Case Study

Introduction:

At Hallam we aim to provide children equal opportunity to participate in sporting activity regardless of social, economic, personal and academic influences that may be barriers for them to engage in sport. We wanted to ensure that all of our children (including pupil premium) have the opportunity participate in physical activity and encourage those children to engage who may have negative conceptions of sport and physical activity.

Aims:

- To increase participation in physical activity

- To develop children’s self-esteem and wellbeing

- To engage children on the importance of physical activity

- To provide a range of sporting opportunities

Actions:

Analysis of Pupil Survey: What is the PE provision like at Hallam?

We asked KS2 children to think carefully about what makes PE is at Hallam. We also asked them to reflect on how it could be made better in lessons, playtimes and during extra-curricular clubs. We focussed our questioning around 4 particular areas; activities that the children participate in lessons, at playtime and extra-curricular activities both in and out of school.

Every child in KS2 completed a questionnaire and the results were analysed carefully to see how PE at Hallam could be improved as well as being able to identify those children who may have negative views on physical activity, not participating in physical activity or may lack opportunity to participate.

1. What do you enjoy about PE lessons at Hallam?

Exercise	Fun	Variety of sport	Being active	Keeping fit	working with friends
Ball sports	Becoming stronger	Competition	Working as a team	It keeps you healthy	It’s not boring
New P.E kit (house colours)	Hockey	Bench ball	Gymnastics	The teachers do fun activities	Learning new things
Fresh air	Developing new skills	It gets you moving	We get out of breath	Creative	football
Being out of the classroom	The equipment	Trying hard	It gives you energy	Swimming	Dancing
Keeps me motivated	I become fitter	Learning new tactics	It gets my heart pumping	Everyone can do it	Playing games
Basketball	Gymnastics	Warm ups are fun	Running	Doing sports both indoor and outdoor	It increases your flexibility
Invasion games	Learning new things	Using the different equipment	Agility	It is related to topic work	A break from ‘normal’ lessons
If you have a bad day ‘it’s a good opportunity to let it out’	Throwing and catching	It’s tricky and we learn new things.

2. Do you take part in any school sport (after school clubs, school teams)?

Cross-country	RuggerEds	Tennis	Badminton	Hockey	Athletics
Girls football	Table-tennis

3. Do you take part in any sport outside of school?

Swimming Lessons	Boxing	Dancing	Ice-skating	Street Dance	Rugby
Football	Running	Gymnastics	Hockey	Cricket	Cross-country
Diving	Martial arts	Tennis	Horse riding	Drama	Kick-boxing
Cycling	Ballet	Squash	Climbing	American Football	Pool
Snooker	Trampolining	Yoga	Netball	Lacrosse	Bouldering
Judo	Karate	Orienteering	Shooting	Taekwondo	Archery
Jujitsu	Cheerleading	Parkour

4. What sports would you like to have the opportunity to participate in at school?

Football	Orienteering		Running	Cross-country	Trampolining	Dodgeball
Dance	Cheerleading	Climbing		Penalty Shoot-out	Table Tennis	Hockey
Netball	Basketball	Cricket		Rounders	Yoga	Handball
Contact rugby	Non-contact rugby	Bench ball		Squash	Swimming (Y3)	Tennis
More PE	Judo	Snooker		Badminton	Dancing	Ballet
Cycling	Baseball	Sprinting		Hallam Football cup	Soccer	Monkey bars for climbing
Wrestling	Circuits in PE	Fencing		Gymnastics	Swimming	Street dance
Athletics	Squash	Netball		School football team	Fencing	Bench ball
Boxing	Dodgeball	Aerobics		Cycling	Ballet	Girls football

5. What sports equipment/activities would you like to see available at playtimes?

Gymnastic equipment	Squash courts		Tennis balls and rackets	Climbing frame	5 a side football	Obstacle course
Cricket	Hoops	Monkey bars		Skipping ropes	Adventure playground	Swings
Trampoline	Bikes	Slides		Bouncy balls	A peaceful area	Dancing
See-saws	Climbing wall	Tennis court		Hockey sticks	Running track	Netball
Girls football area	Trampolining	French skipping		Fold-up football goals	Zip wire	Tree house
Obstacle course	Squash rackets	Lacrosse equipment		Real football balls	Dance area	Games painted on the floor
Trim Trail	Football tournaments	Sand-pit		Hop-Scotch	Astro turf	A shelter

6. What would you change about PE at Hallam?

Longer lessons	It’s too easy if you are good at a sport		Being able to wear warmer clothes when it is cold	The equipment – it needs improving	Y3 go swimming	Boys and girls separate changing
Longer PE session	Not as much dancing	More ‘girly’ activities		More football	Skilful equipment	Trained specialist PE teacher
Interclass/year group competitions	More variety in lessons	Not missing PE slots for other things		Not doing it outside when it’s cold	More fun games	Sports coaches
More challenge	To actually have our 1 hour session	To do different sports each week		Choosing who to work with (in groups/teams)	Markings for sports on the playground	Better indoor PE
Using children’s ideas for the sports	An afternoon of PE rather than shorter sessions, so we can play full games.	More variety in each session

7. Additional comments about PE and sporting opportunities both in and out of school:

Children would like a wider range of activities
A trained PE teacher
More time for PE
The lessons to be more fun (less sitting around and listening)

Data Study

From these results we were able to feed forward the pupils views into our curriculum delivery of PE and improve the school provision. Moreover, we were specifically able to identify the children who were not participating in physical activity or those who lacked opportunity.

The questionnaire highlighted that:

Year	Number of Children	Percentage of year group
Upper KS2 - y5/6	25	14%
Lower KS2 – y 3/4	30	16%

At Hallam we provided these children with a multi-sport lunch time club where they would participate in physical activity for 1 extra hour a week as well as the 2 hours of PE curriculum delivery. The club was aimed to give the children a range of different sport opportunities delivered by specialist sport coaches. Some of the sports included: hockey, tennis, badminton.

Results:

Once the children had attended the club for a term, we analysed the impact through the pupil’s voice. 75% of the children from the lunchtime club signed up for another sporting club offered at Hallam. All of the focused children are all still engaging in sporting activity and are selected for our ‘Change 4 life festivals’ that take part across the city. Furthermore, we are working closely with the S10 schools, Forge and Archers school sport partnerships to offer more opportunities to engage children in physical activity and increase participation. At Hallam we have held 3 festivals already and have many more organised across the academic year.

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