Physical Education
Physical Education
You will know and understand the importance of PE and Sport in the curriculum and beyond.
Our mission in the PE department is to give
“every child the opportunity to engage themselves in quality PE, sport and physical activity and to encourage healthy active lifestyles.”
Why study this subject?
All children should be able to enjoy physical activity whatever their circumstances or abilities, and for many this opportunity is only available through school. Physical activity has been shown to have a wide range of benefits for all young people during their school years including improved concentration, commitment and raised self esteem. It is also strongly linked in pupil behaviour, school attendance and attainment. PE and Sport helps children to develop social skills including teamwork, integration and leadership skills.
These benefits are particularly significant if a child’s experience of physical activity is high quality and fun, motivating them to adopt an active lifestyle and to continue to participate in sport outside of school and into adulthood. Undisputed long term health benefits, including a reduction in obesity and improved general fitness leading to a reduction in the risk of some health problems including coronary heart disease, diabetes and some forms of cancer.
What we do at KS3 & 4
PE remains compulsory through both Key Stages 3&4 of the national curriculum because of the many benefits for pupils, and our aim is to make PE attractive to all children, whatever their level of skill.
Sport helps children and young people to grow healthily and develop personally, socially, emotionally and physically. It can provide them with opportunities to have an enormous amount of fun and increase their circle of friends.
How will this help our pupils?
Through sport children can develop valuable qualities including leadership, independence, cooperation, confidence and self-esteem. Research has shown that children involved in sport often perform better academically and have greater social confidence.
Sport can enrich people’s quality of life, raise self esteem and confidence levels and provide enjoyment to individuals.
It also has a much larger part to play in building stronger, safer communities, strengthening the economy and developing the skills of local people, meeting the needs of children and improving everyone’s health.
Physical Education
