Southborough Church of England Primary School
Southborough Church of England Primary School
Mr Levett (Head of PE and Healthy Lifestyles)
Welcome back to the new academic year 2023-24! We start the new term in brilliant sunshine and we look forward to the year ahead with an action packed year of sport. Over the course of the year we'll be focusing on developing the pupils skills across a range of sports, developing their fitness and continuing to be competitive in competitions across the year groups. We'll also welcome back in our external providers who support both in curriculum and at afterschool clubs. I look forward to working with all the pupils who have moved up a year group whilst making their PE fun and enjoyable, as well as competitive and challenging!
Please keep an eye on the termly sports fixtures that we build into the school year and follow the results and pictures of pupils as they take part in competitions and activities by 'clicking' on the yellow sports stars below.
We've got another action packed year with lots of competitions during the academic school year 2023-2024. Over the course of the year pupils will be taking part in a number of different inter and intra school competitions as well as Kent School Games events. See below for Southborough's sports and fixtures.
In term 4 we continue to develop our focus on team sports and invasion games such as Cricket for Lower Key Stage 2 but include Gymnastics for Upper Key Stage 2, a sport that helps keep our children physically active and healthy. Taking part in any activity reduces the risk of childhood obesity and illnesses such as heart disease and diabetes in adulthood. Gymnastics is a great way to keep children active, as it requires them to use their whole body, similar to Swimming which pupils in years 4, 5 and 6 take part in during core PE at designated times of the year.
Pupils in Key stage 1 will be focusing on invasion activities and striking and fielding. In particularly, they will be developing their dribbling and passing skills in Basketball and learn how to play Tri-golf and Cricket with a key focus on hand-eye co-ordination, striking of a ball with accuracy and catching and fielding when moving during the game.
Over the course of the year the pupils will follow a longer term curriculum plan, specific high quality sports schemes allowing them to engage in a range of sports during curriculum time taught by both Mr Levett and class teachers. The aim is to give a broad range of sports so every pupil has the opportunity to flourish with their skills and fitness and develop an understanding of physical activity and a healthy lifestyle.
Sports are usually taught in advance of upcoming competitions to give pupils the opportunity to develop their skills and at certain times we'll provide a lunchtime preparation club run by the PE lead or external provider. Clubs also form part of the training for these competitions and allow us to select teams ready for the events.