Physical Education

Charlotte Chamberlain / Maria Quirant
PE Subject Leader

“Sport teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose - it teaches you about life.”

Billie Jean King is a former tennis player from America. She is seen by many players as one of the greatest female tennis players of all time.

Billie Jean King

The study of Physical Education enables all children to become physically confident to maintain a healthy active lifestyle and support the development of their mind and bodies as well as embedding personal values such as respect and resilience. 

PE Programmes of Study (KS1 & KS2)

Vision for Physical Education

At Floreat Montague Park, we believe that Physical Education plays a vital role in developing healthy, active, happy and confident children. Through our inclusive PE curriculum, delivered through Get Set 4 PE, pupils develop the knowledge, skills and motivation needed to enjoy physical activity throughout their lives.

Our PE curriculum aims to:

• Ensure all children participate, achieve and experience success.

• Develop physical competence, confidence and resilience through a broad range of sports and activities.

• Promote healthy lifestyles and an understanding of physical and mental wellbeing.

• Foster teamwork, leadership, respect and sportsmanship.

• Provide opportunities for competition, performance and personal challenge.

• Encourage pupils to become lifelong participants in physical activity.

Children in EYFS receive 1 hour of discrete physical education teaching with Key Stage One and Two all participating in two lessons of PE. The whole school studies the same curriculum focus. As well as this, on special occasions, the children come together to engage in ‘music and movement’ at the end of the day. All the children at FMP will be given the opportunity to experience outdoor and adventurous activities through different trips. 

Progression in Knowledge and Skills for Physical Education at Floreat Montague Park

At Floreat Montague Park, we follow the Get Set Four PE scheme, which aligns with the National Curriculum for England and provides a comprehensive, progressive programme of study designed to ensure excellent outcomes for all children. This well established scheme has been tried and tested to support high quality teaching and learning in Physical Education.

Each unit of work is carefully structured to develop pupils’ fundamental movement skills, physical competence, and confidence across a broad range of physical activities. Lessons are engaging and inclusive, enabling children to apply skills in a variety of contexts while promoting teamwork, resilience, and positive sporting attitudes.

The curriculum places a strong emphasis on participation, cooperation, and personal challenge, encouraging pupils to understand the importance of physical activity for health and wellbeing. Skills are taught progressively and revisited year on year, allowing children to build on prior learning and develop a secure foundation in physical literacy.

Our approach aims to motivate children to enjoy being physically active and to see themselves as confident, capable participants in sport and physical activity.

Curriculum Coverage and Map

Physical Education is taught throughout the academic year from Nursery to Year 6 using the Get Set 4 PE scheme of work. Pupils in KS1 and KS2 receive two PE lessons per week, each lasting approximately one hour, ensuring regular opportunities to develop physical competence, confidence and a lifelong enjoyment of physical activity.

The curriculum offers a broad and balanced range of activities including fundamental movement skills, dance, gymnastics, fitness, athletics, invasion games, net and wall games, striking and fielding games, outdoor adventurous activities, swimming (where applicable) and a variety of team sports.

A specialist sports coach works alongside staff and teaches all year groups throughout the year, providing expertise, modelling high-quality teaching and supporting the progression of skills across the school. This helps ensure pupils experience a consistent, engaging and progressive PE curriculum.

The curriculum is sequenced to build on prior learning, with skills and knowledge revisited and developed through increasingly challenging activities as pupils move through the school.