P.E. and Sport at Nook Lane
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National Curriculum
The National Curriculum for P.E. in KS2 states that:
"Key stage 2 Pupils should continue to apply and develop a broader range of skills, learning how to use them in different ways and to link them to make actions and sequences of movement. They should enjoy communicating, collaborating and competing with each other. They should develop an understanding of how to improve in different physical activities and sports and learn how to evaluate and recognise their own success. Pupils should be taught to:
- use running, jumping, throwing and catching in isolation and in combination
- play competitive games, modified where appropriate [for example, badminton, basketball, cricket, football, hockey, netball, rounders and tennis], and apply basic principles suitable for attacking and defending
- develop flexibility, strength, technique, control and balance [for example, through athletics and gymnastics]
- perform dances using a range of movement patterns
- take part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team
- compare their performances with previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best."
"Physical education - Key stages 1 and 2 - Swimming and water safety: All schools must provide swimming instruction either in key stage 1 or key stage 2. In particular, pupils should be taught to:
- swim competently, confidently and proficiently over a distance of at least 25 metres
- use a range of strokes effectively [for example, front crawl, backstroke and breaststroke]
- perform safe self-rescue in different water-based situations."
Our PE Curriculum
Pupils have two hours of PE timetabled per week. P.E. at Nook Lane aims to develop the children's knowledge, skills and understanding, so that they can perform with increasing competence and confidence in a range of physical activities.
We aim to expose children to a wide range of different sports and physical activities during their time at Nook Lane. These include dance, gymnastics, cross country, health and fitness, hockey netball, basketball, benchball, ultimate Frisbee, tennis, tag rugby swimming and water safety, indoor and outdoor athletics and outdoor and adventurous activities.
We are continually adapting the P.E. curriculum at Nook Lane to ensure children get a rich diet of different sports and activities. The sports and activities covered in curriculum time are supported and enriched through a wide range of sports clubs and opportunities for children to compete in a range of sporting competitions, festivals and events.
As an inclusive school we ensure that everyone takes part in P.E. where possible and we strive to remove any barriers which may stand in the way of a child's participation in curriculum and extra-curricular P.E. and sport.
Physical education at Nook Lane promotes an understanding in children of their bodies in action. It involves thinking, selecting and applying skills and promotes positive attitudes towards a healthy lifestyle. Alongside the skills, knowledge and understanding of different sports and activities, children will also gain an understanding of how physical activity effects their bodies, the importance of physical activity for a healthy lifestyle and the ways in which they can improve their health and fitness levels through physical activity and a healthy diet. Thus we enable them to make informed choices about diet and physical activity throughout their lives.
Statistics
Data from P.E. and Sport tracker 2017-18
- 149 children attended a club this year.
- ALL children attended at least 1 event/festival/competition.
- Only 38 children who did not attend a club attended only 1 festival/event/competition. These children will be targeted in the next academic year.
- 23 out of 32 pupil premium children attended a club. 6 of those who did not were from the IR.
- 24 out of 32 pupil premium children attended more than one festival/event/competition.
- 51 of the 71 children are on the School Support or SEND register accessed an extra-curricular club.
Events, Competitions and Festivals - 2017/18
Through our involvement with LINKS, the children at Nook Lane are given opportunities each year to take part in different sporting festivals and events working amongst and against children from other schools. Please see below the table of data for Events, Competitions and Festivals that the pupils have participated in so far this year:
Event | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Attended by (children): | |||||||
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Intra- school | Inter- school | County | A team | B team | C team | ||||||
Y3 Benchball | X | 5 | 5 | 3 | |||||||
Y5 Cross-Country | X | 64 | |||||||||
Y5/6 Sports Hall Athletics | X | 10 | 10 | ||||||||
Y6 Dancing - Charleston | X | 60 | |||||||||
IR Bowling | 10 | ||||||||||
Year 4 Swimming | X | 61 | |||||||||
Mixed Cross Country 9 Saturday Events throughout Autumn and Spring |
X | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||
1+ team | 1+ team | 1+ team | |||||||||
Sheffield High Netball tournament | X | 8 | |||||||||
Mixed Key Steps Gymnastics | X | 5 (Y3/4) | 5 (Y5/6) | ||||||||
5 (Y5/6) | |||||||||||
Boys Futsal | X | 6 | 7 | ||||||||
Movefest - dancing | X | 26 | |||||||||
Y4/5/6 Netball | X | 32 | |||||||||
Y4 Tennis | X | 60 | |||||||||
Y3 Partnership Games | X | 20 | 20 | 22 | |||||||
2 teams of 10 | |||||||||||
Y5/6 High 5s Netball | X | 10 | 10 | ||||||||
Bouldering | X | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
Bouldering Finals | X | X | 5 | 5 | |||||||
Y3/4 Tennis | X | 4 | 4 | ||||||||
Y5/6 Athletics | X | 22 | |||||||||
Mixed Orienteering | X | 16 | |||||||||
Y5 Cricket | X | 64 | |||||||||
Y5/6 Athletics | X | 10 | 10 | ||||||||
Y5/6 Athletics - Sheffield Final | X | X | 4 | ||||||||
Orienteering - South Yorkshire School Games Final | X | 4 1 team of 4 |
4 | ||||||||
Y3 Girls Hillsborough Football festival | X | 10 | |||||||||
Y4 Cricket DRAX | X | 10 | 10 | ||||||||
Sports Transition Day | X | 120 pupils 60 Year 3 competitors 60 Year 5 leaders |
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Sainsbury's School Games - Sports Day | X | Whole school 254 |
Clubs - 2017/18
Club | Date | Attended by (children): | |||
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Dance - mixed | Spring Term | 26 | |||
Netball | All year | 32 | |||
Gymnastics Club | Spring Term | 15 | |||
Football Y6 Boys | Autumn Term | 16 | |||
Football Y5 Boys | Spring Term | 8 | |||
Football Y5/6 Girls | Summer Term | 16 | |||
Change4Life Club Y3/4 | Autumn Term | 15 | |||
Spring Term | 15 | ||||
Summer Term | 15 | ||||
Change4Life Club Y5/6 | Autumn Term | 15 | |||
Spring Term | 15 | ||||
Summer Term | 15 | ||||
Breakfast Club (Ball skills, dodgeball, skate hockey, fitness games) |
Summer | 25> | |||
After School Club (Ball skills, dodgeball, skate hockey, fitness games) |
Summer | 25> |
Health and Fitness events/activities
Event / Activity | Date | Number of children |
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Mile a Day challenge | All year | Whole School 254 |
Active Lunchtimes - Sports Leaders running playtime and lunchtime activities | All year | All children have had access to this provision. Run by 24 Sports Leaders across the week. |
Sport Leaders leading events at Infants School | Summer Term | 24 Sports Leaders |
Whole school fun run | Summer Term | 60 children and parents/carers |
Young Leaders - 2017/18
'Pupils leading sport at Nook Lane - 2017/18'
In addition to our fantastic Sports Leaders, lots of other children at Nook Lane are given the opportunity to develop their leadership skills by helping to organise school sport. Please find a list of events and activities that children at Nook Lane participated in and helped to organise in the 2017-18 academic year:
Event | Date | Number of children | Year Group |
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Playground Leaders | All year | 24 | Y4/5/6 |
Gymnastics Club Leaders | Spring Term | 6 | Y5/6 |
Dance Club leaders | Spring Term | 4 | Y6 |
Sainsbury's School Games Team Captains | Summer Term | 16 | Y6 |
Infant school playground Sports Leaders | Summer Term | 24 | Y5/6 |
Y2/3 Transition Sports Afternoon | Summer Term | 60 | Y5 |
PE Curriculum Council | All year | 30 | All |
Total children: 248 (including IRU 10)
Local Sports Club Links 2017/18
Club | Sport | Contact |
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Chance to Shine - Bradfield Cricket Club | Cricket | Johnny Younis |
Wisewood Football Team | Football | Bryan |
Wisewood Girls Football Team | Football | Bryan/Andy |
British Judo | Judo | Destination Judo |
Sheffield Eagles | Rugby League | Sheffield Eagles |
North Midlands Youth Squad Go Ride @Forge Valley | Cycling | Andrew Akers - British Cycling |
LINKS - School Sports Partnership
Nook Lane is part of the LINKS School Sport Partnership which is an organisation that is made up of families of schools based around several secondary schools across the city. They support and develop PE and sports within our school giving pupils and staff many opportunities to ensure the high delivery of PE lessons, and increased opportunities to take part in school sport and out of hours learning.
Our partnership with LINKS is assisted by our School Sport Coordinator (Faye Ruddlestone) and School Games Organiser (Kim Horton) as well as the other SSCos and SGOs from across Sheffield.
LINKS aims are:
Strategic Planning: To develop and implement a PE and school sport strategy, as part of school development plans, through working in partnership with key strategic organisations and providers in the area.
Primary Liaison: to improve PE and school sport programmes by establishing and developing links within and between families of schools (particularly around the KS2/3 interface).
Out of School Hours: to provide new and enhanced out of schools hours opportunities for all young people in the partnership, including out of school hours learning, non-competitive participation and competition.
School to Community: to increase all young people's participation in community sport through creating and strengthening links with sports clubs, leisure facilities and community providers.
Coaching and Leadership: to provide training, support and deployment opportunities in leadership, coaching and officiating for senior pupils, adults other than teachers (AOTTs) and teachers.
Raising Standards: to raise standards of pupil's achievement in all aspects of their school life, through increased participation and improved performance, motivation and attitudes.

Sainsbury's School Games Mark
Over the last 4 years, Nook Lane Junior School has significantly increased children's participation in clubs, extra-curricular activities and inter-school competitions, qualifying for a range of city-wide and county-wide sporting events.
This impressive work has been recognised by the Sainsbury's School Games Mark, a government-led awards scheme. Nook Lane Junior School was awarded the BRONZE level in the academic year 2013/14, the GOLD level for 2014/15 and 2015/16 and the SILVER level for 2016/17 and 2017/18.
The School Games Mark was launched in 2012 to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community. Schools in England are able to assess themselves across bronze, silver and gold levels of the Mark.
In order to achieve any level of the Sainsbury's School Games Mark, schools must meet the following prerequisites:
Participation
- a system in place to track young people's participation in the Sainsbury's School Games;
- opportunities that attract less active young people to participate in physical activity;
Competition
- run a Sainsbury's School Games Day as the culmination of a year-round competition programme;
- provide a calendar of competition that demonstrates opportunities for young people with SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) to take part in competitions;
- display a notice board promoting Sainsbury's School Games activity.
To achieve GOLD LEVEL, a school must meet all of the prerequisites, as well as the following:
Participation
- provide all students with two hours of physical education per week (within the curriculum only); and have extra curriculum provision in addition to this;
- engage at least 50% of students (20% for special schools) in extra-curricular sporting activity every week;
The provision of support for talented young sports people
- 1. Secondary criteria: offer talented young sports people specific support to help them to balance their sporting commitments with school and home life;
- 2. Primary and special criteria: offer talented young sports people specific support to help them to develop their sporting potential;
Competition
- Use the Sainsbury's School Games formats to provide the opportunity for both boys and girls to take part in the appropriate level of competition.

Swimming at Nook Lane
As part of our Year 4 curriculum, all children are given the opportunity to learn to swim.
We take the children to Hillsborough Leisure Centre where they receive 9 one hour swimming sessions. We aim for all pupils leaving our school to be able to swim at least 25m.
Please see our 2017/18 Swimming Results to see the progress of the 2017/18 Y4s.
Cycling at Nook Lane
Bikeability Cycle Proficiency: As part of our Year 5 curriculum, all children are asked to take part in Bikeability, which is cycling proficiency for the 21st century, designed to give the next generation the skills and confidence to ride their bikes on today's roads. For the pupils participating, we aim for them to ALL to complete their level 1 bikeability training (learning to control and master their bike in an environment away from cars and traffic). We also aim for as many as possible to complete their level 2 bikeability training (which gives them a real cycling experience, on small roads, so that they are able to deal with traffic on short journeys such as cycling to school).
Bike It Project!: We are happy to announce, that we are now taking part in an exciting new project called Bike It, which is run by Sustrans, the country's leading sustainable transport charity, who help pupils to be able to cycle to and from school.
Over the next few years, Bike It will promote cycling in our school in the following ways:
- By making sure our school has the facilities needed by pupils who want to cycle to school, including a secure cycle storage.
- By working with the local council to provide additional cycle training to help children in our school ride safely and feel more confident on their bikes.
- By organising promotional activities and events to encourage our pupils to cycle to school.
- By involving local shops, clubs and other organisations to help us.
- By working with our wonderful parents so that they can help support this project.
Our aims for the Bike It project is to increase the number of children cycling safely to school, reducing the number of cars around the school, making the neighbourhood a quieter, safer and less congested place.
The Bike It project will be providing lots of opportunities for parents to get involved in the various activities that will run throughout school and, can even train them to become cycle instructors!! If you are interested in helping out, please see Mrs Lindley (PE Co-ordinator) or Mr Arbon-Davis (Headteacher).
You can download our Cycle BIKE IT! Policy should you wish to do so.