PE
Leader: Mike Green
As your child progresses through school they will be provided with opportunities to develop skills and attitudes through play, gymnastics, games, dance, athletics and adventure activities using a variety of stimuli and equipment. We are part of the North Norfolk Schools Sport Partnership which provides training, resources and expertise to further enable all children at our school to enjoy a wide variety of sports and opportunities:- we aim to provide two hours of quality PE each week for our learners.
We encourage independence and initiative. We believe in fair competition between groups and individuals as well as wishing to encourage the children’s sensitivity and awareness toward other people. We do not have a ‘hall’ but each class uses the nearby ‘Parish Room’ for one session a week during the Autumn and Spring terms for movement, gymnastics, dance and drama. Our ‘hall’ also provides space for movement and dance.
We have two large playground areas with markings for a netball court and a short tennis court. We have a large, well-drained field that is divided into training grids in the winter and rounders pitch and athletics track in the summer. We have a climbing frame on safe, wood chipping, a low level adventure trail and a wide range of PE equipment suitable for 4-11 year olds.
During the Autumn and Spring terms the children in Years 4, 5 and 6 travel to the Alderman Peel High School to participate in our Key Stage 2 Gymnastics and Swimming programme, utilising the excellent facilities and specialist teaching – this is free of charge.
We organise a variety of ‘inter-house’ competitions and regularly
meet and play against other local schools in football, table tennis, netball
and other sporting activities.
It is very important your child be equipped for PE and Games with the correct
clothing (to change into) ie plimsolls/light trainers, shorts and top in
plain colours.
We feel that it is essential that all PE clothing be a completely separate item for the sake of hygiene, as well as for ease and comfort of use. We recommend that each child has a PE kit bag (preferably of the draw string type) which can be hung on their coat peg.
The school must receive official notification if your child cannot participate in PE activities.
