Physical Education & School Sport

At Scholar Green, Physical Education and school sport play a vital role in promoting health, wellbeing and teamwork across the school. Our PE curriculum is designed to develop children’s physical skills, confidence and enjoyment of being active, while also encouraging values such as resilience, respect and fair play. We are proud to be a School Games Platinum Award school, recognising our outstanding commitment to competitive sport and active participation. We offer an extensive range of extra-curricular sports clubs, giving pupils the opportunity to try new activities, develop their skills and stay active beyond the classroom. Children from Year 1 to Year 6 are regularly given the chance to represent the school in a wide variety of competitions, where they compete against other schools and experience the excitement of teamwork and sporting achievement. Through PE and sport, we aim to inspire all pupils to lead healthy, active lifestyles and to develop a lifelong love of physical activity.

Scholar Green Pupils:

  • Are willing to practise skills in a range of different activities and situations, alone, in small groups and in teams, and to apply these skills in chosen activities to achieve exceptionally high levels of performance;

  • Have and maintain high levels physical fitness;

  • Lead a healthy lifestyle which is achieved by eating sensibly, being aware of the dangers of drugs, smoking and alcohol and exercising regularly;

  • Are able to remain physically active for sustained periods of time and have an understanding of the importance of this in promoting long-term health and well-being;

  • Take the initiative and become excellent young leaders, organising and officiating, and evaluating what needs to be done to improve, and motivating and instilling excellent sporting attitudes in others;

  • Employ imagination and creativity in their techniques, tactics and choreography;

  • Are able to improve their own and others’ performance;

  • Can work independently for extended periods of time without the need for guidance or support;

  • Have a keen interest in PE - a willingness to participate eagerly in every lesson, highly positive attitudes and the ability to make informed choices about engaging fully in extracurricular sport;

  • Can swim at least 25 metres before the end of Year 6 and know how to remain safe in and around water.

How we teach physical education:

In school we have a full time Physical Education Qualified Teacher. We teach a cycle of lessons for each subject, which carefully plans for progression and depth in the different subject areas.  A wide range of sports and activities are delivered from Reception to Year 6 enabling pupils to develop their knowledge and skills in physical education in a variety of different areas.

We also invite other external sports coaches in to school to work alongside teachers.  This ensures pupils are receiving high quality Physical Education in sport specific areas and also teachers are receiving CPD whilst the sessions are being delivered.  Examples of external sports coaches that work with us in school are from Cheshire Cricket Board, Stoke City Football Club and Congleton Rugby Club.

Alongside our curriculum provision for P.E also provide all pupils with the opportunity to participate in at least 3 different sports clubs weekly.  These clubs may be provided by our physical education teacher, class teacher or external coach (detailed above).  Pupils are consulted termly about which sports club they would like to be offered.  We also provide some “Girls Only” clubs (e.g cricket), to encourage participation and an introduction to a new sport in a more familiar and informal way. 

Pupils are encouraged to take part in competitive sport during their time at Scholar Green.  Upon joining the school each pupil is allocated a ‘House’.  These represent the 4 local castles; Mow Cop, Beeston, Peckforton and Chester.  Each term the pupils compete in a variety of different sports to earn points for their house.  At the end of the school year pupils also compete in a competitive school games event.  Each pupil is given points to add to their house total with the winning house at the end of the year being crowned “CHAMPIONS!!!”  House and Sport Captains are recruited from the Year 6 pupils each year.  These pupils form the School Sport Organising Crew and help to organise sporting events during the school year.

Scholar Green also encourages pupils to apply their skills and knowledge in sports against other schools.  Pupils from Year 1 to Year 6 take part in team games against other schools.  Sports that we compete in during the academic year are football, basketball, hockey, cricket, dodgeball, tag-rugby, swimming, tri-golf and rounders.

Scholar Green Primary School is part of the Sandbach School Sport Partnership.  This provides competitions for our pupils against other schools, CPD for staff and leadership opportunities for our pupils.  All pupils are encouraged to take part in at least 1 after school sports club and represent their school in at least 1 team event during the academic year.  Pupils can track their achievements on our school sport organising crew noticeboard located in school.