Primrose Hill Primary School

PE Statement 2020 - 2021

Date: May 2020 Review: July 2021

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Primrose Hill Primary School PE Premium Funding Statement 2019 - 20

The government is providing additional funding to improve the provision of physical education (PE) and sport in primary schools – this is allocated based on the number of children in Year 1 – 6.

Last year the government once again allocated extra funds for the PE premium; this meant we have received two amounts - £8,129 & £11,404 totalling £19,533. The PE Premium funding is used to continually improve PE and Sport Provision across the school. Since the introduction of the PE premium in 2014 this has meant a huge success in raising attainment in PE and we will continue to build on our provision again this year.

At Primrose Hill we already prioritise PE and sport in our budget to enhance children’s participation, involvement and attainment in PE; however, this additional sum contributes a significant amount for our school which so far has enabled us to develop the PE offer in our school.

The PE premium contributes to the overall PE budget and in the financial year 2021 - 2021 will be spent in line with government recommendations for how to best utilise the funding:

Provide existing staff with training or resources to help them teach PE and sport more effectively:

● A full time dedicated PE Teacher and PE teaching assistant, at HLTA level, to support the expansion of the PE provision

● We continue to invest in new equipment and resources in order to introduce new sports to our children identified by the PE team

Introduce new sports or activities and encourage more pupils to take up sport:

● Providing a range of sports clubs to all year groups outside of curriculum time, including, , cross-country, football, athletics, , hockey, dodgeball, and multi-skills that are led by the PE coach and PE teaching assistant

● Children in Year 6 have the opportunity to participate as Sports Captains where they model and lead KS1 sporting activities during their lunchtime and also lead the events at KS1 Sports Day

● Children take part in whole school events to raise activity - Travel Ambassadors, Walk-to-School week

● Children in Year 5 have the opportunity to do a week of Cycle Training to encourage those with

2 bikes to cycle and be safe on the roads

● Providing Parent/Carer v Teacher Netball and Dodgeball events and weekly Parent/Carer after-school football matches to encourage whole-family participation in sport and role-modelling for the children

● Investment into large scale playground equipment to increase physical exercise and strength. This includes a running track with exercise stations; new climbing equipment, balance beams, monkey bars and a playground stop watch.

Hire qualified sports coaches to provide additional experiences for children outside the curriculum:

● Continuing to utilising external specialists to provide activities beyond the standard PE curriculum. These include Taekwondo, Street Dance, , , Cricket, Ballet, Yoga and teachers from local clubs.

Run sport competitions, increase pupils’ participation in competitions and run sports activities with other schools:

● Children are identified to take part in competitive team competitions across Camden and London e.g. Camden Football, Touch-Rugby, Dodgeball and have the chance to represent Camden in the London Youth Games.

● Year 2 participate in a competition hosted by Primrose Hill Primary, where children from the Cluster schools are invited to compete .

● Children with an identified SEN participate in inclusion competitions across Camden – these include inclusion cricket, athletics and basketball.

● Children in Year 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 have timetabled lessons for part of the academic year. For some year groups, this includes a coach for the journey and for others the additional benefit of a brisk walk.

● We fund our annual subscription to the CSSA (Camden School Sports Association), allowing children to compete in individual sports competitions such as Cross Country, Athletics, Swimming and Tennis in addition to the team events listed above, from which they have the opportunity to be selected to represent Camden in London-wide competitions, such as the London Youth Games (across a range of sports), the Night of 10K PBs junior relay and the Mini-Marathon.

Impact of recent grant funding

Staff Training

3 ● The PE Team worked alongside all class teachers to model and team each additional PE Sessions. This was part of a wider Physical Development SIP. ● One of the PE Team completed the HLTA Level 5 training.

Physical Education Lessons

● This year in July our school was awarded the Healthy Schools Gold Award. ● All our children continue to receive two compulsory hours of PE each week. In addition further development of our outdoor learning facilities means that physical learning permeates across the curriculum. ● New equipment has enabled the children to develop specific skills rather than focussing on a particular sport. This has been evident in striking skills with new resources for tennis, and lacrosse. ● 44 out of 57 (78%) of our Y6 children last year could confidently meet the requirements of the KS2 Swimming Curriculum.

This initiative is being led by the following personnel:

● Laura Beeson (Assistant Head) ● Jordan Lawal (Level 5 PE Coach) ● Claire Cameron (Governor)

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