Fellside Community Primary School PE and School Sports Vision Statement
It is our vision that all of our children will leave Fellside physically literate and with the knowledge, skills and motivation necessary to equip them for a healthy lifestyle and lifelong participation in physical activity and sport. This strategy aims to engage all children in high quality physical education, physical activity and school sports as part of their school life and kick start healthy active lifestyles for children and families within the school community. PE and sport have an important role to play in raising standards and narrowing the achievement gap. Research has shown how placing PE and sport at the heart of a broad and balanced curriculum can improve attendance, behaviour and attainment. PE and sport build self-esteem, teamwork and leadership skills. They are also important because they can help build an inclusive society, raise levels of participation in sport after young people leave school and positively affect the health of the nation.

What is the PE and Sport Premium?
Department for Education Vision for the Primary PE and Sport Premium ALL pupils leaving primary school physically literate and with the knowledge, skills and motivation necessary to equip them for a healthy, active lifestyle and lifelong participation in physical activity and sport. The funding has been provided to ensure impact against the following objective:

To achieve self-sustaining improvement in the quality of PE and sport in primary schools.

It is important to emphasise that the focus of spending must lead to long lasting impact against the vision (above) that will live on well beyond the Primary PE and Sport Premium funding. It is expected that schools will see an improvement against the following 5 key indicators:

• the engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity – kick-starting healthy active lifestyles
• the profile of PE and sport being raised across the school as a tool for whole school improvement
• increased confidence, knowledge and skills of all staff in teaching PE and sport
• broader experience of a range of sports and activities offered to all pupils
• increased participation in competitive sport

The sport funding can only be spent on sport and PE provision in schools. The funding each school receives is linked to the number of primary aged children between the ages of 5 and 11 years.

See our gallery below to see some of the impact of our funding on our PE and sport provision at Fellside.

Click on the document below to find out more about how we used our PE and Sport Premium at Fellside during the 2020/21 school year.

How will we be using the funding at Fellside?

• On the continued provision of external coaches to provide expert tuition for children in sport, PE and physical activity
• On staff professional development – specifically in PE and ‘Physical Literacy’.
• On providing cover to enable staff to be released to attend professional development opportunities.
• On provision of quality assured schemes of work to deliver National Curriculum objectives for PE.
• On investment in a cluster-wide partnership agreement with Gateshead Schools Sports Partnership for provision of in-school support and a programme of competitive sporting events led by Whickham Academy
• On bolstering our health and well-being curriculum, specifically targeting the importance of good nutrition and regular exercise.

What do we aim to achieve?

• Develop a sustainable model to future-proof future sport/PE provision at Fellside after the funding stops.
• Secure progression in PE skills through delivery of high quality PE.
  Provide a pathway of support for targeted/less-active children to increase their participation in PE/sport.
• Increase awareness of how to lead a healthy lifestyle.
• Increase participation in intra-school competitive opportunities.
• Establish robust monitoring of teaching in PE.
• Develop systems for monitoring of external deliverers (i.e. coaches).
• Develop a balanced curriculum and a more diverse out-of-school-hours (OSH) programme.
• Raise the profile of the subject both internally and externally.
• Improve community links to support the PE and school sport curriculum.
• Increase the contribution of physical activity and sport in pupils’ overall achievement.
• Provide rich and varied opportunities for children to engage in at least 30 minutes of physical activity per day in addition to timetabled PE lessons.