Overview 2025/26 Bank’s Methodist Primary School -

Delivered by West Lancashire Sports Partnership

Physical Education

The National Curriculum for Physical Education in Years 1 and 2

Sport & Games

Our children will be taught to:

• master basic movements including running, jumping, throwing and catching, as well as developing balance, agility and co-ordination, and begin to apply these in a range of activities
• participate in team games, developing simple tactics for attacking and defending
• perform dances using simple movement patterns

Swimming and water safety for Year 2

Our children will be taught to:

• swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres
• use a range of strokes effectively
• perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations

The National Curriculum for Physical Education in Years 3 to 6

Sport & Games

Our children will be taught to:

• use running, jumping, throwing and catching in isolation and in combination
• play competitive games [for example, badminton, basketball, cricket, football, hockey, netball, rounders and tennis], modified where appropriate, 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

Our children will be taught to:

• 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 [for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke] effectively
• perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations.