The PE Grant allocation 2022/23

For the financial year 22/23 the school will receive PE grant income of £7000.

The rollover from (21-22) was £22,534

The planned spend will be as follows:

Sports Equipment £12890

Hall hire / Sports coaching £16373

 

In 2017/18 we were awarded the School Games Silver award and improved it further in 2018/19 by achieving the GOLD award. 

The School Games Mark is a Government led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success.

Our sporting achievements this year include:

• Finishing 4th in the county Rugby festival, which includes both large and small schools.
• Winning the Handball Festival and the Rugby Small Schools’ Festival.

With all of our Year 4 – 6 children local inter-school competitions this year, we are extremely proud of our pupils for their dedication to all aspects of school sport, including those young volunteers, leaders and officials who made our competitions possible.

As part of our application, we were asked to fulfill criteria in the areas of participation, competition, workforce and clubs, and we are pleased that the hard work of everyone at our school has been rewarded this year.

PE in School 

“Real PE” is a well-researched teaching method that we embrace and this works on the whole child’s physical development through setting personal goals that in turn are transferrable to their specialist sports. It is both challenging and inclusive, encourages independence and self-belief. We have really seen a marked difference in the sporting ability of all our children through this approach and this is always evident at our sports days where the whole school’s long distance running is especially impressive.

Evidence demonstrates that active children achieve more in and out of the classroom and so developing our pupils physical ability through PE and games is very important to us.

We walk to our village hall every Wednesday and spend the afternoon exploring a range of skills and training sessions.

Every year group runs for 8 minutes at the start of the session (rain or shine) and we have seen the excellent impact this has had on our school endurance and fitness. 

A daily run in primary schools has been researched and proven to improve not only fitness but also levels of concentration, mood and classroom behaviour. Only torrential rain and other adverse weather conditions will stop our running session! We want to develop fitness and learning skills in all our pupils.

We have even made it into our local newspaper about how we use sport in various ways in and out of the classroom. We love to inspire our children!

The  Sports Clubs we provide are:

• Netball
• Hockey
• Rugby
• Athletics
• Rounders
• Maypole Dancing

Our After-school Dragon club provide a wide-range of sporting activities including: 

• Obstacle Courses
• Curling
• Dodge-ball
• French Cricket
• Skipping
• Swing-ball
• Dragon Boot Camp – Our head dragon is an excellent Sargent Major!

We also run a group during the school day called Busy Bees who take part in lot’s of fun activities that support and develop:

• Fine motor skills
• Gross motor skills
• Leadership skills
• Social skills

Next year we are planning to run the same clubs in addition to:

• Gardening
• Fencing (fingers crossed)
• Dance and movement

If any parents would like to run a club at lunch or after school; please contact the office or Mrs McQue

Every  year we always look forward to our Sports festivals and the children love to push themselves.

Year 5/6 Festivals & Tournaments:

• High-five netball
• Hockey
• Rugby
• Quad Kids
• Cricket
• Dodgeball

Year 3/4 Festivals & Tournaments:

• Handball
• Athletics
• Cricket

Our year 6 children have had the fantastic opportunity to be trained as Sports Leaders for our small schools festivals. It has been excellent to see them take on a responsible role and we look forward to carrying this on next year.

All of the year 6 children have been sports leaders within school and have designed and improved their own activities for the younger children. This has involved leading and coaching the younger children to take part in various activities and skills including tennis, football, multi-sports, skipping, athletics, dodge-ball and parachute games.