INTENT
At Wistaston Church Lane Academy, we TRY and TRY AGAIN like athletes!
At Wistaston Church Lane Academy, we believe Physical Education is more than just movement – it’s about connection, growth, and lifelong enjoyment of being active. Through a high-quality PE curriculum, we inspire every child to succeed, develop confidence, and experience the fun and magic that happens when we connect through games and sport.
Our Goal for 2025/26
Through these actions, we aim to inspire a culture of lifelong physical activity, nurture resilience and well-being, and raise aspirations by connecting children to both traditional and emerging sports, competitive opportunities, and our wider community.
We aim for every child to:
- Experience success
- Feel included and confident
- Find joy in movement
- Build the foundations for a healthy, active life
We focus on the development of the whole child – socially, emotionally, physically, and cognitively – and structure our lessons to nurture character, teamwork, and resilience.
The 4 C’s of PE at Church Lane:
We strive for at least two of the following to be embedded in every lesson:
- Connection – building relationships through play and teamwork
- Challenge – pushing personal limits and developing perseverance
- Curiosity – exploring movement and learning through discovery
- Choice – offering options to encourage ownership and engagement
IMPLEMENTATION
At Wistaston Church Lane Academy, we follow the National Curriculum for Physical Education. Each child is timetabled to have 2 hours of physical activity each week. PE is taught through two units per half term, offering both traditional and non-traditional sports/games. A spiral curriculum ensures skill progression and a deepening understanding of sport and wellbeing. Swimming is taught in Year 5, covering all National Curriculum requirements. Children take part in intra-school competitions, including annual KS1 and KS2 Sports Days.
We offer:
• High-Quality activities that engage all children to have success and master fundamental skills
• Opportunities to work independently and collaboratively, sharing ideas, strategies and feedback
• Opportunities for children to progress their learning at their own level through STEP principle
• Developing Cognitive and Social domains
• Knowledge of the journey that the lesson will take the children on within future P.E. lessons
IMPACT
Our P.E. curriculum is inclusive and progressive and allows all children the opportunity to acquire, develop and master fundamental skills, gain knowledge and understanding of key concepts and provide opportunities that will foster a life-long love and participation in Physical Activity and Sport. All children will show a higher engagement within curriculum P.E. and wider Physical Activity and School Sport.
At Team Church Lane, we want every child to find their place in sport – whether through teamwork, individual challenge, or just the joy of movement.
PE KIT
Summer kit- shorts, house team t-shirt, trainers/pumps
Winter Kit- tracksuit bottoms, house team t-shirt, jumper (house team jumpers can be purchased from the School Office)
It is recommended that KS2 children have trainers instead of pumps.