PE and Sport Premium

Vision

We pride ourselves, at Shiremoor Primary School, in providing opportunities and motivation for all children to: develop motor competence, develop and lead healthy and active lifestyles and also to engage in competitive situations. This has been on-going over time, however the PE and Sport Premium funding has enabled us to enhance our offer and ensure that children benefit from an outstanding PE curriculum.

What is PE and Sport Premium

PE and Sport Premium funding is provided jointly by the Departments for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport and is allocated to primary school headteachers. The funding is restricted and therefore can only be spent on provision of PE and sport in schools. The purpose of the funding is to ensure schools spend the additional funding on improving their provision of PE and sport, but they will have the freedom to choose how they do this. With this purpose it is expected that pupils leaving primary school will be physically literate and will hold knowledge, skills and motivation to equip them for a healthy lifestyle and a natural love for sport!

‘Schools must spend the additional funding on improving their provision of P.E. and sport, but they will have the freedom to choose how they do this’ (DFE June 2013)

For the academic year 2022-23, Shiremoor Primary School received £19,096. 

In our school

At Shiremoor Primary we provide a high-quality physical education programme to develop the competence to excel in gymnastics, dance, games, athletics and swimming. Activities are mapped out for year group to ensure a breadth of opportunity is available to each child. In Key Stage 1, lessons focus on firstly developing fundamental movement skills; ensuring children are increasingly confident and competent to extend their agility, balance and coordination. We also actively promote competitive and co-operative physical activities.

Lessons are primarily centred on basic skills and fundamental movement skills such as agility, balance and coordination. As each child progresses through school, they are encouraged to develop these skills and use them in different ways.

Competition is a huge focus in our school and each games unit of work consists of many competition opportunities. We run successful intra-competitions in school, such as the whole school Mini World Cup event, in which each child competes within their peer group. In addition, we strive to enter all competitions offered by the Local Authority and other bodies such as Newcastle Falcons, Newcastle United Foundation and England Cricket. As a Teaching School, we have taken a lead in organising a sporting competition for a different year group each term.

We are proud of our extensive extra-curricular activities programme. We ensure all children are offered the opportunity to attend extra-curricular sporting activities and increase their levels of physical activity, and through data collection we are able to track and target individual children to ensure high levels of participation in physical activity. We also invite a range of specialist sport coaches to deliver activities such as fencing and judo to ensure that children access a range of additional opportunities which they may not experience otherwise.

How we can measure the impact of PE and Sport Premium Funding?

There are 5 key indicators that schools should expect to see improvement across:

• the engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity – the Chief Medical Officer guidelines recommend that all children and young people aged 5 to 18 engage in at least 60 minutes of physical activity a day, of which 30 minutes should be in school
• the profile of PE and sport is raised across the school as a tool for whole-school improvement
• increased confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport
• broader experience of a range of sports and activities offered to all pupils
• increased participation in competitive sport