Physical Education plays an important role in our curriculum at Sir John Heron Primary School. We aim to offer our pupils the opportunity to learn and explore the skills of various sports that they may not be exposed to outside of school. Our PE curriculum offers a wide range of activities both in and out of curriculum time. We work closely with TAPSCOTT to participate in exciting opportunities to compete against other schools on a regular basis. We envision a future for our pupils where they understand the importance of being active and striving to learn new skills confidently. We aim for our pupils to believe that being active is fun and an essential part of a healthy lifestyle. Through our curriculum, extra-curricular activities, workshops and competitions we wish to instil a love for Physical Education in our children.

Pupils begin SJH by learning and exploring the basic fundamental skills such as, running, jumping, throwing and catching etc. These skills are focused on throughout EYFS, Year 1 and Year 2 to ensure that by the end of KS1 they are fully capable. Once they reach LKS2 these skills that pupils have perfected are applied to sports games. Each year group has the opportunity to learn new units which allows them to experience different sports, for example, handball, basketball, cricket, tennis, gymnastics, dance and outdoor adventurous activities etc. Throughout their time at SJH they learn the rules and skills of these sports. They also have the opportunity to work on team building skills through Outdoor Activity units such as, communication, challenging collaboration, orienteering. Each year group receives two high quality PE lessons every week to further promote the importance of being active. At our school we use Complete PE to plan and teach lessons and children are assessed against these success criteria. Being a member of the TAPSCOTT Partnership also allows us to continually equip staff with up-to-date knowledge on how to deliver exceptional sports sessions that are fun and engaging.

By the end of each key stage pupils are expected to know, apply and understand the matters, skills and processes of each unit. Our pupils leave Sir John Heron as confident players and with a love for physical education. They would have explored the rules, skills and equipment of different sports. Pupils are able to apply their fundamental skills in a range of different contexts. Pupils learn the skills of riding a bike and swimming, this also includes water confidence, safety and stroke techniques. Our children enjoy outdoor and adventurous activities through residential and planned workshops to link with the PE Curriculum. These are all essential lifelong skills which a Sir John Heron pupil leaves with. The love for sports that is instilled in our pupils here at Sir John Heron incites them into exploring a preferred sport when they move onto secondary school. They grow a passion for sports that they can develop further in the next academic stage of their lives.