Giffard Park Primary School

PE

Physical Education, School Sport & Physical Activity at Giffard Park Primary School

Here at Giffard Park Primary School, we believe that physical education, school sport and physical activity (PESSPA) not only contributes to the physical aspects of a healthy lifestyle, but also enhances health and mental wellbeing. We deliver a high-quality physical education curriculum, inspiring all pupils to succeed and excel in competitive and non-competitive sport as well as other physically-demanding activities.  Through the use of PESSPA, we look to provide opportunities for pupils to become physically confident in a way which supports their health and fitness.  We use this as an opportunity to encourage values such as fairness, solidarity and respect. Our children are encouraged to engage in sports and exercise outside of the school timetable and to engage in choices that promote healthy lifestyles.

PE at Giffard Park Primary School are taught by our talented Premier coaches who teach these lessons following Primary PE Planning (PPP). This scheme builds on prior knowledge whilst introducing new key skills as well as new vocabulary. Our sports coaches assess half-termly looking at how the children have embedded the relevant skills and understanding to meet the attainment targets. 

Sports Teams at Giffard Park Primary School

 We are lucky to have such amazing athletes that allow us to participate in a range of different sports such as: football, dodgeball, athletics, cross country, basketball as well as many more. We like to reward the hard work and determination of our pupils, who display co-operation and wear our badge with pride whenever representing our school in sports. We run a variety of extracurricular activities offering our children more opportunities to remain active and engage with others by developing friendships, social skills and understanding of sports.

Specialist Sports Coaches from Premier Education deliver our PESSPA both within the curriculum and through extra-curricular clubs. 

Basketball Fixtures

On Friday 15th November, some children in year 3 and 4 participated in an outdoor basketball development event at Glebe Farm, we played lots of mini games of endball, putting our basketball skills into practice, against other schools. The children did so well and showed off their amazing basketball skills.

On Friday 22nd November, some children in years 5 and 6 participated in an indoor basketball development event at Glebe Farm. Inside the sports hall, we played games of endball and had a chance to show off our shooting skills after we scored a point. We lost our first game 4-2. But brought it back with a 9-6 win in our second game. The third and fourth games were close but we ended up drawing 4-4 in both games. After a quick team talk, we went on to win our final game 4-2! We got 2 Wins, 2 Draws and 1 loss, which was a fantastic end result.

Well done to all of the children who attended these events!

Miss Bowell & Mrs Ings.