02. Implementation

Children in early years have an initial focus on active play to develop their fine and gross motor skills.  The skills they develop in these years will facilitate the learning in KS1 and improve their confidence within Physical Education (PE). The main focus in PE for EYFS is that children enjoy themselves.

Children will develop fundamental movement skills (running, jumping, throwing and catching) and become increasingly competent in extending their ABC’s (agility balance and co-ordination). They will engage in competitive (both against self and against others) and co-operative physical activities, in a range of increasingly challenging situations.
A key part of KS1 PE is showing effort and resilience. It’s important for children to learn that they might not be successful the first time, but if they show resilience and keep trying, they will succeed.
The most important part of PE at Barnes is that children are enjoying themselves and having fun.

Pupils will continue to apply and develop a wider range of skills that can be applied to an extensive variety of sports that will be covered at Barnes Primary such as:
• athletics
• cricket
• dance
• football
• gymnastics
• netball
• orienteering
• rounders
• tag rugby
• swimming
• tennis

In Key Stage 2 there is a focus on teamwork and collaborating together to succeed at a common goal. Our aim is to develop the whole child and promote a love for a wide range of sports, so they enjoy being physically active, ready for their transition to secondary school where we hope they will continue with a lifelong participation in sport.
The most important part of PE at Barnes is that children are enjoying themselves and having fun.

Click here for Barnes Primary School Sporting Activity Chart

We are firmly committed to ensuring every child has the opportunity to compete in sport and as a result, in addition to the borough and league sporting events, we also organise friendly school matches, house events and inter-school match opportunities (two teams from Barnes Primary School playing each other) on a regular basis. For borough events, all individuals and teams will be selected through trial and observation assessment. This will involve:

• Specific sport trials conducted by a member of the PE team
• Observations by the PE team and class teachers in timetabled lessons
• Observations during the extra-curricular clubs run by members of the PE team or external providers.

Everyone will be given a chance to compete for a place in a school team or a Richmond borough event, but places will be allocated on merit, according to performance level: the strongest children will be chosen who show commitment and dedication to a sport or club. Getting more practice by attending an extra-curricular club will certainly lead to those involved securing improvements in ability, but it does not automatically follow that a pupil attending will secure a place in the school team. Please note that our before school sports clubs were set up following a funding mechanism created after the 2012 London Olympics. The purpose of this fund was for schools to create additional opportunities for all children to be physically active and have fun whilst involved in physical activity and are heavily subsidised (or free).

There is always great enthusiasm for participating in borough and league fixtures. Unfortunately the number of participants that we can take is limited and we have a set number of players that we are allowed to take. As a result there is always a great deal of discussion over our selections. This is always a good headache to have when the standard is so high. We encourage all children to be very proud of their achievement so far and for putting themselves forward for a trial. If they are not successful, we will always encourage them to keep trialing. We fully appreciate that some children may really want to represent the school but may, at the time of selection, not be at the same standard as those pupils who are chosen at the time. This is a hard lesson for all children (and adults), but it is one that we aim to support children with, so that they can develop their resilience and have the confidence, determination and resilience to try again next time. In order to provide enjoyable additional opportunities to play competitively, we are always looking at opportunities to extend our ‘inter-house’ matches, where two Barnes teams compete against each other. We want all children to have as many opportunities to play competitive sport as we can offer.
All children are involved in competition in our three Sports day events, when they represent their house: Key Stage 1: July; Key Stage 2: September and July.