PE
Physical Education @ Mayfield gives all students a “shop window” to health, exercise and sport. Physical Education is one of the Golden threads which runs through the school, challenging our student's physical and mental development. Teamwork and respect are key threads that run through all our lessons and our motto focuses on individual improvement and not just excellence. The house system and linked competitions are important in all our lessons and we actively encourage students to be winners.
Our ethos is to develop key sporting skills in a variety of activities and encourage our enthusiastic students into both extra-curricular and community clubs. These sporting skills are transferable and can be adapted in different situations. We have 4 assessment strands that are used as each child progresses through the school. These include: Health Fitness and Engagement, Application of Skill, Decision Making and Understanding and Leadership, Reflection and Communication. These strands give all students an opportunity to succeed in Physical Education.
The department has 6 activity pathways which run through the school including Invasion games, Net Games, Striking and Fielding Games, Athletics, Health and Fitness and Swimming. Gymnastics and Dance are also covered in KS2 and KS3. Our provision is based around 2 hours per week of PE with KS1 and KS2 being delivered on site and KS3 and KS4 being delivered at the Mountbatten Centre. This structure improves the quality of provision and experience for all students using the best facilities available. Sports Studies is also offered as an option subject in Years 10 and 11 for those that have an interest in developing their performance and understanding of PE further.
In PE, we drive to embed the 6 R’s in all lessons. Pupils will need to develop organisation skills to ensure they are ready for practical lessons and after school extra-curricular. We encourage students to be resilient so that push hard to succeed and persevere when the situation is difficult. Students are to show respect to staff and their peers in sporting situations when both winning and losing. The pupils will be able to reflect on their performance and that of their partner to improve performance and succeed. We expect students to develop responsibility as they develop their leadership and communication skills and finally their resourcefulness to transfer their learning from one sport to another. All are important to embed a lifelong appreciation for health and fitness and the enjoyment achieved through participation in competitive sport.
Physical Education Motto:
"PE is not about comparing yourself to someone else,
it's about your desire to be better than you used to be!"