PE & School Sports

"Believe in yourself and anything is possible."

Simone Biles

Intent

At Bedgrove Junior School we provide a high quality PE and school sports curriculum, led by specialist sports coaches - all of whom are employed by the school. We want to inspire all children to consider physical activity as part of their everyday life, achieving their personal best, regardless of ability. We teach children about healthy lifestyles, good food choice and the benefits of being active through our PE and Healthy Minds curriculum. We provide an environment to support children to succeed in being confident to engage in physical activity, with embedded values such as fairness and respect, helping to develop future athletes and good citizens who lead healthy lives. We engage in a range of competitive and non-competitive sporting fixtures to give a range of pupils opportunity to represent the school. We challenge all of our children to be active for sustained periods and to develop their knowledge and skills across a broad range of sports and activities.

Physical education is about providing children with a love for lifelong participation in physical activity, enabling them to become competent and confident physical movers and to lead a healthy lifestyle.

All children are entitled to benefit from the enjoyment of a broad and balanced PE and school sports curriculum and extra curricular activities that will extend their knowledge, physical skills and attitudes in a positive manner irrespective of race, gender, or level of ability.

Physical Education forms part of our well-being curriculum at Bedgrove Junior School. We recognise the importance of teaching our pupils about healthy lifestyles and as a result invest a huge amount of effort to ensure we deliver the best quality of PE education alongside our extra curricular activities and our engagement in local sports festivals, tournaments and leagues.

Our objective is to put children at the heart of PE learning by:

Supporting learning in PE in the same way as other curriculum subjects
Recognising a child’s diverse needs (physical, cognitive, social, creative, health and emotional) as the focus of learning in P.E
Ensuring that learning experiences build on children’s previous achievements so that they can make progress according to their abilities and learn to adapt to changing circumstances.
Providing children with access to a broad range of movement contexts and resources both indoors and outdoors, individually and with others that enable them to engage in purposeful, competitive and co-operative physical activities in a range of increasingly challenging situations
Identifying our most able pupils and ensure they have every opportunity to excel.

Get Kids Going Fundraising Run Year 5 and 6 Our entire school—480 children—will be heading to the historic Stoke Mandeville Stadium for an exciting fundraising run in support of Get Kids Going, the chosen charity of Miss Welsh and Mr Hillier. This incredible event will not only promote fitness and teamwork but also raise vital funds to help young people with disabilities access sports. We are proud to come together as a school community to make a difference and inspire our pupils to support others through sport.

Get Kids Going Fundraising Run Year 3 and 4

Lionesses vs USA Trip On 30th November 2024 some of our students had the incredible opportunity to watch the Lionesses take on the USA in an electrifying football match. Seeing world-class athletes in action not only inspired our budding footballers but also highlighted the power of teamwork, determination, and sportsmanship. This unforgettable experience will undoubtedly fuel their passion for the sport and their dreams of future success! Take a look at our video to see what the experience provided for our pupils.

Physical Education Across Bedgrove

Overview 24/25

PE Overview

Get Set 4 PE Activities for Getting Active and Mindfulness

Physical Activity At Home

Government Guidelines recommend 60 active minutes for every child, every day. Check out the links below for ideas to help everyone achieve this whilst at home. If you have any great ideas, or come across any websites that you would recommend, email us on pe@bjsglt.co.uk so that we can add them to the list and share ideas.

Useful Website Links:

60 second challenges from Davies to keep you moving at home. Technique is important with these challenges. To avoid injury, children should perform press ups on their knees and avoid lunges, unless accompanied by an adult with knowledge of correct technique.

Activity Alliance - Disability Inclusion Sport

10 Minute Shake Up Games from Change4Life & Disney

Football's Staying Home - Tips and tricks from the FA.

Cricket for Girls Although the emphasis is on encouraging girls to get involved in cricket, anyone can try out these techniques.

Adaptive Yoga Whilst these activities are aimed at wheelchair users, anyone, in a seated position, can participate.

BBC Supermovers A little bit of cross curricular activity here, learning on the move. In class, we've been learning our times tables with unicorns and lions - now go to KS2 Maths, find the times table section and you can do the same at home.

Jump Start Jonny has cool and lively activities to get you moving. Whoopa!

Joe Wicks - scroll down for short burst workouts to keep children active at home.

BBC Supermovers Just For Fun Duck with Dennis & Gnasher, move with The Vamps or score past David de Gea

Chance to Shine Cricket activities that you can complete at home.

Youth Sports Trust 60 second Activity Cards

Local Sports Clubs

Please find below details of some of our local sports clubs. If you would like to recommend a club for inclusion in this list, please email us on pe@bjsglt.co.uk.