PE & Games

Curriculum Intent

At Gateway Academy we recognise the value of Physical Education (P.E). We fully adhere to the aims of the national curriculum for physical education to ensure that all pupils:

• Develop competence to excel in a broad range of physical activities
• Are physically active for sustained periods of time
• Engage in competitive sports and activities
• Lead healthy, active lives

We aim to give the children the fundamental skills that they will need and the ability to apply these skills to both individual and team games. We believe that not only should children have the physical skills but also the ability to be resilient, recognise their areas of development and take pride in their achievements. We want our children to have the opportunities to discover new interests and talents that enhance pupil cultural development.

We want children to:

• Become skillful and intelligent performers
• Acquire and develop skills, performing with increasing physical competence and confidence, in a range of physical activities and contexts
• Learn how to select and apply skills, tactics and compositional ideas to suit activities that need different approaches and ways of thinking
• Develop their ideas in a creative way
• Set targets for themselves and compete against others, individually and as team members
• Understand what it takes to persevere, succeed and acknowledge others’ success
• Respond to a variety of challenges in a range of physical contexts and environment
• Take the initiative, lead activity and focus on improving aspects of their own performance
• Discover their own aptitudes and preferences for different activities
• Make informed decisions about the importance of exercise in their lives
• Develop positive attitudes to participation in physical activity
• Encourage enjoyment through physical activities
• Provide through experience, knowledge and understanding about the relationship between health and physical education
• Work with others, listening to their ideas and treating them with respect
• Co-operate and collaborate with others, in teams and groups, to achieve a goal together
• Develop an understanding of fair play and fairness though knowing and applying rules and conventions.

The Curriculum

Swimming and water safety

At Key Stage 2 children are taught to:

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

Click here for the whole school curriculum overview 

PE Enrichment

 Year 3 try out new sports!

Year 3 visited Moberly Sports Centre to take part in a Team Spirit Sports Festival. The children met specialist instructors who taught them taekwondo, fencing, netball, judo, cricket and dancing. The children had a fantastic time and demonstrated strong team work throughout the different activities.

Gateway Students take on cross-country!

24 Gateway students were selected to take part in a cross-country competition against many other schools in Westminster.

Year 3 and 4 students ran an impressive 1km and year 5 and 6 students ran 1.5km. All students performed very well and enjoyed cheering each other on!

Year 5 and 6 boys were awarded third place overall.

Gateway Students meet cricket legends!

Recently 18 lucky children were chosen to be filmed at Lords Cricket Ground as part of the All-Stars Cricket Program.

The footage taken will be shown across cricket grounds in England, on their website and possibly even television!

Children also had an opportunity to have a Q&A session with England and Middlesex cricketers. The children were able to collect the autographs of a number of cricketers.

A big thank you must go to Middlesex Cricket for choosing Gateway Academy. Well done everyone involved!

How Parents Can Help

To get the most out of indoor PE lessons it is important that the children wear appropriate clothing to allow a full range of movement.  All children are expected to wear the correct PE kit to school on the day they have their PE and Games lesson.  The correct kit is a white T-shirt and black shorts or track-suit pants. Parents can also help by trying to ensure that children have a healthy and balanced diet.

Parents should try to encourage children to engage in physical exercise out of school hours in order to maintain a basic level of fitness.  

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