Welcome to Physical Education

In our outdoor area, we will be learning to use the bikes and trikes safely and with confidence, develop our building skills through giant Lego building and creating obstacle courses.

In P.E. lessons, we will be working on developing our body strength, co-ordination, balance, and agility.

We will begin to learn how to hold our pencil correctly, using the tripod pencil grip. We will use this to begin writing different letters.

In our outdoor area, we will be learning to use the bikes and trikes safely and with confidence, develop our building skills through den building and building obstacle courses.

In P.E. lessons, we will continue to practise our Zumba routines with Miss Sira and explore shapes we can make with our bodies with Mrs Hardingham.

We are starting to practice writing our letters correctly, using a tripod pencil grip, in Phonics and free flow.

This half-term, we will be learning to:

Build towers of 10+ blocks or more and build bridges

Use hands and tools for small dextrous movements (e.g., cutting, turning, connecting)

Ride tricycles and balance bikes around corners with confidence

Use cross lateral movement when moving forwards

This half-term, we will be continuing to:

Use bicycles and tricycles to practice balance and movement.

Show good control, coordination and agility in large and small movements, safely negotiating space through a range of games and activities.

Use dance to develop movement in time with music

This half-term, we will be learning to:

Use cutlery

Play ball games (throwing, catching and kicking) including use of bat

Write using tripod grip

In sports, we will be developing balance, agility, and co- ordination, and begin to apply these in a range of activities. We will participate in team games, developing simple tactics for attacking and defending with a focus on handball. 

In fitness, we will be developing out balance, agility and co- ordination by perform routines using simple movement patterns. 

In fitness, we will be using circuit training to develop our agility and co-ordination by performing a simple pattern of movements.

Additionally, we will be performing a swing dance routine using simple movements and working towards dancing with a partner.

In sports, we will be mastering basic movements including running, jumping, throwing and catching, as well as developing balance, agility and co-ordination, and begin to apply these in a range of activities and to participate in team games.

In fitness, we will be mastering basic movements, as well as developing balance, agility and co-ordination to perform gymnastic moves.

In fitness, we will be improving our balance, agility and co- ordination in our gymnastic unit.

This will support their sports unit where students will master basic movements including running, jumping, throwing and catching and begin to apply these in a range of activities.

In fitness, we will be mastering basic movements and developing our balance and co- ordination through a series of yoga moves. 

In sport, we will be mastering basic movements including running, jumping, throwing and catching, as well as developing balance, agility and co-ordination, and begin to apply these in a range of activities.

In fitness, we will be performing a sequence of simple movement patterns to perform dances and improve our aerobic fitness.


In sport, we will be continuing our unit on athletics by mastering basic movements including running, jumping, throwing and catching, as well as developing balance, agility and co-ordination, and begin to apply these in a range of activities. 

In sport this term we will be focusing on improving our throwing and catching skills and dribbling a ball with greater control

In health we will be focusing on body parts and their function.

To improve our fitness this term we will be doing Boxercise.

Our sport this term is swing dance.

In health we will learn about having a healthy mind, managing emotions and setting personal goals.

To improve our fitness this term we will be completing Boot Camp!

In sport, we will be practicing throwing and catching.

In health we will learn about the roles of hygiene, medicine and fitness in leading a healthy lifestyle.

To improve our fitness this term we will be doing gymnastics to improve our flexibility.

Sport: We will be practising a variety of skills to improve agility, balance and coordination.

Health: We will learn about the parts of the body involved in protection and healing and examining how our body changes.

Fitness: We will be doing aerobics!

Sport: We will be doing athletics!

Health: We will learn about relationships with others and opinions.

Fitness: We will be doing Yoga.

Sport: We will be doing athletics!

Health: We will learn about diet and vitamins and how they support an active lifestyle.

Fitness: Our unit this term is “Step to the beat”

Sport – The children will practise their throwing and catching skills using the sport of handball.

Health – The children will learn about body parts and their functions.

Exercise – The children will use boxercise to help keep fit and healthy! The children will learn a variety of different moves that they can use in time to the music

Sport: Our sport this term is super swing dance!

Health: In health we will learn about having a healthy mind, managing emotions and settings personal goals.

Fitness: To improve our fitness this term we will be completing Boot Camp!

This term we will be doing gymnastics. We will be learning:

The names of, and to create the different basic shapes, such as : staddle, tuck, pike, v-sit, dish and arch.

Explore a range of balances, both individually and in pairs.

Explore a range of rolls, including: log rolls, side rolls, forwards and backwards rolls.

Sport: We will be practising a variety of skills to improve agility, balance and coordination.

Health: We will learn about the parts of the body involved in protection and healing and examining how our body changes.

Fitness: We will be doing aerobics!

Fitness: Mighty Movers!

Sport: Basket ball – Throwing and catching

Health: Hygiene, medicine and exercise

Sport: This term in sport, we will be doing Athletics! We will continue looking at different types of jumps and the skills needed in running.

Fitness: This term, we will be covering the unit, ‘step to the beat’, where we will be improving our stamina and strength through a mixture of aerobics and circuit training.

Health: This term, we will be learning about diet and vitamins in health. We will explore the importance of food and vitamins in keeping us healthy

In Sports, we will practice a variety of passing skills.

In Fitness, we will develop our stamina and technique in exciting Boxercise lessons.

In Health, we will focus on ‘Healthy Body, Inside Out!’

We will learn about the skeleton, muscles, and major organs.

This half term we will:

Sport: Our sport topic this term is Dynamic Dance!

Health: In health we will learn about having a healthy mind, managing emotions and settings personal goals.

Fitness: To improve our fitness this term we will be
completing Boot Camp!

Sport: Our sport topic this term is cricket and the skills involved in playing the sport.

Health: In health we will learn about having a healthy body by focusing on what we are eating in our diets.

Fitness: To improve our fitness this term we will be completing the Mighty Movers unit!

Sport: Our sport focus this term is yoga and the flexibility needed for its different poses.

Health: In health we will learn about having a healthy body by focusing on what we are eating in our diets.

Fitness: To improve our fitness this term we will be continuing the Mighty Movers unit!

Sport: Our sport topic this term is ‘Young Olympians’, in which we will improve our athletic abilities.

Health: In health we will learn about having a healthy mind by focusing on different self-reflective activities.

Fitness: To improve our fitness this term we will be completing the Step to the Beat unit!

Sports – We will practise defending, passing, throwing and teamwork during invasion games.

Health – We will deepen our knowledge of the human skeleton, muscles, and organs.

Fitness – Pupils will develop their strength, stamina and endurance through boxercise and daily mile.

Sports – We will develop coordination and spatial awareness through line dance.

Health – We will learn how to recognise signs of stress and strategies to use to address them.

Fitness – We will engage in circuit training to develop flexibility, strength and balance.

Sports – In Nimble Nets this half term, pupils will practise a variety of techniques for tennis.

Health – We will learn how to recognise signs of stress and strategies to use to address them.

Fitness – We will engage in aerobic stepping sequences to build strength and stamina.

Sports – We will take part in outdoor challenges,
building physical and teamwork skills.

Health – We will discuss how we can create a
healthy lifestyle for ourselves.

Fitness – We will develop our flexibility, strength,
control and balance through gymnastics.

We have the amazing opportunity this term to be joined by coaches from Queens Park Rangers Football Club. Pupils will be learning key skills for leading healthy and active lives as well as engaging in a variety of physical games to develop their strength, coordination, and teamwork abilities.

In our Young Olympians unit, pupils will develop their skills in running, jumping, throwing and catching, competing against themselves to achieve their personal bests. They will also engage in ‘Cool Core’ fitness, where they will learn and practise a variety of yoga poses to develop flexibility and control.

We will focus on our fitness and circuit training skills this half term. We will take our baseline fitness levels and see how we can make progress through regular exercise.

For the first two weeks of term, year six will be going swimming every afternoon! Further PE lessons will focus on fitness through circuit training.

We will be using both tennis and badminton to learn how to hit the ball/shuttle, using forehand, backhand, and overhead shots. We will also learn how to evaluate and adapt our play to suit our own and others' strengths.

We will be using both tennis and badminton to learn how to hit the ball/shuttle, using forehand, backhand, and overhead shots. We will also learn how to evaluate and adapt our play to suit our own and others' strengths, such as how to use space effectively.

This half term we will be focusing on our fitness, through circuit training and progressive fitness tests. We will learn how to measure our heartrate, what this means, and how to use this to inform our exercise choices. It will be great to see the progress each week as we increase our fitness as well as our knowledge of how to keep ourselves.