Physical Education at Dial Park Primary 2015-16

I have taken the Ofsted guidance on how the new P.E funding should be spent and tried to evidence how and where we are using our funding.

The additional funding we have received from the government to develop Physical Education in Dial Park Primary has been warmly welcomed. It is giving us opportunities as a whole staff to develop our subject knowledge, improve our curriculum, update our equipment, pay for transport to access competitions and festivals, so that the children are receiving higher quality physical education. The funding was initially for two years but it has now been extended to four, allowing us to use the money wisely to develop links with outside clubs and develop a curriculum that is sustainable long after the money has been withdrawn. We are still focusing on dance and gymnastics within our curriculum, and developing cross curricular links within P.E, paying particular attention to dance and the benefits/impact that has within the class room and with regards to boosting creativity in writing.

With thanks to the Stockport Sports Partnership (SSP), our School Sports Coordinator (SSCO) Debbie McKeever, Jude Riddings and of course our own staff, I am proud to say that we are meeting most of the issues highlighted by Ofsted, although the guidance is that onlysome of the headings below should be achieved with the new funding.

Here are my findings:

Aspects highlighted green are already being implemented, those highlighted orange are partially arranged for the coming year and those in red have been thought about and will be achieved by the end of the academic year 2016.

Action plan 2013-2014
P.E Ofsted Guidance: / Person Responsible/ Evidence / Action
▪paying the most effective teachers an enhanced allowance to lead improvements in PE and school sport and provide staff training on how to teach PE well / Jude Riddings (SSP), Laura
Kendal (dance teacher/specialist), Adam Coogan (Gymnastics specialist) / •LK to provide curriculum support for all staff in KS1/LS2 to link dance with the new curriculum.
•VB to attend all PLT conferences/development days by JR.
•AC to provide gymnastics coaching support to the whole school.
Evidence:
Planning/photographs/children’s abilities.
▪employing specialist PE teachers or qualified coaches to work alongside teachers in lessons to increase their subject knowledge and confidence in PE / Laura Kendal (dance teacher/specialist), Adam Coogan (Gymnastics specialist), Matt Sharp (lacrosse) / •Each year group to receive weekly sessions for half a term with Matt and develop links with Norbury lacrosse club.
•LK to provide curriculum support for all staff in KS1/LS2 to link dance with the new curriculum.
•AC to work across the school to develop staff skill and confidence with gymnastics.
Evidence:
Feedback from staff via questionnaires.
Lesson observations?
▪employing a specialist teacher or providing professional development for staff to lead after-school sports clubs for disabled pupils and those with special educational needs / All teachers are already aware of how to make sport inclusive. All after school clubs are inclusive. RA and MS to attend Change For Life Club training. / •All children including those with disabilities are included in all school clubs.
•Development of Young Ambassadors to organise sports activities to be run at playtime and lunchtime.
•Energy club to be run at lunchtime by JW.
•RA and MS to run a C4L club to focus on inactive children or children with poor motor skills.
Evidence:
Club registers
Future club registers to be collected and photographs to be taken.
▪providing cover staff to release teachers for professional development in PE and sport / Vikki Beecham
All staff receive professional development in P.E through specialist teachers. Extra training will be provided for B.Cliffe and J.Dunn as RQT and NQT. / •P.E courses provided by Stockport School Sport Partnership to be attended by a variety of staff.
•LK – to deliver dance and meet with staff after as part of a whole school professional development in dance.
•Lacrosse coaching for years 2/1 – 6.
Evidence
28.11.14 – Primary P.E conference.
▪procuring quality-assured professional training for staff to raise their confidence and competence in teaching PE and sport / Vikki Beecham / •Staff to choose areas for development to receive coaching in.
•Audit of staff needs compiled.
•Relevant courses attended.
Evidence
From trial and error of different specialist sport teachers we have chosen the best for gymnastics and dance which has raised staff confidence and competence in these previously weaker areas of P.E.
▪paying staff or external sports coaches to run competitions, or to increase pupils’ participation in national school games competitions / Evidence
Termly calendars provided by VB of attended events.
We have paid into SSP and they offer a variety of competitions.
Also arrange friendly matches between local schools. / •Staff to accompany children to all cluster sports events and to borough finals where appropriate.
•We will attend as many competitions by SSP as possible with the hope that we will qualify to experience a borough final. See P.E file for what competitions have been attended.
▪quality assuring the work of sports coaches and instructors employed to coach in PE lessons and after-school sports clubs / Evidence
Staff are very good at observing and feeding back on what they feel makes a good coach and a good P.E session. All staff feedback on the external coaches and also through observation via VB. / •VBto observe all coaches that come into school to assure outstanding delivery of P.E from our external coaches.
•Children and staff questionnaires to be sent out as part of P.E monitoring.
▪buying into existing local sports networks such as school sport partnerships or community sports coaching initiatives / Evidence
Receipts/invoices
Curriculum support provided by SSP. / •SSP bought into for the year.
▪pooling funding with other local schools to employ a specialist teacher to train existing teachers and teach PE across a cluster of schools / Evidence
SSP packages. / •This is already provided by SSP.
▪pooling funding to employ qualified teaching assistants to provide regular sports tournaments, festivals and competitions for pupils of all ages / Evidence
C4L club with G. Campbell
Jonathon Wrigley has attended energy club training.
All TA’s are on a rota to support our Sports Ambassadors at playtime. / •JW attended and is now running Energy Club at lunchtimes.
•TA’s to use the rota to support and encourage our Sports Ambassadors.
•C4L club run by RA and MS.
▪employing expert advice to evaluate the school’s current strengths and weaknesses in PE and sport, and implement plans for improvement / Evidence
LK – coming in to identify strengths and weaknesses and support dance.
AC – as dance but with gymnastics. / •Staff audit showed dance as an area of weakness that needed development.
•LK and AC to work with all year groups.
▪providing places for pupils in after-school sport clubs and holiday courses / Evidence
Gymnastics club, dodgeball, rhythmix, football. / •A variety of clubs to be organised by VB with professional coaches.
•Brochures for holiday clubs given out throughout the school.
•School premises used during holidays for community football team.
▪engaging the least active pupils in after school activities, for example ‘Change4Life’ after school clubs / Evidence
C4L club with G.Campbell / •Possibility of a curling club and/or C4L club after school for SEN/inactive children.
▪providing high-quality training for volunteers, parents and carers, governors and adults other than teachers to run sports teams, after school clubs and assist in organising large school sports events / Evidence
Sports Ambassadors to run activities in playtime and lunchtime.
P.E insets for 2016? / •Ambassadors to run mini-competitions and festivals as well as ongoing training for day to day activities with AP/BC.
▪providing training and payment for midday supervisors to introduce playground games at breaks and lunchtimes / Evidence
JW has attended ‘Energy Leaders’ training.
GChave attended C4L training. / •JW to run energy club and support the Sports Ambassadors during lunchtime.
•G.Campbell to run a C4L club with targeted children.
▪employing a local coach to provide weekly after-school sport on the school site and at the local club in the evenings, weekends and school holidays / Evidence
Community football club is already run on the premises during the holidays.
Little Sports Coaching runs a variety of clubs after school. / •Existing clubs already implemented.
•Improve links with local clubs.
•We are already working with SSP to improve links with local clubs.
▪forging links with PE teachers in local secondary schools to help primary staff improve their PE and sports provision / Evidence
SSP calendar. / •Role of SSP and Stockport School. Overseen by Jude Riddingsand games organiser Heather Harrison.
▪establishing strong, sustainable partnerships with local community sports clubs where no links have been made in the past / Morris dancing with Victorious Stars. Gymnastics with ACE. Norbury Lacrosse Club.Continue to work with local clubs where links have previously been made, E.g. football. /
  • Norbury lacrosse have had several new members from Dial Park due to the in school lacrosse coaching.

▪establishing a house system to enable regular, inter-house sports competitions for pupils of all ages / We already run an inter- house system…see Sports Ambassadors board for evidence. /
  • Ambassadors are now using the house system to encourage competition during break and lunchtime. Monitor at weekly meeting.

▪paying for transport, pool hire and instruction to provide additional swimming lessons for those pupils unable to swim by the end of Year 6 / This will be targeted in 2016.
▪in small, rural or city schools with limited indoor space for PE, paying for transport and access to indoor leisure facilities for weekly PE lessons / N/A
▪providing extra, additional activities such as outdoor and adventurous activities / Residential to Robin Wood organised for Year 6 pupils which is ongoing every year.
The school has now been mapped for orienteering and the whole school is timetabled to do this in Spring. /
  • Maps completed and on site for orienteering.

▪introducing new initiatives such as basic movement skills in the Early Years Foundation Stage, or developing young sports leaders in Key Stage 2 / Already established Sports Ambassadors in KS2 and KS1and this will continue into the future.
Little superstar coaches and Adam Coogan for gymnastics brought in to develop the physical curriculum in EYFS.
▪purchasing specialist equipment and teaching resources to develop a non-traditional activity such as rhythmic gymnastics or a new sport such as competitive cycling / Do to be targeted in 2017
▪providing pupils who are gifted and talented in sport with expert, intensive coaching and support / Adam Coogan is a specialist gymnastics coach who runs his own coaching company, ACE Coaching.
During Active Week give the children as many different opportunities and experiences so that if talent is spotted it can be nurtured within or outside of school. /
  • Evidence and photos in P.E file.
  • Gifted and talented gymnasts to be invited to specialist sessions with Adam outside of school.

V.Beecham 18.1.16