PE & Sport

PE at Raeburn allows our children to…

• Develop competence to excel in a broad range of physical activities.
• Engage in competitive sports and activities.
• Be physically active for sustained periods of time.
• Develop personally and socially, promoting our citizenship values of resilience, responsibility, positivity, curiosity, kindness and respect.
• Acquire the skills and knowledge to be active and healthy for life.

Why is PE important?

Here at Raeburn, we value the importance of Physical Education and place it at the heart of our curriculum. PE and exercise are crucial for improving a child’s physical health, as well as helping to improve their mental and cognitive well-being. The children learn to understand sportsmanship, fairness and respect through sports and engage in brand new experiences. Alongside this, the skills that they learn in PE lessons are transferrable to the classroom as it can build their confidence, teamwork, concentration, and social skills.

Who teaches PE?

PE is taught weekly by teaching staff and specialist coaches. Class teachers work closely with Mr Colligan to teach a range of skills across lots of different sports and activities. In addition, we have a ‘Shadow Dance’ coach to teach dance to the children for a half term and a ‘Yoga Bears’ instructor who teaches classes yoga.

PE and Sport Premium:

Schools receive PE and sport premium funding from the Government based on the number of pupils they have in years 1 to 6. Schools are free to determine how best to use this funding to improve the quality and breadth of PE and sport provision, including increasing the participation in PE and sport, so that all pupils develop healthy lifestyles and reach the performance levels they are capable of.

This year we received £19,610.

See Raeburn Primary School’s latest update of what is happening with the money by downloading the pdf files below.

We believe passionately in the link between physical and mental health. We have a team of ‘Healthy Minds, Healthy Bodies’ pupil ambassadors who promote the positive values of physical and emotional wellbeing across the school.

Our HMHB aims are:

• Be the youth voice for emotional and physical wellbeing in our school and community
• Promote the positive values of sport and emotional wellbeing
• Be a role model and champion for PE and school sport and mindfulness
• Increase participation opportunities and healthy lifestyles for everyone

We aim to inspire pupil’s curiosity to know more about different sports and encourage children to try new things by offering a variety of extra-curricular activities, which appeal to a range of abilities and interests. There is opportunity for competition on every level. Children in all year groups are involved in the HMHB –led ‘Personal Challenge’ lunch time activities, where they can compete against themselves to improve their best. Intra competitions are provided through P.E. lessons, along with Sports Day and other initiatives such as Sport Relief and National Sports Week. The school take part in a high number of inter-school fixtures throughout the year, allowing children of all abilities to compete for the school and experience higher level competition.

Extra-Curricular activities we offer include:

Letters will be sent out by the teacher in charge of each activity. Copies of letters will also be kept in the School Office.

Due to the commitment to P.E. and Sport from the staff and children at Raeburn, we were awarded ‘Gold’ for the School Games Mark award in 2023. We continually strive to maintain this standard!

Twitter: Follow us on X (twitter) at @raeburnprimary for up-to-date and instant news about our sporting success!

Please see our curriculum overview to see what your child is currently working on, as well as the PE timetable for the 2023/24 academic year.

Whole School PE Coverage 2023 24

National Curriculum Programme of Study for Physical Education National_curriculum_-_Physical_education.pdf

Most recent swimming Data:

• 2023/24
  • Swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres = 65%
  • Use a range of strokes effectively = 69%
  • Perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations = 62%
  • Overall % achieved NC standard for swimming = 58%

At Raeburn, swimming is taught in 2 week blocks to children in Years 3, 4 and 5. We also use our PE Premium to provide additional top-up swimming lessons to pupils who have not been able to meet the 3 national curriculum requirements for swimming and water safety – after the delivery of core swimming and water safety lessons.

Children are working towards the following awards. 

For the health and safety of all, please can you ensure that your child is correctly prepared for P.E. lessons in school PE kit. Children will be expected to come into school in their PE kits on their PE days. Therefore, please take note of your child’s PE days which will on their weekly newsletter.

• Long hair needs to be tied back (boys and girls). It is suggested that they keep spare bobbles in their kit bag.
• Jewellery and watches should not be worn. Necklaces, friendship bracelets and earrings need to be removed. In the case of studs that cannot be removed, please provide Micropore tape or similar to cover them.
• Fitbits, or any fitness tracker watches, must also be removed for PE lessons.
• For indoor PE, children are asked to wear navy shorts, a white t-shirt and pumps (or bare feet). For outdoor PE, children can wear dark tracksuit bottoms and trainers.

We are so proud of all the sporting achievements of our children, both in school and outside of school.

Please see the attached document listing our school recent successes!