PE & School Sports

“Intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body is healthy and strong.” 

 - John F. Kennedy

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.

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.  

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.