Whole School Intent
| Physical Development at a glance | Whole School Implementation
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| Nurture | Willow and Elm | Cherry and Chestnut |
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Curriculum Content Oaklands Physical Education Curriculum – We have established an outline programme with flexible content that meets the core learning objectives we believe will support children to develop essential skills and behaviours, culminating each Summer in team games & sports. This ensures that a child who is learning within one pathway for 6 years has opportunities to learn, practice, and over learn skills.
Sensory Circuits - Sensory Circuits are delivered to every child in Willow and Cherry Pathways. The targeted approach was introduced around three clear 'zones’ of movement and sensory input. Sensory Circuits are targeted around children’s needs in terms of vestibular and proprioception input but also in terms of throwing, catching, jumping and this helps with some children’s sensory differences. It also has a calming section which helps with the children reflecting. Circuits are delivered for 20-30 minutes a week and are adapted by teachers to ensure they are matched to children’s strengths and developmental needs. Staff have been guided by OTs and SALT to create sensory circuits that are bespoke to meet our children’s needs and offer personalised support within a group session. Sensory need-based circuits are advocated by many Occupational Therapists.
Dough Disco - Dough disco involves moulding play dough in time to music and performing different actions such as rolling it into a ball, flattening it, putting each individual finger into the dough, rolling it into a sausage and squeezing it. This is exercise for the fingers to improve fine motor control and gross motor skills. Children and adults need to have strong muscles in their hands to enable them to write effectively. Doing these simple, fun exercises will help your child prepare for writing. Children at Oaklands have the opportunity to partake in this daily if they require the extra support to improve the fine motor control and is usually accessed during literacy lessons.
Big Moves (being introduced 2022-2023) - The BIG MOVES Developmental Movement Intervention Programme has been created to help the growing numbers of children in schools, whose delayed physical development is a very real barrier to listening and concentration, learning success and appropriate behaviour. It is recognised that more than 80% of children have some kind of movement development issues when measured against national milestones, and children are becoming increasingly inactive. The programme involves daily floor based activities in the hall which requires PE mats and are based on normal human movement patterns. The programme should last 15-20 mins a day and is for an initial 6 week block with another block of 6 weeks if required.
Yoga - Yoga and mindfulness have been shown to improve both physical and mental health in school-age children (ages 6 to 12). Yoga improves balance, strength, endurance, and aerobic capacity in children. Yoga and mindfulness offer psychological benefits for children and a growing body of research suggests that yoga can improve focus, memory, self-esteem, academic performance, and classroom behaviour, and can even reduce anxiety and stress in children. At Oaklands, children have the option of daily Yoga and mindfulness sessions that use Cosmic Yoga videos to improve their balance and strength as well as improving focus, self-esteem and reducing anxiety. Curriculum overviews and planning have been developed as appropriate for each pathway. The typical time budget for each pathway, including embedded practice and ‘teachable moments’ is as follows: | ||
| Nurture | Willow and Elm | Cherry and Chestnut |
Largely child-led learning means strict division of time into subject sessions is not a useful metric |
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Resources, Training and CPD Association for Physical Education is useful for everything related to physical development. Lots of useful blogs and papers on the website. AfPE Swim England’s Website Everything you need for Primary Swimming lessons as well as the Swim Awards we follow. YST (Youth Sports Trust) has lots of great resources for SEND PE lessons. We have a log in as a school (if anyone wants it, please ask).
Staff CPD-see staff share & OneDrive CPD folders: Planning and advice guides linked to PE, Outdoor Learning, Gross and Fine Motor Skills Supporting Physical Development in Early Childhood https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/supporting-physical-development-early-childhood/1?domain=futurelearn.com | ||
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