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PE Key Skills Acquisition

Development matters EYFS (physical development)	Reception	NC PE – pupils should be taught	Year 1	Year 2
Children show good control and co-ordination in large and small movements. They move confidently in a range of ways, safely negotiating space.	Experiments with different ways of moving Jumps off an object and lands appropriately. Negotiates space successfully when playing racing and chasing games with other children, adjusting speed or changing direction to avoid obstacles. Travels with confidence and skill around, under, over and through balancing and climbing equipment. Shows increasing control over an object in pushing, patting, throwing, catching or kicking it. Show children how to collaborate in throwing, rolling, fetching and receiving games, encouraging children to play with one another once their skills are sufficient.	Pupils should develop fundamental movement skills, become increasingly competent and confident and access a broad range of opportunities to extend their agility, balance and coordination, individually and with others. They should be able to engage in competitive (both against self and against others) and co-operative physical activities, in a range of increasingly challenging situations.	Basic movements including running, jumping, throwing and catching. Developing balance, agility and co-ordination. Participate in team games developing tactics for attacking and defending. Perform dances using simple movement patterns.	Basic movements including running, jumping, throwing and catching. Developing balance, agility and co-ordination. Participate in team games developing tactics for attacking and defending. Perform dances using simple movement patterns. Swimming.
They handle equipment and tools effectively, including pencils for writing.	Handle tools, objects, construction and malleable materials safely and with increasing control.
Children know the importance for good health of physical exercise and a healthy diet, and talk about ways to keep healthy and safe.	Shows some understanding that good practices with regard to exercise, eating, sleeping and hygiene can contribute to good health. Promote health awareness by talking with children about exercise, it effects on their bodies and the positive contribution it can make to their health. Plan opportunities, particularly after exercise, for children to talk about how their bodies feel.

Knowledge, skills and understanding

Acquiring and developing skills Year 1	Evaluating and improving Year 1	Health and fitness Year 1
Can they copy actions? Can they repeat actions and skills? Can they move with control and care?	Can they talk about what they have done? Can they describe what other people did?	Can they describe how their body feels before, during and after an activity?
Acquiring and developing skills Year 2	Evaluating and improving Year 2	Health and fitness Year 2
Can they copy and remember actions? Can they repeat and explore actions with control and coordination?	Can they talk about what is different between what they did and what someone else did? Can they say how they could improve?	Can they show how to exercise safely? Can they describe how their body feels during different activities? Can they explain what their body needs to keep healthy?
Dance Year 1	Games Year 1	Gymnastics Year 1
Can they move to music? Can they copy dance moves? Can they perform some dance moves? Can they make up a short dance? Can they move around the space safely?	Can they throw underarm? Can they roll a piece of equipment? Can they hit a ball with a bat? Can they move and stop safely? Can they catch with both hands? Can they throw in different ways? Can they kick in different ways?	Can they make their body tense, relaxed, curled and stretched? Can they control their body when traveling? Can they control their body when balancing? Can they copy sequences and repeat them? Can they roll in different ways? Can they travel in different ways? Can they balance in different ways? Can they climb safely? Can they stretch in different ways? Can they curl in different ways?
Dance Year 2	Games Year 2	Gymnastics Year 2
Can they dance imaginatively? Can they change rhythm, speed, level and direction? Can they dance with control and co-ordination? Can they make a sequence by linking sections together? Can they link some movement to show a mood or feeling?	Can they use hitting, kicking and/ or rolling in a game? Can they stay in a zone during a game? Can they decide where the best place to be is during a game? Can they use one tactic in a game? Can they follow rules?	Can they plan and show a sequence of movements? Can they use contrast in their sequences? Are their movements controlled? Can they think of more than one way to create a sequence which follows a set of rules? Can they work on their own and with a partner to create sequence?

What we are doing this year...

PE

Reception

Athletics

Yoga

Physical Literacy

Gymnastics

Yoga

Physical Literacy

Dance

Yoga

Physical Literacy

Throwing and catching

Yoga

Physical Literacy

Team Games

Yoga

Physical Literacy

Ball Games

Yoga

Physical Literacy

Year 1

Athletics

Yoga

Gymnastics

Yoga

Dance

Yoga

Attacking and defending

Yoga

Team Games

Yoga

Ball Games

Yoga

Year 2

Athletics

Yoga

Gymnastics

Yoga

Dance

Yoga

Attacking and defending

Yoga

Swimming

Yoga

Swimming

Yoga

PE

PE Key Skills Acquisition

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