PE

At St Gregory’s Catholic Primary School we recognise that the personal development of pupils, spiritually, morally, socially and culturally, plays a significant part in their ability to learn and achieve. We therefore aim to provide an education that provides pupils with opportunities to explore and develop their own values and beliefs, spiritual awareness, high standards of personal behaviour, a positive, caring attitude towards other people, an understanding of their social and cultural traditions and an appreciation of the diversity and richness of the cultures.

The teaching of PE offers opportunities to support the social development of our children through the way we expect them to work with each other in lessons. For example:

• The varied delivery and groupings into pairs/teams allows our children to develop team skills and give them the chance to discuss and communicate their ideas and
performance.
• Respect and resilience are a very important part of our lessons. Children learn to respect and work with each other, and develop a better understanding of themselves
and of each other.
• Our pupils learn to compete against themselves (for example, setting personal bests) and compete in competitions against others (both intra and inter school). This helps them to understand feelings experienced with both a winning and losing situation and they can be supported when dealing with these feelings.
• The role of exercise in being healthy is an important feature of our teaching and we aim to develop children who are physically active, which will benefit them in their
future lives.
• Participation in National School Sport Week (summer term), linked to an international theme when possible (for example, The World Cup or Olypmpics).

You can find our Physical Education Policy in the Key Documents section below.