PE

Curriculum Vision and Intent

Physical Education is a vital part of school life and can influence students’ well-being, both current and future.  Our intent is to provide an inclusive, broad and balanced PE curriculum that ensures all students’ benefit, whether through enhancing existing skills, learning new skills or being introduced to new sports, clubs, teams and organisations.  

It will provide opportunities for students to become physically confident in a way which supports their health and fitness. A high-quality PE curriculum inspires students to succeed and excel in competitive sport and other physically demanding activities. Opportunities to compete in sport and other activities build character and help to embed values such as fairness, respect, teamwork and cooperation.

Through PE we aim to develop student knowledge, skill and understanding, this enables students to perform with increased confidence and competence in a range of physical activities.

Whilst building resilience and confidence in leading an active lifestyle we aim to:

• Improve health and well-being.
• Promote active participation.
• Foster and promote enjoyment through movement.
• Encourage lifelong learning.
• Build on and develop transferable skills.

KS3 curriculum and assessment

Students will experience a broad and balanced curriculum allowing them to participate in a wide variety of activities. We aim to offer units in the following activity areas;

• Invasion games.
• Net and wall games.
• Striking and fielding games.
• Aesthetics and athletic sports.

Students will develop their coordination, skill level, body awareness and fitness. Students will develop and use sport specific terminology accurately and with confidence. 

Our aim is for students to develop a lifelong love of sport and physical activity. Staff positively encourage students to attend extra and super curricular sporting clubs and competitions, and our competition structure allows students the opportunity to represent their school and community. Lesson time is used effectively, therefore active learning time is maximised. Lessons are fun, engaging and challenging.

	Autumn term	Spring term	Summer term
Year 7	Netball & Gymnastics	Dance & HRE	Athletics & Striking and Fielding
Year 8	Netball & Gymnastics	Dance & HRE	Athletics & Striking and Fielding
Year 9	Netball & Rowing	Dance & HRE	Athletics & Tennis

Assessment at KS3

In all activities, students are given opportunities to plan and evaluate their own performance and that of other students in order to recognise their areas for development as well as to build on their strengths.

Students are encouraged to use sport specific technical terminology accurately and with confidence.  We also encourage cross curricular numeracy and literacy development, students should apply their mathematical knowledge to many aspects of PE including measuring, timing, estimating and analysing data.

Students at KS3 are assessed continuously throughout lesson time and complete a self-evaluation for each unit.

 KS3 students are assessed on their ability to:

• Choreograph and perform gymnastics and dance routines.
• Outwit opponents using decision making.
• Collaborate effectively, using communication and teamwork.
• Perform at their maximum level.
• Use PE/sport specific terminology.

Evaluate the work of themselves and others.

KS4 curriculum and assessment

Our aim is to allow all students to succeed at a sport which they enjoy and will continue post-16. KS4 lessons continue to reinforce, and build upon, the key components learnt at KS3. Student’s are offered a wide variety of sports and activities at KS4 to enable them to develop their personal fitness,independence, resilience and confidence whilst promoting a healthy active lifestyle.

Students are given the choice of a number of activities in order to design their own programme. In school, there are facilities for badminton, dance, basketball, fitness, yoga, tennis, rounders and netball. We use local spaces to provide opportunities for invasion games, orienteering and athletics. We tailor the pathway to the year group, therefore each year group will have a different range of activities.  

KS4 students self and peer assess their ability to:

• Choreograph and perform routines.
• Outwit opponents using decision making.
• Collaborate effectively, using communication and teamwork.
• Perform at their maximum level.
• Use PE/sport specific terminology.

Evaluate the work of themselves and others.

Extra and super-curricular opportunities

The Physical Education department is extremely proud to offer a wide range of extra-curricular activities to all our students. The schedule provides countless opportunities for students to take part in physical activity at lunch, after school and even before school. Participation across all clubs is high and we encourage all students to be fully involved in the extra curricular life of the school. Clubs are delivered by teaching staff and specialist coaches throughout the year. These clubs support our PE vision to ensure all students develop a healthy relationship with sport and exercise and provide opportunities for students to build confidence and resilience whilst enhancing and/or learning new skills.

Here is an example of the clubs that we offer each term:

Autumn Term	Spring Term	Summer Term
Netball	Netball	Rounders
Football	Football	Athletics
Volleyball	Volleyball	Cricket
Tennis	Badminton	Table tennis
Dance: Contemporary, Commercial and Street	Dance: Contemporary, Commercial and Street	Dance: Contemporary, Commercial and Street
Dodgeball	Basketball
Cricket	Cricket

All of our clubs are ‘open to all’ but we also ensure we offer competitive sport alongside opportunities to compete in fixtures and represent LMS. We have a very strong record in Borough competitions competing against local schools in a variety of sports. We run a netball tour once a year, taking Year 7,8, 9 and 10 netball teams to compete in a national competition. We are incredibly grateful to have strong links with Fulham Reach Boat Club. We have been working with FRBC for a number of years and are keen to continue this. Since 2010 we entered, and were incredibly successful, at the global dance competition; Rock Challenge. This is now rebranded and we are looking forward to competing at our first Dance Live! event this year. Annually we are invited to Lord’s Cricket Ground to compete in the Lady Taverner’s indoor tournament. We have an excellent record in this event and it is a highlight of the year for our cricketers. 

Future opportunities (careers, university courses)

Physical Education lends itself to a range of careers in sports and fitness as well as other industries that you may not have considered before. For example, did you know that many nutritionists, physical therapists and chiropractors have a degree in PE? Some careers that you could consider doing with PE include:

• Sports science
• PE teacher
• Physiotherapist
• Professional sportsperson
• Sports coach/consultant
• Sports policy at local and national level
• Diet and fitness instructor
• Personal trainer