PE CURRICULUM VISION:

As PSHE became statutory in September 2020 under the Children and Social Work Act 2017, including Relationships Education at key stages 1 and 2 and Health Education in Primary 

we have continued to review and adapt our PSHE and PE curriculum.  We decided that a more structured comprehensive programme that integrated the statutory content and included a broader programme covering economic wellbeing, careers and enterprise education, as well as education for personal safety, was important.

It was important for our children to have opportunities to reflect on their learning, especially when that learning relates directly to their individual identity – their personal qualities, attitudes, attributes, achievements and influences. We felt that it was important for teachers to feel confident that learning within this subject had taken place, to be able to demonstrate progress and to identify future learning needs.

Intent:

The purpose of our curriculum is to inspire all children to acquire knowledge to ignite a lifelong love of learning. We celebrate the cultural capital that our community brings to learning and build on this to broaden children’s understanding of the world. Our commitment to providing equality of opportunity ensures that rich experiences and enhancements are embedded throughout the curriculum.

Implementation:     

EYFS - In the Foundation Stage, PE is taught as an integral part of topic work and is embedded throughout the curriculum. The objectives taught are the Personal, Social and Emotional Development and Physical Development statements from ‘Development Matters in the EYFS’ and the PSED Early Learning Goals.

Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2

At Key Stages 1 and 2, PE is personalised, planned and illustrated through our PE Curriculum Maps. Lessons are supported using the Lancashire scheme of work in line with the National Curriculum.  Assessment outcomes on our PE Passport and questionnaire findings have helped mould our curriculum priorities and focus on the needs of our children.

Children are taught PE supported with ‘Lancashire PE Scheme of Work’ materials, along with a range of enrichment and enhancement opportunities and after school sports clubs and events planned throughout the year that provide a more practical and realistic setting to support children’s understanding.

Our aims are to prepare our children for life, helping them to know and value who they are and understand how they relate to other people in this ever-changing world. There is a strong emphasis on building resilience and nurturing mental and physical health. It includes mindfulness (Healthy Heads) to allow children to advance their emotional awareness, concentration and focus.

Impact on Children:

• Children apply knowledge across all subjects
• They understand that the knowledge they learn and develop will help them in their future.
• Children are able to approach a range of real-life situations and apply their attributes to help navigate themselves through modern life.
• They will be on their way to becoming healthy, open-minded, respectful, socially and morally responsible, and active members of society.
• Children appreciate difference and diversity.
• They are able to look after their mental health and well-being.
• They are able to develop a positive, healthy relationship with their peers both now and in the future.
• The children have respect for themselves and others.
• The children have a positive self-esteem.
• We encourage our children to develop their sense of self-worth by playing a positive role in contributing to school life and the wider community. We challenge all of our pupils to look for opportunities to show the school values of faith, hope and love.

Impact on Attainment and Progress

• The curriculum demands the best possible outcomes in PE from every child
• From each individual child’s starting point, progress is evident

Evaluation and Impact on our Curriculum

• Subjects are taught discretely to ensure specific concepts are the focus. Links are made across curriculum subjects.
• PSHE, including SMSC and BV, is an integral part of the whole school curriculum

Evaluation of our Impact on our World

• Our children are inspired to achieve their full potential; have their voices heard and effect change.
• Assemblies are linked to PSHE, British Values and SMSC and are linked to our school Values.

PSHE, BV and SMSC displays throughout school reinforce the PSHE curriculum

At St Mary's, we follow the Lancashire Scheme of work and use the Lancashire PE Passport. We are also using resources from Complete PE to support some of the teaching and learning in PE.

Here are books linked to the subject of Physical Education. Which one would you choose?

Academic Year 2025 - 2026

🌟🚶 WOW Assembly 🚶🌟

WOW assembly about being more active when travelling to school. We were told how well everyone has been doing by walking, cycling, and scooting more often. We are even getting a visit from the mascot because we’ve been amazing at being more active on our journeys to and from school!

⚽ KS1 Football Club ⚽

KS1 children have been taking part in a football club, where they are developing basic skills such as dribbling, passing, and teamwork while enjoying being active.

💪Resilience Club 💪

The children have been taking part in a Resilience Club to help build their confidence, perseverance, and problem-solving skills. They have been learning how to manage challenges, stay positive when things are difficult, and work through tasks step by step. The sessions also encourage teamwork, reflection, and a growth mindset, helping children develop skills they can use both in school and in everyday life.

⚽KS2 Football Club ⚽

KS2 children have been taking part in a football club where they are building on their skills, including dribbling, passing, shooting, and defending. They are also learning about positioning, game tactics, and communication on the pitch, while improving their fitness, teamwork, and sportsmanship.

🏐 Netball Club 🏐

The netball club allowed the children to have fun, be in a supportive space where they learnt key skills like passing, shooting, and teamwork. It also helped build their confidence, coordination, and communication.

🌈 Happy Thoughts 😊💭

Year 6 children have been taking part in relaxation sessions, focusing on calming techniques such as breathing exercises, mindfulness, and quiet reflection.

⚽️👧 Girls Football Club👧⚽️

Girls in school have been taking part in an after-school football club, where they’ve been developing new skills and building their confidence on the pitch. Through fun activities and regular practice, they are improving their passing, teamwork, and understanding of the game. The club has also given them a great opportunity to work together, support one another, and enjoy being part of a team.

🚣‍♂️ Rowing for Fitness 💪

The children have recently been taking part in a rowing session to help build their fitness, strength, and overall wellbeing. Using rowing machines, they have been developing key physical skills such as endurance, coordination, and stamina, while also learning the importance of maintaining a steady pace and good technique.

🏉 Rugby Club 🏉

The children have been actively participating in training sessions, where they have been developing their skills, building teamwork, and growing in confidence. Through regular practice, they have shown clear improvement in their understanding, coordination, fitness levels, and overall performance.

📚 Fleetwood Town Player Visit ⚽

Fleetwood Town player visit ended our Premier League Maths workshops, giving pupils an unforgettable finale to the programme. Players met students, shared their experiences of using maths in professional football, and celebrated the hard work and progress made throughout the workshops.

The children have been thoroughly enjoying the cheerleading club, where they enthusiastically showcase their growing skills. They demonstrate teamwork, confidence, and creativity while learning new routines, and their excitement and dedication are evident in every session.

🏊‍♂️🌟 Splashing Success: Our Swimming Gala Stars! 🌟🏊‍♀️

The children had an amazing time at the swimming gala and truly did a fantastic job! They all worked so hard in their events, showing great determination, teamwork, and sportsmanship. Many of them placed in some of the competitions, which is a wonderful achievement and a testament to their dedication and effort. As a school, we are so proud of every single one of them and the way they represented us with such energy, enthusiasm, and pride. Their commitment and spirit really shone through, making this a memorable and inspiring day for everyone.

📐Maths Primary League Stars ⚽

We took part in a Primary Stars Premier League maths workshop where we learned about the important job of groundspeople at a football club. They look after the pitch and make sure it is safe and ready for matches. We discovered how maths is used in their work, especially when measuring area and perimeter to mark out the pitch and plan spaces. It was a fun way to see how maths is used in real life and in football.

🏃‍♀️ Athletics 🏅

We had a fantastic time attending the Wyre Small Schools Sportshall Athletics at Myerscough College on Friday afternoon! The children thoroughly enjoyed the activities and were proud to represent our school. We are very grateful to the leaders from Garstang Community Academy, Blackpool Wyre & Fylde Athletics Club, and Myerscough College for their support throughout the afternoon, and we would also like to thank the Myerscough College Sports Department for allowing us to use their excellent facilities. Please find attached the results along with a participation certificate.

WOW Walk to School Designs 

We designed our own walk to school badges using the five senses to show what we notice on our journey each day. We thought about what we see, hear, smell, touch, and even taste, and turned those ideas into creative pictures and symbols. Each badge is unique and shows how everyone experiences the same walk in different ways. It helped us be more aware of our surroundings and made our walk to school more fun and meaningful.

🌟 Glow in the Dark Dodgeball 🏐

The children had an amazing time playing glow in the dark dodgeball, showing fantastic throwing, catching, and teamwork skills. They played with great enthusiasm and confidence, encouraging one another and demonstrating excellent sportsmanship throughout. The glowing lights and energetic atmosphere made it a fun, exciting experience that everyone thoroughly enjoyed.

🎅 Santa Dash 🎄

We took part in a Santa Dash to raise money for our school. The children tried incredibly hard, running with determination and huge smiles while festive Christmas music filled the air. It was lovely to see their enthusiasm, effort, and joy as they dashed along together, making it a fun and memorable event for everyone.

🏹🎯 Archery 🎯🏹

The children have been taking part in an archery club where they have been learning exciting new skills 🏹. They have practiced aiming, improving their focus and coordination, and developing patience and confidence. The sessions encourage teamwork, listening skills, and perseverance, while also being lots of fun.

Resilience Programme 

The children have been taking part in a resilience programme, building their confidence and teamwork skills through a variety of fun and engaging sports activities.

🏃‍♂️ Active Mile Adventures! 🏃‍♀️

The children have been taking part in the Active Mile, enthusiastically walking, jogging, or running each day to help improve their fitness, focus, and overall wellbeing. It's been a great way for them to stay active, build healthy habits, and enjoy being outdoors together.

 ⚽ Football Club Fun! ⚽

Our football sessions have been full of energy and smiles! The children have been loving every minute – showing off their skills, scoring goals, and working together as a team. It's amazing to see their confidence grow while having so much fun.

🏀 Basketball Club Fun! 🏀

Our children have been getting stuck into Basketball Club with great energy and enthusiasm! They’ve been developing their dribbling, passing, and shooting skills while also learning the importance of teamwork and communication.

🤸‍♀️ Gymnastics Club Fun! 🤸‍♂️

Children have been thoroughly enjoying our Gymnastics After-School Club this term! From learning new moves to building strength, balance, and confidence, it’s been fantastic to see so much enthusiasm and progress.

🌟 WOW Badges Awarded! 🌟

Children across the school have been awarded WOW badges for their amazing efforts to stay active throughout September! Whether it was walking, biking, scooting, or even parking and striding, everyone who participated showed great enthusiasm and commitment. Well done to all our active travel stars! 🚶‍♀️🚴‍♂️🛴

🎯Multi Skills Festival🎯

The children from St. Mary's took part in the Year 5/6 Festival at Cardinal Allen, where they achieved the highest scores across the event! They completed a variety of fun and challenging activities, showing great teamwork and enthusiasm throughout. It was a fantastic day, and everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

🏆House Captains🏆

Some of our Year 6 children recently wrote and delivered speeches as part of their bid to become house captains. They spoke confidently about their qualities, experience, and ideas for how they would support their house and represent the school. It was inspiring to see their enthusiasm and leadership potential shine through!

🚶‍♂️WOW Assembly 🚶‍♂️

We had a WOW Assembly all about keeping fit and walking to school! Walking helps us stay healthy in both mind and body and is a great way to start the day. This year, we will be working together as a school to improve how we come to school, and this will be our school challenge. 

Academic Year 2024 - 2025

St. Mary's aim for 2024.25 is to help our children, staff, and parents understand the importance of being physically active and supporting them to achieve this.  We have already started this year with the weekly Active Mile, Balance Bikes in Yrs2/3, and Bikeability in Yrs.5.6. Watch out for our active display that will catch children being active. 

BEBCMAT Sports Festival

Quad Kids Athletics 

PE in Bodhran class

The children have been working hard in gymnastics and with the skill of kicking with some accuracy.

P.E in Accordion Class

PE in Harp Class

Football Competition Y3/4

Our Fabulous TA’s getting stuck into PE

PE in Bodhran Class (year 1 / 2)

We have been working on the skill of bouncing a ball with some accuracy. We have also been enjoying exploring the way robots move and using our imaginations to copy and repeat these movements precisely. 

PE in Piano Class

In Spring 2, Piano class are doing dance linked with their history topic of the Vikings. We have been exploring different words linked to the Vikings and coming up with different actions with them - dig, hostage, axe, longboat, invade and many more. We used these words to put our actions into movements incorporating travel. 

Football Fun at Poolfoot

Scoot Safe

Cheerleading

Gymnastics in Harp Class

Swimming Gala 2025 

Congratulations and Well Done to our wonderful swimming gala team who represented school beautifully today!  We are proud of you!

Active Mile

Athletics Competition Y5/6

All children have made the school extremely proud, they all had a great time competing and gave it 100%

Glow in the dark dodgeball 

KS2 had a great time playing dodgeball with their friends.

Fun Swim

Santa Dash KS2

Joy of Moving

After completing the Joy of Moving sessions with Fleetwood Town, the children received the certificates at assembly on Friday, they all had a great time taking part.

Dance in Harp Class

We have been creating dance moves to the sound of wind, rain and the sun.

Year 4/5 had a visit from football players from Fleetwood town. They all really enjoyed!

Gymnastics in Harp Class

Caught being active!

Sports Leaders 2024/25

Netball in Saxophone Class

In Bodhran Class we have started our balance bike sessions with Coach Matty. Not only is this a lot of fun but it is also a chance for us to work on our gross motor skills. 

In PE Bodhran Class have been working on lots of different skills including running, jumping, skipping, hopping, rolling a ball, underarm throws, and overarm throws. 

In Flute Class the children demonstrated their imagination in different environments by trying to move like different animals.

In Flute Class the children have being using their core muscles in Bike Balance.

Caught being active!

Academic Year 2023 - 2024 

The year 5 children enjoyed a wonderful transition afternoon at Cardinal Allen. After a warm up and practice the children played rounders and cricket.

Year 4 - PE

As Year 6 are preparing for their SATS, Wendy has been helping them to relax and prepare the children mentally for their tests.

Year 4/5 have been making start on playing rounders focusing on their hand-eye coordination with throwing and catching.