Physical Education at Greatham intends to lay pathways for all children to have an active life. We aim to deliver high-quality teaching and learning opportunities that inspire all children to feel success in physical education. Our curriculum aims to improve the wellbeing and fitness of all children at our school, not only through the sporting skills taught, but through the underpinning values and disciplines that PE promotes. We want to teach children how to cooperate and collaborate with others, understanding fairness and equity of play to embed life-long values.

As a Gold Standard Sports Mark School, we aim to provide a broad and balanced PE curriculum to aid children’s increasing self-confidence in their ability to manage themselves and their bodies within a variety of movement situations. A balance of individual, team, cooperative and competitive activities aims to cater for individual pupil’s needs and abilities. In addition to the importance placed on PE lessons, we also promote an active life through our wider curriculum which includes the opportunities for pupils to take part in extra-curricular sports and competition, active breaks and active lunchtimes and safe and active travel to school.

It is our intention that physical education at Greatham teaches children how to:

• have fun and enjoy themselves
• develop friendships and meet new people
• become more determined and demonstrate resilience
• understand and demonstrate the importance of respect for others
• learn to develop self-control and manage emotions
• experience being part of a team and understand your contribution to it
• win with pride and lose with grace
• learn the importance of practice and preparation
• learn how to set realistic goals and work towards achieving them
• aspire to improve and challenge themselves.