At Edenbridge Primary School, we believe that Physical Education (PE) is an invaluable opportunity for children to express themselves outside of the classroom setting and to create a platform for children to develop skills such as; self-esteem, respect, discipline, team work and trust. These skills link in with our school’s personal goals and gives children clear boundaries and expectations as to how PE is run throughout the school.

PE also gives children who may struggle with ‘in-class’ tasks a chance to flourish and show skills like leadership or the ability to follow instructions through sport and team games. We believe that physical education should be fun for all. We are striving to make PE inclusive and engaging for all pupils and we intend to encourage healthy living and healthy choices.

PE is an opportunity for children to flourish outside of a formal classroom setting. At Edenbridge, PE gives all pupils opportunity to grow in confidence, develop leadership skills and gives them a base to develop and understand a healthy active lifestyle.

The PE curriculum at Edenbridge is lead by a specialist, passionate, enthusiastic and driven teacher who wants every child to succeed and develop a love for sport no matter what their socio-economic background or ability.

Children are taught the importance of good sportsmanship, how to manage success and defeat and how to show compassion in victory. These skills are developed within PE lessons and then implemented intra-schools competitions.

At Edenbridge, PE gives our pupils the opportunities to experience a wide variety of sports and competitive matches which they may not have access to outside of the school setting.

• The ability to acquire new knowledge and skills exceptionally well and develop an in-depth understanding of PE.
• The willingness to practise skills in a wide 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.
• Increase levels of physical fitness.
• A healthy lifestyle, achieved by eating sensibly and exercising regularly.
• The ability to remain physically active for sustained periods of time and an understanding of
  the importance of this in promoting long-term health and well-being.
• The ability to 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.
• 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 extra-curricular sport.
• The ability to swim at least 25 metres before the end of Year 6 and knowledge of how to remain safe in and around water.