Intent  

Physical Education is essentially providing our children with high quality opportunities to become physically confident in a way which supports their health and fitness. Children are inspired to succeed and excel in both competitive sport and other physical activities. The PE curriculum at Priory enables pupils to compete in sport and develop competence to excel in a broad range of physical activities. 

At Priory our intent is to in still a love of sport. We are passionate about raising sporting achievement and improving the health and wellbeing of all our children. Our aim is to deliver a high-quality PE curriculum, as well as offer a wide range of extra-curricular activities. We believe that a rich and varied PE curriculum can improve attainment, attendance and behaviour. Through our PE provision our children will develop confidence, skills and knowledge, be proud of their achievements, understand and demonstrate the need for fair play and respect and develop the skills and attitudes needed for every child to have a lifelong participation in physical activity and healthy living. 

Impact  

By the time children leave Priory school they will: 

• Have the knowledge and ability to respond imaginatively and confidently through a range of dance and gymnastic movements and reflect upon their own and other performance.  
• Be competent in a range of sport specific physical skills.  
• Be able to use and apply a range of tactics in a variety of sporting situations both competitive and cooperative.  
• Be able to evaluate their performance and recognise success.  
• Be able to demonstrate a range of techniques with control, accuracy and coordination.   
• Be water confident and perform safe self-rescue in different water based situations 
• Swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres. 
• Use a range of strokes effectively.  
• Be able to communicate, collaborate and compete with fairness and respect.  
• Be able to  use specific vocabulary when discussing their own and others performance.  
• Be able to work effectively to solve outdoor and adventurous challenges both as an individual or as a team. 
• Be able to recognise the importance of a healthy lifestyle and the role PE plays in this