Physical Education
At Amesbury Archer Primary School we want our children to ‘Aim High’ and know that they have the ability to achieve anything they put their minds to. In PE, we aim to provide a high quality of education to all the children at Amesbury Archer. When participating in PE, we aim to instil our ‘Aim High’ approach building upon their aspiration, resilience and enthusiasm for a variety of sport. When taking part in a team sport, we want children to show honesty and respect for the rules of the game, their team members and opposing team.
Our broad PE curriculum is designed to ensure children at Amesbury Archer experience a variety of skills which are transferable throughout different sports. Outside experiences such as clubs and sport tournaments creates an excitement of curiosity to try new sports and build the confidence to try new things. We want our PE curriculum to instil a love of physical activity among our pupils to enable them to live an active, healthy lifestyle.
We use PE hub because it offers a whole school approach which supports staff in the implementation of a wide sporting curriculum. Each lesson is clearly outlined with the learning intention, success criteria and the skill development to help teachers teach well-structured lesson. Each lesson is directly linked to the national curriculum and fits to the programme of study for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.
At Amesbury Archer we have children of all different abilities and actively include those with SEND. Children with SEND, like all children, have quality first teaching during PE lessons. Depending on the activity, teachers will adapt lessons to meet the individual needs of the children.
Swimming Data
Question |
Stats: |
Further context Relative to local challenges |
What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort can swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres? |
62%
At the end of Year 4 only 13% could swim 25m
49% increase |
Local demographic means that children do not access swimming lessons outside of school. No local pool. Closest pool is in Durrington, which is 3.3miles (10 minute drive). Many children have not been swimming prior to starting school based swimming lessons in Year 4.
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What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort can use a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke, and breaststroke]? |
Unknown |
Within swimming lessons, the majority of the lessons are focusing on giving children the confidence to complete their 25m and being able to be safe within the water. Majority of children completed their 25m using front crawl. |
What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort are able to perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations? |
62% |
All children able to swim 25m are also passed as being able to self-rescue. This percentage may be higher but it is not reported on by swimming teachers at the pool. |
If your schools swimming data is below national expectation, you can choose to use the Primary PE and sport premium to provide additional top-up sessions for those pupils that did not meet National Curriculum requirements after the completion of core lessons. Have you done this? |
Yes |
Catch up swimming lessons are provided for two consecutive years if needed. This year, 21% of children who did not swim 25m by the end of Year 4 and Year 5 swimming sessions achieved this by the end of their two sets of intervention sessions in Years 5 and 6. |
Have you provided CPD to improve the knowledge and confidence of staff to be able to teach swimming and water safety? |
N/A |
We only use qualified swimming teachers, which we employ from the pool. |