PE

Physical Education at Birkdale Primary School

‘Attainment through caring, challenge and creativity'

Our Curriculum Intent

We provide a Physical Activity and a Physical Education curriculum that develops the whole child.

We want our children to enjoy being physically active, to improve fitness levels and to enjoy sport in later life.

We ensure that children develop respect and discipline through physical activity that promotes and encourages leadership skills through the wider experiences of our PE curriculum, sporting events and competitions.

Our PE leaders in school are Mrs Eden and Mr Gallagher. Mr Murphy is our full-time sports coach who as well as our class teachers, teaches PE to our children in Nursery through to Year 6, supports our SEND and PP children through the delivery of fun and engaging sporting activities and ensures that our children are prepared for the events and competitions that we enter as part of North Sefton School Games.

In 2024 and 2025 we were awarded PLATINUM school Games Mark. This is such a huge achievement but an award we are very proud to have been awarded.

Please follow our sporting achievements on X @BirkdalePSSport

Early Years Foundation Stage

In Nursery and Reception, children continuously have the opportunity to be physically active whether this is through daily outdoor play sessions or when taking part in weekly PE sessions. Learning outcomes are referenced to the Development Matters 2020 in the Early Years Foundation Stage through the prime areas of Physical Development and Personal, Social and Emotional Development.

By the end of the Reception (ELG's), pupils will be taught how to;

*Negotiate space and obstacles safely, with consideration for themselves and others.

*Demonstrate strength, balance and coordination when playing.

*Move energetically, such as running, jumping, dancing, hopping, skipping and climbing.

The fundamental movement skills are; skipping, running, throwing, catching, striking, rolling, hopping, kicking, balancing and jumping. Curriculum links will also be made to PSED, the whole child.

Key Stage One

Key stage 1 Pupils are taught to develop fundamental movement skills, become increasingly competent and confident and access a broad range of opportunities to extend their agility, balance and coordination, individually and with others. They are given the opportunity to engage in competitive (both against self and against others) and co-operative physical activities, in a range of increasingly challenging situations.

Pupils are taught to:

•master basic movements (on both the dominant and non dominant side of the body) including running, jumping, throwing and catching, as well as developing balance, agility and co-ordination, and begin to apply these in a range of activities

•participate in team games, developing simple tactics for attacking and defending

•perform dances using simple movement patterns.

Key Stage Two

Key stage 2 Pupils continue to apply and develop a broader range of skills, learning how to use them in different ways and to link them to make actions and sequences of movement. They enjoy communicating, collaborating and competing with each other. They develop an understanding of how to improve in different physical activities and sports and learn how to evaluate and recognise their own success.

Pupils are taught to:

•use running, jumping, throwing and catching in isolation and in combination

•play competitive games, modified where appropriate [for example, badminton, basketball, cricket, football, hockey, netball, rounders and tennis], and apply basic principles suitable for attacking and defending

•develop flexibility, strength, technique, control and balance [for example, through 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.

Swimming and water safety

Pupils in year 3 and 4 are taught to:

Swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres
Use a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke]
Perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.

We use 'getset4PE' as our whole school PE scheme. Lessons in EYFS and KS1 focus on the teaching of fundamental skills and in KS2, children apply their sporting skills to a wide variety of competitive sports.

PE Uniform

Please can you ENSURE your child comes to school on their assigned PE days wearing the appropriate kit. The PE uniform is as follows:

INDOOR PE UNIFORM - a BPS logo/plain white round neck t-shirt, royal blue shorts and black pumps.

OUTDOOR PE UNIFORM - a BPS logo/plain white round neck t-shirt, royal blue shorts, royal blue BPS hoodie, royal blue tracksuit bottoms and trainers.

All hair longer than shoulder-length must be tied back and earrings removed or covered up for safety reasons.

Children's Views on PE

Why we love PE at Birkdale Primary School!

We asked our children here at Birkdale Primary what they thought about PE in our school. Here are some of the amazing views we received:

(Reception) – "I love running around!" I like stretching, so my muscles get bigger."

(Year 1) – "I love warming up pretending to be different animals!" "I like playing lots of different games with my class."

(Year 2) – "I like running." "Hula-hooping is my favourite thing about PE!"

(Year 3) – "I love playing football in PE because I want to be a goalkeeper!" "I like moving about!" "My favourite thing about PE at BPS is Dodgeball!"

(Year 4) – "PE is one of my favourite subjects because I love all sports!" "I enjoy PE because it helps me stay active." "When I grow up I want to be a tennis player and PE helps me improve."

(Year 5) – I like how active it is and the variation in activities. "I like PE because I enjoy staying fit and active." "I enjoy PE because it helps me improve my speed."

(Year 6) – "I love PE because it's fun, and you get to do lots of different sports." "I think PE at this school is great, and I love representing my school at matches and competitions."

PE Ambassadors

A huge well done to Ava and Ethan, who were proudly elected as our new PE Ambassadors at the beginning of this term. They have already made a fantastic start in their roles.

Their growing list of responsibilities includes:

· Helping to hand out letters for sports events

· Tidying and organising the PE cupboard

· Collecting pupil voice to find out what each year group enjoy about PE and sport at our school

They have shown excellent leadership and responsibility so far, and we are excited to see how they continue to support and inspire our school.

AUTUMN TERM 2025

Boys and Girls Football Season 2025/2026

BOYS AND GIRLS FOOTBALL TEAMS : Both our boys’ and girls’ teams have been incredibly busy, playing over 30 matches between them this term! The four teams have taken part in their respective league matches, as well as various cup fixtures. A couple of our teams were invited to play in a tournament under the floodlights at Haig Avenue. We could not be prouder of the teamwork, commitment, and positive attitude they have shown throughout

Key Stage 2 Bowling at Southport Premier Bowl

KS2 Bowling Event: Twelve lucky Key Stage 2 pupils enjoyed a fantastic morning at a ten-pin bowling event at Ocean Plaza. The children played 2 games, represented the school superbly and had a great time trying something new.

Year 4 Dodgeball at Stanley High School

Year 4 Dodgeball: A group of Year 4 children represented the school brilliantly in a dodgeball event, showing excellent honesty, teamwork, and sporting spirit. They played matches against other schools in a non-competitive tournament.

Year 6 Hockey at Formby Hockey Club

Year 6 Hockey: Our Year 6 pupils took part in a hockey competition in Formby with two competitive teams. Both teams finished second in their groups, leading to a friendly Birkdale Derby in a third-place play-off! A brilliant achievement for all

Year 3 Tag Rugby at Southport Rugby Club

Year 3 Tag Rugby: Year 3 performed amazingly at a tag rugby competition at Southport and Waterloo Rugby Club. Their skills improved with every match, and the progression in the afternoon was impressive to see.

Year 2 at Liverpool Football Academy

Year 2 Football Tournament: Earlier this term, some of the boys from Year 2 had an unforgettable experience at the Liverpool Football Academy, taking part in a tournament organised by Liverpool FC coaches inside the iconic Soccer Dome, just metres from the first team training facilities. A fantastic memory for all involved

SUMMER TERM 2025

Year 5 Golf at Birkdale High School

Tag Rugby at Southport Rugby Club

Cross Country at Stanley High School

This year over 60 children took part in our running club. They spent their Friday afternoons running around Compton park. We eased them in with 2 laps in the first session but progressed to 5 laps (1km) for Y3/Y4 and 7.5 laps (1.5km) for Y5. They all showed huge improvements. They then competed in the North Sefton school event. All of the children finished and a huge well done to Ella from Year 3 who finished in 2nd place, and Isla from Year 4 finished in 4th

Year 3 Football

Judo

A group of children attended a competition at OLOL. The competition was aimed at introducing the children to the sport and self defence. They all had great fun, learning how to safely throw each other and instructors to the fall. They particularly enjoyed watching their teacher get thrown to the mat by the instructor.

Boccia

Way back at the start of this term we took a team of 14 children from Year 3, 4 and 5 to Greenbank High School. The children took part in some different boccia target based games, deigned to improve their rolling accuracy. After this they then had some matches against other schools.

LAWN BOWLS

Some of our Year 3 and 4 children attended a fun event at Southport Lawn Bowls club. The sun was shining and the children took part in different games on the bowling green. Learning different techniques for rolling the bowls. One of the highlights of the afternoon was receiving a medal, certificate, goody bag and ice lolly at the end of the competition.

AUTUMN TERM 2024/25

Year 4 Dodgeball at Stanley High School

Year 5/6 Hockey at Formby Hockey Club

Year 6 Football at Liverpool FC Academy

Year 5/6 Girls Football

We have two teams representing the school in the Southport Schools Girls League. They also train every Thursday after school.

Year 5/6 Boys Football

We have two teams representing the school in the Southport Schools League. They train every Tuesday after school.

SUMMER TERM 2023/2024

Girls Tennis at Hillside Tennis Club

Bee Netball Competition at Formby High School

Judo at OLOL

KS1 Girls Football at Christ the King: 1st Place

SPRING TERM 2023/2024

Year 5/6 Swimming Gala at Dunes

We only went and did it again! We brought the trophies back to school from what was an amazing morning at Dunes. We won 1st place for the boys and 1st place for overall winners of the intermediate schools. The children were so proud to show everyone their medals and the two trophies on their return to school. What an amazing end to an incredible term.