South Norwood Primary School

We are active.

All pupils will leave South Norwood physically literate and with the knowledge, skills and motivation necessary to equip them for a healthy, active lifestyle and life- long participation in physical activity and sports.

PE is delivered by our Specialist Sports coach. 

We teach the full National curriculum for Physical Education which states:

A high-quality physical education curriculum inspires all pupils to succeed and excel in competitive sport and other physically-demanding activities. It should provide opportunities for pupils to become physically confident in a way which supports their health and fitness. Opportunities to compete in sport and other activities build character and help to embed values such as fairness and respect.

The curriculum encourages creativity, collaboration and self-challenge, through six themed units per year, known as ‘multi-abilities’ which include: personal skills, social skills, cognitive skills, creative skills, physical skills and health related fitness.

Swimming:

Year 3 will continue to have swimming lessons for 10 weeks.

These will focus on teaching children to:

Swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres.

Use a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke].

Perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.