The Cathedral School

Physical Education

 
School Games Gold Award
 
We are very proud to have been awarded the School Games Gold Mark for 2023/2024 in recognition of our drive to ensure every child enjoys an active education at The Cathedral School with lots of opportunities to try something new. Read our press release below for more information!
 
Physical Education at The Cathedral School of St Mary
 

At The Cathedral School of St Mary we aspire to provide every child with high quality, engaging provision for Physical Education.

Staff at the Cathedral School work in partnership with TGS sports, Joola Plymouth, Skip2BFit and Plymouth Argyle together with whom we deliver a range of experiences across the sports disciplines.

Children enjoy a range of sporting activities, both in lesson time and through extra curricular activities.

We celebrate where we live and ensure that children have access to the skills necessary to make the most of living in a city between the Dartmoor National Park and the Plymouth Sound National Marine Park. To this end, we ensure that our children have opportunities to engage in swimming lessons, and OAA activities through experiences such as the years 3/4 and 5/6 residential, the Junior Ten Tors and other opportunities through the Plymouth Schools Sports Partnership.

We celebrate that sport is a challenge and a competition and that whilst winning and losing are part of sport, sportsmanship and personal challenge is the most important. In support of this, the children have access to a range of competitions through the School Games programme. We also build links with our sister school to provide additional intrahouse opportunities.

We aim for our children to leave our school with an awareness of the skills needed to develop a love of physical education in future life, as well as an understanding of their own personal expectations.


Curriculum Intent Statement:

At the Cathedral School of St Mary, we aspire to ensure all children are provided with a high quality PE curriculum and are actively encouraged to engage with opportunities that improve their physical and mental health throughout the year. We believe that the PE Passport scheme helps us to do this, alongside the extra-curricular and competition opportunities that we make available for every child in our school.
 
The Cathedral School Sports Week 2024
 
The children have had an amazing time experiencing new sports in recognition and celebration of National School Sports Week.
 
Our EYFS children enjoyed a day of horse riding, where they were introduced to the skills necessary to ride and care for the animals.
 
In KS1, the children enjoyed a snow-themed day of activities, learning how to ski and toboggan. 
 
The KS2 children were supported by the Plymouth Schools Sports Partnership in a day of Bell Boating.
 
The whole school also had the chance to practice their climbing skills before ending the week with our sports day!
 
Fantastic to raise the profile of some of the alternative sports available in our city and a great chance for the children to develop their sporting values.
 
 
 
Physical Education Policy
 
Please click on the link below to access our Physical Education policy document.
 
School Games Values
 
In all our Physical Education delivery, and in our competitions, we aspire to follow the School Games Values.