Key Stage 1 – Physical Education (PE)
Key Stage 1 Physical Education: Teaching for every child
Dance: children learn how to move rhythmically and expressively, showing their imagination.
Games: they learn how to use their skills to score points or goals against others.
Gymnastics: they learn how to link together, accurately:
- movements
- still shapes
- balances.
Children are taught how to follow rules, and how to move and play safely. They learn how to work on their own and with others. They work together in teams, competing against others
Key Stage 1 Physical Education: Targets for every child
Around age 7, most children are able to:
- remember and repeat skills, performing them with control and co-ordination choose the right skills for what they are doing so that they can:
- use tactics in simple games to score points against an opponent
- make up and perform short gymnastic sequences that join actions together
- move in time to a beat, showing their ideas and feelings in short dances
- pick out and copy actions, describing what they and others do well, and suggesting how to improve them
- describe how their bodies feel in different activities (for example, if they run a lot, their heart will beat faster and they will get hot)
- enjoy being physically active.
Most schools will aim to make sure that the time your child spends exercising at school – including PE and any out-of-hours sports – adds up to
This information is supplied by Parents Centre and the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority.
