PE at TJ

Our intent 

At TJ, we believe physical education is about building a healthy relationship with physical activity in life.

Our goal is to teach our children how to move and coordinate their bodies with control and awareness. From these teachings, the aim is for students to have built up the fundamental skills enabling them to take part in a variety of activities and sports with confidence. 

Our implementation

Pupils are taught using both Real PE and Onside coaching. All children have two sessions of PE a week. In one lesson, the children will carry out skills involving footwork, jumping, core stability, agility and more (Real PE). In the second lesson, we use complementary sports alongside Real PE lessons to give students a chance to incorporate newly learnt/practising techniques in a game/sports based situation (Onside). 

Our impact

As children progress through Thomas Jolyffe, they are taught fundamental and coordinated movements which gradually increase in difficultly and speciality.

Our impact is a progressive learning process whereby our students leave the school in Year 6 with the confidence and necessary skills to attempt activities in different sports.

As they continue to mature, some will look to push their skills further choosing their sport of interest, whilst others will simply have a healthy relationship with physical activity, understanding its importance for the body and mind.

Mr J Mason

PE Lead