Every Child Matters...

PE & HEALTH

Being healthy; Enjoying and achieving; Making a
positive contribution.

We are gathering views of parents, carers and pupils &
reflect on the views of parents, carers and pupils. Exploring
to what extent do learners adopt healthy life styles? As well
as checking to what extent do learners feel safe and adopt
safe practices and the students contribution to the community.

Healthy Living is not just about what we eat it also
encompasses exercise.  Government want schools to take every
opportunity to ensure that pupils are physically active. They want
children's experiences in school to lay the foundation for an active
adult lifestyle” (www.teachernet.gov.uk)

Regular physical activity can improve quality of life, improve health, promote social inclusion, raise individual
self-esteem and confidence and counter anti-social behaviour. Schools play a key role in promoting active
lifestyles to young people through developing their attitudes, knowledge, confidence and competence to
help encourage a lifelong commitment to physical activity.

Aim(s)

• To increase the physical activity levels and well-being of the whole school community by developing a
  supportive environment conducive to the promotion of physical activity.
• To develop an understanding of the importance of regular physical activity amongst the whole school
  community for maintaining a healthy life.

Objectives

1. To provide a wide range of quality physical activity opportunities both within and outside the
   curriculum for pupils, staff and parents/carers and enable children to participate in at least 2 hours of
   high quality PE and School Sport each week.
2. To ensure that all pupils have the opportunity to develop the confidence, competence and
   enthusiasm to participate in physical activity and to establish and maintain an interest in regular
   physical activity as part of an active healthy lifestyle.
3. To improve pupil, parent/carer and staff knowledge, understanding, experience of and attitudes
   towards participation in physical activity.

How our objectives are delivered

Ethos and environment

• All those leading physical activity sessions adopt a caring and supportive approach and have a
  commitment to every child.
• The school identifies pupils who do not participate regularly in physical activity and those who need
  extra support to participate and implements strategies to encourage and support these pupils to
  be more active.
• Facilities are improved and developed to promote increased participation in physical activity in
  consultation with pupils, staff and parents/carers.
• Pupils’ participation in physical activity is recognised and celebrated through presentations in
  assemblies and information on notice boards and in newsletters.

Curriculum

• The school has a timetable which provides for two hours of curricular physical education for all
  year groups.
• The PE programme is broad and balanced, complies with statutory requirements and is accessible
  to and meets the needs and interests of all pupils.
• Schemes of work are in place and accessible to all pupils. They outline a planned approach to
  health related activity.
• All pupils learn how active they should be, and activity levels are regularly monitored

Out of hours learning

• All pupils are provided with opportunities to be physically active through an out of hours learning
  programme run through Extended Schools. A large range of activities are provided for both individual
  and team/groups to take part in both non-competitive and competitive situations.
• The emphasis is on participation and enjoyment and the opportunities are open to all pupils,
  regardless of ability.
• Physical activity is promoted before school, during breaks and lunchtimes and after school.
• Specific events are organised throughout the year that promote physical activity and raise its profile
  across the whole school community (inter community sports events).
• Most extra-curricular activities are led by school PE staff with some being supported through the
  partnership.

Community Links

• The school links with its School Sport Co-ordinator and other relevant individuals and organisations in
  the community to utilise the available expertise and enhance the quality and range of provision of
  sporting activities for students
• Melanie Hulf (Mid Kent & Ashford SSCo)
• Ben Moyle (Ashford Borough Council)

Youth & Community

• Pupils are made aware of physical activity opportunities beyond school through a variety of means
  (on line classroom, school website, student voice)

Active travel

• The school has a Travel Plan in association with the School Travel Adviser.
• The school has an Active Travel Policy, promotes active travel and has put in place a number of
  strategies and initiatives to support this which are outlined in our School Travel Plan.

Pupils, staff and parents/carers are encouraged to walk or cycle to school through the strategies in place
and these are publicised through a variety of means including noticeboards and the school newsletter

Consultation

• Pupils, staff and parents/carers are consulted and involved in decisions about the range and type of
  physical activity opportunities offered.
• Consultation takes place through the School Council, school sports captains, staff meetings, a short
  questionnaire at the end of each year and a blog  created in the student voice section of the school
  website.
• The school takes steps to remove barriers to participation identified by consulting with students and,
  where possible, involves students in these developments.

Involving staff and parents/carers

• Staff and parents/carers are consulted and involved in decisions about, and the delivery of, physical
  activity and other healthy schools issues through regular questionnaires.
• An information leaflet is sent out to parents/carers highlighting the benefits of physical activity for
  their children, the ethos of the school and the opportunities available at the start of each year.
• The school’s activity facilities are made available for staff and parents/carers to use before school and
  during late afternoon/evening and a range of clubs have been established.

Safety

• The school is committed to safe and effective exercise procedures and these are clearly stated within
  the PE Policy and the Health & Safety Policy and risk assessment documents
• The School refers to guidance given in the BAAPLE (now -AfpE) Safe Practice in Physical Education
  Publication

Key Development targets:

1. Raise the profile of physical activity throughout the school (raise awareness in assemblies, staff briefings.
   Regularly advertise events and publish results/ photographs)
2. Increase the number of students who regularly attend extra curricular clubs (monitor attendance
   registers, provide incentives, bring in expertise from local community)
3. Widen opportunities for intra competitive sport at key stage 4 across the school (expand inter
   community sport, JSLA to organise events)
4. To consult with specific target groups who are current non-participants in Autumn term 2009 and take
   action to engage these
5. Set up and promote a school cycling club

Monitoring and evaluation

The curriculum and out of school hours learning programmes are monitored on an ongoing basis through self
evaluation and reviewed annually.

Aspects that are monitored include:

• pupils’, staff and parents/carers’ knowledge of and attitude towards physical activity;
• pupils’ progress/attainment in physical activity;
• the range of physical activity opportunities offered to pupils, staff and parents/carers and the levels of
  participation;
• the percentage of pupils participating in 2 hours per week of high quality PE or school sport within and
  beyond the curriculum;
• the number of links to clubs/activities within the community and pupil participation in these;
• the number of pupils walking or cycling from/to home;
• the number of professional development courses attended by staff/activity leaders;
• how and when pupils, staff and parents/carers have been consulted.

The methods of evaluation include:

• assessing pupils’ achievements;
• reviewing schemes of work;
• reviewing programmes of activities;
• reviewing registers for activities;
• staff and pupil discussions (school sports captains feedback and evaluation);
• minutes of School Council meetings;
• questionnaires;
• annual PESSCL survey;
• school sport partnership reviews and meetings
• annual school travel survey.