PE

Intent

At Godolphin Primary School, our Physical Education (PE) curriculum is designed to instil a lifelong love of movement and physical activity. We provide a broad, inclusive, and engaging programme that nurtures curiosity, encourages children to challenge themselves, and supports every pupil in discovering the joy and value of being active.

Our curriculum focuses on developing essential movement skills—such as running, jumping, throwing, and catching—while enhancing agility, balance, coordination, and overall physical literacy. These foundations empower pupils to move confidently and competently across a variety of physical contexts, both in school and beyond.

PE at Godolphin goes beyond physical development. Through team games, cooperative challenges, and individual pursuits, children learn the importance of kindness, respect, and fair play. We foster a sense of community where pupils support one another, celebrate effort and achievement, and grow in resilience and self-belief.

By integrating opportunities for leadership, goal-setting, and healthy lifestyle choices, we ensure our pupils are not only physically prepared but also socially and emotionally equipped to lead active, balanced lives. Our intent is to cultivate confident, connected learners who understand the importance of well-being and who carry these values with them into the future.

We provide regular opportunities for all pupils to engage in competitive sport, fostering perseverance, sportsmanship, and a sense of pride in representing themselves and their school. By building strong links with local clubs, organisations, and community events, we open pathways for children to pursue their interests further and stay active beyond the school setting. Through these experiences, we aim to create lasting connections between our pupils and their wider community, enriching their journey through sport and physical activity.

Implementation

To support the school’s provision of physical education, we use the Complete PE programme of study to give every child the physical literacy, as well as emotional and thinking skills to achieve in PE, sport and everyday life. The framework provides fun and simple-to-follow schemes of work to enable practitioners to deliver high quality PE lessons with confidence. It is fully aligned to the National Curriculum and Ofsted requirements and focuses on the development of agility, balance and coordination, healthy competition and cooperative learning.

The school is an active member of the Helston School PE Cluster, enhancing our PE curriculum by regularly providing opportunities to take part in traditional and alternative sports in the local area, often with other schools.

Every year, all of our pupils have access to structured and progressive swimming lessons as a part of their curriculum PE lessons. Our lessons are taught by specialist swimming teachers who work alongside the Godolphin teachers to deliver the content of the National Curriculum, encouraging confidence in the water and competence in a range of strokes and water skills. In KS2, the pupils also learn about water safety and safe self-rescue in different water based situations.