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    Championing Sport and Physical Activity

    At Four Marks CE Primary School, we believe that sport and physical activity play a vital role in helping children lead healthy, active and fulfilling lives. As part of our vision of "Learning for Life!", we are committed to providing high-quality physical education and a wide range of sporting opportunities that inspire every child to participate, achieve and enjoy being active.

    Our broad and inclusive PE curriculum develops children's skills, confidence and enjoyment across a diverse range of sports and physical activities. We strive to ensure that all pupils, regardless of ability or background, have the opportunity to succeed and develop a lifelong love of sport and exercise.

    Children benefit from an extensive programme of extra-curricular clubs, competitive sporting events and enrichment opportunities. We actively participate in local and regional competitions and are proud of the enthusiasm, teamwork and sporting values demonstrated by our pupils. Leadership opportunities such as Sports Captains and Play Leaders enable children to organise activities, encourage participation and act as positive role models for others.

    Our commitment to excellence in sport has been recognised through the award of the prestigious School Games Platinum Mark, reflecting many years of sustained achievement and outstanding provision. This award celebrates our dedication to inclusive participation, competitive sport and the promotion of healthy lifestyles.

    Beyond formal PE lessons, initiatives such as our Golden Mile challenges, Forest School programme and active play opportunities encourage children to be physically active every day. Through these experiences, we help pupils develop resilience, teamwork, leadership, wellbeing and the confidence to embrace healthy lifestyles both now and in the future.

     
     
     

    Sports Funding Reports

    Four Marks CE Primary School

    What is the Sports Funding?  

    Sports Funding was introduced by the Government in September 2013.  It was designed to give additional money to support schools in developing Physical Education in Schools and build an ‘Olympic Legacy’.

    Physical Education at Four Marks CofE Primary School

    Four Marks C.E Primary School’s Mission Statement is ‘Preparing for Life’. We feel that Physical Education plays an important role in helping us to fulfil this statement, enabling children to live and active and healthy lifestyle, and live out the 2012 Olympic values. We have worked hard to develop our Physical Education through curriculum time and extra-curricular activities. We want ALL pupils leaving our school school to have the knowledge, skills and motivation necessary to equip them for a healthy, active lifestyle and lifelong participation in physical activity and sport .

    How is the Sports Funding used to support Physical Education at Four Marks?

    We have used our Sports Funding to:

    • Provide children with PE instruction and coaching from experts
    • Develop staff expertise in teaching the PE curriculum
    • Improve opportunities for children to lead sport and active games.
    • Increase participation in a broader range of extra-curricular sporting clubs
    • Increase participation in competitive sport
    • Increase the engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity – kick-starting healthy active lifestyles

    Our PE curriculum

    A wide range of PE is delivered to the pupils, which aims to engage and inspire all pupils.

    Sports taught are wide and varied, both during the school day, and as extra-curricular clubs. Opportunities include Rounders, netball, Quiddich, judo, dance, cricket and football.

    Our Play Leaders, and our Sports Captains plan and teach playground games and sporting activities. This is an engaging way to ensure that pupils access a wide range of sporting activities during lunchtimes and breaktimes.

    As well as regular PE lessons, we also provide team competitions both in-house and inter-school.  As a result of the funding, teaching staff have been able to spend more time and resources organising extra-curricular sporting clubs and participating in regular competitions. Pupils enjoy the opportunity to work with different teachers, volunteers and coaches and have the chance to try new sports such as Netball,  Street Dance, Tennis, Football, Multi-skills, Badminton, Cricket, Rounders, and Athletics.

    We monitor participation and check uptake against gender, SEND and free school meals. We enter a wide range of competitions (e.g. Girls  and Boys Football Tournament; Dance Festival; Area Sports; Girls and Boys Cricket, Girls and Boys Netball, Cross Country). We have had significant success in these competitions, and are very proud of the children's team spirit. We were very proud that in 2017, our Girls Cricket Team won the prestigious award for Hampshire Youth Team of the year. We have also been awarded the School Games Gold Award for five consecutive years, culminating in our Platinum Sports Award.

    Swimming

    Our swimming programme , offered over two consecutive years in Key Stage 2, results in an above average percentage of pupils being able to swim at least 25 metres (the National Curriculum expectation), use a range of strokes effectively and perform safe self-rescue. ( Typically 80-90% of our Y5 pupils, following our 2 year swimming programme are able to swim 25+ metres, in comparison to 72%* of pupils nationally). We also have a high number of our Y5 pupils who can swim confidently beyond this expectation, with 30-40% of pupils typically able to swim 50+ metres confidently. Pupils in Year 5 and 6 have the opportunity to take part in an annual swimming competition against other local schools. We review our statistics annually. Please refer to our Sport Premium Reports for specific figures). 

    *findings by Sport England 2022 (Active Lives and Young People report).

    Partnership Work

    Our school is part of the 7AS (Seven Alresford Schools) Cluster, a group of six primary schools and one secondary Sports Academy, who work together  to plan competitions for the children and share good practice.

    Encouraging a healthy lifestyle

    We encouraging healthy habits and lifestyles in all of our children. We have our Golden Mile track that encourages children to increase their levels of activity by taking on different 'walking' challenges (e.g. Walking to Lapland) through the year.  Children across the school also take part in our Forest School programme,  enjoying 'free' fresh air and exercise which is beneficial to both physical and mental health. 

     
     
     

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