At Dereham Church of England Junior Academy, we want our children to engage with a high-quality physical education curriculum which inspires all pupils to succeed and display courage. We want our pupils to be in awe and wonder of what their bodies can do when taking part in competitive sport and physically-demanding activities.

We will achieve this by delivering a sequential and progressive curriculum which provides opportunities for our pupils to become physically confident and active for sustained periods of time. We foster this alongside an awareness of their own health and fitness and what it means for them to lead healthy, active lives.

Our high-quality PE teaching encourages the children to trust that the skills they learn will help raise their own aspirations in regards to performance, health and fitness.

All of our children are encouraged to enjoy and express themselves in PE. Creativity is encouraged and all efforts are met with kindness. We believe that competing in sport and other physical activities builds character, encourages life skills such as sportsmanship, mutual respect and teamwork and helps to embed the core values of our school.

All of our PE curriculum is taught in discrete sessions, with each class receiving 2 sessions (one indoor – REAL PE – and one outdoor) per week. In year 4, children have a swimming session as their outdoor session every other half term.

An overview for PE can be seen by clicking here.

PE	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Y3 ‘Real PE’	Personal skills	Social skills	Cognitive skills	Creative skills	Physical skills	Health & Fitness
Y3 Outdoor	Netball	Football	Tennis	Hockey	Athletics	Rounders
Y4 ‘Real PE’	Personal skills	Social skills	Cognitive skills	Creative skills	Physical skills	Health & Fitness
Y4 Outdoor	Hockey/ Swimming	Hockey/ Swimming	Netball/ Swimming	Netball/ Swimming	Athletics/ Swimming	Athletics/ Swimming
Y5 ‘Real PE’	Personal skills	Social skills	Cognitive skills	Creative skills	Physical skills	Health & Fitness
Y5 Outdoor	Rugby	Football	Netball	Cricket	Tennis	Athletics
Y6 ‘Real PE’	Personal skills	Social skills	Cognitive skills	Creative skills	Physical skills	Health & Fitness
Y6 Outdoor	Footballl	Rugby	Hockey	Netball	Athletics	Cricket & Rounders
All DJA PE sessions are taught discretely and each class has 2 sessions per week. For indoor PE, we use the ‘REAL PE’ scheme.