Physical Education

Our Vision for Physical Education

At Harris Primary School, Physical Education is an integral part of our school’s ethos and education; Cherishing Childhoods, Foundations for the Future. We strive to promote excellence in Physical Education, throughout the day to enhance the curriculum as well as before and after school through different sports clubs.

PE Curriculum

We deliver high quality teaching, with a specialist teacher to ensure that all aspects of the PE curriculum are being delivered to the highest of quality. Through a specialist PE teacher and continuous professional development this ensures quality physical education is sustainable and progressive across the whole school.

Therefore, in Physical Education, we aim to inspire all children, including the least active, to succeed and excel. Through this, it is our intention to help develop their physical health and fitness, as well as a growing understanding of the benefits of an active lifestyle.

Implementation of PE Curriculum

• Opportunities to learn skills in Gymnastics, Dance, Games, Athletics and Outdoor Adventure Activities.

• All Children are provided with at least 2 hours of exciting, fun and active P.E. lessons each week.

• Teachers follow the Lancashire P.E. scheme of work. This offers well planned sequences of learning, fulfilling every aspect of the National Curriculum, offering regular assessment opportunities as well as building in character values such as resilience and respect. Teachers adapt and develop these learning sequences to best suit their own classes by using their own sporting knowledge as well as ideas gained through P.E. training.

• The P.E. Passport App is used to support the inclusive planning, delivery and assessment of the P.E. curriculum.

• Our Year 4 pupils attend Swimming lessons at Fulwood Leisure Centre. If any of the children have not met this standard by the end of Year 4 then we provide ‘booster’ sessions at the end of the year.

Useful Documents

PE Curriculum Map

PE Progression Documents

Below you will find lots of documents that will help you understand how the children progress through each area of our PE curriculum.

Spending of Sports Premium

The P.E Leader and the Senior Leadership Team review our current PE facilities, curriculum and extra-curricular activities to best plan how to use the Governments Sports Premium. We implement the funding based on the needs of the school and our pupils. This includes, but is not exclusive to, extra-curricular activities and PE equipment to ensure our school sport is more inclusive and attractive to all pupils whilst ensuring improvements are sustainable so we can continue to provide high quality sports provision in the future.

PE Spending Evaluation 2025/2026

Extra-curricular

Our school has always recognised the benefits of a strong PE curriculum and extra-curricular activity in raising children’s aspirations and self-esteem. Our children are able to access a variety of competitive and non-competitive(inclusive) sports within school, providing them with opportunities to express themselves and develop their own unique skills in their chosen sport.

Preston PESSPA - Physical Education, School Sports and Physical Activity

Harris Primary School is an active member of the Preston PESSPA. This organisation liaises with primary schools in the district to facilitate inter-school sporting festivals and competitions. Below are 3 documents linked to code of conduct.

PESSPA Clothing and Footwear Policy

Students should wear clothing that is fit for purpose according to the PESSPA activity, environment and weather conditions.

Indoor and outdoor clothing and footwear

For PE lessons pupils are to wear their PE kit. This is outlined as a navy-blue jacket or Harris jacket, plain white (non-branded) t-shirt, navy-blue (non-branded) shorts, tracksuit bottoms or leggings for girls and appropriate trainers. For gymnastics lessons pupils are expected to take part in bare feet. If a child does not have the correct kit, parents need to be informed and asked to provide the appropriate kit for the next PE lesson. All items of PE clothing should be identified with the child’s name. At our school for PE lesson Reception, Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3 will get changed in school and there PE kit will stay in school. In years 4, 5 and 6 pupils will come to school in PE kit on their PE day.

Long hair worn by students should always be tied back with a suitably soft item to prevent entanglement in apparatus and to prevent obscuring vision.

Allowed

•         Hair Tie/Bobble

•         Alice Band/Sweat Band

Not Allowed

•         Hair Clips/Grips

•         Plastic/Metal head bands

Ongoing risk assessment will determine what action will be appropriate. Staff should always try to avoid complete exclusion from a lesson due to a student forgetting their PE kit or having inappropriate clothing. School will endeavour to provide appropriate clothing and footwear if a pupil for get their kit.

For classroom-based movement in a limited space or playground activity (eg “wake and shake” type activities), it is acceptable for children to remain in their school uniform. During this type of activity, children work within a small area or on the spot, and safety concerns linked with slips, trips and falls are reduced.

Religious and cultural clothing

To maximise safe and meaningful participation, the school and staff will use sensitive management when dealing with any concerns arising from the wearing of certain items of clothing specific to religious requirements.

Personal effects, including jewellery and cultural or religious adornments

Personal effects, such as jewellery (including body piercings), religious artefacts, watches, hair slides, and sensory aids (including glasses if appropriate) should be removed to establish a safe working environment. If pupils are unable to remove body piercings themselves, they must be removed before they come in to school. If a body piercing is new, there will be a 6 week grace period where the pupil may tape up the area but this must be done before school by parents and checked by the class teacher.

Ongoing risk assessment needs to determine what action will be appropriate. Staff should always try to avoid complete exclusion from a lesson due to a student being unable to remove personal effects.

Disclaimers from parents about the wearing of any item of jewellery by a student will be declined. Such indemnities have no legal status.

The duty of care remains firmly with the school on such matters.

Changing Provision

This principle is about ensuring dignity, decency and privacy, where needed, be it for reasons of physical development or other individual needs.

As our school lacks purpose-built changing rooms, when changing for PESSPA, KS1 and lower KS2 (Year 3 and Year 4) students will change together in their classrooms, whereas upper KS2 (Year 5 and Year 6) students will change in separate areas. Staff are present during changing times to ensure pupils are safe at all times.