Enabling an active mind through an active body.

By providing a high quality and progressive curriculum, our pupils will develop a life-long, healthy and positive relationship with physical activity. The children will be equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to be able to lead healthy and active lives. We intend for all children to develop the social skills within PE that enable them to effectively work with and encourage others, progressing towards leadership amongst peers. We aim for the children to develop both self-confidence and social confidence within a safe, stimulating environment. We strive to deliver high-quality physical education, enabling the children to successfully engage with both competitive and skills-based opportunities. Competitiveness will be key, both with others and themselves, enabling them to develop a sense of pride in their achievements.

We are passionate in developing a strong sense of interest and enthusiasm for sport amongst the children, where we encourage individual talents and skills through sporting events. Our role is to nurture these interests, expose them to new venues and the diverse world we live in and to provide the guidance which will enable the children to develop their aspirations, both in and out of school. Physical Education is non-negotiable. An essential part of a child’s development and progress, it will have elevated priority within schools, being delivered by positive and inspired adults which will pass on their love of sport.  

Aims of the PE Curriculum:

Our PE curriculum aims for pupils to:

• develop competence to excel in a broad range of physical activities
• be physically active for sustained periods of time
• engage in competitive sports and activities
• lead healthy, active lives

At Haddon, our curriculum is based on the National Curriculum for Key Stages 1 & 2 and the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework. These documents stipulate the expectations which inform the intent of our curriculum, ensuring a high ambition for all.  

Statements from the National Curriculum for PE and from the ‘physical development’ educational programme of the EYFS have been broken down and sequenced into strands and year groups. We call this a key knowledge progression document (KKPD). It contains key substantive, procedural and disciplinary knowledge that children need to know and remember.

Composite knowledge from the KKPD is mapped on to a whole school long-term plan and sequenced onto a PE subject map.  

Each PE KKPD statement is broken down into component knowledge and key vocabulary. These are used to support the creation of learning sequences and to identify ‘sticky knowledge’ – the most important knowledge children need to remember for the next stage.