PE  

All children at Grasmere take part in two hours of P.E. weekly. Lessons include games, gymnastics, athletics, dance and swimming (for year 3 – 6). Our LEAP PE Curriculum is planned around transferrable skills using the head, the heart and the hands (the three Hs). 

Through our PE curriculum we aim for all pupils to develop their sporting skills and to understand how important physical exercise is as part of a healthy lifestyle.  In addition we have a number of school teams who compete in local competitions and PE is also well-represented in our after-school clubs program . 

We regularly have inter LEAP federation sport tournaments including football, netball, dodgeball and table tennis. 

Gymnastics 

At Grasmere children are taught Gymnastics by a specialist coach who is aided by the class teachers. The children are exposed to a high level of expertise and learn many different skills through gymnastics. All the skills and elements  the children learn are based on and developed from the six basic gymnastic shapes: 

• Straight  
• Tuck 
• Star 
• Pike 
• Squat 
• Straddle 

The children then move on to learn more advanced elements such as:  

• Weight bearing skills involving handstands, cartwheels, bunny jumps and wheelbarrow. 
• Flight skills which consist of jumps, springboard and vault work. 
• Locomotive skills incorporating forward and backward rolls. 
• Partner work and balance skills where children use their partner to make a number of balances. 
• Sequencing skills where the children begin to link a variety of skills into a performance piece. 
• Conditioning skills which incorporate different shapes that strengthen the children’s core. 

Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 also use an aerobic warm up to increase their overall fitness levels. 

Dance 

We  have a specialist dance teacher  working at Grasmere teaching World Dance who works alongside our African Drumming specialist teacher . Each term different classes have a turn of taking part in weekly lessons, ensuring all children have access to a range of different dance styles. 

PE & Sports Funding Premium 

The government provides additional funding to improve the provision of physical education (PE) and sport in primary schools. Schools must use this money to improve their PE provision and ensure each child has the opportunity to live an active healthy lifestyle. A full report of our PE and Sports Funding Premium and how we spend it can be found at the bottom of the page on our website titled Statutory Information.