PE & Sport

PE Days 2024-25

We offer a wide range of activities to our children aiming to provide learning opportunities which will encourage them to lead a full and active lifestyle.

We embed the 3 primary aims of Physical Education

• To enable children to live a full life as a child and to realise his or her potential as a unique individual;
• To enable children to develop as a social being through living and co-operating with others and so contribute to the good of society;
• To prepare children for further education and lifelong learning.

How We Do This…..

Football

We have a Year 5/6 boys and girls football team.

Swimming

At St. John Bosco School, we feel that learning to swim is a vital life skill.

We use Sunderland Aquatic Centre and their swimming coaches to inspire our children to swim. Year 3 and Year 4 children have the opportunity to attend the Centre each year (rotated each year so that each year group attends for 3 terms).  Pupils from Year 1 through to Year 6 also take part in the Water Safety Roadshow each year. Lifeguard staff visit school to teach children about staying safe in the water.

Outdoor & Adventure Activities

• Year 1 Walkwise Programme, run in conjunction with City of Sunderland, encourages children to increase their knowledge of road safety in a fun way.
• Year 5 Bikeability Programme gives children the opportunity to bring their bikes to school for a week of training with City of Sunderland professionals which includes following traffic signs and getting ‘road ready’!

Derwent Hill

Derwent Hill is situated in Keswick in the Lake District and has been run as an Outdoor Education Centre by City of Sunderland Council since 1962.  Year 6 children have the opportunity to attend a 5 day residential course every year.

Children have the opportunity to experience a wide variety of activities including:

• Watersports
• Mountain climbing
• Ghyll scrambling Experience
• High Challenge course
• Orienteering
• Team Tasks

Sports Day

Our children experience a fun and active day at our annual Sports Day!

Children from Year 6 who are trained as Team Leaders, lead the Sports Day for Key Stage 1 which always proves to be a great success.

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Primary School PE & Sport Funding

About the PE and sport premium

Physical activity has numerous benefits for children and young people’s physical health, as well as their mental wellbeing (increasing self-esteem and emotional wellbeing and lowering anxiety and depression), and children who are physically active are happier, more resilient and more trusting of their peers. Ensuring that pupils have access to sufficient daily activity can also have wider benefits for pupils and schools, improving behaviour as well as enhancing academic achievement.

At St. John Bosco School, we will be allocating the funding as follows:

• Continued Professional Development for all staff
• Provision of new sports equipment
• Participation in Deanery inter-school competitions
• Attendance at clubs
• Assessment
• Evaluation and success of Sports Day led by Year 5/Year 6 Sports Leaders

Assessment in PE

At St. John Bosco School we feel it is vital to assess children in PE.

PE is assessed in a fun and rigorous way. Together with their specialist PE teacher, children use self assessment and peer assessment to recognise if they have met the skills for each unit of work, as identified on the progression of skills. The teacher will look at each child’s progress in a specific area and aim to increase their awareness and interest in the benefits of physical activity.

We aim to engage, motivate and develop pupils who have a high level of understanding and skill in a range of physical activities.