Our Lady's Catholic High School
Intent
The Physical Education department at Our Lady’s are committed to ensuring that all pupils develop a life-long love of physical activity through the implementation of a broad, balanced and challenging curriculum. Our approach to physically educating each child that attends Our Lady’s is underpinned by ensuring all learners have the ability to progress physically, socially and emotionally. Through innovative teaching, pupils are able to work towards motor skill mastery in a wide variety of team and individual sports and also acquire the knowledge to create and apply tactics in a variety of situations thus becoming confident and resilient young people.
“Intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body is healthy and strong.” John F. Kennedy
We are committed to providing a progressive curriculum that is inclusive for all pupils. We understand that some pupils have a range of different needs which can have a significant impact on their physical and cognitive development; this affects their starting points and the building blocks to mastery. All teachers in the department have equal ambition for these pupils and as a result, our teaching approaches and strategies are flexible and are adapted where necessary.
Alongside lessons, the extensive extra-curricular sporting programme we offer promotes excellence and ambition, with pupils achieving success at a multitude of levels. It also encapsulates our want for pupils to find a passion and love for leading a healthy active lifestyle through our recreational clubs. This is further aided by the strong local links we have with sporting clubs in Lancashire.
Our ambitious curriculum allows pupils to mature in to well-rounded individuals who are able to continue into higher education and careers within the sporting sector.
