Tel: 015394 36354 Email: admin@hawkshead.cumbria.sch.uk

Hawkshead Primary School, Main St, Hawkshead, Cumbria LA22 0NT

Opening hours 8:50a.m - 3:15p.m. Breakfast and after school club available.

Hawkshead Esthwaite Primary School, Cumbria
Hawkshead Esthwaite Primary School, Cumbria

Hawkshead Primary School

Main St, Hawkshead, Cumbria LA22 0NT

Opening hours 8:50am - 3:15pm - Breakfast and after school club available.

Physical Education

Intent:

Here at Hawkshead primary school we believe that PE and physical activity is a key to a child’s emotional and physical wellbeing. PE and physical activity are given dedicated curriculum time and is seen as a priority in our school week. Our aim is for all pupils to be regularly physically active, to enjoy physical activity and to benefit from the emotional enhancement, personal and social opportunities, skill development and the health benefits of physical activity. The location of our school facilitates a healthy and active lifestyle and we provide ample opportunities to enjoy a range of PE activities, active play times, active outdoor experiences and extracurricular activities. A child’s physical skills competency and confidence in their own ability to participate in competitive sport are also important for our pupils.
We provide a broad PE curriculum where pupils experience enjoyable, physically challenging lessons and can master a range of PE skills alongside acquiring tactical understanding, and developing teamwork and leadership skills. A success for us is to see a pupil move on from our school with a positive experience of PE and physical activity, along with a range of skills which they can confidently use in a variety of activities.

Implementation:

PE is prioritised on the school timetable as 2 times 1-hour lessons per week. In addition, a physically active lifestyle is embedded in our school ethos through our weekly wellbeing walk, active play times, whole school days in the outdoors, our daily running sessions and our weekly forest school sessions. Our philosophy for PE lessons is that pupils have fun, engage fully and are confident in their own ability. Our pupils experience a broad curriculum with high expectations, and which includes a range of sports and physical activities, so that there is something for everyone. Skill development, teamwork, leadership social skills and communication are integral to all our lessons. The PE curriculum is extended through a range of extra-curricular activities, pathways into community sport and a varied programme of inter school competition at varying levels.

Impact:

The main impact that we see is that our pupils are active for a good part of everyday. They embrace opportunities to be physically active and love being outdoors. Staff feel that our pupils’ wellbeing, social skills and concentration levels develop due to the importance we place on regular physical activity. This was evident on our
return to school after the Covid lockdown, where the development of healthy minds and bodies was a focus. It was evident that after our pupils returned to school, they settled quickly, were very happy and regained their pre-covid fitness levels. Observation of PE lessons throughout a unit demonstrate development in many pupils’ skill competency, tactical and technical understanding and confidence in their own abilities. Our assessment tracking system ensures its staff monitor children’s progress against key stage attainment statements which compare and show progress over time. The majority of pupils meet the key stage expectations and several pupils in each class exceed them.

Enrichment:

Our wonderful outdoor environment, both within our school grounds and within the locality offers many enrichment activities for our pupils; mountain walks, water sports, bush craft, forest school and camping are just a selection of the physical activities which help our pupils to enjoy being active. Our extra-curricular activities change half termly and have included; dance, gymnastics, badminton, running, walking, cricket and football clubs, allowing pupils to practise their PE skills, enjoy sport and socialise with pupils from across the school.

PE Progression Map

PE Policy

PE Long Term Plan

Events in October 2024

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30/09/2024
01/10/2024
02/10/2024
03/10/2024(1 event)

October Harvest festival

03/10/2024

October Harvest festival - donations of food to go to the Ambleside food bank

October Harvest festival

04/10/2024
05/10/2024
06/10/2024
07/10/2024
08/10/2024
09/10/2024
10/10/2024
11/10/2024
12/10/2024
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14/10/2024
15/10/2024
16/10/2024
17/10/2024
18/10/2024
19/10/2024
20/10/2024
21/10/2024(1 event)

Nasal Flu vaccine

21/10/2024

Nasal Flu vaccine

Nasal Flu vaccine

22/10/2024
23/10/2024
24/10/2024
25/10/2024(1 event)

Yoga with Carly

25/10/2024

Yoga with Carly

Yoga with Carly

26/10/2024
27/10/2024
28/10/2024(1 event)

HOLIDAY CLUB: Multi Skills

28/10/2024

Holiday club - Multi Skills

Holiday club - Multi Skills

29/10/2024(1 event)

HOLIDAY CLUB: Forest School & Woodland Craft

29/10/2024

Forest School & Woodland Craft

HOLIDAY CLUB: Forest School & Woodland Craft

30/10/2024(1 event)

HOLIDAY CLUB: Forest School, Pumpkin carving & Halloween Craft

30/10/2024

Forest School, Pumpkin carving & Halloween Craft

HOLIDAY CLUB: Forest School, Pumpkin carving & Halloween Craft

31/10/2024(1 event)

HOLIDAY CLUB: Halloween Party, Spooky Games & Risky Play

31/10/2024

Halloween Party, Spooky Games & Risky Play

Halloween Party, Spooky Games & Risky Play

01/11/2024(1 event)

HOLIDAY CLUB: Walk and Talk in Grizedale Forest

01/11/2024

Walk and Talk in Grizedale Forest

HOLIDAY CLUB: Walk and Talk in Grizedale Forest

02/11/2024
03/11/2024

Contact details

Tel: 015394 36354

Email: head@hawkshead.cumbria.sch.uk

admin@hawkshead.cumbria.sch.uk

Hawkshead Primary School, Main St,

Hawkshead, Cumbria LA22 0NT

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Tel: 015394 36354 | Email: head@hawkshead.cumbria.sch.uk or admin@hawkshead.cumbria.sch.uk

Hawkshead Primary School, Main St, Hawkshead, Cumbria LA22 0NT