Physical Education and Swimming

Children take part in PE lessons every week following the full National Curriculum. We want all our children to be able to swim at least 25 metres comfortably by the time they leave our school. In order to achieve this, children in Year 3 and 5 have weekly swimming lessons at the local swimming pool for one and a half terms during the course of the academic year. PE is taught by a qualified PE instructor from Epic Sports. During the first part of each lesson, children are taught a specific skill (e.g. football dribbling). During the second part of the lesson a competitive game is played where this skill might be practised (e.g. football). These longer PE lessons really get the children active and promote fitness. We have a competitive Sports Day annually, which is held at a local park. We run different sports based clubs termly, e.g. gymnastics, football and martial arts, which are open to all children.