Physical Education and Sport
A flourishing athlete at The Ridge Junior School will have the ability to acquire new knowledge and skills through participating in a wide range of sporting activities. Each week athletes will participate in one lesson ran by an external company (Proformance Coaching) and one lesson on the wider sports. The wider sports lessons focus on areas such as dance, gymnastics, games and athletics.
Our athletes will also have the opportunities to develop their confidence and skills in outdoor activities and water safety swimming lessons. Alongside their lessons, athletes have the opportunities to participate in a range of extra-curricular sports clubs that can then include representing the school at both intra and inter school level.
A Ridge Junior school athlete will be given the opportunities to lead a healthy lifestyle, perform high levels of physical fitness for a sustained period of time, take the initiative and become excellent young leaders and have the desire to practise, improve and beat their personal goals. In this way we endeavour to kindle a love of ‘being active’ that pupils will carry forward into their adult lives enhancing their mental and physical wellbeing and their ability to integrate into and enjoy socialising in adulthood.
At The Ridge Junior School, each child will participate in two lessons a week of Physical Education. 1 lesson ran by external company (Proformance Coaching) for ppa cover and 1 lesson by class teacher for wider sports.
Wider Sports (1 lesson per week)
Children use the fundamentals skills developed within all the other areas of PE covered in the National Curriculum.
- - use running, jumping, throwing and catching in isolation and in combination.
- - play competitive games, modified where appropriate, and apply basic principles suitable for attacking and defending (hockey, tag-rugby, netball, cricket, rounders, tennis, volleyball)
- - develop flexibility, strength, technique, control and balance. (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.
Proformance Coaching
Our PE scheme of works will support and inspire children to improve upon individual techniques, set challenges, and create opportunities to succeed in a variety of sports. Each lesson will link and cover a new skill that covers agility, balance, and co-ordination, whilst factoring in rules and regulations to improve their knowledge, and provide them with the motivation they need to be active
See P.E Funding section for additional information;