Achieving 2 Hours Curriculum Time PE and Beyond

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Achieving 2 Hours Curriculum Time PE and Beyond

• Jon Clack
• Head Teacher
• Great Ponton CE Primary
• Lincolnshire

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Who am I and why am I here?

• Head teacher of a very small Lincolnshire Primary
  School.
• PLT for my school.
• Representative PLT on Partnership Forum.
• Representative head teacher on steering group for
  South West Lincs Partnership.
• Representative Primary Head Teacher on the
  Lincolnshire Sports Consortium.
• Advocate Head Teacher for the East Midlands for
  the Youth Sport Trust.

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What do I do?

• Meet regularly with my PDM SSCo.
• Form part of the group that appraises our
  successes (or weaknesses) in PE.
• Attend cluster meetings with other PLTs.

• Fulfil the role as PLT for my school.
• Discuss the future of PE and Sport in
  Lincolnshire.
• Critical friend for primary schools not yet
  achieving 2 hrs curriculum time PE.

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Achieving our Goals

• Schools are asked to provide their pupils with
  2 hours of PE within the curriculum hours (85 by
  2008)
• New directives are asking that we provide up
  to 5 hours of PE and Sport opportunities to our
  pupils each week.
• The YST are asking us to find the first extra
  hour once we are achieving our 2 hours a week.
  This can be achieved through after school clubs
  and signposting to outside clubs and activities.

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Have a Plan!

• Check your timetable
• Consult your staff
• Consult your pupils
• Consult your parents
• Consult anyone that will listen!
• Then

• Create a vision
• Identify any issues or problems.
• Audit your resources.
• Plan your PE schemes of work to make best use of
  what you have in school.
• Inspire young people to achieve

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What can go wrong?

• Lack of timetable space.
• Lack of actual space.
• Lack of resources.
• Lack of expertise.
• Lack of teacher confidence or enthusiasm.
• Worry about SATs!

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And the answers?

• Be prepared to negotiate.
• Sell your ideas.
• Get back up from supportive staff and your SSCo
  PDM.
• Quote facts and figures (PESSCL).
• Produce documents.

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Case Study Great Ponton

• My school has no hall.
• My village has a lovely Village Hall.
• The committee members seem to want a weekly
  rent/fee
• for our use of the hall.
• We cant afford that!
• We meet with the Village Hall committee and
  discuss a way
• forward. Eventually it is agreed we can use it
  for free!

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Additional Problems.

• We have no gym equipment.
• Some children in our school have never even
  jumped off a bench let alone a vaulting horse!
• Gym equipment costs lots of money.
• Storage will be an issue.
• Village Hall might not be supportive or
  impressed.

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Solution?

• Talk to the committee about storage space.
• Fundraise to help purchase equipment.
• Use devolved capital funds if possible.
• Come to an arrangement regarding the storage of
  the equipment off school site ().
• Put appropriate measures in place eg risk
  assessment, insurance and annual equipment
  inspection.

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Alternatives

• No hall no village hall what do you do?
• Make use of outdoor facilities as often as
  possible.
• Make use of local sports centres or swimming
  pools.
• Liaise with neighbouring schools.

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Be Creative!

• Adapt your curriculum to link PE to more
  subjects. When have you ever used PE and linked
  it to another curriculum subject?
• Consider a more creative curriculum
• Links to ECM
• Links to Healthy Schools

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Get Involved!

• Coaches and ASTs
• Festivals Tournaments
• Signpost and club links
• Extended Provision
• Activate Take 10
• Playground Leaders Positive Play
• Young Ambassadors students
• Sports days and creative curriculum events
• Multiskills
• Role model athletes

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Keep it Official

• Make good use of your PESSCL survey data (soon to
  be called PESSYP) it can be very revealing.
• Get the Activemark award so everyone knows you
  are doing your bit.
• Make sure you attend cluster meetings and forum
  meetings to keep up with trends and events.

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Dont forget.

• The endless possibilities of the Gifted and
  Talented agenda through PE and Sport.
• Inclusion how do you encourage everyone to get
  involved regardless of ability?
• Make sure PE is of high quality and is structured
  so that your pupils get enjoyment and progression.

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And finally .

• Celebrate what you do.
• Get parents and pupils together to see what has
  been achieved.
• Share your ideas, events and activities with
  others.