At Moortown Primary, we pride ourselves on being a happy and healthy place to learn. We’re part of the Leeds North East School Sport Partnership and we have physical activity links with a local high school, Allerton Grange. As a result of our high participation levels in after-school clubs, competitive events and pupil leadership, we are proud to be awarded School Games Mark Platinum.
The government’s childhood obesity plan has set out the ambition for all children to achieve 60 minutes of physical activity every day (30 minutes in school and 30 minutes outside of school). In response to this, we’ve compiled a physical activity guide suggesting out-of-school physical activities available to families in our local area.
“I’ve learnt that not everyone would be interested in popular sports and my responsibility to get not-so-popular sports and activities included at lunchtimes. I am going to try to become more confident and get people at school to join in with more sport and other activities.”
(Y5 pupil following Bronze Ambassador Sports Leader training)
The PE and sport premium is additional funding for physical education and sport in primary schools. The funding is ring-fenced – it can only be spent on provision of PE and sport in school.
To maximise the long-term impact of our PE provision for pupils and staff, we invest the money in various ways and then closely monitor the impact of these initiatives through assessment of children’s skills, staff and pupil feedback, uptake of clubs etc. We are required to report how we do this. Our PE provision plans show how we’re investing the money and the way we closely monitor the impact of these initiatives through assessment of children’s skills, staff and pupil feedback, uptake of clubs etc.
Some of the children’s comments following the Y4 residential, part-funded by the PE and sport funding:
“I discovered people like [another pupil in the class] who are quite shy can really be loud and confident. I also discovered that I didn’t need my mum to get my clothes out anymore or help me do my bed.”
“My proudest achievement was the assault course because I managed to do everything.”
“I figured out that working together was a lot more fun. I discovered that I can cope without my family. I noticed that [another pupil] is really resilient because he had a go at every challenge and, no matter what, he kept on going.”
