Welcome to the P.E. curriculum in our school. We teach P.E. for 2 hours a week to every class but we do encourage daily physical activity from all our children through the clubs we offer. The Government suggest that children should be physically active for 60 minutes a day! There are lots of ways to stay active without realising it:

• Walk/run/cycle/scoot to and from school.
• Extra-curricular clubs or classes for sports.
• Housework.
• Playing in the garden.
• Leave the car at home.

Here at St Mary Magdalene, we value the physical side of the curriculum and encourage active learning throughout the school day. Ensure that your child takes part in all that is offered here at school to keep them fit and active.

PE Vision

Our vision at St Mary Magdalene is that all children enjoy and develop positive attitudes to Physical Education and sport.

Through Physical Education and sport we aim to:-

•   To develop competence to excel in a broad range of physical activity

•   To engage children in competitive sports and activities

•   To engage children in physical activity for sustained periods of time

•   To encourage lifelong participation and a healthy active lifestyle

•   To develop the children’s enjoyment of physical activity in order to increase participation

•   To enable children to develop and explore physical skills with increasing control and coordination.

•   To enable children to evaluate their own and others’ performance and improve their quality and control as a result.

•   To encourage children to work and play with others in a range of group situations.

•   To develop children’s knowledge and understanding of different sports and games, and apply rules and conventions when taking part.

•   To enable children to recognise and describe how their bodies feel during exercise and understand the importance of a healthy lifestyle

How we teach PE

PE is timetabled and is taught for two hours per week by the class teacher or PE coach, Miss Smith. We use the hall for indoor PE, such as gymnastics and dance. The playground is used for games and athletics. Children in Years 3 and 4 will also go swimming every week during the Summer Term at Wednesbury Leisure Centre. Taking part in PE lessons is statutory.

We also encourage children to be physically active outside the PE lesson, by attending a range of sports clubs on offer (see Sports Premium link below), by using the playground equipment at lunchtimes.