Physical Education
At St Mary’s, we take a holistic approach to physical education, developing the whole child through movement. Our curriculum is designed to build physical, social, emotional and thinking skills together ensuring pupils not only move well but feel confident, motivated and engaged. We offer a broad and balanced curriculum covering a range of different sports using the Get Set 4 PE resources. Children in Year 4, take part in weekly swimming lessons for four months and we offer taster swimming sessions for Year 3 and top-up swimming lessons for children in Year 5/6 who have not met national standards. Children in Key Stage 1 have balance bike sessions and children in Year 5 take part in Bikeability training. Our school promotes active playtimes through playleaders and football referees and we are part of the OPAL initiative. We offer a range of after school clubs and we work with coaches from Arches, Sheffield Eagles and Sheffield Wednesday Football Club. Children have the opportunity to take part in intra- and inter-school competitions. Children with SEND are able to take part in targeted sports events that focus on participation and confidence building. We work with a number of professional sports organisations to inspire children and recognise talent. We promote and monitor active travel through the Living Streets travel tracker and are consistently in the top ten most active schools in Sheffield.
The Sports Premium
Each year the school receives PE and Sports Premium funding from the DfE, with the purpose to increase physical education, active lifestyles and sports for all primary school pupils.
Primary PE & Sport Premium 2024-25
The Curriculum
Each year group will have PE for one afternoon each week. They will come to school in their PE kit that day- this allows us to maximise the time so children are active for longer.
The classroom teacher delivers most PE lessons, although sometimes a specialist sports coach comes into school to deliver high quality lessons.
Please click here to read the National Curriculum.
Progression of Skills and Knowledge
Progression in Physical Education