Holly Spring Primary School Physical Education

"No matter where you come from, if you work hard you can achieve it"

-Mo Farah

We believe that Physical Education is essential to the development of the whole child, through the use and knowledge of the body and its movement. It provides the foundation for a healthy lifestyle and promotes character building, co-operation and self-esteem. 

Our PE curriculum caters for the needs and abilities of all of our children, enabling every child to work at a level suitable to their own ability.  Teachers support, stretch and challenge all children to ensure every child achieves outstanding progress. During all lessons, children get the opportunity to communicate, collaborate and compete with each other as well as gain an understanding of how to analyse and improve personal and peer performance in different physical activities and sports, whilst learning how to evaluate and recognise their own successes.

At Holly Spring, we aim to provide a rich and varied curriculum, along with giving our children a wealth of different sporting opportunities and experiences, plus our extensive range of extracurricular clubs. At Holly Spring, ensure that our children create positive relationships with physical activity for life, whilst developing their understanding of how to keep physically healthy, eat healthily and maintain a healthy, balanced and active lifestyle. Our curriculum drivers (knowledge, aspiration and experience) are fully embedded in our PE curriculum. Within these values we aim to:

Knowledge: 

• Develop competence to excel in a broad range of physical activities
• Build stamina for physical activity over sustained periods of time
• Engage in competitive sports and activities 
• Lead healthy, active lives.

Aspiration:

• Develop children’s enjoyment of physical activity along with an understanding of its importance in their health and wellbeing
• Engage pupils in the possibilities of sport to develop a passion for being active, healthy and the confidence to try new things and build resilience and determination with all they do.

Experience:

• Provide opportunities for pupils to become physically confident in a way which supports their health and fitness. 
• Opportunities to compete in sport and other activities build character and help to embed values such as fairness and respect.