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Physical Education (P.E.) is taught by specialist P.E. teachers from Nursery level to the Key Stage Two age group.

The P.E. program encourages both full participation, learning, friendly competition, social interaction and attempts to meet the needs of all students, regardless of physical and mental ability.

This curriculum follows the British Curriculum guidelines.

As well as this all Nursery and Reception classes have one session per week involving movement and music. These sessions are taught collectively by a specialist music teacher and a physical education teacher.

St. Christopher's Physical Education Curriculum is based on the British Curriculum and adapted to our student's needs and to our local environment. Topics are taught at appropriate levels with appropriate equipment for each Year group as recommended by the British National Curriculum.

KEY STAGE 2
TERM 1	TERM 2	TERM 3
Swimming (one session per week all term for Years 4 - 6); Large Ball skills (Basketball and Netball); Athletics, - Sprints, High Jump, Long Jump, Ball Throw, Push Pass, Shot Putt, Standing Long Jump, Triple Jump, Relay Techniques.	Swimming (one session per week all term for Year3); striking and Fielding; Throwing and catching small balls. (T-Ball/Rounders/basic cricket) Football skills.	Racket Skills (Short Tennis, Badminton); Gymnastics, (an extra hour is allocated for this), Orienteering (Years 3-5); Hockey Year 6.

KEY STAGE 1
TERM 1	TERM 2	TERM 3
Large Ball Skills; simple minor games, emphasis on passing and catching;. Athletics; Standing Jump, Long Jump, Ball throw, Sprint Starts, Standing Triple Jump, Relay Technique.	Swimming one session per week all term); Striking and Fielding, simple catching and throwing techniques with associated minor games, (Modified T-Ball), Football basic skills.	Gymnastics (extra hour allocated for this); Racket Skills using small tennis bats over low nets. Simple orienteering.

EARLY YEARS
TERM 1	TERM 2	TERM 3
Movement instructional skills with simple action games using lines, hoops etc. Large ball skills using sponge balls and bean bags.	Simple sending and receiving activities using large sponge balls with hands and feet. Developing movement such as running, jumping and skipping.	Travelling skills using light hitting implements like rackets combined with movement and small balls. At this level the curriculum ensures that activities are kept simple with the emphasis on developing hand-eye coordination and spatial awareness