Sports and Health

PE Curriculum Intent

Our school aims to inspire all children to develop a love of physical activity and sport.

At Dean Field, we deliver a skills-based approach to Physical Education (PE), focusing primarily on the fundamentals of movement (agility, balance and coordination) which will start in EYFS. The aim of our PE programme is to develop children’s basic physical competencies, build confidence in their ability and build the foundations for a lifelong love of sport, physical activity and a healthy lifestyle. We focus on this approach because they are crucial for children to succeed in life long physical activity and sports. Once children master the fundamental movement skills, these then are transferable to succeed in any type of sport that they can take part in during lunch time clubs or after school sports clubs, which will then lead on to representing the school in competitions. We aim to ensure that our delivery of physical education allows all children to have the skills and mindset to leave primary school with the capabilities to be successful in their sporting challenges and active lifestyles at secondary school and beyond.

Our curriculum aims to improve the wellbeing (including mental health) and fitness of all children at Dean Field, not only through the sporting skills taught, but through the underpinning values and disciplines PE promotes. We ensure all children have opportunities to compete in sport and other activities, build character and help to embed values such as fairness and respect. We want to aid our children in obtaining the values and skills to celebrate and respect the success of others, as well as modestly celebrating their own successes. At Dean Field we want to teach children skills to keep them safe such as being able to swim, and we aspire for all children to leave primary school being able to swim at least 25 metres

Our objectives in the teaching of PE align with the National Curriculum in that we aim to ensure all pupils:

Ensure children master the fundamental movement skills (agility, balance and co-ordination) through a skills approach.
Provide children with a positive, inclusive, engaging and challenging learning experience where they become physically literate.
Develop children’s social, personal, health and fitness, cognitive, creative and physical skills through PE
Ensure children are physically active for sustained periods of time.
Ensure children lead healthy, active lives.
Engage in competitive sports and activities including those with SEND

Aims for pupils

The aims of Get Set 4 PE are to develop children’s fundamental movement skills (like agility, balance, coordination), build physical literacy, foster a love for activity, and promote whole-child development (social, emotional, intellectual) through a progressive, inclusive, and engaging curriculum that ensures all pupils build competence, resilience, and confidence in a wide range of physical activities, preparing them for healthy, active lives.

Core aims:

Develop Fundamental Skills: Build gross motor skills, core strength, stability, coordination, and spatial awareness.
Ensure Progression: Offer a broad and balanced curriculum with year-on-year progression, increasingly challenging pupils as they grow.
Promote Physical Literacy: Equip children with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to enjoy and excel in a range of sports and activities.
Foster Whole-Child Development: Nurture confident, resilient individuals through teamwork, respect, self-esteem, and understanding healthy participation.
Inspire a Love for Sport: Create exciting, engaging lessons that inspire a lifelong love of physical activity and sport.
Inclusion & Differentiation: Provide activities that are achievable for all abilities, with differentiation to support or challenge every child.
Build Knowledge & Understanding: Teach rules, strategies, tactics, and healthy living principles alongside physical skills.
Support Teachers: Provide teachers with resources, lesson plans, skills videos, and curriculum mapping to deliver high-quality PE.

How our PE Curriculum Is Constructed

The PE lead has made a long-term plan that is shared amongst all staff so they are aware of what they should be teaching in which half term with the national curriculum objectives clearly stated (example shown below).

Then we have taken the national curriculum objectives and broken them down into a progression of skills from EYFS to year 6. These skills are shown in our skills document. The skills are clearly mapped out in the skills document for teachers to refer to so they understand what should have been taught prior and what learning comes next. For our PE lessons, we use a scheme of work called ‘Get Set 4 PE’.

The scheme is an online platform which provides teachers with all their lessons and knowledge organisers. ‘Get Set 4 PE’ teaches the children to cooperate and collaborate with others as part of an effective team, understanding fairness and equity of play to embed life-long values. ‘Get Set 4 PE’ allows children to master the fundamental movement skill: agility, balance and coordination in EYFS and KS1. The FMS the progress and transfer through into game/sports.

All children get the opportunity to represent Dean Field in intra and school competitions. The long-term plan also includes a unit on OAA (outdoor adventurous activity) and dance. We have a specialised dance teacher who teaches each year group for one half term.

Children in Year 5 swim once a week for a full year at a local leisure pool for 45 minutes each week from Autumn 1 to Summer 2. The data will be collected at the end of the year.

In the Foundation Stage, the ‘Get Set 4 PE’ scheme of work relates to the objectives set out in the Early Learning Goals (ELG), as outlines in the EYFS Development Matters. It helps to develop children’s communication and language, physical development, and social and emotional development.

Children in the EYFS access time and space to enjoy energetic play daily, using large portable equipment. Furthermore, specific Physical Development lessons give children the opportunity to practise movement skills through games with beanbags, cones, balls and hoops. Children in EYFS have access to balance bikes, scooters, trim-trails and climbing frames. They participate in activities where they can practise moving in different ways and at different speeds, balancing, target throwing, rolling, kicking and catching. These skills can then be built on when children enter KS1. The new EYFS framework has a greater emphasis on physical development including fine and gross motor skills

PE Policy

Long Term Planning

PE Must Knows

Below, are a selection of the Must Knows that we provide for each year group, for each Science topic covered. These Must Knows are designed to be used at home by parents as part of homework and revision, in school to supplement work in lessons and to recap previous learning. We want every pupil to be able to recall the facts given on the sheet but also to research further into the information provided. These are carefully structured so that knowledge and vocabulary are sequenced and built upon over time. We are confident that these Must Knows will help our children to develop and retain key knowledge on a wide range of topics and will significantly improve their vocabulary.

A full range of science Must Knows can be found on each class’ Seesaw account.

Calderdale School Games

The Calderdale School Games are designed to inspire and engage every child and young person from Year 3 to Year 13, particularly those who are least active or face barriers to participation. By strengthening school involvement and raising the profile of the School Games among parents and stakeholders, the programme creates meaningful opportunities for learning, growth, and personal achievement through physical activity and competition. It also empowers schools to deliver a high-quality, locally tailored offer through coordinated activities, the development of young leaders, and clear pathways into community clubs.