Pye Bank CE Primary School

PE at Pye Bank aims for its pupils to become healthy and physically literate in a way that supports their wellbeing. In addition to this we aim to develop the whole child holistically embedding core values of love, kindness, equality, respect and ambition as key characteristics when representing the school and beyond therefore building the person before the athlete. This will be achieved by teaching high quality education through the physical, whilst keeping the child at the heart of the learning. Pye Bank aim to provide children with the opportunities to thrive in the sporting community and path ways to pursue their sporting ambitions.

Our Vision

PE and School sport is to be inclusive and provide opportunities outside of school by teaching quality lessons, which provide positive experiences in a variety of fun ways developing the child holistically.

We aim to recognise talent and nurture excellence.

Key Information

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PE Policy

PE Vision

PE Curriculum Offer

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On top of the enriched curriculum we provide when the pupils are in school we are also able to ensure high quality PE is provided throughout the year. Many of our pupils have the opportunity to take part in inter school competitions which were a great success.

Pye Bank CE Primary achieved a range of awards throughout recent academic years.

Pye Bank Primary School has been awarded Platinum School Games Mark for the past 4 years.

Physical Education

Physical Education (PE) develops children’s’ competence and confidence to take part in a range of physical activities that become a central part of their lives, both in and out of school.

A high-quality PE curriculum enables all students to enjoy and succeed in many kinds of physical activity. They develop a wide range of skills and the ability to use tactics, strategies and compositional ideas to perform successfully. When they are performing, they think about what they are doing, they analyse the situation and make decisions. They also reflect on their own and others’ performances and find ways to improve upon them. As a result, they develop the confidence to take part in different physical activities and learn about the value of healthy, active lifestyles.

PE helps students develop personally and socially. They work as individuals, in groups and in teams, developing concepts of fairness and of personal and social responsibility. Through the range of experiences that PE offers, they learn how to be effective in competitive, creative and challenging situations.

Our aims are to:

Encourage a healthy and active lifestyle throughout the school body
Nurture sportsmanship in all aspects of competition
Widen each student’s sporting experience and enjoyment
Create a passion for active recreation and sport
Assist students in reaching their physical potential in a variety of sporting environments.

Play Leaders

As part of our Arches SSP package, Pye Bank have been given the opportunity to train several of our Y5 & Y6 pupils to become Play Leaders. The training has now been completed and we are the Play Leaders have led a range of activities during lunchtimes. We meet once a week to discuss what activities and games we can deliver on the playground.

The children have responded positively and you can see how each week their confidence has grown. These sessions are also helping to develop fantastic relationships with the younger children and they are becoming excellent role models in school.

Extracurricular Opportunities

At Pye Bank we pride ourselves in having the resources to provide numerous sports afterschool clubs that provide opportunities for KS1 and KS2 pupils. We regularly link our afterschool club provision to upcoming festivals and competitions to prepare our children in advance. We also use our links with our partners to help provide these clubs. We have many afterschool sports clubs running per week, with clubs rotating age group and sport each half term to cater for as many pupils as we can.

Please speak to Mr Howard, PE Lead, if you would like to discuss your child’s involvement within after school clubs.

Competitions and Festivals

Our continuing partnership with Arches SSP allows us access to a wealth of competitions and festivals throughout the year. Our pupils regularly get the opportunity to participate competitively as well as just for fun. At Pye Bank we like to offer our children these opportunities as we feel it enhances their childhood and their education. The competitions are either Intra competition where children will compete either against themselves or others in school. Or Inter competitions where children will compete against other schoo,.

We have also participated competitively within Y3/4 Handball, KS2 Athletics as well as being involved in festivals such as SEND curling and Sheffield Sharks healthy eating day.

We are a part of the Sheffield Federation for School Sport, which gives us access to organise Girls and Boys Football and cricket matches against other schools within our league, and participate in Saturday Cross Country competitions at different locations around Sheffield.

Active School

Here at Pye Bank we believe every child should be able to participate in an active lifestyle and we offer a range of activities and opportunities for the children to do this. This year we have had the opportunity to work alongside PWLC project to offer a range of activities to the children. These include:-

Active breakfast – Where children are encouraged to travel to school in an active way and are rewarded with a free healthy breakfast.
Learn to ride – Where children in KS2 are able to build confidence in riding a bike unaided and begin to understand how to keep safe while riding a bike
Balance Bikes- Where children in EYFS and KS1 are supported in developing the skills to support the basics in riding a bike
Be Bright Be Seen – Where children learnt about the importance of being see during the winter. This included different types of clothing and lights on bikes.
Scooter skills with KS1 – Where children learn how to ride scooters with confidence and have some awareness of how to keep safe while riding a scooter.

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