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Physical Education

All children receive two PE lessons each week. Our PE lessons provide a comprehensive coverage of the skills and knowledge that children need to ensure the full coverage of the National Curriculum. One PE lesson for each class is led by the children's class teacher, the other is led by a specialist sports coach from PSD (Primary Sporting Development) with the support of the class teacher. This is to support the actions identified on our Sports Premium action plan. 

Our extensive facilities and grounds enable our children to develop a love for exercise and physical activity. With a large field, an indoor sports hall, an Astroturf pitch, two adventure playgrounds, an outdoor gym, two netball courts, a basketball court and various playground markings, our children are never short of space to take part in PE lessons. This spaces enables several classes to take part in PE lessons at the same time, ensuring we keep two hours of PE on our timetable for each class.

As well as PE lessons, Whiteheath has a very packed timetable of early morning, lunchtime and after school sports clubs. A full list of extra-curricular clubs can be found under the 'Parents' tab of this website. In addition to sports clubs, staff provide all children with the opportunity to participate in 'the daily mile' and we enter a multitude of competitions for multiple teams throughout the year. Whenever possible, we match the number of children wanting to participate in competitions to the number of teams we enter in to competitions, enabling a very large number of our children to represent the school.

PE Curriculum

  1. PE LTP 2025-26
    PDF File
  2. PE Knowledge Map 25 - 26
    PDF File
  3. PE Skills Map 25 - 26
    PDF File

Useful Websites

  • Super Movers - Videos which help children move while they learn. They support curriculum subjects, including maths and English.

  • #ThisIsPE - Videos delivered by teachers focussing on the PE curriculum. These have been commissioned by the Association for Physical Education.

  • NHS – Change 4 life - This website shares a number of links and ideas for fun home based activities at home, many of which link with other curriculum areas.

  • Active kids do better - A range of ideas and resources to inspire families to do some physical activity together.

How to Support Your Child

Please go to this website to find out more about ways you can support your child with PE.

https://www.afpe.org.uk/page/ThisIsPE__Supporting_Parents_to_Teach_PE_at_Home

Created during COVID19, these short videos were designed to help parents develop essentials PE skills with their children at home.

End of Year 6 Expectations

By the end of Year 6, children will be able to:

  • Use running, jumping, throwing and catching in isolation and in combination
  • Play competitive games, modified where appropriate [for example, badminton, basketball, cricket, football, hockey, netball, rounders and tennis], and apply basic principles suitable for attacking and defending Develop flexibility, strength, technique, control and balance [for example, through athletics and gymnastics]
  • Perform dances using a range of movement patterns
  • Take part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team
  • Compare their performances with previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best.

Swimming

Swimming and the National Curriculum

Since 1994, swimming and water safety has been a statutory element of the National Curriculum for Physical Education in England.

This means that every 11-year old child should leave primary school with the skills to keep themselves safe while enjoying swimming with friends and family. Swimming is a compulsory subject and we expect all pupils to take part in these valuable lessons.

The three National Curriculum outcomes

Swimming is the only sport to be included within the national curriculum physical education programme of study.

All primary schools must provide swimming and water safety lessons in either Key Stage 1 or 2.

Each pupil is required to be able to do the following:

  • Perform safe self-rescue in different water based situations
  • Swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres
  • Use a range of strokes effectively, for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke.

We take our pupils in Year 5 to Highgrove Swimming Pool where children take part in swimming lessons. Children are grouped by ability. Highgrove pool is a short coach ride (approximately 5 minutes) from Whiteheath.

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