Key stage 2 REQUIREMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM
Pupils should continue to apply and develop a broader range of skills, learning how to use them in different ways and to link them to make actions and sequences of movement. They should enjoy communicating, collaborating and competing with each other. They should develop an understanding of how to improve in different physical activities and sports and learn how to evaluate and recognise their own success.
Pupils should be taught to:
- use running, jumping, throwing and catching in isolation and in combination
- play competitive games, modified where appropriate, such as badminton, basketball, cricket, football, hockey, netball, rounders and tennis, and apply basic principles suitable for attacking and defending
- develop flexibility, strength, technique, control and balance, for example through athletics and gymnastics
- perform dances using a range of movement patterns
- take part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team
- compare their performances with previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best.
Swimming and water safety FROM THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM
All schools must provide swimming instruction either in key stage 1 or key stage 2.
In particular, pupils should be taught to:
- swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres
- use a range of strokes effectively such as front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke
- perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.
| Meeting national curriculum requirements for swimming and water safety | |
| What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres? | 62.2% |
| What percentage of your current Year 6 cohort use a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke]? | 32.2% |
| What percentage of Year 6 pupils can perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations? | 91.1% |
| Schools can choose to use the Primary PE and Sport Premium to provide additional provision for swimming but this must be for activity over and above the national curriculum requirements. Have you used it in this way? | Yes |
National School Sports Week
To celebrate and launch National school sports week in conjunction with the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, Hillborough Junior School hosted a very special guest speaker for their morning assembly. Gary Burgess - Head of Officiating for England Netball - joined us via video link to tell us more about the Commonwealth Games and his journey. He has umpired World, Commonwealth and Super league Finals and travelled all over the world as part of his role in Netball. He is considered to be one of the top if the best umpires in the game and took the time to explain how he got to where he is. Please enjoy the recording of our assembly.
