A Bunbury Sports Person

Bunbury ‘Athletes’ let their light shine brightly.....

At the heart of everything is a personalised approach to each unique individual as part of our Christian Community. The strong family ethos ensures that all children and staff feel valued, respected and grow in self-confidence. Enthusiastic and caring staff with high expectations, demonstrate care of the whole child. Through God’s guidance we encourage each and every child to let their light shine.

Article 29: Children’s education should develop each child’s personality, talents and abilities to the fullest. It should encourage children to respect others, human rights and their own and other cultures. It should also help them learn to live peacefully, protect the environment and respect other people.

The curriculum at Bunbury is constructed in order to provide systems of learning and lived experiences that enable the pupils at our school to develop and grow as learners, empowering all children to fulfil the school’s motto: ‘Let Your Light Shine’. The curriculum is focused on growing the whole person, through a broad range of subjects and wider opportunities. Its intent is to empower pupils in learning; to facilitate efficient acquisition of knowledge and to provide clear steps for progression and to develop a rich cultural capital. Through high-quality texts, resources and experiences, it aims to inspire our pupils to develop inquiring minds and to have a world view that is full of hope, with a knowledge of the love of Jesus. The curriculum meets the needs of all our children through a loving, nurturing environment, rich in social, spiritual and moral learning. It equips our pupils with the tools that will enable them to succeed in academic, professional and personal contexts throughout their lives

Our Curriculum Policy details our intent behind our curriculum, how we implement it and our desired impact. At RCSAT, the school curriculum consists of all those activities designed or encouraged within its organisational framework to provide the intellectual, emotional, personal, social, spiritual and physical development of all its pupils. It includes not only the subject specific curriculum but also the ‘informal’ programme of enrichment and extra-curricular activities.

The curriculum at RCSAT, is firmly rooted in and stems directly from our Vision, Mission and Core Values;

Our Vision – ‘Let your Light shine’ Matthew v5:16

Our Mission – ‘A Caring Christian Family Where We Grow Together’

Our Core Values –

WE aim to create an enjoyable, inclusive, safe and nurturing environment that allows all children to develop spiritually, morally and socially.

– every child is a child of God, made to contribute to our world.

WE aim to create an inspiring environment, which encourages enthusiasm for lifelong learning and establishes an expectation of high standards.

– knowing the way, showing the way and going the way.

WE aim to encourage caring, sensitive and inclusive attitudes where individuals feel secure, valued and respected by others.

– like Jesus showed us through his teachings

WE aim to provide a broad and connected curriculum which challenges and develops the potential of each child.

– as Jesus needed his disciples to support and guide, so we look to others with more knowledge

WE aim to develop a positive relationship between home, school and our wider community

- as a family – as brothers and sisters

At Bunbury we offer a broad, balanced and high-quality PE curriculum which supports children’s health and fitness and embeds values such as fairness and respect.

All classes receive 2, 1 hour PE lessons every week. Within these lessons, children cover the PE curriculum which includes: mastering movements including running, jumping, throwing and catching, developing flexibility, strength, balance, agility and co-ordination, and beginning to apply these in a range of activities. It also covers: participating in competitive, team games, performing dances and comparing performances in order to demonstrate improvement.

In Year 4, children also have swimming lessons over a 10 week period which teaches pupils to swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres, use a range of strokes effectively and perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.

We offer a range of opportunities to be involved in, and compete in, sport.

As a school, we are part of the Sandstone Partnership which hold many sporting fixtures and competitions (the majority of which are held at Tarporley High School). For these events, we appreciate lifts and support from parents to enable Bunbury to participate in these fixtures and competitions.

In addition to this, there are lunch and after school clubs which offer a variety of sports and these change throughout the year to provide the children with a more extensive choice of activities. Also, Mrs Walker runs a very popular weekly, netball club.

Throughout the year, Bunbury invites visitors into school with sporting talents to inspire the children to start or further their interest in sport. For instance, Sport 4 Champions’ Laura Samuel came into school to show and talk about her achievements as a GB triple jumper and take part in a sponsored circuit with the whole school. There are also local clubs which deliver training sessions to classes such as Gary Kelsall for handball and Deeside Ramblers hockey club.

Please have a look at our blog pages for updates of recent events and pictures.

Physical education develops the children’s knowledge, skills and understanding, so that they can perform with increasing competence and confidence in a range of physical activities. These include dance, games, gymnastics, swimming and water safety, athletics and outdoor adventure activities. Physical education promotes an understanding in children of their bodies in action. It involves thinking, selecting and applying skills and promotes positive attitudes towards a healthy lifestyle. Thus we enable them to make informed choices about physical activity throughout their lives.

The aims of PE are:

•to enable children to develop and explore physical skills with increasing control and co-ordination;

•to encourage children to work and play with others in a range of group situations;

•to develop the way children perform skills and apply rules and conventions for different activities;

•to increase children’s ability to use what they have learnt to improve the quality and control of their performance;

•to teach children to recognise and describe how their bodies feel during exercise;

•to develop the children’s enjoyment of physical activity through creativity and imagination;

•to develop an understanding in children of how to succeed in a range of physical activities and how to evaluate their own success.

During Key Stage 1 pupils build on their natural enthusiasm for movement, using it to explore and learn about their world. They start to work and play with other pupils in pairs and small groups. By watching, listening and experimenting, they develop their skills in movement and coordination, and enjoy expressing and testing themselves in a variety of situations.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING

ACQUIRING AND DEVELOPING SKILLS

Pupils should be taught to:
a. explore basic skills, actions and ideas with increasing understanding
b. remember and repeat simple skills and actions with increasing control and coordination.

SELECTING AND APPLYING SKILLS, TACTICS AND COMPOSITIONAL IDEAS

Pupils should be taught to:
a. explore how to choose and apply skills and actions in sequence and in combination
b. vary the way they perform skills by using simple tactics and movement phrases
c. apply rules and conventions for different activities.

EVALUATING AND IMPROVING PERFORMANCE

Pupils should be taught to:
a. describe what they have done
b. observe, describe and copy what others have done
c. use what they have learnt to improve the quality and control of their work.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF FITNESS AND HEALTH

Pupils should be taught:
a. how important it is to be active
b. to recognise and describe how their bodies feel during different activities.

BREADTH OF STUDY

During the key stage, pupils should be taught the knowledge, skills and understanding through dance activities, games activities and gymnastic activities.

DANCE ACTIVITIES

Pupils should be taught to:
a. use movement imaginatively, responding to stimuli, including music, and performing basic skills [for example, travelling, being still, making a shape, jumping, turning and gesturing]
b. change the rhythm, speed, level and direction of their movements
c. create and perform dances using simple movement patterns, including those from different times and cultures
d. express and communicate ideas and feelings.

GAMES ACTIVITIES

Pupils should be taught to:
a. travel with, send and receive a ball and other equipment in different ways
b. develop these skills for simple net, striking/fielding and invasion-type games
c. play simple, competitive net, striking/fielding and invasion-type games that they and others have made, using simple tactics for attacking and defending.

GYMNASTIC ACTIVITIES

Pupils should be taught to:
a. perform basic skills in travelling, being still, finding space and using it safely, both on the floor and using apparatus
b. develop the range of their skills and actions [for example, balancing, taking off and landing, turning and rolling]
c. choose and link skills and actions in short movement phrases
d. create and perform short, linked sequences that show a clear beginning, middle and end and have contrasts in direction, level and speed.

During Key Stage 2 pupils enjoy being active and using their creativity and imagination in physical activity. They learn new skills, find out how to use them in different ways, and link them to make actions, phrases and sequences of movement. They enjoy communicating, collaborating and competing with each other. They develop an understanding of how to succeed in different activities and learn how to evaluate and recognise their own success.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING

ACQUIRING AND DEVELOPING SKILLS

Pupils should be taught to:
a. consolidate their existing skills and gain new ones
b. perform actions and skills with more consistent control and quality.

SELECTING AND APPLYING SKILLS, TACTICS AND COMPOSITIONAL IDEAS

Pupils should be taught to:
a. plan, use and adapt strategies, tactics and compositional ideas for individual, pair, small-group and small-team activities
b. develop and use their knowledge of the principles behind the strategies, tactics and ideas to improve their effectiveness
c. apply rules and conventions for different activities.

EVALUATING AND IMPROVING PERFORMANCE

Pupils should be taught to:
a. identify what makes a performance effective
b. suggest improvements based on this information.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF FITNESS AND HEALTH

Pupils should be taught:
a. how exercise affects the body in the short term
b. to warm up and prepare appropriately for different activities
c. why physical activity is good for their health and well-being
d. why wearing appropriate clothing and being hygienic is good for their health and safety.

BREADTH OF STUDY

During the key stage, pupils should be taught the knowledge, skills and understanding through the following areas of activity:
a. dance activities
b. games activities
c. gymnastic activities

d. swimming activities and water safety
e. athletic activities
f. outdoor and adventurous activities.

DANCE ACTIVITIES

Pupils should be taught to:
a. create and perform dances using a range of movement patterns, including those from different times, places and cultures
b. respond to a range of stimuli and accompaniment.

GAMES ACTIVITIES

Pupils should be taught to:
a. play and make up small-sided and modified competitive net, striking/fielding and invasion games
b. use skills and tactics and apply basic principles suitable for attacking and defending
c. work with others to organise and keep the games going.

GYMNASTIC ACTIVITIES

Pupils should be taught to:
a. create and perform fluent sequences on the floor and using apparatus
b. include variations in level, speed and direction in their sequences.

SWIMMING ACTIVITIES AND WATER SAFETY

Pupils should be taught to:
a. pace themselves in floating and swimming challenges related to speed, distance and personal survival
b. swim unaided for a sustained period of time over a distance of at least 25m
c. use recognised arm and leg actions, lying on their front and back
d. use a range of recognised strokes and personal survival skills [for example, front crawl, back crawl, breaststroke, sculling, floating and surface diving].

ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES

Pupils should be taught to:
a. take part in and design challenges and competitions that call for precision, speed, power or stamina
b. use running, jumping and throwing skills both singly and in combination
c. pace themselves in these challenges and competitions.

OUTDOOR AND ADVENTUROUS ACTIVITIES

Pupils should be taught to:
a. take part in outdoor activity challenges, including following trails, in familiar, unfamiliar and changing environments
b. use a range of orienteering and problem-solving skills
c. work with others to meet the challenges.

Bunbury uses Complete PE to help deliver outstanding physical education throughout the school.

Complete PE is a portable Physical Education planning, assessment and tracking tool designed to enable all of Bunbury's teachers to deliver enjoyable, active and high quality PE lessons. Complete PE is child centred and allows pupils' achievements in and out of school to be recorded and tracked from Reception right through to Year 6. Complete PE enables us to have access to a full curriculum of engaging, interactive P.E lessons for each year group with each lesson containing clear, progressive learning objectives; differentiated activities and videos to support the narrative. We are able to assess and monitor the progress of each individual easily within the curriculum as well as being able to track children's levels of participation and competition in extra-curricular clubs, events and competitions.

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