further ideas of activities they can continue to use.

Swimming 

Year 4 have swimming lessons in Spring Term. 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.