Teaching physical education at Warren Road Primary School
Subject Leader: Mrs McGeehan
What we are learning
Please click on your child’s age group below to read more about what your child will be learning this academic year
Year 1
Autumn
The children will learn how to use the apparatus safely and the rules associated with safety. They will develop their confidence in using the large apparatus and learn how to move across it in different ways. They will develop the skill to control their body so that they land safely and in a controlled manner. They will learn to balance, develop co-ordination, poise and investigate different movements and speed.
Through music and movement they will explore different patterns, shape and space as well as representing feelings through movement and expression and re-enacting stories through movement.
Spring
The children will learn to become more confident in using the large apparatus extending their ability to go higher on apparatus and develop the use of different parts of the body to move over the apparatus. They will also learn to hold their body still and use different parts to balance on. Over a series of weeks they will develop sequences to use on the apparatus
Through music and movement they will explore high and low movements, moving at different speeds and using space effectively, linking with the past as they explore Granny’s house. They will follow sequences to show how eggs hatch at spring time.
Summer
The children will learn ball skills using different equipment, they will learn to balance balls, how to control moving a ball, how to send and receive a ball, how to use space to improve their skills. They will develop their throwing and catching skills as well as skills in skipping.
Through music and movement they will explore different styles of movement and speed, body actions. They will learn how to move to music from different countries and the actions associated with each style of music, exploring rhythm and pulse.
Year 2
Autumn
Dance and Gymnastics
This term the children are experimenting with ways of travelling on large and small body parts showing clear balances, use of space, changes in direction and levels. Travelling along floor and apparatus taking weight on hands and other body parts. Explore travelling high and low. Jumping on and off. All ideas transferred to apparatus work.
This term children will learn to travel close to ground and far away from ground and travel with body parts high and low. Close to or far away from floor and apparatus. They will show different speeds and shapes and link movements together smoothly in planned sequence. They will also turn, spin and twist on different body parts with control and learn to link movements together showing contrast in speed and level. All learning will be transferred to apparatus.
Spring
Dance and Gymnastics
In this unit children focus on creating and performing dances that communicate different moods, feelings and ideas. Their work is inspired by a range of subjects, including some based on different times and cultures.
In dance as a whole, children think about how to use movement to explore and communicate ideas and issues, and their own feelings and thoughts. As they work, they develop an awareness of the historical and cultural origins of different dances.
Summer
Games
In this unit children develop basic game-playing skills, in particular throwing and catching. They play games based on net games (like tennis and badminton), and games based on striking and fielding games (like rounders and cricket). They have an opportunity to play one against one, one against two, and one against three.
In all games activities, children think about how to use skills, strategies and tactics to outwit the opposition.
Year 3
Autumn
Multi skills
Pupils will acquire and develop a variety of multi skills, including throwing a ball underarm and overarm correctly, to kick a ball accurately, to dodge and find a space to receive a ball, to hit a ball accurately with a bat and to skip using a rope. They select and apply appropriate skills for a game situation. Children describe and assess their own and other’s work and know what they need to practise and identify any improvements.
Dance
Children learn to develop different ways of travelling, jumping and turning and to perform the basic actions and dances clearly and fluently. They work with others while dancing and create dance phrases. They learn to improvise using the different dance elements: fall, turn, gesture, travel, jump and pause.
Spring
Gymnastics
Children learn to use a greater number of their own ideas for movements in response to a task; choose and plan sequences of contrasting actions; adapt sequences to suit different types of apparatus and their partner’s ability; explain how strength and suppleness affect performance; identify some muscle groups used in gymnastic activities; suggest warm-up activities; compare and contrast gymnastic sequences, commenting on similarities and differences; with help, recognise how performances could be improved.
Football
Children learn to be able to pass the ball and stop it effectively, to dribble the ball accurately in a specific area and to kick a ball accurately into a goal. Pupils mark a player and attempt to intercept the ball. They apply the skills learnt in a small sided game and play in a small tournament.
Summer
Athletics
Children will learn how to sprint correctly and to use techniques for long distance running. They will practice how to complete long jump, javelin and discuss correctly. They will be able to complete a range of athletics games in a tournament.
Cricket
Children learn how to hold a bat correctly and to hit a ball using a cricket bat. They field using the long barrier method. Children develop their bowling and catching skills and take part in small games.
Year 4
Autumn
Netball
During this topic children will learn about pivoting with a ball, marking and using the chest, bounce and shoulder passes in a game situation.
Dance
Children will explore various movements to music. They will combine previous refined movements to perform at the end of the topic.
Spring
Gym
Children will travel on benches and mats in various ways using their hands and feet. They will then explore turning, rotating and twisting in a space and look at balancing to include these all these techniques into a sequence.
Racket skills (tennis)
The focus here will be on controlling the ball then moving onto bouncing and hitting the ball accurately to a partner.
Summer
Rounders
Children will start by developing their catching skills, then moving onto throwing accurately and for different distances. Children will also develop their hitting skills and learn the rules of rounders. Having learnt these skills they will be put into a game situation.
Athletics
During this topic various athletic disciplines will be explored from the differences between running short and long distances to throwing a javelin and the discus throw.
Year 5
Autumn
This term the children learn how to perform various skills in athletics and dance. They take part in the Olympic games during Greek Day and create their own jive sequence in dance.
Spring
Over this term Year 5 learn how to perform gymnastics skills and put what they have learn into a short sequence. Through the second half off the term, they learn how to control a ball in hockey, how to aim accurately and how to play a small game.
Summer
During the summer term, the children take part in tag rugby, learning the skills and rules of the game. They participate in Sports Day, where they get to practice the various activities of skill and control. We finish the year learning about striking and fielding games, such as cricket and rounders.
Year 6
Autumn
In the autumn term, children take part in swimming, lacrosse and dance.
In lacrosse, children learn how to: choose, combine and perform skills more fluently and effectively in a games of lacrosse; understand, choose and apply a range of tactics and strategies for defence and attack; develop their ability to evaluate their own and others’ work, and to suggest ways to improve it; and understand the need to prepare properly for games
In dance, the children use the game of rugby, and the Haka, as a stimulus to: explore, improvise and combine movement ideas fluently and effectively; to create and structure motifs, phrases, sections and whole dances; to evaluate, refine and develop their own and others’ work; and to understand why dance is good for their fitness, health and wellbeing.
Spring
In the spring term, children take part in swimming, gymnastics and netball.
In gymnastics the children use the theme tune of ‘Mission Impossible’ to: combine and perform gymnastic actions, shapes and balances more fluently and effectively across the activity area; select the correct balances, rolls and travelling suitable for the music; perform a sequence of events and identify how they are able to improve by also evaluating other’s performances; and carry out warm ups safely and effectively.
In netball, the children: combine and perform skills with control, adapting them to meet the needs of the game; perform skills with greater speed; use attacking and defending skills appropriately in games; recognise and describe the best points in an individual’s and a team’s performance; and understand how playing games can contribute to a healthy lifestyle.
Summer
In the summer term, children take part in swimming, athletics and rounders/cricket.
In both rounders and cricket, the children will learn to: vary how they bowl; bat effectively, using different types of shot; use tactics which involve bowlers and fielders working together; recognise their own and others’ strengths; and make up their own warm up and explain how it is organised.
In the athletics unit, children focus on developing their technical understanding of athletic activity. They learn how to set targets and improve their performance in a range of running, jumping and throwing activities. As in all athletic activities, children think about how to achieve the greatest possible speed, height, distance or accuracy.
