Curriculum design information – PE – Deanery CE Primary School.

Fundamental movement skills underpin all units and the progressive knowledge for these skills is woven throughout our whole curriculum. Our bespoke curriculum meets the needs of our learners and the outcomes of the National Curriculum. Units that meet the same NC outcomes are identified by their colour. For games units, through their colour, we provide further information on the units that share the same principles of defending and attacking e.g. all invasion games are pink. By selecting and designing our own curriculum map we can ensure a structured, progressive learning journey that guides our pupils toward achieving the intended National Curriculum outcomes.

Starting with EYFS, children are taught Unit 1 in Nursery and Unit 2 in Reception. This ensures progression and repetition to embed key fundamental skills of PE needed in order to transition into National Curriculum PE.

Target games is taught in Year 1 as this is the easiest of all of the games units and is a great introduction to applying simple tactics without the requirement of advanced skills. These units progress well from the ball skills and sending and receiving units where pupils are given opportunities to develop the skills in isolation.

We have placed games units together (as seen in Year 1, Year 2, and Year 3) where there is transferable opportunities for pupils to develop their understanding of the principles of attacking and defending. Football and basketball are taught in Year 3 as they have fewer rules and are therefore the easiest of the invasion units to access. Hockey and rugby are taught in Year 6 as these are the hardest of the invasion units. Hockey requires the additional skill of manipulating a stick and rugby requires pupils to understand the concept of passing backwards which is different to all other invasion games.

Units are repeated across different year groups to allow children to enhance and develop their skills from previous learning and apply them in a different scenario.

The curriculum map ensures progression of skills, building on prior learning and opportunities for a range of activities, with the intention of developing each child’s relationship with movement and their physical literacy.