We aim to give our children a life-long love for sports, creating a lasting legacy of fitness, health and well-being. We inspire our children to be the best athletes they can be through aspirational figures from the world of sport and actively build positive sporting relationships within the community. We instil a desire in our pupils to be successful in all they do and promote a healthy competitive attitude to help them succeed in all areas of life.
Please click on the link below to see details of our sports pupil premium provision.
Sports Premium updated July 2023
Sports Ambassadors are selected to help run school sports clubs or activities. We help to support our teachers in the planning, set up and delivery of School Games activities. We run intra school competitions/personal challenges so that every child has the opportunity to do physical activity. We are always available to support SSFT when they come into school. We hold regular meetings as a team. We run a Change 4 Life club/create a video of change 4 life activities for children to do. We organise and design a Multi skills festival/ activities. We understand the importance of the different school games values.
Our Sports Ambassadors have created a fun ‘compete against yourself’ approach to physical activity with a focus on resilience and perseverance. The aim is to develop personal best challenges across the school. This challenge is linked to the school games values: spirit of the games value Self Belief. Please email any videos or pictures to: PE@peartreespring.herts.sch.uk.
Personal Challenges Presentation
Personal Challenges Scorecard for Children
The School Games values – Passion, Self-Belief, Respect, Honesty, Determination Teamwork and Eco-Friendly – were developed by young people to recognise how the experience of sport should be epitomised and embodied within schools, and to reflect the ‘spirit’ of the School Games.
DeterminationKeep going no matter what. Determination is about the journey you go on to push yourself and achieve your dreams. Have the mental strength and self-discipline to overcome obstacles, commit to your goals and keep working every day to become the very best you can be. Don’t hold back!
HonestyBe honest with others and with yourself. Have the courage to do the right thing. Be truthful and promote fairness in every situation.
PassionGiving it 100%, putting your heart and soul into whatever you are doing and never giving up. Care about what you do and the people around you, and approach each opportunity with enthusiasm and positivity.
RespectTreat other politely, and with understanding. Accept life’s ‘ups and downs’ with grace. Show respect every day, in everything you do and for everyone around you.
Self-beliefYou’ve got to believe to achieve. Have the self-belief and confidence to succeed and reach your personal best.
TeamworkTreat everyone equally, support each other and work together to have fun and achieve. Celebrate each other’s success. Be a good friend and a positive team player in school, sport and life.
Eco-Friendly – Chosen by young people within the network and in partnership with Planet Earth Games, this new School Games value encourages us to think more about the everyday choices we can all make to help the planet.
School Games Organisers are funded by the Department of Health and Social Care and the National Lottery through Sport England to deliver the School Games programme for three days a week, to ensure all schools from Key Stage 2 upwards have access to positive experiences. They endeavour to ensure that the School Games programme connects with Community Sport and is linked to the work of National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGBs).
The county’s SGOs are available to assist schools with their sport and physical education programmes and offer a range of professional development opportunities for school staff. They have detailed knowledge of the local community sports infrastructure and can offer advice on how local primary and secondary schools can connect with this.
Our School Games organiser are:
Stevenage Sporting Futures
https://stevenagesportingfutures.co.uk/
Stevenage SSP
Connor Moran and Mary Szulikowski at Barnwell School
E: sgo@stevenagesportingfutures.co.uk
Hertfordshire School Games events will take place under one of the sections of the pyramid (below) to ensure all young people are able to access competitions at the right level to ensure maximum enjoyment and a positive experience.
All events will be underpinned by the School Games values and allow opportunities for young people to develop and enhance their knowledge, understanding and apply their leadership skills.
To support the advocacy work of the School Games Organisers, we use the event logos on our letterheads.
Cross-curricular work efficiently enhancing children’s knowledge, skills, and understanding while stimulating their curiosity with interconnected and thought-provoking topics. Combining multiple subjects allows for investigations that ignite children’s imagination and encourage active inquiry, initiative-taking, and lively discussion and debate. Every teacher should consider this approach to maximise their students’ learning potential.
Positive Well-Being through Movement and Learning | Children’s Mental Health Week 2024
Action Mats focus on the key skills children will have to master by the end of KS2; introducing them in fun ways through personal challenges and competitive games. The children have enjoyed developing their fitness in a fun and friendly way.
Orienteering is an exciting outdoor adventure sport similar to a cross-country race. The difference is that it involves walking or running while navigating around a course. The children had fun using a detailed map of the school grounds, to locate different control points around the school. The children developed their map reading, teamwork and communication skills.
Pupils will focus on developing an idea or theme into dance choreography. They will work in pairs and groups using different choreographing tools to create dances e.g. formations, timing, dynamics. Pupils will have opportunities to choreograph, perform and provide feedback on dance. Pupils think about how to use movement to convey ideas, emotions, feelings and characters. Pupils will show an awareness of keeping others safe and will have the opportunity to lead others through short warm ups.
Year 6 have been learning to copy and repeat a set dance phrase showing confidence in movements to different Calypso music. Calypso is a style of Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago during the early to the mid-19th century and spread to the rest of the Caribbean Antilles and Venezuela by the mid-20th century
To work with others to explore and develop the dance idea.
To copy and repeat a set dance phrase showing confidence in movements
As part of Disability History Month, we had the lovely opportunity to meet Freya Levy. Freya delivered an inspirational assembly and worked with our children delivering a series of activities such as; bocci, sitting volleyball, curling and bowling. Freya has a background in women’s football and rugby, as well as wheelchair rugby and wheelchair basketball. The children really enjoyed their sessions and came away with an increased understanding of inclusivity in sport.
NEW AGE KURLING
This takes the game of golf as the basis for a New Age Kurling challenge.
SITTING VOLLEYBALL — KEEPY UPPY
To succeed in the Keepy Uppy challenge you need concentration, teamwork, communication and simple volleyball skills. This is a simple challenge to set-up — but hard to beat!
These athletics activities, are specifically for athletes who have vision impairments
(VI). This involves great cooperation, communication and speed!
A few action shots from Williams’ Wednesday Workout. Each week Mrs Williams creates, fun and engaging fitness sessions which is accessible to everybody. Each session promotes physical activity to children and adults.
Happy Half Term!
Don’t forget to take part in our half term Healthy Eating challenge. What healthy recipes can you come up with? The Change4Life website has lots of fun ideas to help your kids stay healthy. Send your pictures or videos to pe@peartreespring.herts.sch.uk.
Have fun
Mrs Williams
National Fitness Day happens during the summer term each year and is a chance to highlight the role physical activity plays across the UK, helping us raise awareness of its importance in helping us lead healthier lifestyles through being physical active.
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Happy half term!! 😊 The sun is shining and the birds are tweeting. Why not take part in our lovely challenges? While out looking for a wonderful photo to take for our Wildlife Photograph of the Year competition, you can also complete our Travel the Olympic Torch Challenge. This is a lovely combination of being active whilst exploring nature and our lovely wildlife.
Please send your video or pictures to: PE@peartreespring.herts.sch.uk and SCIENCE@peartreespring.herts.sch.uk
Stuck for ideas this half term? Well, why don’t you take part in Mrs Williams’ half term activity? Fun for all the family. Find the missing Disney characters hidden around Shephall. There are 11 characters in total. The map will be shared on Monday. Good luck 🙂
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