Our PE Curriculum
Intent
PE at Kaizen aims to develop the knowledge, skills and attributes necessary for mental, emotional, social and wellbeing in our children now and for their future. Physical fitness and participation in sport is an important part of leading a healthier lifestyle. It teaches self-discipline and that to be successful you must work hard, show resilience and have the determination and self-belief to succeed.
Many of the children at Kaizen have limited access to outside spaces, have low activity levels because they are exposed to high levels of screen time and lack soft skills such as resilience, the concept of fair play and sportsmanship. It is our intent at Kaizen to deliver high-quality teaching and learning opportunities that inspire all children to succeed in physical activities. Not only will we teach children specific sports knowledge, they will develop how to cooperate and collaborate with others, as part of a team, understanding fairness and equity of play to embed life-long values.
Implementation
Pupils at Kaizen participate in high quality PE every week plus other sporting activities delivered by PE specialist teachers and coaches. Topics are repeated and revisited each year to ensure that previous skills are built upon to ensure progress, as well as the development of understanding for specific sports. Our PE programme incorporates a variety of sports to ensure all children develop the confidence, tolerance and the appreciation of their own and others’ strengths and weaknesses. We provide opportunities for all children to engage in extra-curricular activities before, during and after school, in addition to competitive sporting events through the Tapscott Trust. This is an inclusive approach which endeavours to encourage not only physical development but also well-being.
We understand that children have missed opportunities of learning because of the COVID outbreak and the resulting distance and blended learning models that were used in the previous school years. Our current teaching model ensures that any missed opportunities are addressed before teaching new concepts and topics. This pre teaching approach ensures that children are able to access the new learning and build upon their skills and knowledge.
Aspects of the PE curriculum are embedded in learning within the provision of SEND learning to ensure that all children have access to a broad and balanced curriculum. Themes are planned throughout the year that allow for PE skills and knowledge to be embedded and built upon. Children with high levels of need have a broad curriculum offer, linking into National Curriculum themes, but with scaffolded learning which meets their needs, ensuring they are also making good progress from their initial starting points.
Impact
Due to a high quality PE and sport program delivered by skilled staff our impact in PE will be evident in children who can perform skilfully in a range of sports and can talk confidently about their knowledge of a given sport. Children will show resilience across the school in subjects other than PE because they have the skills to cope when learning is difficult. Children will be able to represent the school at competition level and the school will continue to be successful at these competitions.
Please click here to see the subject overview for PE.