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Alwyn Infant School
"Children are happy and safe so they can learn."
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Promoting Physical Activity and the Sports Premium
At Alwyn we pride ourselves on promoting a range of activities through the taught curriculum and extra-curricular activities which promote an active lifestyle. We believe that an innovative, varied PE curriculum and extra curricular opportunities have a positive influence on the concentration, attitude and academic achievement of all our children.
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All children and young people should live healthy active lives. The UK Chief Medical Officers recommend that all children and young people should take part in moderate to vigorous physical activity for at least 60 minutes every day (children with special educational needs and disabilities should take part in 20 minutes of daily activity).
The Childhood Obesity Plan says that at least 30 minutes of daily activity should take place in schools.
All children should have equal access to high-quality PE provision and opportunities to experience and participate in a wide range of sports and physical activities. Academic achievement can improve in school because of the benefits children can gain.
What is the PE and Sports Premium?
The PE and Sports Premium is funding provided to schools by the Departments for Education, Health and Culture and Media and Sport and is in addition to main school funding. ​
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Schools should use the Primary Physical Education (PE) and Sport Premium funding to help children and young people to live healthy, active lives. It must not be used for core-type school activities. It be used to make additional and sustainable improvements to the PE, sport and physical activity they provide, such as:
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Funding high-quality PE and sport for at least 2 hours a week, complemented by a wide range of extra-curricular sport and competitive opportunities
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Providing or improving equal access to sport for boys and girls.
Schools should prioritise PE and Sport Premium spending to improve in the following 5 key priority areas:
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Increasing staff's confidence, knowledge and skills in teaching PE and sport
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Increasing engagement of all pupils in regular physical activity and sport
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Raising the profile of PE and sport across the school, to support whole school improvement
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Offer a broader and more equal experience of a range of sports and physical activities total pupils
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Increase participation in competitive sport
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It is for schools to decide how the PE and Sport funding is spent, since they are best placed to assess what additional provision should be made to enhance the provision for PE in school. Schools are held accountable for how they have used the additional funding.
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​For further details on how we met the key objectives and on our spending last year please, see document below.