What is Sports Premium?

The government is providing funding for primary school sports. The funding is being jointly provided by the Departments for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport, and will see money going directly to primary school Head teachers to spend on improving the quality of sport and PE for all their children. The money can only be spent on sport and PE provision in schools. The money will be used so that all children benefit regardless of their sporting ability.

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What is the purpose of Sports Premium?

All schools must use the sports premium to fund additional and sustainable improvements for provision of PE and sport, but there is freedom to choose how we do it. At Tugby Primary School, we recognise the contribution of PE to develop healthy, active lifestyles and well-being of the children. In addition, we believe that a broad and balanced PE curriculum and extra-curricular opportunities have a positive influence on the concentration, attitude and academic achievement of all children.

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What is our approach to spending the Sports Premium?

At Tugby Primary we believe that all children have an equal opportunity to participate in PE and School Sport according to their needs, abilities and interests. We aim to remove all barriers to learning to allow children to ‘flourish and succeed’.

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All objectives outlined in the documentation will be embedded into Tugby's PE and School Sport ethos and we will ensure that there is sustainability through constant evaluation.
 

ASPIRE, BELIEVE, ACHIEVE

We will create opportunities to allow your child to ‘flourish and succeed’. Physical Education and healthy lifestyles are highly valued at Tugby. Through effective use of the Sports Premium for staff CPD we will ensure that all abilities are inspired and educated, children have opportunities to participate in new challenges creating aspirations. Positive reinforcement and relationships with staff enable children to believe they can succeed and achieve their sporting aspirations.

Physical Education is crucial to the all-round development of children. Tugby CE School is a member of the Rutland School Sports Partnership and as such can draw on the expertise of specialist staff alongside our own teachers to improve the quality of our provision in this area. The PE curriculum includes skill development in gymnastic activities, dance, games, athletics, outdoor and adventurous activities and swimming.  We use our village hall and playground for most PE activities and the school field for team games and athletics. All children have at least 2 hours of PE a week.

Children are challenged with progressively higher tasks as their age, strength and skills increase.  They are encouraged to plan and perform skills safely, showing increasing control and accuracy.  They are taught how to get out and put away any equipment they use and the necessary safety precautions during PE lessons.

School Games Award

I am delighted to announce, following all the hard work we have put into PE and sport over the last few years, we have achieved the Gold School Games Mark.

The School Games Mark is a Government led awards scheme launched in 2012 to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community. Schools in England are able to assess themselves across bronze, silver and gold levels.

This is a reward that recognises all the PE that we do in school – the lessons we teach, the clubs we run, the coaches we bring in, the links we have with sports clubs and all the competitions we take part in.

National Curriculum

Key stage 1

Pupils should develop fundamental movement skills, become increasingly competent and confident and access a broad range of opportunities to extend their agility, balance and coordination, individually and with others. They should be able to engage in competitive (both against self and against others) and co-operative physical activities, in a range of increasingly challenging situations.

Pupils should be taught to:

• master basic movements including running, jumping, throwing and catching, as well as developing balance, agility and co-ordination, and begin to apply these in a range of activities
• participate in team games, developing simple tactics for attacking and defending
• perform dances using simple movement patterns.

Key stage 2

Pupils should continue to apply and develop a broader range of skills, learning how to use them in different ways and to link them to make actions and sequences of movement. They should enjoy communicating, collaborating and competing with each other. They should develop an understanding of how to improve in different physical activities and sports and learn how to evaluate and recognise their own success.

Pupils should be taught to:

• use running, jumping, throwing and catching in isolation and in combination
• play competitive games, modified where appropriate [for example, badminton, basketball, cricket, football, hockey, netball, rounders and tennis], and apply basic principles suitable for attacking and defending
• develop flexibility, strength, technique, control and balance [for example, through athletics and gymnastics]
• perform dances using a range of movement patterns
• take part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team
• compare their performances with previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best.