We are proud to have invested money in providing high quality PE using a PE coach. This is in addition to the Sport Premium money as we value fitness and team games here at Parklands. The children therefore benefit from great coaching meaning, high quality learning all round – everyone’s a winner and we all get fit! In Year 4 children learn to swim at least 25 metres using one stroke and can perform a self-rescue from the water. This includes children in our Resource Provision.

 

Parklands Vision for PE 2025/2026

 

PE and sport play a very important part in the life of Parklands Primary and at least two hours per week are dedicated to physical activity in the curriculum. We believe that physical education and sport contribute to the holistic development of young people allowing them to express themselves outside the classroom. Through participation in sport and physical education, young people learn more about key values such as teamwork, fair play and respect for themselves and for others. We have found that our extensive PE and Sport Curriculum has had a massive impact on both the health and the behaviour of our pupils.

 

There is significant evidence to show the positive effects of sport and exercise on children’s physical health, growth and development. Furthermore, sport also provides a healthy environment for young people to learn how to deal with competition and how to cope with both winning and losing.

 

Our PE curriculum

At Parklands we use the ‘Get Set 4 PE’ scheme of work to deliver our Physical Education curriculum across the primary phase, starting in Early Years.

Our PE curriculum strives to inspire our children to:

Enjoy physical activities and exercise and know why it is important, show respect and follow rules in games, sports and their wider lives, be reflective learners who can improve their performance through evaluating themselves and others and work collaboratively as a team. Our high-quality PE curriculum offers a wide variety of activities both in and out of curriculum time. Our children learn that being active is fun and an essential part of a healthy lifestyle. At the beginning of their school life our children learn and explore basic movement skills, they develop these skills throughout their time at Parklands Primary and leave as confident movers able to play a wide range of sports.

The curriculum is planned to be inclusive to enable all children to feel successful at their own stage of physical development. All children take part in competitive sports in a safe environment where they can take risks and learn the value of teamwork. We deliver lessons to teach children how to take part in physical activities in a safe and fun way where they develop good habits and practice to use in their current and future lives.

 

Our PE lessons include: 

– Warm up and introduction to teach children about how to prepare their bodies for exercise to stay physically healthy

– Knowledge of skills learning and exploring new skills, practising fundamentals and revising previously taught skills, within games, practice, performance and competitive sports on their own, with a partner and in teams

-Cool down to teach children about what happens to their bodies during and after exercise and the importance of allowing their body to recover effectively and safely from physical activity. 

In the Early Years and year 1, there is an initial focus on embedding fundamentals to ensure children are ready for the next stage of the PE journey.

Following that, in key stage 1 and 2, PE is taught within set units which are: gymnastics, games (including striking and fielding, net and wall and invasion), athletics and dance. We follow the national curriculum objectives to ensure children acquire the essential knowledge for their next stage of education. Lessons are adapted to suit the needs of our children and our Parklands Primary curriculum intent. During their time at our schools, all children will also take part in swimming and outdoor and adventurous activities.

Alongside these key areas and units of work, we have also identified 6 main fundamentals that children will have the opportunity to master throughout our PE curriculum. These are: Running, Jumping, Throwing and Catching, Balance, Agility, Co-ordination. We believe that these are the building blocks required to form more generalised, specific sports skills as seen in our progression map below. Through mastering the fundamental skills, children will be able to link these together to form more complex movement patterns throughout our PE curriculum and within their later life.

The health and wellbeing of our children is a priority, and we promote regular physical activities in addition to PE lessons.

 

The activities on offer outside of our curriculum time are run on a lunch time and after school. The clubs on offer will vary depending on the time of year. Our clubs are always very popular and are run by teachers, teaching assistants and fully qualified coaches. At the beginning of each term club letters are sent out and parents have a set period of time to apply for places. We endeavour to give every child a place in a club or more than one if it is possible, however on the rare occasion a child is unsuccessful, they will be placed on a reserve list and guaranteed a place in the next block of clubs.

 

General Physical Education Activities

Great Athletes –  where the children will take part in an exercise activity lead by an athlete. After that, they will lead an assembly to the whole school where the children will get to ask questions/learn about life as an athlete.

Northern Ballet – the children will take part in workshops during the academic year. They are given the opportunity to watch a Northern Ballet production here at school.

Yorkshire Camps – the Year 4 & Year 6 children take part in a three day residential at Yorkshire Camps – the outdoor activities include walking and climbing. The outdoor activities here are incredible along with the brilliant opportunities for the children to work alongside each other, encouraging cooperation and team building skills.

Leeds Wells – Full competitive sporting activities are offered throughout the year.

School Games – targeted sporting events to promote confidence, co-operation and resilience.

Swimming Lessons – the Y4 children and those children in RP take part in weekly swimming lessons.

Below are the percentage of pupils within our 2025 year 6 cohort, who met the National Curriculum requirement to:

 

swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres	24%
use a range of strokes effectively	54%
perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations	100%

 

Investment and Impact 23/24 (further additions through the year)

Government Grant: £19,390
Action	Date	Cost	Impact
Lunchtime Sports Clubs	ongoing	£6,600	·  focused lunchtime helps with behaviour in the afternoons; ·  they allow energy to be channelled in a positive way and self-discipline and self-confidence is much improved; ·  CPD for lunchtime staff has been organised to ensure this is sustainable for the future
Commando Joes’s	ongoing	£3500	·  provision of activity training for PE staff and equipment for ongoing workshops throughout the school year – and future years to come
Now Press Play	ongoing	£   360	·  helps our children build their knowledge of places and situations ·  the boxes provided can now be used year on year
Artis Foundation	weekly	£6,500	·  children reap the benefit of a creative education ·  this will be bought into for the foreseeable future
Rock Kidz	termly	£4,560	·  children are given the opportunity to learn important life lessons through high-energy rock star workshops ·  workshops are immersive experiences that use music to boost students’ self-esteem, mental health, and overall wellbeing
Cycling Proficiency	Summer Term	£   950	·  children learn a vital life skill ·  to be repeated each year, as this is invaluable
Action Mats	ongoing	£   720	·  used throughout the PE Curriculum ·  mats provided can now be used year on year
Swimming Lessons	weekly 33 weeks per year	£3960 £3795(transport)	·  children learn to swim to the national curriculum standard 25m unaided ·  this will be sustained each year as this is part of the National Curriculum and an important life skill
Inter-School Competition	ongoing	£  500 (transport)	·  provides a wide range of    experiences and challenges for our young people ·   there is a clear correlation between increased levels of participation in sport and raised levels of attainment and progress ·   links with other primary schools will ensure this continues
Total:		£31,445
Total Government Grant:		£19,390
Total School Funding:		£12,055

 

Impact

Our curriculum improves the wellbeing and fitness of all children not only through the sporting skills taught, but through the underpinning values and disciplines PE promotes. We enable children to understand the physical world around them. Furthermore, we encourage children to understand the scope of physical activity available and that physical activity can be for everyone and children to understand the benefits of physical activity on the body and mind. Within our lessons, children are taught personal development and fundamental skills needed to be successful and the importance of taking ownership and responsibility of their own health and fitness. Our impact is therefore to motivate children to utilise these underpinning skills in an independent and effective way in order to live happy and healthy lives through a love of sport.

 

In providing these opportunities, we are improving the overall health and fitness of our children here at Parklands – but that is only half the battle. We believe memory, focus, motor skills and cognitive development can also be vastly improved when regularly engaging in PE lessons. Building social skills and friendships during PE, can help boost self-esteem, and in doing so, improve a child’s mental health and personal development.

We pride ourselves on our sport participation and our achievement. See below:

 

Achievements to Date:

Y5/6 Christmas Football Tournament Champions 2023

Y6 Football Champions 2018.

Y5 Football 3rd place 2017 and 2nd place 2019

Y4 Football Champions 2016 runners up 2018 and 2019

Girls Football runners up 2019

Y5/6 Tag Rugby Champions 2017, runners up 2018

Y5/Y6 Cricket Finalists 2015 – 2019

Y4 Cricket Champions 2018 and 2019

Y5 / Y6 East Silk World Cup Football 3^rd place 2021

Y5/ Y6 Girls World Cup Football Winners 2022

 

Playground Leader

Each year pupils in year six are given the opportunity to apply for the position of Playground Leader. Pupils are selected on merit for the ambition of provide engaging sports activities to their peers and the desire to develop their leadership skills. Pupils are trained. This high quality CPD for pupils encouraged them to become active citizens within the school community. They are well respected by their peers and enjoy the challenge from Senior Leaders.

 

The Artis Foundation

We are delighted to work with The Artis Foundation every week to ensure that every child reaps the benefits of a creative education at Parklands Primary. Artis and Parklands firmly believe in the transformative power of the performing arts to change lives. We ensure that the children in Reception, Y1 and Y2 integrate the arts throughout their learning.