This year Homer First School has received a gold medal for our school's games mark. Well d

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This year we received a gold medal for the School games mark. Well done everyone!

To find out more follow https://www.yourschoolgames.com/how-it-works/school-games-mark/

Vision statement

At Homer First School we believe

Physical education in our school helps to develop the children’s knowledge, skills and understanding, so that they can perform with increasing competence and confidence in a range of physical activities. These include dance, games, gymnastics, athletics and outdoor adventure activities. Physical education promotes an understanding in children of their bodies in action. It involves thinking, selecting and applying skills and promotes positive attitudes towards a healthy lifestyle. Thus, we enable them to make informed choices about physical activity throughout their lives.

AIMS

• to enable children to develop and explore physical skills with increasing control and coordination
• to improve co-ordination, flexibility, strength, balance, expression and an understanding of the aesthetic qualities of movement.
• to encourage children to work and play with others in a range of group situations;
• to develop the way children perform skills and apply rules and conventions for different activities;
• to increase children’s ability to use what they have learnt to improve the quality and control of their performance;
• to teach children to recognise and describe how their bodies feel during exercise;
• to develop the children’s enjoyment of physical activity through creativity and imagination;
• to develop an understanding in children of how to succeed in a range of physical activities and how to evaluate their own success;
• to encourage an awareness, enjoyment and appreciation of the body and its movement in space, as an individual and as part of a group;
• to develop physical competence and skill through a broad range of activities;
• to foster the development of language skills, inter-personal skills, co-operation and confidence and to ensure equal access for all.

Get Set 4 PE

At Homer First School, we use the Get Set 4 PE scheme of learning to deliver high-quality, inclusive physical education from Nursery through to Year 4. This progressive programme ensures that children develop fundamental movement skills, confidence, and a love of being active in a fun and engaging way. Get Set 4 PE supports our teachers with clear planning, assessment, and progression, while providing a broad and balanced PE curriculum that meets national requirements. Through a range of activities including games, dance, gymnastics, and athletics, pupils are encouraged to build physical competence, teamwork, resilience, and positive attitudes towards health and wellbeing, laying strong foundations for lifelong participation in physical activity. On top of this, to further enrich the curriculum we work with Windsor Sports Partnership to deliver high quality PE lessons, sports events and staff training.