Physical Education

Vision for PE

The aim of our curriculum is to develop students holistically, focusing on students’ physical, social and emotional well-being. The curriculum offer is engaging, challenging and enjoyable which allows students to make outstanding progress and develop a passion for lifelong participation in physical activity.

Curriculum Intent:

As we strive to develop students holistically, our curriculum offer provides opportunities for students to:

Develop competence in social, cognitive, creative, personal & physical skills.
Build character and embed values such as teamwork, fairness and respect.
Offer various enrichment opportunities for students to showcase their talents and excel competitively.
Facilitates growth in students’ confidence to access physical activity.
Supports students’ health, fitness, and well-being.
Encourages students to lead a healthy, active lifestyle.
Develop a lifelong love of, and passion for, physical activity and sport.
Provide students with a variety of opportunities to study sport with a recognised qualification.
Raise students’ aspirations and equip them with the knowledge and skills to flourish in future careers in physical activity or sport.

Curriculum Implementation:

All students have access to the Physical Education National Curriculum which is differentiated to meet all student’s needs.
Students have a broad and balanced curriculum experience, with an extensive range of sports and activities.
A comprehensive enrichment programme, including a breadth of extracurricular opportunities for students to extend their knowledge and performances beyond the classroom.
Leadership and officiating opportunities.
Recognised PE qualification offers: OCR GCSE PE and Cambridge National Sports Studies.

Our Curriculum ‘Big Ideas’

To develop the whole child, we implement the following major themes throughout the curriculum:

Cognitive–Construction of thought processes, judge performance, react to game situations, analyse strengths/weaknesses.
Creative–Being able to think creatively within certain situations, link actions, change tactics, demonstrate flair, surprise opponents.
Physical– Linking skills together to support performance within specific sports, link movements together, perform skills with fluency, perform under pressure.
Social– Improving leadership and empathy skills within physical activity. Guide/help others, lead small groups, take on different roles, inspire and enthuse others.
Personal– The ability to develop own traits to improve performance within sport. Show perseverance, set targets, show desire to improve, practice outside lessons.
Health, Fitness and Wellbeing– What this means, how students can achieve this, effects of exercise, impacts on their lives at school and beyond.

Curriculum Impact:

At Kibworth Mead Academy, we are confident the curriculum is having a positive effective on our students. This is demonstrated in lessons where students showcase high levels of enjoyment, engagement, and sporting success. We are proud of the consistently high participation rates across our extracurricular provision, which provides students with various opportunities to develop and excel. The extensive sporting opportunities offered, have enabled the school to produce various sporting successes and be competitive within local competitions in our community. KMA students are always willing and proud to support within our local communities, such as officiating sports fixtures and hosting primary school events. The PE offer is a crucial part of our young people’s experience at KMA. We aim to develop students holistically, by providing them with positive experiences within and out of the classroom, fostering a commitment to lifelong participation in physical activity and sport.

Key Stage 3

KS3 Curriculum

At Kibworth Mead Academy we strive to develop students holistically and cover all learning domains with this aim in mind. To ensure we succeed with this goal, all students take part in a range of units across the academic year. This includes physical, social, cognitive, creative, personal and health, fitness, and wellbeing units. Each unit is taught by focusing on the ‘big questions’, which are linked to each specific topic. This allows students to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding as well as develop their skills in each activity being taught.

In addition, each unit has a ‘concept’ attached to it and are progressed each year. This allows students to develop a deeper understanding of key elements within each unit, allowing them to make progress within all learning domains.

The below table highlights the units and concepts which will be delivered to each year group at Key Stage 3 across the academic year.

Year 7 – Developing	Year 8 – Refining	Year 9 – Applying
• Unit: Net/wall (Cognitive)	• Unit: Net/wall (Cognitive)	• Unit: Net/wall (Cognitive)
• Unit: Invasion (Physical)	• Unit: Invasion (Physical)	• Unit: Invasion (Physical)
• Unit: Dance/Gymnastics (Creative)	• Unit: Gymnastics (Creative)	• Unit: Striking & Fielding (Social)
• Unit: Striking & Fielding (Social)	• Unit: Striking & Fielding (Social)	• Unit: Athletics (Personal attributes)
• Unit: OAA (Personal Skills)	• Unit: Athletics (Personal attributes)	• Unit: Fitness (Health and Wellbeing)
• Unit: Athletics (Personal attributes)	• Unit: Fitness (Health and Wellbeing)
• Unit: Fitness (Health and Wellbeing)

National Curriculum Aims for PE:

The design of our curriculum also ensures to meet the Department for Education’s National Curriculum aims for PE:

Develops competence to excel in a broad range of physical activities.
Students are physically active for sustained periods of time.
Engage in competitive sports and activities.
Lead healthy, active lives.

Key Stage 3 Endpoint:

We are assured our Key Stage 3 curriculum offer for years 7-9 allows students to be more competent and confident physically. They learn a variety of skills and techniques across a variety of sports and physical activities. Students have a greater understanding of what makes an effective performance and have developed tactical knowledge. Students build resilience and develop skills through physical activity and sport that they can apply to other aspects of their education or life. Overall, students make outstanding progress within their physical social and emotional wellbeing, foster an interest in physical activity and sport, inspiring them to lead and healthy and active lifestyle.

Key Stage 4

KS4 Curriculum

Core PE:

The aim of our KS4 Curriculum is to build on the progress made at KS3, by further developing our big questions and ideas. Students participate in a range of units across the academic year. The units cover each of the learning domains to further enhance students’ holistic development.

Teaching Units:

Year 10 and 11
• Unit: Team Games (evaluation and analysis in competitive sport)
• Unit: Officiating (through net/wall games)
• Unit: Sport Leadership (through invasion games)
• Unit: Sport Education
• Unit: Health, Fitness and Wellbeing
• Unit: Personal Training
• Unit: Teaching Games for Understanding (through alternative sports)
• Unit: Athletics

National Curriculum Aims for PE:

The design of our curriculum also ensures to meet the Department for Education’s National Curriculum aims for PE:

Develops competence to excel in a broad range of physical activities.
Students are physically active for sustained periods of time.
Engage in competitive sports and activities.
Lead healthy, active lives.

Key Stage 4 Endpoint:

We are confident our Key Stage 4 curriculum offer for years 10-11 allows students to be inspired to succeed and excel in competitive sport and/or participate in a variety of physical activities. They develop a variety of tactics and strategies to overcome opponents across a variety of team and individual sports. Students continue to develop and apply their technique and learn how to effectively evaluate their performances, demonstrating improvement across a range of competitive activities. Students have developed their physical literacy, becoming physically confident, supporting their physical health/fitness as well as their mental health. Opportunities in lesson or through enrichments to compete in sport has allowed the students to build character, embedding sporting values such as fairness and respect. The PE curriculum will provide all students with the opportunity to make outstanding progress, develop the necessary skills they need to be fully equipped for further education and future employment and leave KMA with a keen passion for lifelong participation in physical activity and sport.