- New Mills Primary School have taken part in 40 External Sports events this year in over 20 different sports including Cyclocross, Football, Boccia, Swimming, Athletics and Tennis
- 99% of children in the school have been to at least one external sports event. The 1% being illness absences
- 100% of children in KS2 have represented their school in at least one external sports event.
- Children in KS2 have participated in on average 5 sports events throughout the year
- We have achieved a School Games GOLD Award for the second year in a row
- We have won the New Mills Area events for Cross Country, Benchball, Football, Rounders and Athletics
- In the High Peak area we have won two second places at Mapquest, a third place at Cyclocross, a second place in Netball, a joint first at Cheerfest and a second place in Cross Country. We have also come 3rd in the Quadkid Athletics finals against some of the toughest competition in the county
- We have won Spirit of the Games awards in Gymnastics and Netball
- For the second year in a row we have won a place at the County Finals for Mini Tennis
Alongside competitive school sport we there have been a range of other activities for the children to participate in
- Year 1 Mini Triathlon
- Sport Relief ‘athon’ week
- Year 6 Kinder Walk
- Whole school Mapquest Sports Day
- Daily Mile for the whole school and Dice Challenge
- Lunch Time Clubs
- After School Clubs
- Training session for PEGS KS1
- Midday Supervisor Training
- Classroom based PE lessons on School Games Values
- Written a PE, Sport and Physical Activity Action Plan
We have also rewritten our PE Curriculum to provide a better range of activities and a bigger focus on core skills, OAA and Core Gymnastics
Challenges
- The weather!
- Daily Mile – motivation
- The balance between participation and being competitive at external sports events
- PE Kits and children’s footwear
- Permission slips
- Budget
Why do our children enjoy taking part in School Sport?
“I like them because they are good and fun to do and I like sport”
“I love them, they are my favourite thing in the school”
“You get to skip lessons and go out of school to do sport”
“Fun because there is a lot of competition”
“If you have never done the sport before and you go to that event, it might get you into that sport”
“There is a big variety, good for everyone”
“It includes everyone and everyone has a chance”
A summary of our Targets for 2018/19
- Swimming – early intervention
- Playground Leaders
- Girls ball skills and Athletics
- KS1 Playground
- Continue to develop PE lessons with learning objective based sessions which focus on core skills
- Cycling core standard
- Establish better links with New Mills Tennis Club and other sports clubs
- Relaunch Daily Mile for KS2
- Audit after school club provision