Phoenix Primary and Secondary School

The wide and varying PE curriculum is designed to meet the unique needs of our pupils. At Phoenix, we adapt and modify the PE curriculum in order to make all lessons enjoyable and so that pupils experience success!

• Physical Education develops pupils’ physical competence and confidence and their ability to use and perform in a range of activities.  It gives all pupils opportunities to develop their physical skills and to apply those skills in different situations.  It also enables personal and group achievements to be acknowledged.
• At Phoenix, we offer pupils with language and communication difficulties, including autism, opportunities to:

• Develop their skills and coordination, control, manipulation and movement.
• Enhance appropriate areas of health and fitness and contribute towards their physical development.
• Compete against themselves and others, and take part in challenging activities.
• Develop their ability to express themselves and be creative.
• Build their self-confidence and self-esteem.

• We provide all pupils, no matter the level of autism, challenging behaviours or sensory needs, relevant and appropriately challenging work at each key stage.  To the more able, we teach knowledge, skills and understanding in ways that match and challenge pupil’s abilities.
• We modify lessons or activities and make PE more accessible for our pupils by:

1.  Choosing material from earlier key stages.
2. Using materials and resources that pupils can access through sight, touch, sound or smell, for example, different sized, textured, noisy and fluorescent balls.
3. Using a range of activities where the first steps are for pupils to get involved, for example, in indoor and outdoor play, playground games, actin songs and rhymes.
4. Making use of all appropriate available resources in our school, the local community and sporting organizations, and coaches that can enhance the range of opportunities on offer to our pupils, for example, sports centres and grounds, swimming pools and a range of other facilities, such as bowling, climbing and cycling.
5. Using ICT, visual and other materials, such as video or television, to increase pupils’ knowledge of their personal surroundings and the wider world!
6. Using adapted equipment such as larger balls or targets, shorter distances, balls with sensory surfaces etc.
7. Providing support from teachers and TA’s , but giving pupils space and freedom to do things themselves and allowing pupils time to respond and use a range of equipment.
8. To ensure a balance of consistency and challenge, according to individual needs

• Teaching PE is very rewarding. It can help pupils develop their broader communication and literacy skills through encouraging interaction with other pupils as well as staff!

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me at Phoenix.

Troy Gering

PE Coordinator