The characteristics of a physically educated child at East Farleigh:

• The ability to acquire new knowledge and skills exceptionally well and develop an in-depth understanding of PE.

• The willingness to practise skills in a wide range of different activities and situations, alone, in small groups and in teams and to apply these skills in chosen

activities to achieve exceptionally high levels of performance.

• High levels of physical fitness.

• A healthy lifestyle, achieved by eating sensibly, avoiding smoking, drugs and alcohol and exercising regularly.

• The ability to remain physically active for sustained periods of time and an understanding of the importance of this in promoting long-term health and well-being.

• The ability to take the initiative and become excellent young leaders, organising and officiating, and evaluating what needs to be done to improve, and motivating

and instilling excellent sporting attitudes in others.

• Exceptional levels of originality, imagination and creativity in their techniques, tactics and choreography, knowledge of how to improve their own and others’

performance and the ability to work independently for extended periods of time without the need of guidance or support.

• A keen interest in PE. A willingness to participate eagerly in every lesson, highly positive attitudes and the ability to make informed choices about engaging fully in

extra-curricular sport.

• The ability to swim at least 25 metres before the end of Year 6 and knowledge of how to remain safe in and around water.

We actively encourage our pupils to compete in a range of competitions, sports festivals and local cluster fixtures that are organised at regular intervals, during the appropriate season, throughout the school year. In addition to the large variety of physical activity within the curriculum, we also offer a range of after school and lunchtime clubs such as Netball, Basketball, Tag Rugby, Football, Speed Stacking, Hockey and Athletics.

At East Farleigh, we believe that engagement in physical education and activity not only improves health, reduces stress and improves concentration, but also promotes correct physical growth and development. Our school aims to inspire and excite all children to develop a love of physical activity and sport and help them to achieve ‘sana mens in corpore sano: a healthy mind in a healthy body’. We recognise that exercise has a positive influence on academic achievement, emotional stability and social skills.

Through sport and other physical activities our children will learn about their responsibilities both as individuals and members of groups and teams; they will learn to cooperate and to compete fairly, understanding their own and other’s roles. Through the mastery of a creative curriculum based around childrens’ interests we endeavour to nurture confident, resilient children who will always strive to achieve their personal best. We aim to ensure that all children are empowered with the skills, mindset and positive, lifelong habits, through understanding the benefits of physical activity on both their bodies and minds. These capabilities will allow them to be successful in their sporting challenges and active lifestyles at secondary school and beyond.

Develop practical skills in order to participate, compete and lead a healthy lifestyle- this concept involves learning a range of physical movements and sporting techniques.

As part of our curriculum philosophy, built on around the concept of mastery and learning being a change to long-term memory, it is impossible to see impact in the short term. We do, however, use assessment based on deliberate practice. This means that we look at the practices taking place to determine whether they are appropriate, related to our goals and likely to produce results in the long run. We use comparative judgement in two ways: in the tasks we set (POP tasks) and in comparing a child's work over time. We also use lesson observations to see if the pedagogical style matches our depth expectations.