Structure of P.E. The structure and implantation of the physical education curriculum consist of five learning stages.

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The structure and implementation of PE curriculum

The structure and implantation of the physical education curriculum consist of five learning stages.  2 hours of physical education a week including the national curriculum and extracurricular activities applies to all key stages.  Some schools have more sports facilities and equipment than other schools which will give some children more opportunity to play a different range of sports. As for the schools that cannot accommodate the facilities and equipment to the students, the students learn the basic skills and the basic sports. Competitive games are compulsory throughout key stages 1-3 optional at key stage 4 but must still be available. National curriculum for PE is a government initiative there are different initiatives to increase the amount and quality of physical education available to young people, it aims to raise standards and it is a framework. The national curriculum in England is structured in to four key stages that cover 5-16 year olds at school. Four key stages ks1- 5-7yrs, ks2- 7-11yrs, ks3- 11-14yrs and ks4- 14-16yrs. These four key stages of children’s school years are assessed by an 8 level assessment system. Children are required to perform 2 hours a week minimum of physical education in school. Each physical education lesson should involve skills applying, evaluating performance and health & safety in sports. The content of key stage1 =games, dance and gymnastics, key stage2 & 3 =games, dance, gymnastics +2  (swimming, athletics or outdoor education) and key stage4 = any choices from all of the other key stages. Before key stage1 children go to nursery or childminders this is early year’s foundation stage it is for children aged 0-5 years old. The content of early years foundation stage consist of 3 main guide lines goal setting, planned teaching and assessed at aged 5.  

Early year’s foundation stage covers the learning, development and care for children from birth to five years old.  

Every child is a competent learner from birth who can be capable, resilient, confident and self assured. EYFS is about development, inclusion, health & safety and wellbeing. Children adapt learning skills from there surrounding environment, they observe and copy to learn. Children learn and develop at the same time which is important. By the age of 5 children should have the knowledge , skills and understanding at the end of EYFS the children will be assessed through planned and purposeful play with a balance of adult-led and child-initiated activities and will be assessed at age 5 before moving on to school at ks1. The EYFS assessment at the age of 5 requires physical development, the knowledge and understanding of the world, creative development, problem solving, reasoning and numeracy, communication, language and literacy and personal, social and emotional development. These are all covered in the early learning educational programmes.

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During key stage 1 children work on the enthusiasm for movement to explore and learn about the world. Children start to coordinate by watching, listening and experimenting. They start to play and work with other children in pairs or groups and learn new skills from each other. Kids should be taught the knowledge skill and understanding through dance activities, they should be taught to use the movement imaginatively they should be taught how to send and receive a ball and other equipment in different ways. Children need to know how important it is to be active.  Pupils should be ...

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