PE - Teaching & Learning
Curriculum Intent
At Dundonald Primary School we deliver high quality teaching and learning opportunities that inspire all children to succeed in physical education. Our curriculum improves the wellbeing and fitness of all our pupils. We participate in inter house and inter school sports competitions. Through healthy competition, we will encourage children to co-operate and collaborate with others, understand the importance of good sportsmanship and promote resilience and self-esteem. To encourage positive wellbeing, we teach children to cope with both success and failure in competitive, individual and team based physical activities. We encourage the children to develop their abilities to excel in a range of physical abilities and understand the importance of leading a healthy, active lifestyle.
Curriculum Implementation
At Dundonald, the P.E. curriculum is delivered following the Marton School Sports Partnership (MSSP) shemes of work. This framework enables us to provide up to two hours a week of high quality lessons while confidently assessing pupils' progress as they move through the school.
The P.E. curriculum delivery is supported by a specilaist sport coach from MSSP.
Our inclusive scheme of learning is carefully designed to ensure a cohesive progression of lessons, where key skills within each topic are systematically developed. Each unit is taught over one half-term and is concluded with an inter-house competition, allowing children to showcase the the skills they have learned through healthy competition.
Our PE curriculum is regularly reviewed and updated, with new sports and activities introduced to keep learning engaging and dynamic. We offer a variety of competitive and non-competitive sporting opportunities throgh an inclusive selection process, allowing pupils to sign up for trials to represent the school. Additionally, friendlies are organised with other schools in our Wimbledon Schools' Cluster.
In Year 5, children are given the opportunity to develop their skills as Young Sports' Leaders. Their responsibilities include supporting EYFS and Key Stage 1 Sports days. We also organise Young Sports' Leader mornings with local schools.
At Dundonald we are proud of our swimming provision. Children in Year 3 and Year 4 take part in a two week intensive swimming programme with a daily lesson.
Children can participate in a range of extra-curricular activities before and after school. Some of these clubs are run by staff and others are run by local sports clubs or coaches. For a list of clubs please see our Clubs page.
Merton School Sport Mark
Dundonald Primary School received the Merton School Sport Mark Recognition Award in 2021 for the school's commitment to physical education, physical activity and school sport during the Covid-19 pandemic. Recent achievements included the Platinum Award in 2024/25.Supporting our efforts to reach Merton School Sport Mark Awards, we make use of PE/Sports Premium funding. Details of how this funding is used and its impact can be found in the 'PE and Sports Premium' section.
Competitive Sport
We continue to expand participation in competitive sport. We initiate and attended regular inter-school competitions in our area as well as continuing to run intra-school competitions. Throughout the year we have regular House events, where children compete against one another as a culmination of the work they have done in PE lessons.
Children can participate in a range of extra-curricular activities at school. Some of these clubs are run by staff and others are run by local sports clubs or coaches. For a list of clubs in the area please see the link below.
To ensure that more children have the opportunity to represent Dundonald this year, we are monitoring participation in events more rigorously. A and B teams will represent our school in competitions whenever possible with a trial taking place before each event. Children are able to sign up in the week leading up to the trial with success criteria clearly explained to children. Attitude, performance and sportsmanship in PE and clubs are also taken into account when selecting teams. There are also a number of inclusive events which allows those children not selected for teams to compete in borough-wide competitions throughout the year.
For further details of upcoming competitions as well as results and write ups of competitions we have participated in, please click on the link www.mertonssp.org.uk.
Curriculum Map
Skills Progression
